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MFB: December 1977




Monthly Film Bulletin
December 1977
Vol. 44 No. 527




18 Year Old Schoolgirls
The Cheerleaders
(aka: Return to Montclair High)
USA - 1972 - 84m - col
Antony Balch (X)
D: Paul Glickler
Followed by: The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974), Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976).

40 gradi sotto il lenzuolo
[see: Sex With a Smile]

After Dark
Australia After Dark
Australia - 1975 - 90m - col
New Realm (X) (cut)
D: John D. Lamond

Before Hindsight
UK - 1977 - 78m - col and bw
BFI (U)
D: Jonathan Lewis

Big Banana Feet
UK - 1976 - 77m - col
Brent Walker (AA)
D: David Peat

Big Leaguer
USA - 1953 - 71m - bw
MGM (U)
D: Robert Aldrich
Also reviewed: Feb 1956.

Birth
(aka: Birth With R.D. Laing)
UK/New Zealand (TV) - 1977 - 57m - col
Concord Films Council
D: Sam Pillsbury

The Blank Generation
USA - 1976 - 53m - bw
Faulty Products
D: Ivan Král

The Chicago Maternity Center Story
USA - 1977 - 59m - bw
The Other Cinema
D: Jerry Blumenthal

The Confession of a Nymphomaniac
Beichte einer Liebestollen
(USA: Hay Country Swingers)
(aka: Sabena)
W.Germany - 1971 - 88m - col
Watchgrove (X)
D: Alois Brummer

The Deep
USA - 1977 - 124m - col / scope
Columbia-Warner (A) (cut)
D: Peter Yates
4-channel stereo

The Duellists
UK - 1977 - 101m - col
CIC (A)
D: Ridley Scott

Exit the Dragon Enter the Tiger
天皇巨星
(aka: Bruce Lee: The Star of All Stars)
Hong Kong - 1976 - 84m - col / scope
Inter-Ocean (X) (cut)
D: Lee Tso-nam




The Garden of Torment
Le jardin des supplices
(aka: The Garden of Torture)
France - 1976 - 90m - col
New Realm (X) (cut)
D: Christian Gion
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.

Golden Rendezvous
(aka: Nuclear Terror)
USA - 1977 - 103m - col
Rank (A) (cut)
D: Ashley Lazarus

Intimate Relations
La nuora giovane
Italy - 1975 - 95m - col
Inter-Ocean (X) (cut)
D: Luigi Russo

The Judgement
Gunnar hedes saga
(USA: The Blizzard)
Sweden - 1922 - silent - bw
Darvill
D: Mauritz Stiller

Julia
USA - 1977 - 117m - col
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Fred Zinnemann

Justine the Virtuous
Justine och Juliette
(USA: Justine & Juliette)
Sweden - 1974 - 91m - col
Grand National (X) (cut)
D: Mac Ahlberg [as: Bert Torn]
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.

The Last Remake of Beau Geste
USA - 1977 - 85m - col
CIC (A)
D: Marty Feldman

Malpertuis
(USA: The Legend of Doom House)
France/W.Germany/Belgium - 1971 - 124m - col
Supreme (X) (cut)
D: Harry Kümel

Manson
(aka: Manson and Squeaky Fromme)
USA - 1972 - 93m - col
NTA (X - London)
D: Robert Hendrickson, Laurence Merrick
Rejected by the BBFC in 1972.

The Man Who Skied Down Everest
[see: Yuichiro Miura: The Man Who Skied Down Everest]




My Nights With Susan, Sandra, Olga and Julie
Mijn nachten met Susan, Olga, Albert, Julie, Piet & Sandra
(aka: Secrets of Naughty Susan)
Netherlands - 1974 - 85m - col / scope
Marron (X)
D: Pim de la Parra

The Other Cinderella
Cinderella
USA - 1976 - 88m - col / scope
Alpha (X) (cut)
D: Michael Pataki
4-channel stereo

Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown
USA - 1977 - 76m - col
CIC (U)
D: Bill Melendez
Series: A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969, Apr/1971).

Sex Diary
Il letto in piazza
Italy - 1975 - 94m - col
Amri-Cine (X)
D: Bruno Gaburro

Sex With a Smile
40 gradi all’ombra del lenzuolo
Italy - 1975 - 108m - col
Grand National (X)
D: Sergio Martino
Followed by: Love in Four Easy Lessons (1977, Nov/1977).

The Show of Shows
USA - 1929 - 129m - bw and col
Film Distributors Associated (U)
D: John G. Adolfi

Snows of Destiny
Herr Arnes pengar
(USA: Sir Arne’s Treasure)
Sweden - 1919 - silent - bw
Darvill (A)
D: Mauritz Stiller

Voyage of the Damned
UK - 1976 - 155m - col
Rank (AA)
D: Stuart Rosenberg

A Young Emmanuelle
Néa
(aka: Nea: Young Emmanuelle)
France/W.Germany - 1976 - 105m - col
New Realm (X)
D: Nelly Kaplan

Yuichiro Miura: The Man Who Skied Down Everest
Canada/USA/Japan - 1975 - 84m - col / scope
Pleasant Pastures
D: Bruce Nyznik, Lawrence Schiller (and Isao Zeniya & Kenji Fukuhara)
Re-edited version of the 119-min Japanese film Everest Symphony (エベレスト大滑降, 1970), with a revised soundtrack and English narration by Douglas Rain. Includes a small amount of new footage, shot especially for this edition of the film.

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