1970’s Movies1970’s Movies

19701970

PattonPatton Won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Won Best Picture, Best Director, Best

Actor (George C. Scott) (7 Oscars)Actor (George C. Scott) (7 Oscars) About General in WWIIAbout General in WWII

Tora! Tora! Tora!Tora! Tora! Tora!

Love StoryLove Story Ali MacGraw, Ryan O’NealAli MacGraw, Ryan O’Neal

Love StoryLove Story

““Love means never having to say Love means never having to say you’re sorry.”- famous quote from you’re sorry.”- famous quote from moviemovie

Wife dies young in Wife dies young in

Movie, tearjerker filmMovie, tearjerker film

19711971

The French ConnectionThe French Connection Won Best Picture, Best Director, Won Best Picture, Best Director,

Best Actor (Gene Hackman)Best Actor (Gene Hackman) A Clockwork OrangeA Clockwork Orange ShaftShaft Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood)Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood)

The French ConnectionThe French Connection

Cops, drug smuggling Cops, drug smuggling Ring with a French Ring with a French ConnectionConnection

19721972

The Godfather The Godfather Won Best Picture, Best Actor Won Best Picture, Best Actor

(Marlon Brando)(Marlon Brando) Deliverance (Burt Reynolds)Deliverance (Burt Reynolds) Cabaret Cabaret Won Best Director and Best Actress Won Best Director and Best Actress

(Liza Minnelli)(Liza Minnelli)

The GodfatherThe Godfather

Leader of Leader of

Organized crime Organized crime

Family transfersFamily transfers

Control to his sonControl to his son

19731973

The Sting (Paul Newman, Robert The Sting (Paul Newman, Robert Redford) Best Picture, Best Director Redford) Best Picture, Best Director (7 Oscars)(7 Oscars)

American Graffiti (George Lucas)American Graffiti (George Lucas) The ExorcistThe Exorcist The Way We Were (Barbra The Way We Were (Barbra

Streisand, Robert Redford)Streisand, Robert Redford)

1930’s Chicago1930’s Chicago Con man seeks Con man seeks

Revenge for Revenge for

Murdered partnerMurdered partner Takes on criminalTakes on criminal

bankerbanker

The ExorcistThe Exorcist

Landmark ofLandmark of

Horror filmsHorror films Girl possessedGirl possessed Cleric called inCleric called in

As last hopeAs last hope

19741974

The Godfather, Part II (Al Pacino, The Godfather, Part II (Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton) Won Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton) Won Best Picture, Best DirectorBest Picture, Best Director

Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, Gene Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder)Wilder)

Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder)Gene Wilder)

19751975

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Best Picture, Best Director, Best (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress Louis Fletcher, Best Actor Actress Louis Fletcher, Best Actor Jack Nicholson)Jack Nicholson)

Jaws (Steven Spielberg)Jaws (Steven Spielberg) Monty Python and the Holy GrailMonty Python and the Holy Grail

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s NestOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Randle P. McMurphyRandle P. McMurphy Playing crazy toPlaying crazy to

Avoid prison workAvoid prison work Sent to state mentalSent to state mental

hospital for evalhospital for eval

JawsJaws

Great White starts toGreat White starts to

Menace the people ofMenace the people of

Beach communityBeach community

““You'll never go in the You'll never go in the

water again!”water again!”

19761976

Rocky (Best Picture, Best Director) Rocky (Best Picture, Best Director) Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess MeredithBurgess Meredith

All the President’s Men (Dustin All the President’s Men (Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford)Hoffman, Robert Redford)

Taxi Driver (Robert De Niro, Cybill Taxi Driver (Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd)Shepherd)

RockyRocky A small time boxer gets a once in a A small time boxer gets a once in a

lifetime chance to fight the lifetime chance to fight the heavyweight champ in a heavyweight champ in a

bout in which he strives tobout in which he strives to

go the distance for his go the distance for his

self-respect. self-respect.

““His whole life was a His whole life was a

million-to-one shotmillion-to-one shot.” .”

Taxi DriverTaxi Driver

A mentally unstable A mentally unstable

Vietnam war veteran Vietnam war veteran

works as nighttime works as nighttime

taxi driver & has urge taxi driver & has urge

to violently lash out.to violently lash out.

““You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?”talkin' to me?”

19771977

Annie Hall (Woody Allen, Diane Annie Hall (Woody Allen, Diane Keaton) Best Picture, Best Director, Keaton) Best Picture, Best Director, Best ActressBest Actress

The Goodbye Girl (Best Actor, The Goodbye Girl (Best Actor, Richard Dreyfuss)Richard Dreyfuss)

Star Wars (George Lucas) Mark Star Wars (George Lucas) Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie FisherHamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher

Star WarsStar Wars

Luke Skywalker leaves Luke Skywalker leaves

his home planet, teams his home planet, teams

up with other rebels, and up with other rebels, and

tries to save Princess tries to save Princess

Leia from the evil Leia from the evil

clutches of Darth Vaderclutches of Darth Vader. .

Close Encounters of the Third Kind Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg)(Steven Spielberg)

Saturday Night Fever (John Travolta)Saturday Night Fever (John Travolta)

19781978

The Deer Hunter (Best Picture, Best The Deer Hunter (Best Picture, Best Director) Robert De Niro, Meryl Director) Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep, Christopher WalkenStreep, Christopher Walken

Coming Home (Best Actress Jane Coming Home (Best Actress Jane Fonda, Best Actor Jon Voight)Fonda, Best Actor Jon Voight)

Grease (John Travolta, Olivia Grease (John Travolta, Olivia Newton-JohnNewton-John

Superman (Christopher Reeve, Superman (Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman)Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman)

National Lampoon’s Animal House National Lampoon’s Animal House (John Belushi, Donald Sutherland, (John Belushi, Donald Sutherland, Tim Matheson)Tim Matheson)

SupermanSuperman

An alien orphan is sent from An alien orphan is sent from

his dying planet to Earth, his dying planet to Earth,

where he grows up to become where he grows up to become

his adoptive home's his adoptive home's

first and greatest first and greatest

super-hero. super-hero.

19791979

Kramer vs Kramer (Best Picture, Kramer vs Kramer (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor Dustin Best Director, Best Actor Dustin Hoffman)Hoffman)

Apocalypse Now (Marlon Brando, Apocalypse Now (Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen)Martin Sheen)

Norma Rae (Sally Field- Best Norma Rae (Sally Field- Best Actress)Actress)

Kramer vs KramerKramer vs Kramer

A just divorced man A just divorced man

must learn to care must learn to care

for his son on his for his son on his

own, and then must own, and then must

fight in court to fight in court to

keep custody of him keep custody of him

Norma RaeNorma Rae

A young single mother A young single mother

and textile worker and textile worker

agrees to help unionize agrees to help unionize

her mill despite the her mill despite the

problems and dangers problems and dangers

involved involved