Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 1977

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="50"> <TABLE> <TR bgcolor="#000000"><TD><img src=strip77banner.jpg width=100%> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+2><strong>Top Films of 1977: World Premieres</strong></b></Font><br>  <a href=persac77.html>My 1977 Oscar Ballot</a></Font><br> <Font Size=-1><br></Font> <Table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>1.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">New York, New York</Font></b></Font> Dir. Martin Scorsese. With Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>2.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=sorcerer.html style="text-decoration:none">Sorcerer</a></b></Font> Dir. William Friedkin. With Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Amidou <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>3.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=annihall.html style="text-decoration:none">Annie Hall</a></b></Font> Dir. Woody Allen. With Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>4.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=kilsheep.html style="text-decoration:none">Killer of Sheep</a></b></Font> Dir. Charles Burnett. With Henry Gayle Sanders, Kaycee Moore <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>5.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Riddles of the Sphinx</Font></b></Font> Dirs. Laura Mulvey & Peter Wollen. With Diane Stabb <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>6.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Star Wars</Font></b></Font> Dir. George Lucas. With Mark Hamill, Alec Guinness, Carrie Fisher <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>7.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=favfilmseraserhead.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_top">Eraserhead</a></b></Font> Dir. David Lynch. With John Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>8.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Opening Night</Font></b></Font> Dir. John Cassavetes. With Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>9.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=favfilms3women.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_top">3 Women</a></b></Font> Dir. Robert Altman. With Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>10.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh</Font></b></Font> Dirs. Wolfgang Reitherman, et al. <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> </Table> <hr> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+2><b>Reviews from 1977</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1> <Font Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <b>= Full-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font> <b> = Capsule-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font> <b>&nbsp= Blog Review</b> (New Window) </Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=favfilms3women.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none" target="_top">3 Women</a></b></Font> Dir. Robert Altman. With Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=3women.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none">3 Women</a></b></Font> Dir. Robert Altman. With Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=favfilmseraserhead.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none" target="_top">Eraserhead</a></b></Font> Dir. David Lynch. With John Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=julia.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none">Julia</a></b></Font> Dir. Fred Zinnemann. With Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0090FF" Size=+1><b>More Grades from 1977</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Demon Seed</b></Font> Dir. Donald Cammell. With Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Gerrit Graham <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Desperate Living</b></Font> Dir. John Waters. With Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Goodbye Girl</b></Font> Dir. Herbert Ross. With Marsha Mason, Richard Dreyfuss <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Jubilee</b></Font> Dir. Derek Jarman. With Jenny Runacre, Jordan, Toyah Willcox, David Haughton <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Rabid</b></Font> Dir. David Cronenberg. With Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Turning Point</b></Font> Dir. Herbert Ross. With Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0090FF" Size=+1><b>Also from 1977</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Fetching</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Equus</b></Font> Dir. Sidney Lumet. With Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely<br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Feh</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Close Encounters of the Third Kind</b></Font> Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Richard Dreyfuss<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Colloque de Chiens</b></Font> Dir. Ra&#250l Ruiz. With Eva Simonet, voice of Robert Darmel<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Devil, Probably</b></Font> Dir. Robert Bresson. With Antoine Monnier, Laelita Carcano<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Looking for Mr. Goodbar</b></Font> Dir. Richard Brooks. With Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld<br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Flotsam</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Saturday Night Fever</b></Font> Dir. John Badham. With John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney<br> <hr> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0090FF" Size=+1><b>Still to Come from 1977</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399"><b>Ten Most Enticing Prospects:</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>&#161Alambrista!</b></Font> Dir. Robert M. Young. With Domingo Ambriz, Trinidad Silva, Ned Beatty<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The American Friend</b></Font> Dir. Wim Wenders. 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