MICHEL DUMOULIN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. France, 1977. Productions Orlando. Produced by Orlando. Among the most popular singers of her day, and reportedly the most celebrated in France’s music history, Dalida (born Iolanda Gigliotti in Cairo to Italian parents) is still beloved by many a music fan (you can still hear remixes of her songs on a … More Dalida Pour Toujours (1977)
ROBERT M. YOUNG Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. USA, 1977. Screenplay by Miguel Pinero, based on his play. Cinematography by Peter Sova. Produced by Lewis Harris, Robert M. Young. Music by Curtis Mayfield. Production Design by Joe Babas. Costume Design by Paul Martino. Film Editing by Edward Beyer. Miguel Pineyro’s Tony-nominated play, based on his own experiences behind bars, is adapted to … More Short Eyes (1977)
JOHN LANDIS Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA, 1977. KFM Films. Screenplay by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker. Cinematography by Stephen M. Katz. Produced by Robert K. Weiss. Music by Igo Kantor. Production Design by Rick Harvel. Costume Design by Deborah Nadoolman. Film Editing by George Folsey Jr.. This collection of skits was the cinematic entrance of the Zucker/Abrahams boys and the first … More The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
AGNES VARDA Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. Venezuela/France/Belgium, 1977. Ciné Tamaris, INLC, Institut National de L’Audiovisuel, Paradise, Population, Societe Francaise de Production. Screenplay by Agnès Varda. Cinematography by Charles Van Damme. Music by François Wertheimer. Production Design by Franckie Diago. Costume Design by Franckie Diago. Film Editing by Joele Van Effenterre. Toronto International Film Festival 1977. Teenager Pauline rejects her bourgeois family to help twenty-two year … More One Sings, The Other Doesn’t (L’une chante, l’autre pas) (1977)
BB.5 (out of 5) The success of Jaws meant that Peter Benchley’s follow-up novel would also find its way to the big screen, another adventure story with plenty of excuses to get characters into treacherous waters. Nick Nolte and Jacqueline Bisset play a married couple on vacation in Bermuda who enjoy scuba diving and, on one particular … More The Deep (1977)
FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 1977. Paramount Pictures, Zeeuwse Maatschappij N.V.. Screenplay by Denne Part Petitclerc, based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. Cinematography by Fred J. Koenekamp. Produced by Peter Bart, Max Palevsky. Music by Jerry Goldsmith. Production Design by William J. Creber. Film Editing by Robert Swink. Academy Awards 1977. Ernest Hemingway’s posthumously published final novel is the basis … More Islands In The Stream (1977)
BBB.5 (out of 5) Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed are hired to move a truckload of Coors beer from Texas to Georgia (something that was illegal at the time) in barely more than a day, which they’re happy to do for the fat payload waiting for them at the end of it. Reynolds’ part of … More Smokey and the Bandit
