sumner

Hi
I’m a design student and I have been given the task of designing the promotional material for a film festival that would showcase British Films of the 1970’s. I don’t know all that much about the subject but im finding it to be very interesting. To get to the point I was wondering if you could post the names of some films from 1970 to 1979. I’m finding it rather difficult to find all that much information on the web so any help would be greatly appreciated. I know this may sound like a simple question but I would really appreciate your input.

Angry Hector

A pretty moribund period for British cinema, was the 1970s.

Probaly the only things making real bread n' butter money were the numerous sex comedies (The "Confessions of" and "Adventures of" series), the last of the "Carry Ons" and the final, dying gasps of Hammer horror (although the likes of Amicus studios were still prolific in the early part of that decade).

However, if it is mainstream 'quality' stuff you are after, here are two dozen titles to get you started.

I am sure the other members here could present many more titles worthy of admission.

1970 - The Music Lovers (Ken Russell)
1970 - Ryan's Daughter (David Lean)
1970 - Performance (Nic Roeg & Donald Cammell)

1971 - Macbeth (Roman Polanski)
1971 - The Boyfriend (Ken Russell)
1971 - A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick)
1971 - Sunday, Bloody Sunday (John Schlesinger)
1971 - The Go-Between (Joseph Losey)

1972 - Young Winston (Richard Attenborough)
1972 - Sleuth (J. L. Mankiewicz)
1972 - O Lucky Man! (Lindsay Anderson)
1972 - Family Life (Ken Loach)

1973 - The Hireling (Alan Bridges)
1973 - Don't Look Now (Nic Roeg)

1974 - Mahler (Ken Russell)

1975 - Tommy (Ken Russell)
1975 - Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick)
1975 - Monty Python And The Holy Grail (Terrys Gilliam & Jones)

1976 - The Man Who Fell To Earth (Nic Roeg)
1976 - Bugsy Malone (Alan Parker)

1977 - The Squeeze (Michael Apted)
1977 - Midnight Express (Alan Parker)
1977 - A Bridge Too Far (Richard Attenborough)
1977 - The Duellists (Ridley Scott)

1979 - Life Of Brian (Terry Jones)
1979 - Quadrophenia (Franc Roddam)

DB7

Performance, Get Carter, Wicker Man, Railway Children, Day of the Jackal, Walkabout and The Man Who Would Be King.

Rob Compton

One of my wife's few claims to fame [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img] is that she worked as an extra on Ken Russell's "Tommy" starring Roger Daltry and Elton John.

rgds
Rob

Angry Hector

Geez, how could I have forgotten those....all of them are amongst my favourite films of all time and I neglected to mention them.

Excuse me as i hang my head in shame...
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dylan

The key films of the decade and an essay are at:

http://www.newi.ac.uk/rdover/medcult/seven.htm

mysteriesofedgarwallace

I'm amazed that no-one has mentioned "The Long Good Friday" (1979)

sumner

Thankyou everyone for your generous help. I greatly appreciate it.


I also have another question: what words would you use to describe British films? And more specifically British films of the 70’s?

The question relates to all aspects of film including production, direction, acting etc..

Thanks again,
Lachlan

lancethecook

just creeping in at 1970, SPRING AND PORT WINE, and surely worth a mention

Marky B

How about the underrated Operation Daybreak?
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Marky B

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mysteriesofedgarwallace

Almost forgot, "Villain" from either 1970 or 1971, can't remember which year and can't be bothered to check.

lambchopnixon

Another as the last few trickle in is Juggernaut, misunderstood and NOT a simple disaster movie. Omar Sharif probably never better, Roy Kinnear perfect for the role, Anthony Hopkins excellently ambiguous in falling apart ocean liner reflecting UK at the time..

Bobj

One more for the list - the eerily effective low budget thriller And Soon the Darkness (1970)