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The decade of the 1980s in Western cinema saw the return of studio-driven pictures, coming from the filmmaker-driven New Hollywood era of the 1970s. [1] The period was when the "high concept" picture was established by producer Don Simpson, [2] where films were expected to be easily marketable and understandable.
1776 (1972) – historical musical drama film depicting a fictionalized account of the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence [72]; Aguirre, the Wrath of God (German: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) (1972) – West German-Mexican-Peruvian epic historical drama film about Spanish soldier Lope de Aguirre, who lead a group of conquistadores down the Amazon River in South ...
The first of the AFI 100 Years... series of cinematic milestones, AFI's 100 Years... 100 American Movies is a list of the 100 best American movies, as determined by the American Film Institute from a poll of more than 1,500 artists and leaders in the film industry who chose from a list of 400 nominated movies. The 100-best list American films ...
2. Dog Day Afternoon (1975). Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning Rating: R Al Pacino stars as Sonny, a criminal who teams up with his dim-witted sidekick, Sal, to rob a Brooklyn bank on ...
This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1980 per Variety. The data was based on grosses from 20 to 22 key cities and therefore, the gross quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.
This is a list of films and miniseries that are based on actual events. All films on this list are from American production unless indicated otherwise.. True story films [1] gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with the production of films based on actual events that first aired on CBS, ABC, and NBC.
It’s safe to say that the ’70s was one of the greatest decades in cinema history. Apart from introducing us to the notorious Michael Corleone from The Godfather, the film industry ushered in a ...
Inaugurated by the 1969 release of Andy Warhol 's Blue Movie, the phenomenon of adult erotic films being publicly discussed by celebrities (like Johnny Carson and Bob Hope), [5] and taken seriously by critics (like Roger Ebert), [6] [7] a development referred to, by Ralph Blumenthal of The New York Times, as "porno chic", and later known as the ...