MFB: February 1981

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

February 1981

Vol. 48 No. 565

Any Which Way You Can

USA - 1980 - 115m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA) (cut)

D: Buddy Van Horn
Series: Every Which Way But Loose (1978, Feb/1979).

Chance, History, Art...

UK - 1979 - 50m - col

Arts Council of Great Britain

D: James Scott

The Exterminator

USA - 1980 - 102m - col

Alpha (X) (cut)

D: James Glickenhaus
Followed by: Exterminator 2 (1984, Oct/1984).
Dolby Stereo

The Falls

UK - 1980 - 185m - col

BFI (A)

D: Peter Greenaway

Freedom Road

USA (TV) - 1979 - 186m - 2 episodes - col

Enterprise (AA)

D: Ján Kádar
The UK version distributed by Enterprise was a condensed feature-length edition, running 100 mins.

The Jazz Singer

USA - 1980 - 116m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A)

D: Richard Fleischer
35mm and 70mm release prints.
5.1-channel Dolby Stereo

Lightning Over Water

(aka: Nick's Movie)

W.Germany/Sweden - 1980 - 91m - col

Cinegate (AA)

D: Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders

Little Lord Fauntleroy

USA/UK (TV) - 1980 - 103m - col

GTO (U)

D: Jack Gold

The Lonely Woman

Viaggio in Italia

(USA: Journey to Italy)

(aka: Strangers)
(aka: Voyage to Italy)

Italy/France - 1953 - 97m - bw

Orb (A)

D: Roberto Rossellini
Also reviewed: Mar 1958.

The Machine That Kills Bad People

La machina ammazzacattivi

Italy - 1948 - 83m - bw

BFI

D: Roberto Rossellini

The Mirror Crack'd

UK - 1980 - 105m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A)

D: Guy Hamilton

More American Graffiti

USA - 1979 - 111m - col / scope

CIC (AA)

D: B.W.L. Norton
Series: American Graffiti (1973, Feb/1974).
Dolby Stereo

My Bodyguard

USA - 1980 - 96m - col

20th Century Fox (A)

D: Tony Bill

Nine to Five

USA - 1980 - 109m - col

20th Century Fox (AA)

D: Colin Higgins
4-channel stereo

The Octagon

USA - 1980 - 103m - col

Enterprise (X) (cut)

D: Eric Karson

Ordinary People

USA - 1980 - 124m - col

CIC (AA)

D: Robert Redford

Private Benjamin

USA - 1980 - 110m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Howard Zieff

Raging Bull

USA - 1980 - 129m - bw and col

United Artists (X)

D: Martin Scorsese
Dolby Stereo

Rise and Fall of Idi Amin

(USA: Amin: The Rise and Fall)

UK/Kenya - 1980 - 101m - col

Twin Continental (X)

D: Sharad Patel

Seems Like Old Times

USA - 1980 - 102m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (A)

D: Jay Sandrich

Sitting Ducks

USA - 1978 - 88m - col

ICA (AA)

D: Henry Jaglom

Tourist Trap

(aka: Nightmare of Terror)

USA - 1978 - 90m - col

Productions Associates (X)

D: David Schmoeller

Union City

USA - 1979 - 87m - col

Mainline (A)

D: Mark Reichert

Untamed Sex

Sechs Schwedinnen im Pensionat

Switzerland/France - 1979 - 91m - col

Jay Jay (X) (cut)

D: Erwin C. Dietrich [as: Michael Thomas]
Followed by: Swedish Erotic Sexations (1980, Dec/1982).

Virgin Confessions
Cherry Hill High

USA - 1976 - 87m - col
Supreme (X)
D: Alex E. Goitein