THE FORTUNE (1975)

 

Directed By: Mike Nichols 

Written By: Carole Eastman (As Adrien Joyce) and Selene Elizabeth Bryce 

Cinematography: John A. Alonzo 

Editor: Stu Linder 

Cast: Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Stockard Channing, Florence Stanley, Scatman Crothers, Dub Taylor, Richard B. Shull, Tom Newman, Christopher Guest

The early 1900s with its Mann Act (disallowing women to be transported across state lines for immoral reasons) brings a married man to devise a scheme for taking his upper-class girlfriend away with him. He simply has her marry his unmarried buddy. However, it doesn't take very long before both men start laying claim to her affection. Until, that is, she's about to be cut out of her parent's fortune. So, a new scheme is devised, which only adds to their problems, as well as to the sly whimsy of this movie.

THE KILLER ELITE (1975)

 

Directed By: Sam Peckinpah  Written By: Marc Norman and Stirling Silliphant  Based On The Novel “Monkey In The Middle”: Robert Rostand  Cinematography: Philip Lathrop  Editor: Monte Hellman and Tony De Zarraga 

Cast: James Caan, Robert Duvall, Bo Hopkins, Mako, Burt Young, Gig Young, Arthur Hill, Tom Clancy, Tiana, Kate Heflin, Sondra Blake 

Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the C.I.A. While he's on a case for them, one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. His assignment, to protect someone, goes down in flames. He is nearly crippled, but with braces is able to become mobile again. For revenge as much as anything else, Mike goes after his ex-friend.

LISZTOMANIA (1975)

 

Written & Directed By: Ken Russell Cinematography: Peter Suschitzky Editor: Stuart Baird 

Cast: Roger Daltrey, Paul Nicholas, Ringo Starr, Sara Kestelman, Rick Wakeman, Fiona Lewis, John Justin, Veronica Quilligan, Nell Campbell 

Composer and pianist Franz Liszt attempts to overcome his hedonistic life-style while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in his life and fellow composer Richard Wagner.

MEAN JOHNNY BARROWS

Directed & Edited by: Fred Williamson Written By: Jolivett Gato & Charles Walker 

Cast: Fred Williamson, Roddy McDowall, Stuart Whitman, Tony Caruso, Jenny Sherman, Luther Adler, R.G. Armstrong, Elliott Gould, Mike Henry 

A G.I. is unjustly thrown out of the service, and winds up being a gas station attendant. A gangster wants to hire him as a hitman. He agrees, with disastrous results.

THE WILD PARTY (1975)

Directed By: James Ivory 
Music & Screenplay Written By: Walter Marks 
Based On The Narrative Poem By: Joseph Moncure March 
Cinematography By: Walter Lassally 
Editor: Kent McKinney 


Cast: James Coco, Raquel Welch, David Dukes, Perry King, Royal Dano, Tiffany Bolling, Martin Kove, Annette Ferra, Jennifer Lee, Eddie Laurence


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