Great Movies - Part 13

1970s Movies

Barry Lyndon (1975)

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Barry Lyndon movie storyline. The rise and fall of the adult life of Irishman Redmond Barry (Ryan O’Neal), who, in his later life, would be known as Barry Lyndon, from the mid to late eighteenth century, is presented. Growing up in humble means, largely due to the early death of his aspiring lawyer father, the potential family breadwinner, Barry strives to live up to the standards of being a gentleman in every respect of the word, including monetarily.

1970s Movies

Such Good Friends (1971)

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Julie Messinger (Dyan Cannon) has it made. She is a New York housewife whose husband, Richard (Laurence Luckinbill), is an editor for a prominent photography magazine. They have a small circle of friends, including well-meaning, but inept Dr. Timothy (James Coco) Spector, photographer Cal Whiting (Ken Howard) and Cal’s live-in girlfriend Miranda (Jennifer O’Neill). Julie’s mother spends her days getting pedicures and manicures, applying make-up and fake eye-lashes and buying expensive clothes, all the while criticizing her daughter for her looks and behavior.

1970s Movies

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

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Nicholas and Alexandra opens in 1904 with Alexei’s birth during the Russo-Japanese War. Tsar Nicholas II is warned by his cousin Grand Duke Nicholas and the Prime Minister Count Sergei Witte that the war is futile and costing too many lives. They also tell him there is a rising demand by the Russian people for representative government, health care, voting, and workers’ rights, but Nicholas wants to maintain the autocracy. Meanwhile, underground political parties led by Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky have formed.

1970s Movies

Family Life (1971)

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Family Life movie storyline. A young woman, Janice (Sandy Ratcliff), is living with her restrictive and conservative parents, who lead a dull working-class life, and consider their daughter to be “misbehaving” whenever she’s trying to find her own way in life.

1970s Movies

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie storyline. In a small town, Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), a poor paperboy, watches kids visit a candy shop. Walking home, he passes Willy Wonka’s (Gene Wilder) chocolate factory. A mysterious tinker recites the first lines of William Allingham’s poem “The Fairies” and tells Charlie that “nobody ever goes in, and nobody ever comes out.”

1970s Movies

The Grissom Gang (1971)

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The Grissom Gang movie storyline. Barbara Blandish (Kim Darby), a young Kansas City heiress, gets kidnapped by some inept local hoodlums for the diamond necklace she is wearing, and then gets kidnapped a second time by the Grisson gang demanding a million dollar ransom. THe Grissons, a family of depraved, ruthless poor white trash, is led by Ma Grissom, a fury whose mustache and house dress clash, whose belief it is that kidnapping plots go awry because the victim is allowed to live.

1960s Movies

Drop Dead Darling (1967)

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Drop Dead Darling movie storyline. From the moment the movie begins, you are basically blown out of your seat. An old mand and young bride are leaving the chapel for the hotel. As she climbs th hotel staircase she is dropping pieces of clothing left and right. The old man is trying to catch up.

1960s Movies

The Oscar (1966)

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The Oscar movie storyline. It’s Oscar night. Frank Fane, who is in the audience, has been nominated for his first ever Oscar for Best Actor. Hymie Kelly, perhaps Frankie’s oldest friend and confidante and who is also in the audience, recounts Frankie’s rise from their humble and what may be seen as unsavory beginnings to this night.

1960s Movies

Moment to Moment (1966)

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Moment to Moment movie storyline. Kay Stanton, (Jean Seberg) her husband Neil (Arthur Hill) and son Tommy (Peter Robbins) live on the French Riviera. While at the port, when her husband was on a trip she meets an American naval officer, and they begin an affair.

1960s Movies

Dear Heart (1964)

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Dear Heart movie storyline. Harry Mork (Glenn Ford) of Altoona, Pennsylvania and Evie Jackson (Geraldine Page) of Avalon, Pennsylvania are staying at the New Amsterdam Hotel in New York City.