MFB: July 1979

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

July 1979

Vol. 46 No. 546

Arabian Adventure

(aka: Majic and the Empire of Evil)

UK - 1979 - 98m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (U)

D: Kevin Connor
Dolby Stereo

Avalanche Express

USA - 1979 - 88m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (A)

D: Mark Robson

The Brink’s Job

USA - 1978 - 103m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A) (cut)

D: William Friedkin

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

USA (TV) - 1979 - 89m - col

CIC (A) (cut)

D: Daniel Haller

Cracking Up

USA - 1977 - 74m - col

ITC (AA) (cut)

D: Rowby Goren, Chuck Staley

Escape to Athena

UK - 1979 - 117m - col / scope

ITC (A) (cut)

D: George Pan Cosmatos

The Golem

Der Golem: Wie er in die Welt kam

(aka: The Golem: How He Came Into the World)

Germany - 1920 - silent - bw

Cinegate (A)

D: Paul Wegener, Carl Boese

The Golem
Golem

(aka: The Legend of Prague)

Czechoslovakia/France - 1936 - 100m - bw

Metropolis (A) (cut)

D: Julien Duvivier
Also reviewed: Apr 1937 + Apr 1938.

Hair

USA - 1979 - 121m - col

United Artists (AA)

D: Milos Forman
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

The Hands of Orlac

Orlacs Hände

Austria - 1924 - silent - bw

Cinegate (A)

D: Robert Wiene

The Humanoid

L’umanoide

Italy - 1978 - 100m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A) (cut)

D: Aldo Lado [as: George B. Lewis]

Isn’t Life Wonderful?

USA - 1924 - silent - bw

Cinegate (U)

D: D.W. Griffith

The Kids Are Alright

USA - 1978 - 101m - bw and col

Brent Walker (AA)

D: Jeff Stein
Dolby Stereo

Killer Fish

Killer Fish: L'agguato sul fondo

Italy/Brazil - 1978 - 101m - col

ITC (A) (cut)

D: Antonio Margheriti [as: Anthony M. Dawson]

Lord of the Rings

USA - 1978 - 133m - col

ITC (A)

D: Ralph Bakshi
Dolby Stereo

Lost and Found

UK - 1979 - 105m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Melvin Frank
Dolby Stereo

Love and Kisses

USA - 1970 - 107m - col

Poseidon (X) (cut)

D: Don Dorsey

The Muppet Movie

USA/UK - 1979 - 97m - col

ITC (U)

D: James Frawley
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Followed by: The Great Muppet Caper (1981, Aug/1981), The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984, Apr/1985), The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992, Feb/1993), Muppet Classic Theater (1994), Muppet Treasure Island (1996, Jun/1996), Muppets From Space (1999, Jan/2000), Kermit's Swamp Years (2002), It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002), The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005), The Muppets (2011, Mar/2012), Muppets Most Wanted (2014, May/2014).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

News From Home

France/Belgium - 1976 - 90m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Chantal Akerman

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht

W.Germany/France - 1979 - 107m - col

20th Century Fox (AA)

D: Werner Herzog

The Old Dark House

USA - 1932 - 72m - bw

Universal (A)

D: James Whale
Also reviewed: Jan 1945.

Oliver’s Story

USA - 1978 - 90m - col

CIC (A)

D: John Korty
Series: Love Story (1970, Apr/1971).

Painters Painting

USA - 1972 - 116m - bw and col

Cinegate

D: Emile de Antonio

The Perfect Alibi
Alibi

USA - 1929 - 91m - bw
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Roland West

Quintet

USA - 1979 - 118m - col

20th Century Fox (AA)

D: Robert Altman

Seven

(aka: Sevano's Seven)

USA - 1979 - 101m - col

Barber Dann (X) (cut)

D: Andy Sidaris

The Sexpert

Abigail Lesley is Back in Town

USA - 1975 - 106m - col
Poseidon (X) (cut)
D: Joseph W. Sarno

Slow Dancing in the Big City

USA - 1978 - 110m - col

United Artists (AA)

D: John G. Avildsen
Dolby Stereo

The Smurfs and the Magic Flute

La flûte à six schtroumpfs

Belgium/France - 1975 - 74m - col

Target (U)

D: Peyo

The Spaceman and King Arthur

(aka: A Spaceman in King Arthur’s Court)

(aka: Unidentified Flying Oddball)

USA - 1979 - 93m - col

Walt Disney (U)

D: Russ Mayberry

Starcrash

Scontri stellari oltre la terza dimensione

(aka: The Adventures of Stella Starr)

Italy/USA - 1979 - 94m - col

New World (A)

D: Luigi Cozzi [as: Lewis Coates]
Dolby Stereo

Take Off

USA - 1978 - 104m - col

Oppidan (X) (cut)

D: Armand Weston

Vaudeville

Varieté

(USA: Jealousy)

(aka: Variety)

Germany - 1925 - silent - bw

Cinegate

D: Ewald André Dupont

Waxworks

Das Wachsfigurenkabinett

Germany - 1924 - silent - bw

Cinegate

D: Paul Leni

The World is Full of Married Men

UK - 1979 - 106m - col

New Realm (X)

D: Robert Young