Zeppelin (1971)
Michael York plays Lieutenant Geoffrey Richter-Douglas, a half-German British officer recruited to defect to the Germans so he can spy on their new super-zeppelin program. You watch Zeppelin for the airships.
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1970sThe Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is the second Harryhausen Sinbad film and the last great Harryhausen fantasy adventure. John Phillip Law plays Sinbad.
1970sEarthquake (1974)
The Towering Inferno is the best. Both films defined what the disaster genre would be for the next.
1970sThe Towering Inferno (1974)
The Towering Inferno is the best disaster film of the 1970s and the model against which every subsequent disaster film has been measured. John Guillermin directed the dramatic scenes and Irwin Allen directed the action sequences.
1970sYoung Frankenstein (1974) Review
Young Frankenstein is one of the great American comedies and the highest achievement in Mel Brooks's filmography. Mel Brooks directed and cowrote the screenplay with Gene Wilder.
1970sWizards (1977) Review
Wizards is one of the substantial adult animated productions of the late 1970s and one of the most distinctive Ralph Bakshi feature productions. He had directed Fritz the Cat in 1972, Heavy Traffic in 1973, and Coonskin in 1975 before…
1970sThe Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974) Review
The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974) are not actually two films. The 10+++ rating reflects the fact that Lester accomplished something almost no Hollywood production manages.
1970sThe Moneychangers (1976) Review
The Moneychangers is one of the substantial American television miniseries productions of the 1970s and one of the more substantive adaptations of Arthur. The miniseries format had been substantially developed across the 1970s American television production.
1970sMonty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) Review
The Monty Python troupe consisted of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Brian's mother Mandy reveals that his father was actually a Roman soldier instead of the family's claimed Jewish parentage.
1970sMonty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Review
The statement is defensible. The musicians needed tax shelters.
1970sI, Claudius (BBC, 1976) Review
The production budget was approximately three hundred thousand pounds, which was modest even by 1976 BBC standards. Herbert Wise directed all twelve episodes.
1970sDark Star (1974) Review
Carpenter and O'Bannon were graduate students. The film follows the crew of the deep space scout ship Dark Star during the twenty-second year of their mission.