A Clockwork Orange
Theatrical Release Date: 12/17/1971
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, Adrienne Corri, Carl Duering
Plot: In a futuristic British society Alex and his Droogs enjoy the finer things
in life: sex and violence. When Alex is arrested, he volunteers for a new
"aversion therapy" with the end result that violence and sex now make him
physically ill. Back in society he finds that things are much different.
Diamonds Are Forever
Theatrical Release Date: 12/17/1971
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Guy Hamilton
Actors: Sean Connery, Lana Wood, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Bruce Glover, Bruce Cabot
Plot: James Bond finds himself in Las Vegas on the trail of a diamond smuggling
operation that is headed by his old nemesis, Blofeld.
Dollars ( $ )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/17/1971
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Brooks
Actors: Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gert Fröbe, Robert Webber, Scott Brady, Arthur Brauss
The Hospital
Theatrical Release Date: 12/17/1971
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Arthur Hiller
Actors: George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes, Richard Dysart, Stephen Elliott, Andrew Duncan
Plot: A 24-hour period in the life of Dr. Bock, the Chief of Medicine at a large teaching hospital, who is going through a desperate midlife crisis.
The Boy Friend
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/1971
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Ken Russell
Actors: Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian, Bryan Pringle, Murray Melvin, Tommy Tune
Even Dwarfs Started Small ( Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/15/1971
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Helmut Döring, Paul Glauer, Gisela Hertwig, Hertel Minkner, Gertrud Piccini, Marianne Saar
The Manipulator
Theatrical Release Date: 12/15/1971
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yabo Yablonsky
Actors: Mickey Rooney, Luana Anders, Keenan Wynn
Nicholas and Alexandra
Theatrical Release Date: 12/13/1971
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Actors: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble, Ania Marson, Lynne Frederick, Candace Glendenning
Decameron, The ( Decameron, Il )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/12/1971
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Actors: Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanovic, Vincenzo Amato, Angela Luce, Giuseppe Zigaina
Plot: Pier Paolo Pasolini takes on nine tales from Bocaccio's "Decameron": love,
death, life, the church are all thrown into the ribald mix.
Made for Each Other
Theatrical Release Date: 12/12/1971
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert B. Bean
Actors: Renée Taylor, Joseph Bologna, Paul Sorvino, Helen Verbit, Olympia Dukakis, Louis Zorich
Plot: Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna star in this comedy about a couple of wanna-be performers who meet in group therapy and fall in love. Taylor and Bologna, who were married, also wrote the screenplay.
Traffic
Theatrical Release Date: 12/11/1971
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Tati
Actors: Jacques Tati, Tony Knepper, Franco Ressel, Mario Zanuelli, Maria Kimberly, Marcel Franval
Plot: Mr. Hulot has his self-made RV and is ready to hit the road to showcase
the vehicle at an Amsterdam auto show. But, of course, nothing goes right
for him and his poor PR exec, the trendy, young Maria, must go along for
the ride.
