MFB: June 1980

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

June 1980

Vol. 47 No. 557

The Black Stallion

USA - 1979 - 117m - col

United Artists (A)

D: Carroll Ballard
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Followed by: The Black Stallion Returns (1983, Nov/1983), The Young Black Stallion (2003, Sep/2004).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Breaking Glass

UK - 1980 - 104m - col / scope

GTO (AA)

D: Brian Gibson
Dolby Stereo

Coal Miner's Daughter

USA - 1980 - 124m - col

CIC (A)

D: Michael Apted

Danger on Dartmoor

UK - 1980 - 57m - col

Children's Film Foundation (U)

D: David Eady

Dirt

USA - 1976 - 95m - col

Enterprise (U)

D: Cal Naylor

Girls After Midnight

Mädchen nach Mitternacht

Switzerland - 1978 - 78m - col

Tigon (X) (cut)

D: Erwin C. Dietrich [as: Michael Thomas]

High Rise Donkey

UK - 1980 - 56m - col

Children's Film Foundation (U)

D: Michael Forlong

La honte de la jungle

[see: Jungle Burger]

Hou hsing k'ou shou

[see: Snake in the Monkey's Shadow]

The Iron Horse

USA - 1924 - silent - bw

Fox (A)

D: John Ford

Jungle Burger

Tarzoon: La honte de la jungle

(USA: Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle)

France/Belgium - 1975 - 85m - col

Entertainment (X)

D: Picha, Boris Szulzinger

King of the Gypsies

USA - 1978 - 112m - col

CIC (AA) (cut)

D: Frank Pierson

Love Nest

Zimmermädchen machen es gern

(aka: Im Gasthaus zum scharfen Hirschen)

W.Germany - 1975 - 89m - col

Tigon (X) (cut)

D: Hans Billian
Produced in two separate editions: A hardcore version entitled Zimmermädchen machen es gern, and a softcore variant released as Im Gasthaus zum scharfen Hirschen. Guess which version was distributed in the UK? And still subject to cuts before release?...

Lover Girls

Studentinnen-Report

W.Germany - 1978 - 81m - col

Inter-Ocean (X) (cut)

D: Pavlos Parashakis

The Mine and the Minotaur

UK - 1980 - 59m - col

Children's Film Foundation (U)

D: David Gowing

Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack

USA (TV) - 1979 - 107m - col

CIC (U)

D: Vince Edwards, Christian I. Nyby II
Two episodes of the TV series Battlestar Galactica (1978-79), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Series: Battlestar Galactica (1978, Apr/1979).

Nijinsky

USA - 1980 - 125m - col

CIC (AA)

D: Herbert Ross
Dolby Stereo

Poto and Cabengo

W.Germany/USA - 1979 - 73m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Jean-Pierre Gorin

Skin Deep

Senza buccia

Italy/Spain - 1979 - 104m - col

Amanda (X)

D: Marcello Aliprandi

Snake in the Monkey's Shadow

猴形扣手

(aka: Snake Fist vs. the Dragon)

Hong Kong - 1979 - 85m - col / scope

Inter-Ocean (X) (cut)

D: Cheung Sam

Teenager

Monique et Julie: Deux collégiennes en partouze

France - 1979 - 91m - col

Tigon (X) (cut)

D: Alain Payet [as: Jean Love]

The Tin Drum

Die Blechtrommel

W.Germany/France - 1979 - 142m/162m - col

United Artists (X) (cut)

D: Volker Schlöndorff
35mm and 70mm release prints.
6-channel stereo

What Price Glory

USA - 1926 - silent - bw

BFI (A)

D: Raoul Walsh

When a Stranger Calls

USA - 1979 - 97m - col

United Artists (AA)

D: Fred Walton
Followed by: When a Stranger Calls Back (1993).

When a Woman in Love

Une femme fidèle

(USA: Game of Seduction)

France - 1976 - 90m - col

Spectro (X)

D: Roger Vadim