TINTO BRASS Bil’s rating (out of 5): B Original Title: Caligola Italy, 1979. Penthouse Films International, Felix Cinematografica. Screenplay by Gore Vidal. Cinematography by Silvano Ippoliti. Produced by Bob Guccione. Music by Bruno Nicolai, Renzo Rossellini. Production Design by Danilo Donati. Costume Design by Danilo Donati. Film Editing by Nino Baragli, Enzo Micarelli. The phenomenon…
Category: 1979
The Driller Killer (1979)
ABEL FERRARA Bil’s rating (out of 5): B. USA, 1979. Navaron Films. Screenplay by Nicholas St. John. Cinematography by Ken Kelsch. Produced by Arthur Weisberg. Music by Joe Delia. Film Editing by Bonnie Constant, Michael Constant, Abel Ferrara, Orlando Gallini. Abel Ferrara made his way into feature filmmaking with this dull and uninspired horror feature…
The Brood (1979)
DAVID CRONENBERG Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. Canada, 1979. Canadian Film Development Corporation, Elgin International Films Ltd., Mutual Productions Ltd., Victor Solnicki Productions. Screenplay by David Cronenberg. Cinematography by Mark Irwin. Produced by Claude Heroux. Music by Howard Shore. Production Design by Carol Spier. Costume Design by Delphine White. Film Editing by Alan…
A Little Romance (1979)
GEORGE ROY HILL Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. France/USA, 1979. Orion Pictures, Pan Arts, Trinacra Films. Screenplay by Allan Burns, based on the novel E=mc2 Mon Amour by Claude Klotz. Cinematography by Pierre-William Glenn. Produced by Robert Crawford Jr., Yves Rousset-Rouard. Music by Georges Delerue. Production Design by Henry Bumstead. Costume Design by Rosine…
Hurricane (1979)
JAN TROELL Bil’s rating (out of 5): B. USA/Netherlands, 1979. Dino De Laurentiis Company, Famous Films. Screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr., based on the novel by James Norman Hall, Charles Nordhoff. Cinematography by Sven Nykvist. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis. Music by Nino Rota. Production Design by Danilo Donati. Costume Design by Danilo Donati. Film Editing by Sam O’Steen. Dino De Laurentiis was so…
The Black Hole (1979)
GARY NELSON Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. USA, 1979. Walt Disney Productions. Story by Jeb Rosebrook, Bob Barbash, Richard H. Landau, Screenplay by Jeb Rosebrook, Gerry Day. Cinematography by Frank V. Phillips. Produced by Ron Miller. Music by John Barry. Production Design by Peter Ellenshaw. Costume Design by Bill Thomas. Film Editing by G. Gregg McLaughlin. Academy Awards 1979. Disney enters the space race…
Winter Kills (1979)
WILLIAM RICHERT Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA, 1979. Winter Gold Productions. Screenplay by William Richert, based on the book by Richard Condon. Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond. Produced by Fred C. Caruso, Daniel H. Blatt. Music by Maurice Jarre. Production Design by Robert F. Boyle. Costume Design by Robert De Mora. Film Editing by David Bretherton. Fictionalized expose of the JFK assassination would…
Meteor (1979)
RONALD NEAME Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. USA/Hong Kong, 1979. American International Pictures, Meteor Joint Venture, Palladium Productions, Shaw Brothers. Story by Edmund H. North, Screenplay by Stanley Mann, Edmund H. North. Cinematography by Paul Lohmann. Produced by Arnold H. Orgolini, Theodore R. Parvin. Music by Laurence Rosenthal. Production Design by Edward C. Carfagno. Costume Design by Albert Wolsky. Film Editing…
The Great Santini (1979)
LEWIS JOHN CARLINO Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 1979. Bing Crosby Productions. Screenplay by Lewis John Carlino, based on the novel by Pat Conroy. Cinematography by Ralph Woolsey. Produced by Charles A. Pratt. Music by Elmer Bernstein. Production Design by Jack Poplin. Film Editing by Houseley Stevenson Jr.. Academy Awards 1980. Golden Globe Awards 1980. National Board of Review Awards 1980. New…
Starting Over (1979)
ALAN J. PAKULA Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. USA, 1979. Paramount Pictures. Screenplay by James L. Brooks, based on the novel by Dan Wakefield. Cinematography by Sven Nykvist. Produced by James L. Brooks, Alan J. Pakula. Music by Marvin Hamlisch. Production Design by George Jenkins. Costume Design by John Boxer. Film Editing by Marion Rothman. Academy Awards 1979. Golden Globe Awards 1979. Candice Bergen is…
Wise Blood (1979)
JOHN HUSTON Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. USA, 1979. Anthea Film, Ithaca. Screenplay by Benedict Fitzgerald, Michael Fitzgerald, based on the novel by Flannery O’Connor. Cinematography by Gerry Fisher. Produced by Kathy Fitzgerald, Michael Fitzgerald. Music by Alex North. Production Design by Sally Fitzgerald. Costume Design by Sally Fitzgerald. Film Editing by Roberto Silvi. New York Film Critics Awards 1980. New York Film Critics 1980…
The Bronte Sisters (1979)
ANDRE TECHINE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB.5. Original title: Les Soeurs Bronte France, 1979. Action Films, Gaumont, France 3. Scenario and dialogue by Pascal Bonitzer, Andre Techine, with the participation of Jean Gruault. Cinematography by Bruno Nuytten. Produced by Yves Gasser, Klaus Hellwig, Yves Peyrot. Production Design by Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko. Costume Design by Christian Gasc. Film Editing by Claudine Merlin. Cannes Film Festival 1979. An…
