[Film] Films from the 70s - Saturday Night Fever

[Cheshire Cat]

All the President's Men

Shaft

French Connection 1 and 2

A Bridge too Far

Railway Children

 

[BN9 BHA]

If we are talking 70s films, this is my favourite.

 

[R. Slicker]

Anybody mentioned Deliverance yet?

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

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If we are talking 70s films, this is my favourite.

Great movie but I was going to add it to my post as it is similar to SNF.
Gritty London scenes, good acting, great soundtrack, shagging, Mod/rockers youth scene encapsulates perfectly the times.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Concept and story excellent, music from the Bee Gees absolutely awful. Why would anyone actually deliberately sing like castrato's?

No idea how old you are, but the OST sold gazillions and was pretty exciting and different at the time. For about 18m the 'awful' BeeGees ruled the world musically with music that was exciting and different. Fair enough if you didn't like it, but it certainly had it's moment.

 

[Barrow Boy]

Westworld
Young Frankenstein

 

[Silverhatch]

Oh, and fun fact - Saturday Night Fever remains the only soundtrack in history that outsold the movie box office takings. Despite SNF being a bona-fide worldwide smash.

Stigwood released the soundtrack before the movie - which had never been done before. That drove people to the film. SNF is still up there with the biggest grossing films of all time compared to budget - especially given its release date 30 years before the YouTube generation.

 

[Meade's Ball]

Five Easy Pieces
The Conversation
Harold and Maude
Being There

 

[PTC Gull]

Silent Running. Very underrated but the storyline is still relevant now.

 

[Eeyore]

I was only 10 at the end of 70s, but did see a few films.

The Land That Time Forgot I was foolishly taken to see aged 5. My parents had to make room for a little guest in their bed as a result. Gave me nightmares.

I belly ached to see Grease which, in my opinion, is a poor film but with a great soundtrack. Still play the tracks to this day, but never watch the film.

I suppose when thinking of the time I'd have to run with Star Wars.

 

[marlowe]

I'm going to LOVE this thread

for your consideration 3 American 'dusty roads and big sky' 70s movies.

first up 'Vanishing Point', dusty road, big sky, cops, belting soundtrack .. bonus point for naked hippy chick on motorbike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P2VCMT8vAw&ab_channel=20thCenturyStudios

next up 'Electra Glide In Blue' dusty road, big sky, cops, even better soundtrack ... bonus point for cameo from Pete 'Chicago/ Glory of Love' Cetera as a leader of a motorcycle gang.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ql3l9C_qQ4&ab_channel=Shout!Factory

and finally 'Charley Varrick' dusty roads, big sky, cops, Lalo Schifrin soundtrack ... bonus point for magnificent cast ... Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker and John Vernon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxaqjQWQVAk&ab_channel=MovieclipsClassicTrailers

If you like 70s dusty road, big sky movies you might like:

Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) starring Warren Oates and musicians Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys and James Taylor....

https://youtu.be/yPbqV9CgV9s

and Badlands (1973) starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek and also Warren Oates again, and this time James Taylor provides the music. Based on the Charles Starkweather murder spree....

https://youtu.be/qKykxE7CBbc

 

[Hampster Gull]

 

[smillie's garden]

Concept and story excellent, music from the Bee Gees absolutely awful. Why would anyone actually deliberately sing like castrato's?

I'm picturing you as a hairy, anti-disco greaser. The soundtrack is brilliant, including the Bee Gees songs.

 

[Seagull58]

Soldier Blue had its moments. The massacre at the end nearly made me pass out.

 

[vegster]

No idea how old you are, but the OST sold gazillions and was pretty exciting and different at the time. For about 18m the 'awful' BeeGees ruled the world musically with music that was exciting and different. Fair enough if you didn't like it, but it certainly had it's moment.

I always liked the merging of lyrics and music in songs, I like and have liked loads of bands and singers who's songs " Tell a Story " . I don't know what the Bee Gees are saying in many of their songs and in fact, I have had to look some up on lyric finders . I have not had the problem with any other band on a regular basis so the Bee gees are not for me, if Crowded House sang beautiful songs like Fall at Your Feet or Distant Sun like the Bee Gees I'd avoid them too.

 

[Nitram]

Shaft
Apocalypse Now
Deer Hunter
Get Carter

 

[portlock seagull]

Soldier Blue had its moments. The massacre at the end nearly made me pass out.

Never seen and I’m a big fan of westerns. But I’ve heard similar stories so I’ve always given it a swerve. I don’t like violence for violence sake even though aware it’s an anti war film and know how appalling the atrocities were by both sides.

 

[portlock seagull]

All the President's Men

Shaft

French Connection 1 and 2

A Bridge too Far

Railway Children

Watched the first the other day, it’s still brilliant, but yes all of those are great great films.

I’m going to give a mention to Watership Down. Those were the days when kids used to leave the cinema in tears and traumatised, not pumped full of coke and demanding a cheese burger like today. All we wanted after seeing was therapy...but you had to wait until the 90s for that!

 

[marlowe]

Soldier Blue had its moments. The massacre at the end nearly made me pass out.

I was reading about Buffy Saint Marie only yesterday (she wrote and sang the title song). She's a Native American political activist and as a result of her activism was blacklisted by a lot of radio stations under pressure first from Presidents Johnson and then Nixon, and also FBI director J Edgar Hoover who put her under surveillance.

https://youtu.be/LlrOaJFf6tg

 

[Iford Albion]

So many great films suggested already. And interesting that many of them were really shocking at the time. Taxi driver, apocalypse now etc.

Made me look up the date of Eraserhead. 1977! Unbelievable... Saw it at 15 and swore i would never watch it again because it was just so disconcerting. One of my sons got into lynch recently so I agreed to watch it again. Blew me away.

Don't think Texas chainsaw massacre has been mentioned either. Arthouse disguised as a slasher movie.

Edit

And one flew over the cuckoo's nest.