Films that never made history but they have, with me
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- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsAlan BatesJune RitchieThora HirdAfter his girlfriend's pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life and contend with his domineering mother-in-law.John Schlesinger's first feature film with an incredible Alan Bates
- DirectorLindsay AndersonStarsMalcolm McDowellRalph RichardsonRachel RobertsAn ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures that seem designed to challenge his naive idealism.Malcolm McDowell shines in this Lindsay Anderson tale. Also an early bright sight of Helen Mirren
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsMaximilian SchellSamantha EggarIngrid ThulinIn Paris, a Polish gigolo marries a rich Jewish doctor and stands to inherit her estate when she is deported to Dachau by the Nazis.Heavy but startling plot. Three stars at their pick: Maximilian Schell. Ingrid Thulin and Samantha Eggar - Can't find it anywhere, will love to see it again.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsLilli PalmerSylvia SymsYvonne MitchellCatholic nuns risk their lives to help Jewish children in an Italian internment camp escape to Palestine during World War II.French nuns in occupied Italy during WWII. Lilli Palmer shines as the Mother superior
- DirectorPhilippe de BrocaStarsAlan BatesGeneviève BujoldPierre BrasseurDuring World War I, a British private, sent ahead to a French town to scout for enemy presence, is mistaken for a King by the colorful patients of an insane asylum.Anti war tale, with imagination and humor. Alan Bates is, as usual, superb.
- DirectorHenry CorneliusStarsDinah SheridanJohn GregsonKay KendallTwo British couples pit their vintage automobiles against each other in an exciting cross-country race.Kay Kendall's performance is enough to make this movie a total delight
- DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsMaggie SmithTimothy BottomsDon Jaime de Mora y AragónAmerican Walter Elbertson (Timothy Bottoms), in his late teens, is feeling lost within his family of overachievers. Thirtysomething Englishwoman Lila Fisher (Dame Maggie Smith) is emotionally repressed. The two meet on their respective vacations in Spain when, on the spur of the moment, Walter decides to ditch his overly-regimented cycling-tour group and join the bus tour-group of which Lila is a member. They hardly speak to each other during the first few days, and when they do, they make each other nervous, since each is scared of life. Despite their fears of life, or largely because of it, they enter into a friendship that blossoms into a romance, however rocky the road to that romance is. Out of circumstance, they abandon the bus tour and travel together through Spain on their own, together. Their relationship is put to the test of outside scrutiny when they meet and have an extended stay with a Spanish Duke (Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón).The mixing of Maggie Smith and Timothy Bottoms make for a wonderful, uncomfortable romance. One of Alan j Pakula's early films.
- DirectorGianni FrancioliniAlfredo GuariniRoberto RosselliniStarsIngrid BergmanAnna MagnaniIsa MirandaFive portraits of actresses in their "common" life, seen as women rather than movie stars.Three short stories based on real life events of real life movie stars: Anna Magnani, Ingrid Bergman, Alida Valli and Isa Miranda...among the directors: Luchino Visconti and Roberto Rossellini
- DirectorMauro BologniniVittorio De SicaPier Paolo PasoliniStarsSilvana ManganoAnnie GirardotFrancisco RabalFive short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society.Silvana Mangano in the vest of several modern witches of sorts. Her leading men: Clint Eastwood, Alberto Sordi. Toto, etc and her directors: Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Mario Monnicelli.
- DirectorFederico FelliniLouis MalleRoger VadimStarsJane FondaBrigitte BardotAlain DelonA trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a cruel countess haunted by her cousin's stallion, a sadistic soldier haunted by his doppelgänger, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.Three Edgar Allan Poe stories directed by Federico Fellini, Louis Malle and Roger Vadim: Starring Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, Terence Stamp. Alain Delon and Brigitte Bardot. The Fellini episode with Terence Stamp is the story that makes the whole thing really worth while.