MFB: February 1978

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

February 1978

Vol. 45 No. 529

Assault on Precinct 13

USA - 1976 - 91m - col / scope

Miracle (X)

D: John Carpenter

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training

USA - 1977 - 100m - col

CIC (A)

D: Michael Pressman
Series: The Bad News Bears (1976, Nov/1976).

Bathtime in Bangkok

Drei Bayern in Bangkok

(USA: Ding Dong)

W.Germany - 1976 - 85m - col

New Realm (X)

D: Sigi Rothemund [as: Siggi Götz]

The Black Panther

UK - 1977 - 98m - col

Alpha (X)

D: Ian Merrick

Blue Dreams

Schulmädchen-Report 8. Teil: Was Eltern nie erfahren dürfen

(USA: Naughty Coeds)

W.Germany - 1974 - 88m - col

Atlantic (X) (cut)

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

Bottoms Up

Auf der Alm da gibt’s koa Sünd

(aka: Bouncing Boobs)

(aka: There’s No Sin in the Alpine Pastures)

W.Germany - 1977 - 81m - col

New Realm (X) (cut)

D: Franz Josef Gottlieb

Candleshoe

USA - 1977 - 101m - col

Walt Disney (U)

D: Norman Tokar

The Choirboys

USA - 1977 - 120m - col

GTO (X)

D: Robert Aldrich

Dark Star

USA - 1974 - 83m - col

Oppidan (A)

D: John Carpenter

The Devil, Probably

Le diable probablement

France - 1977 - 95m - col

Artificial Eye (X)

D: Robert Bresson

Erotic Pleasures

Les plaisirs solitaires

France - 1976 - 90m - col

Target (X) (cut)

D: Francis Leroi

Further Confessions of a Sixth Form Girl

Schulmädchen-Report 2. Teil: Was Eltern den Schlaf raubt

(aka: Schoolgirl Report 2: What Keeps Parents Awake at Night)

W.Germany - 1971 - 92m - col

New Realm (X) (cut)

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

The Gauntlet

USA - 1977 - 109m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (X)

D: Clint Eastwood
4-channel stereo

Goodbye Emmanuelle

(aka: Emmanuelle 3)

France - 1977 - 98m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (X)

D: François Leterrier
Series: Emmanuelle (1974, Oct/1974).

Hamlet

UK - 1976 - 67m - col

Essential Cinema

D: Celestino Coronado

Han-chiang ying-lieh chuan

[see: Sky Wars]

Hyenas' Sun

Soleil des hyènes

Tunisia/Netherlands - 1977 - 100m - col

Essential Cinema (AA)

D: Rihda Behi

It Happened One Night

USA - 1934 - 105m - bw

Columbia (A)

D: Frank Capra
Also reviewed: Sep 1934.

The London Rock and Roll Show

UK - 1973 - 84m - col

Notting Hill Studios (A)

D: Peter Clifton

The Naked Peacock

Canada - 1974 - 79m - col

Target (X) (cut)

D: Denis Hargrave

Der neue Schulmädchen-Report 2. Teil: Was Eltern den Schlaf raubt

[see: Further Confessions of a Sixth Form Girl]

The Old New World

Die alte neue Welt

E.Germany - 1977 - 105m - col

ETV

D: Andrew Thorndike, Annelie Thorndike

Pete’s Dragon

USA - 1977 - 127m - col

Walt Disney (U)

D: Don Chaffey
Dolby Stereo

Rollercoaster

USA - 1977 - 118m - col / scope

CIC (A)

D: James Goldstone
Mono sound, with Sensurround encoding.

The Runaway Train
Runaway

USA (TV) - 1973 - 90m - col

CIC (A)

D: David Lowell Rich

Running Fence

USA - 1977 - 57m - col

Transatlantic

D: David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin, Albert Maysles

Semi-Tough

USA - 1977 - 107m - col

United Artists (AA)

D: Michael Ritchie

Sky Wars
Battle of Eagle
독수리전선
(aka: Attack From the Sky)
S.Korea/Hong Kong - 1976 - 125m - col / scope
London International (A) (cut)
D: Ko Young-nam

Space Cruiser

宇宙戦艦ヤマト

(USA: Space Battleship Yamato)

(aka: Space Cruiser Yamato)

Japan - 1977 - 135m - col

Enterprise (U)

D: Toshio Masuda
Comprised of footage from the TV series Star Blazers (宇宙戦艦ヤマト, 1974-79), edited together and released as a theatrical feature.
Followed by: Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage (宇宙戦艦ヤマト 新たなる旅立ち, 1979), Be Forever Yamato (ヤマトよ永遠に, 1980), Final Yamato (宇宙戦艦ヤマト・完結編, 1983).

Spartacus

Спартак

USSR - 1975 - 93m - col / scope

Curzon (U)

D: Vadim Derbenyov, Yuri Grigorivich

Spartak

[see: Spartacus]

Stand Together! (Grunwick, July 11th, 1977)

UK - 1977 - 71m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Newsreel Collective

Storm Boy

Australia - 1976 - 89m - col

South Australian Film Corp.

D: Henri Safran

Stroszek

W.Germany - 1976 - 108m - col

Contemporary (AA)

D: Werner Herzog

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

USA - 1926 - silent - bw

First National (U)

D: Harry Edwards (and Frank Capra)

Uchusenkan Yamato

[see: Space Cruiser]

Weekend Orgy

L’amour à la bouche

(USA: Mannequin)

France - 1974 - 95m - col

Target (X) (cut)

D: Gérard Kikoïne, Alex Nubarr, Alain Van Damme

The White Buffalo

USA - 1977 - 97m - col

EMI (AA)

D: J. Lee Thompson

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

USA - 1923 - silent - bw

Allied Artists (A)

D: Charlie Chaplin

Young Bedmates

Schulmädchen-Report 10. Teil: Irgendwann fängt jede an

(USA: Smartie Pants)

(aka: Campus Teasers)

W.Germany - 1976 - 81m - col

Eagle (X) (cut)

D: Walter Boos
Initially rejected by the BBFC, then passed with cuts.
Series: Confessions of a Sixth Form Girl (1970, Sep/1976).