MFB: April 1977

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

March 1977

Vol. 44 No. 519

25 Years

UK - 1977 - 77m - col

EMI (U)

D: Peter Morley

Alex & the Gypsy

USA - 1976 - 99m - col

20th Century Fox (AA)

D: John Korty

Andy Warhol’s Bad

[see: Bad]

Bad

USA - 1976 - 109m - col

EMI (X) (cut)

D: Jed Johnson

The Battle of Chile: The Fight of an Unarmed People

La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas: Primera parte: La insurreción de la burguesía

Venezuela/France/Cuba - 1975 - 205m - 2 episodes - col

The Other Cinema

D: Patricio Guzmán
Followed by: La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas: Segunda parte: El golpe de estado (1976), La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas: Tercera parte: El poder popular (1979).

Black Emmanuelle, White Emmanuelle

Velluto nero

(USA: Emanuelle in Egypt)

(aka: Smooth Velvet, Raw Silk)

Italy - 1976 - 96m - col / scope

Miracle (X) (cut)

D: Brunello Rondi

Blood of the Dragon

殺人拳2

(USA: Return of the Street Fighter)

Japan - 1974 - 88m - col / scope

Eural (X) (cut)

D: Shigehiro Ozawa
Series: The Street Fighter (1974, below).

The Brute

UK - 1976 - 90m - col

Rank (X) (cut)

D: Gerry O’Hara

The Butterfly Ball

UK - 1976 - 87m - col

Rank (U)

D: Tony Klinger

Caged Women

Frauengefängnis

(USA: Barbed Wire Dolls)

Switzerland - 1975 - 81m - col

Miracle (X) (cut)

D: Jesús Franco [as: Jess Franco]
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.

Carquake
Cannonball

USA - 1976 - 93m - col

Hemdale (A) (cut)

D: Paul Bartel

C.A.S.H.
Whiffs

USA - 1975 - 92m - col / scope
Scotia-Barber (AA)
D: Ted Post

Coup de Grâce

Der Fangschuß

W.Germany/France - 1976 - 97m - bw

Contemporary (AA)

D: Volker Schlöndorff

Danish Escort Girls

Hopla på sengekanten

(aka: All Lovers Are Strangers)

(aka: Escort Girls)

(aka: Jumpin’ at the Bedside)

Denmark - 1976 - 101m - col

Gala (X) (cut)

D: John Hilbard
Series: Bedroom Mazurka (1970, Apr/1971).

Dreams of Thirteen
Wet Dreams

W.Germany/Netherlands - 1974 - 98m - col
Oppidan (X) (cut)
D: Lee Kraft, Max Fischer, Jens Jørgen Thorsen, Hans Kanters, Heathcote Williams, Dusan Makavejev [as: Sam Rotterdam], Oscar Gigard, Nicholas Ray, Geert Koolman, Lasse Braun [as: Falcon Stuart]
Initially rejected by the BBFC in 1974 under its original title, then passed with cuts in 1977 as Dreams of Thirteen.

Erotic Young Lovers

Schulmädchen-Report 6. Teil: Was Eltern gern vertuschen möchten

(USA: Campus Pussycats)

(aka: Schoolgirl Report 6: What Parents Would Gladly Hush Up)

W.Germany - 1973 - 74m - col

Childs Associates (X) (cut)

D: Ernst Hofbauer
Series: Confessions of a Sixth Form Girl (1970, Sep/1976).

Flood

USA (TV) - 1976 - 97m - col

Columbia-Warner (U)

D: Earl Bellamy

Freaky Friday

USA - 1976 - 100m - col

Walt Disney (U)

D: Gary Nelson
Followed by: Billions for Boris (1984).

The Gatekeeper's Daughter

La fille du garde-barrière

(aka: The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard)

France - 1975 - 95m - bw

Cinecenta (X - London)

D: Jérôme Savary

Gekitotsu! Satsujinken

[see: Street Fighter, The (1974)]

The Great Gabbo

USA - 1929 - 96m - bw and col

Cinegate (U)

D: James Cruze

Hardcore

(USA: Fiona)

UK - 1977 - 82m - col

Target (X) (cut)

D: James Kenelm Clarke

Helter Skelter

(aka: Massacre in Hollywood)

USA (TV) - 1976 - 194m - 2 episodes - col

Hemdale (X)

D: Tom Gries
The UK version distributed by Hemdale was a condensed feature-length print, running 92 mins.

Homebodies

USA - 1973 - 96m - col

Essential Cinema (X)

D: Larry Yust

Jabberwocky

UK - 1977 - 101m - col

Columbia-Warner (A) (cut)

D: Terry Gilliam

Jackson County Jail

(aka: The Innocent Victim)

USA - 1976 - 84m - col

United Artists (X) (cut)

D: Michael Miller

James Dean: The First American Teenager

UK - 1975 - 80m - col

Visual Programme Systems (AA)

D: Ray Connolly

Joseph Andrews

UK - 1977 - 104m - col

United Artists (AA)

D: Tony Richardson

The Last Tycoon

USA - 1976 - 124m - col

CIC (AA)

D: Elia Kazan

Little Girl Big Tease

(aka: Captive Pleasures)

(aka: Snatched)

USA - 1975 - 86m - col

Cinecenta (X) (cut)

D: Roberto Mitrotti

Lust in the Sun

Dans la poussière du soleil

France/Spain - 1971 - 90m - col

Golden Era (X)

D: Richard Balducci

Mayday at 40,000 Feet!

USA (TV) - 1976 - 94m - col

Columbia-Warner (A) (cut)

D: Robert Butler

Naked and Lustful

La donneuse

(aka: Hot Rich and Raunchy)

(aka: Rich & Raunchy)

Belgium/France - 1975 - 90m - col

English Film Company (X) (cut)

D: Jean-Marie Pallardy

One Hour to Zero

UK - 1976 - 55m - col

Children's Film Foundation (U)

D: Jeremy Summers

Only in Denmark

Liebesmarkt in Dänemark

W.Germany - 1971 - 78m - col

Oppidan (X) (cut)

D: Benno Bellenbaum & Günter Vaessen [as: Bellenbaum Vaessen]

Pleasure at Her Majesty’s

UK - 1976 - 100m - col

Essential Cinema (A)

D: Roger Graef

Private Vices & Public Virtues

Vizi privati, pubbliche virtù

(USA: Private Vices, Public Pleasures)

Italy/Yugoslavia - 1976 - 104m - col

Eagle (X)

D: Miklós Jancsó

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins

(aka: Rafferty and the Highway Hustlers)

USA - 1975 - 91m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (X)

D: Dick Richards

The Red Light Girls

Prostituzione

(aka: Love Angels)

(aka: Street Angels)

Italy - 1974 - 88m - col

Eagle (X) (cut)

D: Rino Di Silvestro

Rocky

USA - 1976 - 119m - col

United Artists (A)

D: John G. Avildsen
Followed by: Rocky II (1979, Oct/1979), Rocky III (1982, Aug/1982), Rocky IV (1985, Feb/1986), Rocky V (1990, Feb/1991), Rocky Balboa (2006, Mar/2007), Creed (2015, Feb/2016).

Secret Love Games

Les liaisons perverses

France - 1975 - 80m - col

English Film Company (X) (cut)

D: Jean-Paul Sauvignac [as: Edgar P. Sullivan]

Sex in Sweden
Molly

Sweden - 1976 - 101m - col
Variety (X) (cut)
D: Mac Ahlberg [as: Bert Torn]

Shudder
Kiss of the Tarantula

USA - 1976 - 84m - col
New Realm (X)
D: Chris Munger

Silver Streak

USA - 1976 - 113m - col

20th Century Fox (A) (cut)

D: Arthur Hiller

The Squeeze

UK - 1977 - 107m - col

Columbia-Warner (X)

D: Michael Apted

The Story of Adele H.

L’histoire d’Adèle H.

France - 1975 - 98m - col

Hemdale (A)

D: François Truffaut

The Street Fighter

激突!　殺人拳

(aka: Enter the Streetfighter)

(aka: Kung Fu Street Fighter)

Japan - 1974 - 88m - col / scope

Eural (X) (cut)

D: Shigehiro Ozawa
Followed by: Blood of the Dragon (1974, above), The Streetfighter's Last Revenge (逆襲! 殺人拳, 1974).

Les violons du bal

France - 1974 - 108m - col

Contemporary (A)

D: Michel Drach

A Virgin for St. Tropez

Une vierge pour Saint-Tropez

France/Italy - 1975 - 85m - col

Rothernorth (X) (cut)

D: Georges Friedland [as: Gregory Freed]

Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry

Canada - 1976 - 99m - col

Pleasant Pastures

D: Donald Brittain, John Kramer