MFB: April 1980

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

April 1980

Vol. 47 No. 555

1941

USA - 1979 - 118m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A) (cut)

D: Steven Spielberg
35mm and 70mm release prints.
6-channel stereo

...and justice for all.

USA - 1979 - 119m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Norman Jewison

Animalympics

USA - 1979 - 79m - col

Barber Rose (U)

D: Steven Lisberger
Dolby Stereo

The Big Combo

USA - 1955 - 84m - bw

Associated British-Pathé (A) (cut)

D: Joseph H. Lewis
Also reviewed: Feb 1956.

Big Wheels and Sailor

UK - 1979 - 55m - col

Children's Film Foundation (U)

D: Doug Aitken

Black Jack

UK - 1979 - 110m - col

Enterprise (U)

D: Ken Loach

Convoy Busters

Un poliziotto scomodo

Italy - 1979 - 101m - col

Inter-Ocean (X)

D: Stelvio Massi

The Crazy Horse of Paris

Crazy Horse de Paris

France - 1977 - 95m - col

Productions Associates (X)

D: Alain Bernardin

The Custard Boys

UK - 1979 - 82m - col

ICA Children's Cinema (U)

D: Colin Finbow

Drama of the Rich

Fatti di gente perbene

(USA: The Murri Affair)

Italy/France - 1974 - 115m - col

Curzon (AA)

D: Mauro Bolognini

Flying Without Wings

Peter en de vliegende autobus

Netherlands - 1976 - 93m - col

Children's Film Foundation (U)

D: Karst van der Meulen

A Force of One

USA - 1978 - 91m - col

Enterprise (AA) (cut)

D: Paul Aaron

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

Préparez vos mouchoirs

France/Belgium - 1977 - 109m - col

Curzon (X) (cut)

D: Bertrand Blier

The Great British Striptease

UK - 1980 - 54m - col

Target (X)

D: Doug Smith

The Green Room

La chambre verte

(aka: Vanishing Fiancee, aka The Green Room)

France - 1978 - 94m - col

Gala (A)

D: François Truffaut

The Gypsy Camp Vanishes Into the Blue

Табор уходит в небо

(USA: Queen of the Gypsies)

(aka: Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven)

USSR - 1976 - 100m - col / Sovscope 70

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Emil Loteanu
6-channel stereo

The Halliday Brand

USA - 1957 - 78m - bw

United Artists (A) (cut)

D: Joseph H. Lewis
Also reviewed: Apr 1957.

A Horse Called Jester

UK - 1979 - 55m - col

Children's Film Foundation (U)

D: Ken Fairbairn

The Jerk

USA - 1979 - 94m - col

CIC (AA)

D: Carl Reiner
Followed by: The Jerk, Too (1984).

Knife in the Head

Messer im Kopf

W.Germany - 1978 - 113m - col

Contemporary (AA)

D: Reinhard Hauff

Kramer vs. Kramer

USA - 1979 - 105m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A)

D: Robert Benton

The Last Married Couple in America

USA - 1979 - 102m - col

CIC (X)

D: Gilbert Cates

The Last of the Blue Devils

USA - 1979 - 91m - col

Cinegate (A)

D: Bruce Ricker

Let's Make a Dirty Movie!

Attention les yeux!

France - 1976 - 85m - col

Amanda (X) (cut)

D: Gérard Pirès

Messidor

Switzerland/France - 1978 - 123m - col

Gala (X)

D: Alain Tanner

North Sea Hijack

(USA: ffolkes)

UK - 1979 - 100m - col

CIC (A) (cut)

D: Andrew V. McLaglen

Retreat, Hell!

USA - 1952 - 95m - bw

Warner (A)

D: Joseph H. Lewis
Also reviewed: Jan 1953.

Richard Pryor Live in Concert

USA - 1979 - 78m - col

Osiris (X)

D: Jeff Margolis

The Role
Bhumika
भुमिका
India - 1977 - 142m - col
Contemporary (A)
D: Shyam Benegal

Rude Boy

UK - 1980 - 133m - col

Tigon (X) (cut)

D: Jack Hazan, David Mingay
Dolby Stereo

The Runner Stumbles

USA - 1979 - 110m - col

Barber Rose (A)

D: Stanley Kramer

Silver Dream Racer

UK - 1980 - 111m - col / scope

Rank (AA) (cut)

D: David Wickes
Dolby Stereo

S.O.S. Titanic

USA (TV) - 1979 - 102m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A)

D: William Hale

Stunts

(aka: The Deadly Game)

USA - 1977 - 84m - col

New Realm (A) (cut)

D: Mark L. Lester

Stunts: The Deadly Game

[see: Stunts]

Taboo

Tabu

Sweden - 1977 - 116m - col

Productions Associates (X) (cut)

D: Vilgot Sjöman

Tabor ukhodit v nebo

[see: Gypsy Camp Vanishes Into the Blue, The]

The Tempest

UK - 1979 - 95m - col

Mainline (AA)

D: Derek Jarman

Terror in a Texas Town

USA - 1958 - 80m - bw

United Artists (A) (cut)

D: Joseph H. Lewis
Also reviewed: Jun 1959.

To the Count of Basie

UK/Austria/Sweden - 1979 - 52m - col

TCB

D: John Jeremy, Angus Trowbridge

Vliegen zonder vleugels

[see: Flying Without Wings]