MFB: August 1977

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

August 1977

Vol. 44 No. 523

Adventures of a Private Eye

UK - 1977 - 96m - col

Alpha (X)

D: Stanley Long
Series: Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1975, Jul/1976).

Anna Christie

USA - 1930 - 89m - bw

Jury Metro-Goldwyn (A)

D: Clarence Brown

Bed Neighbours

Les petits dessous des grands ensembles

(USA: The Condominium)

France - 1976 - 89m - col

Tigon (X) (cut)

D: Christian Chevreuse, Michel Caputo

The Car

USA - 1977 - 98m - col / scope

CIC (AA)

D: Elliot Silverstein
4-channel stereo

La Cecilia

Italy/France - 1976 - 113m - col

The Other Cinema (AA)

D: Jean-Louis Comolli

Cockfighter

(aka: Born to Kill)

USA - 1974 - 83m - col

EMI (Banned)

D: Monte Hellman

Day of the Animals

USA - 1976 - 98m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (AA)

D: William Girdler
4-channel stereo

The Devil’s Playground

Australia - 1976 - 107m - col

Columbia-Warner (AA)

D: Fred Schepisi

Emmanuelle in Tokyo

東京エマニエル夫人

(aka: Wild Emmanuelle)

Japan - 1975 - 91m - col / scope

Intercontinental (X) (cut)

D: Akira Kato

Fellini's Casanova

Il Casanova di Federico Fellini

Italy - 1976 - 163m - col

20th Century Fox (X)

D: Federico Fellini

Film From the Clyde

UK - 1977 - 83m - bw

Cinema Action

D: [uncredited]

Fresh, Young and Sexy

Schüler-Report: Junge, Junge, was die Mädchen alles von uns wollen!

(aka: Sweet 16)

W.Germany - 1971 - 84m - col

Eagle (X) (cut)

D: Eberhard Schröder

The Hidden Gun

Le vieux fusil

(USA: The Old Gun)

(aka: Vengeance One by One)

France/W.Germany - 1975 - 103m - col

Hemdale (A)

D: Robert Enrico

Inhibitions
Inhibition

Italy - 1976 - 101m - col / scope

Childs Associates (X) (cut)

D: Paulo Poeti [as: Paul Price]

Jet Sex

...und sie genießen die Liebe

(USA: Easy Come, Easy Go)

(aka: Candi Girl)

W.Germany - 1976 - 96m - col

Golden Era (X) (cut)

D: Johnny Wyder

The Late Show

USA - 1977 - 93m - col

Columbia-Warner (AA)

D: Robert Benton

Lost in the Wild
Barney

Australia - 1976 - 93m - col
Columbia-Warner (U)
D: David Waddington

The Middle of the World

Le milieu du monde

France/Switzerland - 1974 - 117m - bw

Artificial Eye (X)

D: Alain Tanner

Milestones

USA - 1975 - 206m - col

Cinegate

D: Robert Kramer, John Douglas

Nasty Habits

UK - 1976 - 92m - col

Scotia-Barber (X)

D: Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Orca: Killer Whale
Orca

USA - 1977 - 92m - col / scope

EMI (A)

D: Michael Anderson

The People That Time Forgot

UK - 1977 - 90m - col

Brent Walker (U)

D: Kevin Connor
Series: The Land That Time Forgot (1974, Feb/1975).

Red Dust

USA - 1932 - 79m - bw

MGM (A) (cut)

D: Victor Fleming

The Rescuers

USA - 1977 - 77m - col

Walt Disney (U)

D: Wolfgang Reitherman, John Lounsbery, Art Stevens
Followed by: The Rescuers Down Under (1990, Dec/1991).

Romance of a Horse Thief

(aka: Running Bear)

USA/Yugoslavia/Italy/France - 1971 - 100m - col

Kingston (A)

D: Abraham Polonsky

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

UK - 1977 - 113m - col

Columbia-Warner (U)

D: Sam Wanamaker
Series: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958, Feb/1959).

Slap Shot

USA - 1977 - 124m - col

CIC (X)

D: George Roy Hill
Followed by: Slapshot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002), Slap Shot: The Junior League (2008).

Small Change

L’argent de poche

(aka: Pocket Money)

France - 1976 - 105m - col

Gala (A) (cut)

D: François Truffaut

Smokey and the Bandit

USA - 1977 - 97m - col

CIC (A)

D: Hal Needham
Followed by: Smokey and the Bandit II (1980, Jan/1981), Smokey and the Bandit III (1983).

The Spy Who Loved Me

UK - 1977 - 125m - col / scope

United Artists (A)

D: Lewis Gilbert
Series: Dr. No (1962, Oct/62).
4-channel stereo

The Streetwalker

La marge

France - 1976 - 91m - col

New Realm (X) (cut)

D: Walerian Borowczyk

Tokyo Emmanuelle fujin

[see: Emmanuelle in Tokyo]

Up and Coming

La sposina

(aka: The Bride)

(aka: The Young Bride)

Italy - 1976 - 90m - col / scope

Golden Era (X)

D: Sergio Bergonzelli

Viva Knievel!

USA - 1977 - 104m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: Gordon Douglas

When Sex Was a Knightly Affair
The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

(aka: Erotic Adventures of a Super Knight)
(aka: The Erotic Adventures of Don Quixote)
(aka: Sex Encounters of a Close Kind)
(aka: Super Knights)
USA - 1976 - 103m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Raphael Nussbaum