Glacier Fox, The ( Kita-kitsune monogatari )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/05/1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara
Actors: Eiji Okada, Arthur Hill
Joi Baba Felunath: The Elephant God
Theatrical Release Date: 01/05/1979
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Bengali
Genre: Family/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Satyajit Ray
Actors: Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta, Siddharta Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt, Kamu Mukherjee, Monu Mukherjee
80 Blocks from Tiffany's
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gary Weis
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John De Bello
Actors: David Miller, George Wilson, Sharon Taylor, J. Stephen Peace, Ernie Meyers, Eric Christmas
Plot: When a rash of attacks is linked to the fruit/vegetable a group of unique individuals comes together to stop the tomatoes from destroying mankind.
Aurélia Steiner (Melbourne)
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marguerite Duras
Barracuda
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Harry Kerwin, Wayne Crawford
Actors: Wayne Crawford, Jason Evers, Roberta Leighton, Cliff Emmich, William Kerwin, Bert Freed
Behind the Rent Strike
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 1.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nick Broomfield
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Actors: Günter Lamprecht, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Karlheinz Braun, Hanna Schygulla, Claus Holm, Franz Buchrieser
Plot: In 1930s Germany, Franz Biberkopf, just out of prison for murdering his girlfriend, struggles to adjust to life on the outside. As he gets more deeply and destructively involved with his best friend -- a pimp -- and various women, the Nazis begin their rise to power. Fassbinder's 16-hour epic was originally shown on German television. Based on the novel by Alfred Doblin.
The Bitch
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gerry O'Hara
Actors: Joan Collins, Antonio Cantafora, Kenneth Haigh, Ian Hendry, Sue Lloyd, Mark Burns
Border, The ( Blood Barrier )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christopher Leitch
Actors: Telly Savalas, Danny De La Paz, Eddie Albert, Michael V. Gazzo, Cecilia Camacho, Robin Clarke
Budo
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Masayoshi Nemoto
Cathy's Child
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Donald Crombie
Actors: Michele Fawdon, Alan Cassell, Bryan Brown, Willie Fennell, Arthur Dignam, Flavia Arena
Cosmos: War of the Planets ( Anno zero - guerra nello spazio )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfonso Brescia
Actors: John Richardson, Yanti Somer, West Buchanan, Katia Christine, Vassili Karis, Eleonora King
Plot: A team of astronauts land on an alien planet and agree to help its population battle a cyber entity that has taken control of the planet; A planet headed for Earth.
Dance of the Drunken Mantis ( Nan bei zui quan )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Woo-ping Yuen
Actors: Siu Tien Yuen, Jang Lee Hwang, Linda Lin, Shun-Yee Yuen, Corey Yuen, Dean Shek
Drugs Are Like That
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
MPAA Rating: NR
Actors: Anita Bryant
Plot: A short anti-drug "documentary" narrated by Anita Bryant; notable (as with others of its type such as "Reefer Madness" and "Cocaine Fiends") not so much for its message as for the idiocy in its telling.
Fairy Tales
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 1.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Harry Hurwitz
Fascination
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Rollin
Actors: Franca Mai, Brigitte Lahaie, Jean-Marie Lemaire, Fanny Magier, Muriel Montossé, Sophie Noël
Plot: A thief on the run takes refuge in a sprawling chateau where two servants await the arrival of some very special guests that night. When he is followed by the gang he deceived, he decides to stay and escape during the night, but the two women have other plans.
Gloria!
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hollis Frampton
The Golden Lady
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: José Ramón Larraz
Actors: Ina Skriver, Suzanne Danielle, June Chadwick, Anika Pavel, Stephan Chase, Ava Cadell
House of Flames ( Kataku )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Animation
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kihachiro Kawamoto
Actors: Tetsunojo Kanze
J-Men Forever
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Richard Patterson
Actors: Peter Bergman, Phil Proctor, M.G. Kelly, John H. Mayer, Jack Angel, Margolyn Curtis
Kung fu Ace ( Hao xiao zi di xia yi zhao )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chih-chao Chang
Actors: John Liu, Yeong-mun Kwon, Kuo Chung Ching, San Peng, Man Chuen Wang, Ming Kao
The Late Great Planet Earth
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Amram, Rolf Forsberg
Actors: Orson Welles, Eric Forsberg, Richard Hale, Howard Whalen, Hal Lindsey, Robert Nisbet
Magnificent Butcher ( Lin Shi Rong )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Woo-ping Yuen
Actors: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, Hoi San Lee, Pai Wei, Biao Yuen, Tak-Hing Kwan, Qiqi Chen
Monster ( Monstroid )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kenneth Hartford
Actors: James Mitchum, John Carradine, Philip Carey, Anthony Eisley, Andrea Hartford, Glen Hartford
No Maps on My Taps
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George T. Nierenberg
Actors: Bunny Briggs, Chuck Green, Lionel Hampton, Howard 'Sandman' Sims, John William Sublett
Nocturna Artificialia
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
November 1828
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Teguh Karya
Actors: Slamet Rahardjo, Rachmat Hidayat, El Manik, Maruli Sitompul, Jenny Rachman, Sardono W. Kusumo
A Performance of Macbeth
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Philip Casson
Actors: Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Ian McDiarmid, John Bown, Susan Dury, Griffith Jones
Plot: Known as "The Scottish Play," the story follows the trials and tribulations of Macbeth (McKellan) as he becomes entangled in murderous schemes by his wife, Lady Macbeth (Dench), but succumbs to horrific nightmares and visions during his ascension to the throne. Once crowned King of Scotland, Macbeth's terrible feelings of guilt prove to be his downfall.
Phoelix
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anna Ambrose
Actors: Philip Beaumont, Angela Coles, Amber Teran, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Bob Hornery, Jonathan Hyde
Queen of Black Magic, The ( Ratu ilmu hitam )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Liliek Sudjio
Actors: Suzzanna, W.D. Mochtar, Teddy Purba, Sofia W.D., Alan Nuary, Siska Widowati
Richard Pryor Live in Concert
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jeff Margolis
Actors: Richard Pryor
Savage Weekend
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Paulsen, John Mason Kirby
Actors: Christopher Allport, Jim Doerr, David Gale, Devin Goldenberg, William Sanderson, Marilyn Hamlin
Scar, The ( Plae kao )
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 1.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Thai
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cherd Songsri
Actors: Sorapong Chatree, Nantana Ngaograjang
Skip Tracer
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Zale Dalen
Actors: Sue Astley, Mike Grigg, John Lazarus, Jack Leaf, David Petersen, Alan Rose
Take Down
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Kieth Merrill
Actors: Edward Herrmann, Kathleen Lloyd, Lorenzo Lamas, Maureen McCormick, Maxx Payne, Stephen Furst
Tarka the Otter
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Cobham
Actors: Peter Ustinov, Peter Bennett, Edward Underdown, Brenda Cavendish, John Leeson, Reg Lye
That Summer
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Harley Cokeliss
Actors: Ray Winstone, Tony London, Emily Moore, Julie Shipley, Jon Morrison, Andrew Byatt
Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 1.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Graham Coleman
Actors: The Fourteenth Dalai Lama
Weasels Rip My Flesh
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 1.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nathan Schiff
Actors: John Smihula, Fred Borges, Fred Dabby, Jody Kadish, Steven Kriete, Edward Schiff
Wild Horse Hank
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1979
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Eric Till
Actors: Linda Blair, Richard Crenna, Helen Hughes, Michael Wincott, Al Waxman, Stephen E. Miller
The Kondura (The Sage from the Sea) aka Boon
Theatrical Release Date: 12/31/1978
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shyam Benegal
Actors: Anant Nag, Nirmala, Sulabha Deshpande, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri, Siddesh
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Theatrical Release Date: 12/31/1978
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Stuart E. McGowan, Edward Montagne
Actors: Tim Conway, Chuck McCann, Joe Dorsey, Dub Taylor, Reni Santoni, Sonny Shroyer
