# Must See 70s Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-70s-movies/429654 "2007-12-11T20:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-70s-movies/429654/41 "2007-12-13T19:22:25Z")
[QUOTE=RTFirefly] _Sleuth_ - Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine. Need I say more? _The Man Who Would Be King_ - Sean Connery and Michael Caine. Ditto. _Start the Revolution Without Me_ - Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland take on the French Revolution. Megaditto. [/QUOTE] “Start the Revolution Without Me” would make a good double feature with Michael York / Marty Feldman’s “Last Remake of Beau Geste”. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-70s-movies/429654/42 "2007-12-13T19:47:25Z")
**the Boys In the Band** (1970) **Beyond the Valley of the Dolls** (1970) **Klute** (1971) **Panic In Needle Park** (1971) **Carnal Knowledge** (1971) **Fritz the Cat** (1972) **La Planète sauvage** (“the Savage Planet” - 1973) **Mean Streets** (1973) **the Sugarland Express** (1974) **Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore** (1974) **the Stepford Wives** (1975) **the Great Waldo Pepper** (1975) **Day of the Locust** (1975) **Network** (1976) **Eraserhead** (1977) **Looking for Mr. Goodbar** (1977) **La Cage Aux Folles** (1978) **Being There** (1979) **the Great Rock & Roll Swindle** (released in 1980, but a great indictment of 1970s punk rock) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-70s-movies/429654/43 "2007-12-13T21:56:09Z")
Ooooh, these are great guys! Here’s what I’ve got in addition to the above that I haven’t seen before… - **Gauntlet** - **Pete’s Dragon** – I’ve always wanted to see this, yet somehow it’s kept falling through the cracks - **The Last of Sheila** – due to another recent thread, this is already in my que - **Uptown Saturday Night** - **High Anxiety** - **Phantom of the Paradise** – if this is like RHPS, I can’t wait to get my hands on it - **Last Remake of Beau Geste** - **The Boys In the Band** – wanted this forever… - **Panic In Needle Park** – seen parts, but again I adore Pacino - **Fritz the Cat** – HAVE TO SEE THIS!!, even if I don’t like Crumb - **La Planète Sauvage** - **The Sugarland Express** - \*\*The Great Waldo Pepper \*\* – is this the one with Duvall? - **Day of the Locust** - \*\*La Cage Aux Folles \*\* – not the original ☹ - **The Great Rock & Roll Swindle** Notes on other notable mentions: **Willy Wonka** has ruled my world for a long time and Wilder is god in that. As much as I like Depp, he didn’t even come close. Next, I devoured Agatha Christie as a kid like there was no tomorrow, **TGG** ruined romance for me. I always wanted to be taken to dinner on a rooftop (seriously)! I’ve seen **Grease** close to 50 times in the theatre and used to dress up in the whole 50s garb constantly when I was 10. Wonder what the school thought? In reality, I was a **Bad News Bear** who had a crush on Chevy Chase (!), specifically because of **Foul Play**. Oh my. 'Bout **Star Trek** , I’ve been done to death with that as a result of marriage. I’m not sure I could willingly watch any of them, even if they’re from the 70s. Sorry. :o I do believe that **Caligula** was one of the first “dirty” (well I mean, it’s not like I’ve seen any since then 😛 ) movies I’d watched. Needless to say, as someone who was still incredibly naive, I was disappointed. Perhaps I should check it out again if for no other reason than the camp factor. Wasn’t it backed by Penthouse or something? **Car Wash** (workin’ at the car wash) was a trip! Another classic in the music category from that time. **Shampoo** = Swinger to me. Just I can’t remember how old I was… 😃 And because of **Norma Rae** , I always had an overwhelming desire to jump up on a cafeteria table and shout about injustice. Plus, the bandanna was groovy too. Then there was the fact that I asked for a shag haircut sometime in my early 20s because I was all counter culture and wanted to ape Jane Fonda. Didn’t get Donald Sutherland back then though. I thought **Carnal Knowledge** was daring and artsy. I still crave all the bleakness from back then too. I’d already JUST HAD TO RENT **Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore** , **Network** and **Looking for Mr. Goodbar**. I just loved me some social issues with heaping doses of awkwardness. Which I absolutely refuse to believe contributes in anyway to my depression now. 🆒 So there. Anyhow everyone, I so appreciate all of this. If anyone is still out there with more, I haven’t given up listening or scribbling. [P.S. I just realized how much I futzed up that last post. Oh Og! I suppose I didn’t have _enough_ to drink.] ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2007, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-70s-movies/429654/44 "2007-12-14T05:37:58Z")
The New and Improved Superman writes: \> La Planète sauvage (“the Savage Planet” - 1973) This is the same movie as the one I referred to as _The Fantastic Planet_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-70s-movies/429654.md?page=2)