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17. The Boys in the Band. National General Pictures / Cinema Center Films. William Friedkin (director); Mart Crowley (screenplay); Kenneth Nelson, Leonard Frey, Cliff Gorman, Laurence Luckinbill, Frederick Combs, Keith Prentice, Robert La Tourneaux, Reuben Greene, Peter White, Maud Adams, Elaine Kaufman. 18.
1970's British films. And Now For Something Completely Different (1971) Bless This House (1972) Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977) Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976) Confessions of a Pop Performer (1976) Confessions of a Window Cleaner and other sex comedies supported by the Eady levy. Dad's Army (1971)
Budget. $106,000. Box office. $19,319,254 [2][3] or $9.5 million [4] Joe is a 1970 American drama film written by Norman Wexler and directed by John G. Avildsen. It stars Peter Boyle, Dennis Patrick, and Susan Sarandon in her film debut. [5][6] The film follows New York business executive Bill Compton as his life unravels into murderous chaos ...
During the 1970s, blockbuster science fiction films, which reached a much larger audience than previously, began to make their appearance. The financial success of these films resulted in heavy investment in special effects by the American film industry, leading to big-budget, heavily marketed science fiction film releases during the 1990s. [1]
Box office. $3.5 million (US/Canada rentals) [ 1 ] The Boys in the Band is a 1970 American drama film directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by Mart Crowley, based on Crowley's 1968 Off-Broadway play of the same name. It is among the early major American motion pictures to revolve around gay characters, often cited as a milestone in the ...
African American filmmakers also found success in the 1970s with such hits as Shaft and Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. Like other sequels in the 1970s, Shaft went on to have two more adventures, each less successful than the last. An adaptation of a Mario Puzo novel, The Godfather, was a box-office and critical success in 1972.
The Secret of Santa Vittoria. $401,500. The Secret of Santa Vittoria reached number one in its 16th week of release. [5] 6. February 11, 1970. Funny Girl. $795,000. Funny Girl returned to number one after 73 weeks of release.
Box office. $81.6 million. M*A*S*H is a 1970 American black comedy war film directed by Robert Altman and written by Ring Lardner Jr., based on Richard Hooker 's 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors. The film is the only theatrically released feature film in the M*A*S*H franchise. The film depicts a unit of medical personnel ...