All Films

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1978 • 60 min

A modern-day scientist gets teleported to Medieval England in King Arthur's Court! He has to adapt to the current times and tries to make improvements as they come.

Some American Feminists

1978 • 58 min • Canada

A series of interviews, combined with newsreel footage, that placed the American feminist movement in historical perspective. Six of the movement's founding women, including Betty Friedan and Kate Millett, discuss the issues that most concern them.

Nattens lekar

1978 • 32 min • Sweden

Åke lives under oppressive conditions. The father, a painter, spends his salary on drinking with his buddies.

Nate the Great Goes Undercover

1978 • 10 min

Based on the story of the same title by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, about Nate the Great, a 10-year-old, who tries to solve the mystery of the garbage snatcher

Getting It Over With

1978 • 28 min

Nearing her 20th birthday, a young girl decides to "get over with" losing her virginity before her teen years are over.

A Different Approach

1978 • 21 min • United States of America

An all-star educational film about the positive side of hiring people with disabilities. A board sit and watch the film Michael Keaton's character's assembled to sell companies on hiring the handicapped, which takes "a different approach" by combining several approaches--most of them suggested by Hollywood personalities.

Mucking Out

1978 • 30 min

'I'm an expert on pigs now. How many people can claim they've castrated 1.000 baby pigs? Not many.' Brian is enthusiastic about his new job, but Thomas has seen it all before.

The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors

1978 • 57 min • Canada

In Part 1 of this 3-part documentary series, director Donald Brittain chronicles the early years of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque. From their university days in the 1950s to 1967 when Lévesque left the Liberal Party and Trudeau became the federal Minister of Justice, Brittain attempts to get at the heart of what makes these men so fascinating.

Three Stories of Love

1978 • 32 min • Mexico

Three people live in the same building: An anxious teenager, a girl who wants to be kidnapped by a prince, and a maid who wants to explore eroticism.

Irezumi

1978 • 60 min • Japan

What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown!

1978 • 24 min • United States of America

What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown! is the 17th primetime animated TV specials based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M. Schulz. The plot is similar to that of Jack London's Call of the Wild.

The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland

1978 • 50 min • United States of America

The full unedited performance recorded on December 31, 1978, when the Blues Brothers opened for the Grateful Dead on the monumental closing night of Winterland.

Ubu

1978 • 18 min

Ubu kills the king to take the thrown but doesn't realize the prince will fight back for revenge. Based on Alfred Jarry's 1896 play Ubu Roi.

Cat and the Pinkstalk

1978 • 7 min • United States of America

The Pink Panther sells his cow for some beans and grows a large beanstalk, later facing a giant.

The Talking Parcel

1978 • 60 min • United Kingdom

The Talking Parcel is based on a 1974 book by Gerald Durrell in which a young girl is transported to the fantasy land of Mythologia to save it from cockatrices. She is aided by a talking parrot and encounter many other magical creatures, including a mooncalf.

Inside 'the Swarm'

1978 • 22 min • United States of America

A behind-the-scenes/Making of documentary short focused on Irwin Allen's all-star disaster flick The Swarm.

Space Force

1978 • 25 min

The comic adventures that befall a crew of astronauts assigned to a remote military space station.

Mulheres de Cinema

1978 • 37 min • Brazil

Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film history.

Pink Pictures

1978 • 6 min • United States of America

The Pink Panther decides to become an amateur photographer, but the local wildlife are not cooperative.

Scared Straight!

1978 • 52 min • United States of America

The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

Crest of a Wave

1978 • 30 min

Recently made redundant, Jim takes his wife Bridget to meet his old scouting pal Nifty. As well as campfire memories to swop, there just might be the possibility of a job.

Seawrack

1978 • 30 min

On the shoreline of Lancashire's Lune Estuary, an old tramp is befriended by a young lad who volunteers with the St John's Ambulance.

Puff, the Magic Dragon

1978 • 30 min • United States of America

Jackie is a boy who is so trapped by his fears and doubts that he could not communicate with anyone. Then, a magic dragon named Puff comes to help Jackie by taking his soul force on a wonderous voyage to his island of Honah Lee. Along the way, they have adventures that nurture Jackie's imagination and courage in unorthodox ways.

Pinktails for Two

1978 • 7 min • United States of America

The Pink Panther's tail becomes unusually long after being accidentally exposed to growth serum.