MFB: November 1977

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

November 1977

Vol. 44 No. 526

Bim

Trinidad and Tobago - 1974 - 102m - col

Oppidan (AA)

D: Hugh A. Robertson

Black Joy

UK - 1977 - 109m - col

Hemdale (X)

D: Anthony Simmons

Blue Sunshine

USA - 1977 - 95m - col

Columbia-Warner (X)

D: Jeff Lieberman

Bobby Deerfield

USA - 1977 - 123m - col / scope

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: Sydney Pollack

Bonds That Chafe
Erotikon

Sweden - 1920 - silent - bw
Darvill
D: Mauritz Stiller

Cathy's Curse

Cauchemares

France/Canada - 1976 - 91m - col

Oppidan (X)

D: Eddy Matalon

Crime Busters

Due superpiedi quasi piatti

(aka: Trinity in Trouble Again)

Italy - 1976 - 115m - col

Columbia-Warner (A) (cut)

D: Enzo Barboni [as: E.B. Clucher]

Dead of Night

(aka: Deathdream)

(aka: Whispers)

USA - 1972 - 89m - col

Alpha (X)

D: Bob Clark

The Dirty Half Dozen
Hustler Squad

Philippines - 1976 - 98m - col
Intercontinental (X)
D: Cesar Gallardo

Draws
American Tickler

(aka: Ejection)
USA - 1976 - 77m - col
Oppidan (X)
D: Chuck Vincent

Emanuelle and Françoise

Emanuelle e Françoise (Le sorelline)

(aka: Blood Vengeance)

(aka: Demon Rage)

Italy - 1976 - 96m - col

Variety (X) (cut)

D: Joe D’Amato

Equus

UK - 1977 - 137m - col

United Artists (AA)

D: Sidney Lumet

French Undressing

Et si tu n’en veux pas...

France/Belgium - 1976 - 91m - col

Variety (X) (cut)

D: Jacques Besnard [as: Jacques Treyens]

Greased Lightning

USA - 1977 - 96m - col

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: Michael Schultz

Guardian of the Wilderness

(aka: Mountain Man)

USA - 1976 - 110m - col

Sunn Classic (U)

D: David O’Malley

India Song

France - 1974 - 120m - col

Artificial Eye (A)

D: Marguerite Duras

I Was Fifteen

Den sommeren jeg fylte 15

(aka: The Summer I Turned Fifteen)

Norway - 1974 - 98m - col

Gala (X)

D: Knut Andersen

The Lacemaker

La dentellière

France/Switzerland/W.Germany - 1977 - 107m - col

Contemporary (AA)

D: Claude Goretta

Love in Four Easy Lessons

Spogliamoci così senza pudor...

Italy - 1976 - 108m - col

West World (X)

D: Sergio Martino
Series: Sex With a Smile (1975, Dec/1977).

March or Die

UK - 1977 - 107m - col

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: Dick Richards

Le million

France - 1931 - 89m - bw

Connoisseur (A)

D: René Clair

Mustang: The House That Joe Built

USA - 1975 - 85m - col

New Realm (X) (cut)

D: Robert Guralnick

Oh, God!

USA - 1977 - 104m - col

Columbia-Warner (A)

D: Carl Reiner
Followed by: Oh, God! Book II (1980), Oh, God! You Devil (1984).

Our Betters

USA - 1933 - 83m - bw

Radio (A) (cut)

D: George Cukor

The Pack

(aka: The Long Hard Night)

USA - 1977 - 99m - col

Columbia-Warner (AA)

D: Robert Clouse

Padre padrone

(aka: Father, Master)

Italy - 1977 - 113m - col

Artificial Eye (X)

D: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani

Pelvis

(aka: Hard Up)

(aka: Party)

(aka: Toga Party)

USA - 1977 - 83m - col

Oppidan (X)

D: Robert T. Megginson

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

UK - 1977 - 92m - col

Contemporary (AA)

D: Joseph Strick

Pumping Iron

USA - 1976 - 86m - col

Cinegate (A)

D: George Butler, Robert Fiore
Followed by: Pumping Iron II: The Women (1984, Nov/1985).

Rabid

Canada - 1976 - 91m - col

Alpha (X)

D: David Cronenberg

Ride a Wild Pony

(aka: Born to Run)

Australia/USA - 1975 - 91m - col

Walt Disney (U)

D: Don Chaffey
Also reviewed: Dec 1976.

A Sense of Loss

USA/Switzerland - 1972 - 135m - bw

Contemporary

D: Marcel Ophüls

Sérail

France - 1976 - 87m - col / scope

Contemporary (X)

D: Eduardo de Gregorio

Shatter

(USA: Call Him Mr. Shatter)

UK/Hong Kong - 1974 - 90m - col

EMI (X) (cut)

D: Michael Carreras

Sous les toits de Paris

(aka: Under the Roofs of Paris)

France - 1930 - 92m - bw

Academy (A) (cut)

D: René Clair

Star Wars

(aka: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)
USA - 1977 - 121m/125m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (U)
D: George Lucas
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Also reviewed: Apr 1997.
Originally released as Star Wars. The now-famous subtitle was added for a 1981 re-release.
Followed by: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980, Jul/1980), Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1986, Jul/1983), Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999, Jul/1999), Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002, Jul/2002), Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2004, Jul/2005), Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015, Feb/2016), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

That Female Scent

Profumo di donna

(USA: Scent of a Woman)

Italy - 1974 - 103m - col

Curzon (X) (cut)

D: Dino Risi

Thomas Graal's Best Film

Thomas Graals Bästa Film

Sweden - 1917 - silent - bw

Darvill

D: Mauritz Stiller

Today is Forever
Griffin and Phoenix

USA (TV) - 1976 - 96m - col
Target (AA)
D: Daryl Duke

Valentino

UK - 1977 - 127m - col

United Artists (X)

D: Ken Russell
Dolby Stereo

The Violent Breed

Keoma il vendicatore

(USA: Keoma)

(aka: Desperado)

(aka: Django Rides Again)

Italy - 1976 - 101m - col / scope

Intercontinental (X) (cut)

D: Enzo G. Castellari

Welcome to Blood City

Canada/UK - 1977 - 96m - col / scope

EMI (AA) (cut)

D: Peter Sasdy

What a Performer!

Mes nuits avec... Alice, Pénélope, Arnold, Maud et Richard

(USA: The Kinky Ladies of Bourbon Street)

(aka: Crazy Girls in Heat)

France - 1976 - 90m - col

Oppidan (X) (cut)

D: Didier Philippe-Gérard

Young Lady Chatterley

(aka: Naked Young Lady)

USA - 1976 - 100m - col

Intercontinental (X) (cut)

D: Alan Roberts
Followed by: Young Lady Chatterley II (1985).