1971 movies

The Projectionist (1971)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Chuck McCann | Ina Balin | Rodney Dangerfield | Jára Kohout | Mike Gentry | Lucky Kargo | David Holliday | Sam Stewart | Alex Stevens | Robert Lee | Stephen Philips | Morocco | Clara Rosenthal | Jacqueline Glenn
Directors: Harry Hurwitz
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A projectionist bored with his everyday life begins fantasizing about his being one of the superheroes he sees in the movies he shows.

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Gene Wilder | Jack Albertson | Peter Ostrum | Roy Kinnear | Julie Dawn Cole | Leonard Stone | Denise Nickerson | Nora Denney | Paris Themmen | Ursula Reit | Michael Bollner | Diana Sowle | Aubrey Woods | David Battley | Günter Meisner
Directors: Mel Stuart
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Charlie Bucket, a poor boy who is barely able to support his family, is fortunate to be chosen as one of the 5 people to go inside the most popular and powerful chocalate factory in the world: The Willy Wonka Chocalate Factory. But a stranger, named Arthur Slugworth, tempts the kids to steal a piece of candy and give it to him. In exchange, he will make them rich. Willy Wonka, played by ‘Gene Wilder’(qv), soon introduces them to the factory, and starts the grand tour around the factory. Once inside, the 5 winners start to run amuck. One by one, the 5 kids start to disappear, until it is only Charlie that remains. At this point, Wonka starts to ignore Charlie, and then tells him why: because Charlie and Grandpa Joe, played by ‘Jack Albertson’ (qv), drank some forbidden product without permission. Will Charlie turn against Wonka? Or will he discover that he was wrong and make up what he has done?

Duel (1971)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Dennis Weaver | Jacqueline Scott | Eddie Firestone | Lou Frizzell | Gene Dynarski | Lucille Benson | Tim Herbert | Charles Seel | Shirley O'Hara | Alexander Lockwood | Amy Douglass | Dick Whittington | Carey Loftin | Dale Van Sickel
Directors: Steven Spielberg
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David Mann (’Dennis Weaver (I)’ (qv)) is just a regular family man on a business trip. Unfortunately, things go from bad to worse when a huge gasoline truck in front of him forces him to drive slower than he wants. As the drive continues, Mann realizes that he’s not dealing with just another road hog. Though he can never see the trucker’s face, the driver proves to be psychopathic, starting to run Mann off the road and trick or force him into a number of deadly situations. As the horrific trip continues, Mann tries to lose the truck, but each time he thinks he’s finally in the clear, the truck returns to terrify him more. Finally, the horrific conflict builds to a point where he realizes that running won’t save him, and that he must take a stand and fight back against the insane trucker.

Dirty Harry (1971)

Monday, April 2nd, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Clint Eastwood | Harry Guardino | Reni Santoni | John Vernon | Andrew Robinson | John Larch | John Mitchum | Mae Mercer | Lyn Edgington
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In the year 1971, San Francisco faces the terror of a maniac known as Scorpio- who snipes at innocent victims and demands ransom through notes left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Harry Callahan (known as Dirty Harry by his peers through his reputation handling of homicidal cases) is assigned to the case along with his newest partner Inspector Chico Gonzalez to track down Scorpio and stop him. Using humiliation and cat and mouse type of games against Callahan, Scorpio is put to the test with the cop with a dirty attitude.

The French Connection (1971)

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Gene Hackman | Fernando Rey | Roy Scheider | Tony Lo Bianco | Marcel Bozzuffi | Frédéric de Pasquale | Bill Hickman | Ann Rebbot | Harold Gary | Arlene Farber | Eddie Egan | André Ernotte | Sonny Grosso
Directors: William Friedkin
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William Friedkin’s gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between ‘Popeye’ Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed.

007 Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Sean Connery | Jill St. John | Charles Gray | Lana Wood | Jimmy Dean | Bruce Cabot | Putter Smith | Bruce Glover | Norman Burton | Joseph Fürst | Bernard Lee | Desmond Llewelyn | Leonard Barr | Lois Maxwell | Margaret Lacey
Directors: Guy Hamilton
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When Bond investigates mysterious activities in the world diamond market, he discovers that the evil Ernst Blofeld (Charles Gray) is stockpiling the precious gems to use in a deadly laser satellite capable of destroying massive targets on land, sea and air. Bond, with the help of beautiful smuggler Tiffany Case (Jill St. John), sets out to stop the madman, but first he must grapple with a host of enemies. He confronts offbeat assassins Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, as well as Bambi and Thumper–two scantily-clad beauties who are more than a match for Bond in hand-to-hand combat! Finally, there’s the reclusive billionaire Willard Whyte (Jimmy Dean), who may just hold a vital clue to Blofeld’s whereabouts.