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Had a choice this AM of watching The Man Who Would Be King or Jaws. It was a no-brainer as Connery and Caine won, hands down. But the choice got me to thinking, as they were both released in 1975. !975 also saw the release, along with The Man Who Would Be King, of The Wind and the Lion, an all time favorite of mine. !975 was a stellar year for fine movies, seeing the release of the above 3 films but also such films as:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Barry Lyndon
Dog Day Afternoon
3 Days of the Condor
Rollerball
The Eiger Sanction
The Great Waldo Pepper
Royal Flash
Report to the Commissioner
and 3 fine Charles Bronson efforts, Hard Times, Breakheart Pass, and Breakout.
All in all, not a bad year. ^&grin -- Al
 
Speaking of films of the 70's. One of the funniest things I've heard was in a movie theater on my police beat. I hope the moderators permit this, but here goes. I ducked inside the theatre to watch a little bit of "Jaws" Now the theater patrons were 90% black. Now even black comedians make jokes about blacks watching movies so I'm not out of line here. Now in the movie the shark had already made one brief appearance. So the guys are in their boat and the music starts playing that theme whenever the shark is ready to emerge. Well the theater crowd is buzzing, suddenly the scene on the screen shows the shark ready to leap out of the water when some patron in the theater yells at the top of his voice "that mother-----r is really hungry now".
Maybe you had to be there but to this day I still laugh when I think about it.
Gary
 
Gents,

Huge fan of The Man who would be King and of course One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. I may have mentioned this before, but I was 3 years old when I saw this movie (my parents took me) and I remember it to a tee. I guess that is why I like juicy fruit so much.

Oh and Gary, people still yell at the screen!

John from Texas
 
lancer said:
Had a choice this AM of watching The Man Who Would Be King or Jaws. It was a no-brainer as Connery and Caine won, hands down. But the choice got me to thinking, as they were both released in 1975. !975 also saw the release, along with The Man Who Would Be King, of The Wind and the Lion, an all time favorite of mine. !975 was a stellar year for fine movies, seeing the release of the above 3 films but also such films as:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Barry Lyndon
Dog Day Afternoon
3 Days of the Condor
Rollerball
The Eiger Sanction
The Great Waldo Pepper
Royal Flash
Report to the Commissioner
and 3 fine Charles Bronson efforts, Hard Times, Breakheart Pass, and Breakout.
All in all, not a bad year. ^&grin -- Al
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That's quite a distinguished list. If I had to pick one I really liked and have watched more than a couple of times, it's the Great Waldo Pepper.
 
jazzeum said:
That's quite a distinguished list. If I had to pick one I really liked and have watched more than a couple of times, it's the Great Waldo Pepper.
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I love The Great Waldo Pepper. Have seen all on the list, most several times. I find Barry Lyndon impossible to look away from. A brilliant film. I also love Hard Times and I think it Bronson's best film. -- Al
 
Gents,

The Documentary Grey Gardens came out in 1975. I saw it a couple of years ago and then watched the movie with Jessica Lange. Crazy story, but true.

John from Texas
 
Gents,

Maybe you can help me out on a flick from the 70's here. I remember seeing a movie as a toddler (remember my parents took me to all the movies) about the founder of the Mormon faith. I remember two key scenes:

-Rifles being put through the knot holes of the wood planks of a barn and shooting those inside a barn.

-A person being tarred and feathered for being a believer of the mormon faith.

I know this is vague, but it is the only memory I have of this film sequence...as a toddler. Yeah, blame it on the parents for not hiring a baby sitter.

Regardless, any ideas gents? It has nagged me for a lifetime.

John from Texas
 
The Godfather
Jerimiah Johnson
The 3 Musketeers and 4 Musketeers
Logan's Run
 
A lot of timeless classics in that list. I watch One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Godfather and 3 Days of the Condor every time they come on tv, even though I have them on DVD. ^&confuse Watched The Man WHo Would Be King couple of weeks ago and was describing it to a co-worker who mentioned Rudyard Kipling. Chris
 
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