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Director: George Cukor    More Info
Starring: Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Stephens, Cindy Williams, Robert Flemyng, Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez, Raymond Gerome, Daniel Emilfork, John Hamill

 At his mother's funeral, a boring banker, Henry (Alec McCowen), meets an older woman (Maggie Smith) who claims to be his aunt. Before long, she has Henry in tow on a madcap adventure through Europe as she attempts to rescue one of her lovers who is being held for a ransom. Based on a Graham Greene bestseller, the film received an Oscar for Costumes and had several nominations, including Maggie Smith for Best Actress.

Director: Irvin Kershner    More Info
Starring: Barbra Streisand, David Selby, Ariane Heller, Jane Hoffman, John C. Becher, Jacobo Morales, Paul Benedict, George S. Irving, Jane House, Rita Karin

 In this witty comedy, outrageous fantasies fill the moments of boredom endured by a young housewife, Margaret Reynolds (Barbra Streisand).

Director: Melville Shavelson    More Info
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Barbara Harris, Jason Robards, Herb Edelman, Lisa Gerritsen, Severn Darden, Lisa Eilbacher, Moosie Drier, Ruth McDevitt, Joey Faye

 Based on James Thurber's stories, this is the story of Peter Wilson (Jack Lemmon) and his new wife, Terry (Barbara Harris), who find rough going along the marital road.

Director: Peter Bogdanovich    More Info
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Kenneth Mars, Austin Pendleton, Sorrell Booke, Michael Murphy, Mabel Albertson, John Hillerman, M. Emmet Walsh, Madeline Kahn

 While visiting San Francisco to attend the Congress of American Musicologists convention, Dr. Howard Bannister (Ryan O'Neal), meets co-ed Judy Maxwell (Barbra Streisand) in the hotel lobby. Judy is attracted to Howard, but Howard is already engaged to marry Eunice (Madeline Kahn). Problems rise to the fore when Howard and Judy's suitcases get mixed up with those of wealthy Mrs. Van Hoskins (Mabel Albertson) and reporter Mr. Smith (Michael Murphy). Mrs. Van Hoskins' valuable jewels are in her suitcase, and Mr. Smith's suitcase contains top secret government papers. And the chase is on for the suitcases.

Director: Rodney Amateau    More Info
Starring: Peter Sellers, Jo Ann Pflug, Rick Lenz, Harold Gould, Hope Summers, Eve Bruce, Kathleen Freeman, Pat Marita, Norman Alden, Keith Allison

 In this so-so comedy, Peter Sellers plays hospital administrator Albert T. Hopfnagel who heads up a hospital staff that pulls out all stops to collect maximum insurance benefits from patients.

Director: Max Liebman    More Info
Starring: Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Louis Nye, Howard Morris, Ed Herlihy, Dorothy Patten

 This is a great collection of highlights from TV's live-comedy series from the 1950s starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca in classic skits.

Director: Milton Katselas    More Info
Starring: Liv Ullmann, Eddie Albert, Gene Kelly, Binnie Barnes, Deborah Raffin, Billy Green Bush, Nancy Walker, Rosemary Murphy, Don Porter, Natalie Schafer

 This film adaptation of the Broadway smash is about an older woman, Ann Stanley (Liv Ulmann) and her young daughter Trina (Deborah Raffin) who both experience May/December romances while vacationing in Greece.

Director: Federico Fellini    More Info
Starring: Bruno Zanin, Armando Brancia, Pupella Maggio, Giuseppe Ianigro, Magali Noel, Nando Orfei, Ciccio Ingrassia, Luigi Rossi, Gianfilippo Carcano, Josiane Tanzilli

 Federico Fellini presents an insightful view of mid-1930s' Italy as seen through the eyes of an adolescent boy, Titta Bionde (Bruno Zanin). Titta looks at the religion, education, politics, and love that surrounds him in a changing Italy as fascism overtakes the country. The film received the Best Foreign Film Academy Award.

Director: George Lucas    More Info
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Mackenzie Phillips, Kathleen Quinlan, Joe Spano, Candy Clark, Wolfman Jack

 "Cruising" in the early 1960s on a hot summer night is the setting for this story of an end-of-summer good-bye as one of the group is leaving for college in the morning. It is an insightful glimpse of high-school seniors in a more innocent era before the Vietnam controversies when "Wolfman Jack" introduced their songs and represented their cultures. The five Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actress (Candy Clark).

Director: Paul Mazursky    More Info
Starring: George Segal, Susan Anspach, Kris Kristofferson, Marsha Mason, Shelley Winters, Paul Mazursky, Donald F. Muhich, Erin O'Reilly, Annazette Chase, Shelley Morrison

 Stephen Blume (George Segal) is a philandering lawyer whose wife Nina (Susan Anspach) divorces him and begins an ill-fated affair with singer Elmo (Kris Kristofferson) despite Stephen's futile attempt to convince her to remarry him.

Director: Walter C. Miller    More Info
Starring: Eddie Albert, Tammy Grimes, Judith Anderson, Beatrice Straight, Karen Pearson, Barnard Hughes, Dennis Larson, Murray Westgate, Dan McIlravey

 A young boy (Dennis Larson) explores his aunt's (Judith Anderson) English mansion and gets the surprise of his life: under a floorboard he sees a family of tiny people who live by "borrowing" from the big people. A fun adventure for the young and the young-at-heart. Originally a "Hallmark Hall of Fame" TV film; based on a novel by Mary Norton.

Director: Richard Erdman    More Info
Starring: John Astin, Steve Carlson, Pat Carroll, Hans Conried, Lee Meriwether, Allyn Joslyn, Jesse White, Richard Erdman, Richard Jury, Miranda Barry

 This Western comedy involves a convoluted plot about two brothers, Michael and Timothy O'Toole (John Astin and Steve Carlson), searching for gold. When they arrive in a Colorado mining town, the townsfolk believe that Michael is a bad guy and arrest him. Now, Timothy must find a way to rescue his brother–and the solution just might lie in the mine that lies hidden under the town. Along the way, they manage to rescue fair damsels in distress.

Director: Alfonso Arau    More Info
Starring: Alfonso Arau, Pancho Cordova, Carmen Salinas, Lina Montes, Carolina Barrett, Virma Gonzalez, Arturo Alegro, Hector Ortega, Raul Padilla, Agustin Isunza

 A stranger (Alfonso Arau) arrives in a Mexican town and is mistaken for a federal inspector for whom they have been anxiously waiting. He is treated as a hero in expectation of doing great things for the community. Meanwhile, the government attempts to get him to leave by offering bribes. A fun flick based on a comic strip, "The Super Machos."

Director: Bob Clark    More Info
Starring: Alan Ormsby, Jane Daly, Jeff Gillen, Anya Ormsby, Valerie Mamches, Paul Cronin, Roy Engleman, Robert Phillip, Bruce Solomon, Alecs Baird

 Bob Clark comes up with another of his bizarre comedy/horror flicks as Alan (Alan Ormsby) takes a group of odd actors to a deserted island to conduct a Satanic rite on a dug-up corpse. They perform the rite, and it works on all of the corpses in the cemetery. Zombies rise, and the human food fest is on. Campy low-budgeter.

Director: Francois Truffaut    More Info
Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Francois Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Nathalie Baye, Dani, Jean Champion, Maurice Seveno

 This film provides an excellent satire on the art of filmmaking. While filming at the Victorine Studio in Nice, chaos reigns on the set, which is filled with personal dilemmas as well as technical problems. At the center of all the turmoil is the director, Ferrand (Francois Truffaut), who attempts to keep his cast in line at least long enough to complete the project. The cast includes temperamental Alphonse (Jean-Pierre Leaud), emotionally unstable Julie (Jacqueline Bisset), closet homosexual Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Aumont), alcoholic Severine (Valentina Cortese), and pregnant Stacey (Alexandra Stewart)–all of whose problems affect Ferrand's effort to keep the filming on track. Winner of Best Foreign Film Academy Award.

Director: Roger Vadim    More Info
Starring: Brigitte Bardot, Maurice Ronet, Robert Hossein, Mathieu Carriere, Jane Birkin, Michele Sand, Robert Walker Jr., Dominique Zardi, Samson Fainsilber, Henri Attal

 Parisian socialite Jeanne (Brigitte Bardot) is a female Don Juan who pursues love and sex with man after man, leaving ruined lives in her wake. Her story is told in flashbacks as she confesses her sins to a priest, Paul (Mathieu Carriere), who happens to be Jeanne's cousin. After telling him how she has destroyed many lives, Jeanne then seduces Paul.

Director: Michele Lupo    More Info
Starring: Lee Van Cleef, Tony Lo Bianco, Edwige Fenech, Jean Rochefort, Jess Hahn, Fausto Tozzi, Mario Erpichini, Adolfo Lastretti, Silvano Tranquilli, Nello Pazzafini

 Feared crime boss Frankie (Lee Van Cleef) has an admirer in small-time hustler Tony (Tony Lo Bianco). Though Frankie doesn't care for Tony, the two teams up after Tony saves Frankie from a mob hit man. An Italian-made spoof on the mob scene.

Director: Fielder Cook    More Info
Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Sally Prager, Johnny Doran, George Rose, Richard Mulligan, Georgann Johnson, Madeline Kahn, Linda Selman, Peter Turgeon, Donald Symington

 Based on E. L. Konigsburg's entertaining book, this is the story of Claudia (Sally Prager) and Jamie (Johnny Doran) who run away from home and hide in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Director: Peter Medak    More Info
Starring: Peter Sellers, Anthony Franciosa, Spike Milligan, Clive Revill, Peter Boyle, Richard Willis

 Set on a pirate ship, this comedy needs more help than all of its talented comedians can give.

Director: Gordon Wiles    More Info
Starring: Monte Markham, Susan Oliver, Mark Miller, Sissy Spacek, Slim Pickens, David Doyle, Marion Charles, Ward "Kip" Allen, Fred Ward, Beatrice Kay

 While driving along a New Mexico highway, middle-aged businessman Joe (Monte Markham) picks up free-spirited hitchhiker Ginger (Sissy Spacek), and romance blooms.

Director: Lee Philips    More Info
Starring: Stockard Channing, Edward Asner, Jim Backus, Joe Flynn, Chuck McCann, Carl Ballantine, Susanne Zenor, Larry Wilcox, Warren Berlinger, Annette O'Toole

 Miriam Knight (Stockard Channing) is bright and witty, but she has one flaw: she is ugly. Plastic surgery is chosen by Miriam, and it is successful. But, that is not good enough. Miriam sets out to take murderous revenge on all who have wronged her in the past. Detective Ralph Varone (Edward Asner) enters the scene as the death count rises.

Director: Anthony Balch    More Info
Starring: Michael Gough, Robin Askwith, Vanessa Shaw, Ellen Pollock, Skip Martin, Dennis Price, Kurt Christian, Barbara Wendy, Kenneth Benda, Martin Grace

 Young pop-singer Jason (Robin Askwith) needs a vacation from his tough schedule, so he heads to a retreat. He meets Judy (Vanessa Shaw), the niece of Aunt Harris (Ellen Pollock), who runs the retreat with her crazed husband, Dr. Storm (Michael Gough). Jason uncovers the REAL story concerning the retreat, as the place abounds with the doctor's monstrous creations. When he finds out that he is to become part of the doctor's mind-control experiments, Jason and Judy, with the help of one of the creatures, attempt to get out.

Director: James Frawley    More Info
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Warren Oates, Peter Boyle, Ben Johnson, Janice Rule, Lee Purcell, Ralph Waite, Clifton James, Howard Hesseman, M. Emmet Walsh

 During the early 1900s in Texas, outlaw Kid Blue (Dennis Hopper) fails during a train robbery and tries to adapt to living an honest life. Unsuccessful in his jobs and under the watchful eye of Sheriff "Mean Joe" Simpson (Ben Johnson), Kid Blue–who is now known as Bickford Waner–cannot seem to make it. Finally, he gets a job working in Mr. Hendricks' (Clifton James) ceramics factory making Santa Claus ashtrays. He steals the Christmas payroll and heads to the desert, proving that the outlaw lifestyle is the one for him.

Director: Marco Ferreri    More Info
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi, Andrea Ferreol, Solange Blondeau, Florence Giorgetti, Michele Alexandre, Monique Chaumette, Henri Piccoli

 Four successful men–a pilot (Marcello Mastroianni), a chef (Ugo Tognazzi), a TV host (Michel Piccoli), and a judge (Philippe Noiret)–enter into a suicide pact. Using the weapon of self-indulgence, the men gather in a walled Parisian villa where they eat themselves to death while enjoying side dishes of sex along with the food.

Director: Lina Wertmuller    More Info
Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Lina Polito, Eros Pagni, Pina Cei, Elena Fiore

 This great satirical film is about Tunin (Giancarlo Giannini), who arrives in Rome determined to assassinate Mussolini and becomes involved with prostitutes who divert his attentions.