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1970s Movies

Galileo (1975)

August 7, 2020January 19, 2023 - by greatmovies

Galileo movie storyline. This biopic is about Galileo Galilei, the seventeenth century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world’s first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter. He supported Copernicus’ theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun.

1970s Movies

Providence (1977)

July 10, 2020January 31, 2023 - by greatmovies

Providence movie storyline. Clive Langham (John Gielguld) is an old writer with health problems who still enjoys the gifts of life, as his gusto of his daily white wine. He is a storyteller and he tells us of his family, especially of his sons.

1970s Movies

Gold (1974)

July 8, 2020February 2, 2023 - by greatmovies

Gold movie storyline. The film begins with a tunnel collapse at the world-famous (but fictitious) Sonderditch gold mine outside Johannesburg, in a scene that establishes the courage of Slater and his chief miner, ‘Big King’, and the bond of trust between them. This is contrasted with the contempt with which some other white racist managers treat the black miners.

1980s Movies

Chariots of Fire (1981)

May 22, 2020July 10, 2023 - by greatmovies

Chariots of Fire storyline. It’s the post-World War I. Britons Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell are both naturally gifted fast sprinters, but approach running.