Ascent, The ( Voskhozhdeniye )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/1978
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Larisa Shepitko
Actors: Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Sergei Yakovlev, Lyudmila Polyakova, Viktoriya Goldentul, Anatoli Solonitsyn
Brass Target
Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/1978
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Hough
Actors: Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, George Kennedy, Robert Vaughn, Patrick McGoohan, Max von Sydow
Force 10 from Navarone
Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/1978
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Guy Hamilton
Actors: Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Barbara Bach, Edward Fox, Carl Weathers, Richard Kiel
Plot: A group of commandos are brought together in WWII in order to enact a dangerous plan - to destroy a bridge that is key to the German's plans.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Philip Kaufman
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Leonard Nimoy, Art Hindle
Plot: In San Francisco a group of people are brought together when they notice friends and relatives somehow changing. As more and more people are affected, they soon realize an alien life-form is behind the changes and must act before they are all taken.
Moment by Moment
Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/1978
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jane Wagner
Actors: Lily Tomlin, John Travolta, Andra Akers, Bert Kramer, Shelley R. Bonus, Debra Feuer
Every Which Way but Loose
Theatrical Release Date: 12/20/1978
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: James Fargo
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Beverly D'Angelo, Walter Barnes, George Chandler
King of the Gypsies
Theatrical Release Date: 12/20/1978
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Frank Pierson
Actors: Sterling Hayden, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Annette O'Toole, Eric Roberts
The Last Wave
Theatrical Release Date: 12/19/1978
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow, Vivean Gray, Nandjiwarra Amagula
Plot: A Sydney lawyer is called on to defend five Aboriginals in court over a ritualized murder. Determined to break their silence, he is drawn deeper into a prophesy that portends an Armageddon where all shall drown.
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs ( Préparez vos mouchoirs )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/17/1978
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bertrand Blier
Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Carole Laure, Patrick Dewaere, Michel Serrault, Eléonore Hir, Jean Rougerie
Plot: A man will take any measures necessary to satisfy his glum wife -- including choosing a lover for her and inviting him to move in with them. But it turns out that her true soulmate may be a 13-year-old boy genius.
