1978

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American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince
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American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince

Martin Scorsese spends an evening with larger-than-life raconteur Steven Prince—a former drug addict, road manager for Neil Diamond, and actor—as ...
Almost Summer
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Almost Summer

Apr. 21, 1978

Almost Summer

A high-school election gets nasty.
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
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The Tree of Wooden Clogs

On a turn-of-the-20th-century northern Italian farm, a group of sharecroppers eke out a threadbare existence. A priest advises Batisti and his ...
The Fall of Ako Castle
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The Fall of Ako Castle

This is the story of “The Forty-Seven Ronin.” Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano ...
Empire of Passion
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Empire of Passion

Sep. 06, 1978

Empire of Passion

In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver’s wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to ...
Adventures of a Plumber’s Mate
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Adventures of a Plumber’s Mate

Randy plumber Sid South enjoys a profession which offers him ample opportunity to bed sexy housewives.
The ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style
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The ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style

A tongue-in-cheek sex education documentary covering a different subject for each letter of the alphabet, e.g. A is for Anatomy, B is for Babies, etc.
The Coming of Sin
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The Coming of Sin

Jun. 01, 1978

The Coming of Sin

A superstitious servant girl – who has foreboding nightmares about a naked man on horseback – comes to live with a solitary female ...
Trauma
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Trauma

Sep. 11, 1978

Trauma

Daniel, a writer seeking seclusion to work on his new book, finds himself stranded at a rural bed and breakfast run by a strange and prudish ...
Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade
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Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade

Emanuelle returns to Kenya, trying to get an interview with a foreign gangster who’s taken refuge in the African countryside while still ...
Summer School
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Summer School

May. 01, 1978

Summer School

Anita is the new girl at school. When Steve gets one look at the voluptuous transfer, it sets his girlfriend Donna into a tailspin and ...
Record City
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Record City

Feb. 08, 1978

Record City

Lighthearted comedy chronicling the exploits of the employees at a record store.
The Inglorious Bastards
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The Inglorious Bastards

Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are beset upon by a German artillery attack, escaping ...
Flatfoot in Africa
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Flatfoot in Africa

Mar. 22, 1978

Flatfoot in Africa

Inspector Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. Immediately before this meeting the South ...
Fire’s Share
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Fire’s Share

Jan. 04, 1978

Fire’s Share

Real estate developer Bob Hansen discovers that his wife Catherine is cheating on him with his partner. He reacts calmly and even encourages ...
Nurse Sherri
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Nurse Sherri

Aug. 01, 1978

Nurse Sherri

A hospital nurse is possessed by an evil spirit, and proceeds to kill off the hospital’s patients.
Notes on the Popular Arts
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Notes on the Popular Arts

An exploration of American escapism through dream sequences. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
Naufragio
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Naufragio

Nov. 02, 1978

Naufragio

One woman lives waiting for her son who is a sailor. She hasn’t seen him for years although he writes to her a lot. The woman shares the ...
Madame X – An Absolute Ruler
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Madame X – An Absolute Ruler

The notorious pirate ruler Madame X places a print ad, calling on women to escape their boring lives and promising “gold, love and ...
The Place without Limits
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The Place without Limits

Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.
Blood Relatives
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Blood Relatives

Feb. 01, 1978

Blood Relatives

A Montreal police inspector cracks a murder case with clues from the victim’s diary.
Killer of Sheep
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Killer of Sheep

Nov. 14, 1978

Killer of Sheep

An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.
Jubilee
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Jubilee

Feb. 01, 1978

Jubilee

Queen Elizabeth I visits late 1970s England to find a depressing landscape where life has changed since her time.
Behind Convent Walls
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Behind Convent Walls

Jan. 25, 1978

Behind Convent Walls

A zealous, handsome priest, who is the confessor for a convent full of women, encourages the equally zealous abbess of the institution to enforce ...
The Frenchman’s Garden
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The Frenchman’s Garden

“The Frenchman” was what locals called the man who ran the bar and restaurant in the small town of Peñaflor in rural Spain in the ...
The Hound of the Baskervilles
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The Hound of the Baskervilles

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.