MFB: December 1980

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

December 1980

Vol. 47 No. 563

At the Fountainhead (of German Strength)

UK - 1980 - 96m - col and bw

BFI

D: Anthea Kennedy, Nicolas Burton

Augustine of Hippo

Agostino d'Ippona

Italy - 1972 - 120m - col

BFI

D: Roberto Rossellini

Caligula

USA/Italy - 1979 - 156m - col

GTO (X) (cut)

D: Tinto Brass, Giancarlo Lui, Bob Guccione

Cosimo de' Medici

L'eta di Cosimo de' Medici

(USA: The Age of the Medici)

(aka: The Age of Cosimo de Medici)

Italy (TV) - 1972 - 255m - 3 episodes - col

BFI

D: Roberto Rosellini

The Dogs of War

UK - 1980 - 118m - col

United Artists (AA) (cut)

D: John Irvin / Dolby Stereo

A Fistful of Dragon

Duel maut

(USA: Steel-Fisted Dragon)

Indonesia - 1977 - 81m - col / scope

Facelift (X) (cut)

D: Iksan Lahardi

Flash Gordon

USA/UK - 1980 - 115m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A)

D: Mike Hodges
Dolby Stereo

Forty Guns

USA - 1957 - 78m - bw / scope

20th Century Fox (A) (cut)

D: Samuel Fuller
4-channel stereo
Also reviewed: Dec 1957.

Four Sons

USA - 1928 - 97m - bw

BFI (A)

D: John Ford

Hangar 18

USA - 1980 - 97m - col

Sunn Classic (A)

D: James L. Conway

Hopscotch

USA - 1980 - 107m - col / scope

Rank (AA)

D: Ronald Neame

Italy: Year One

Anno uno

(USA: Year One)

Italy - 1974 - 123m - col

BFI

D: Roberto Rossellini

Jack London's Klondike Fever

[see: Klondike Fever]

Kagemusha

影武者

Japan - 1980 - 181m - col

20th Century Fox (A)

D: Akira Kurosawa

Klondike Fever

Canada - 1979 - 119m - col

Barber Rose (A)

D: Peter Carter

Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma soeur et mon frère...

France - 1975 - 130m - col

The Other Cinema

D: René Allio

Monster (Humanoids From the Deep)
Humanoids From the Deep

USA - 1980 - 80m - col
United Artists (X)
D: Barbara Peeters

My American Uncle

Mon oncle d’Amérique

France - 1980 - 126m - col and bw

Gala (A)

D: Alain Resnais

When a Stranger Calls: Jun 1980

Nela

W.Germany - 1980 - 99m - col

Academy (U)

D: Hans Conrad Fischer

The Orlovs

Супруги Орловы

USSR - 1978 - 85m - col / scope

Rank (AA)

D: Mark Donskoy

Raise the Titanic

USA - 1980 - 114m - col / scope

ITC (A)

D: Jerry Jameson
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

The Silent Scream

USA - 1979 - 87m - col

Alpha (X)

D: Denny Harris

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

UK - 1980 - 71m - col

Charisma (AA)

D: Steve Roberts

Stardust Memories

USA - 1980 - 88m - col

United Artists (AA)

D: Woody Allen

The Stunt Man

USA - 1980 - 130m - col

20th Century Fox (X)

D: Richard Rush

Suprugi Orlovy

[see: Orlovs, The]

Terror Train

Canada - 1980 - 97m - col

20th Century Fox (X)

D: Roger Spottiswoode

Thundercrack!

USA - 1975 - 158m - bw

Paul Webster

D: Curt McDowell

The Voice of Kurdistan

UK/Australia - 1980 - 109m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Georges Drion, Jacqueline Bottagisio