All Films

Christmas Morning

1978 • 7 min • Ireland

Directed by Tiernan MacBride, this short film – nominated for a Palme d’Or in 1978 for Best Short Film – is a visual representation of the Irish folk song Arthur McBride and The Sergeant, played and sung by Irish singer Paul Brady. The lyrics tell the story of Arthur McBride (Paul Bennett) and his cousin (Paul Wilson) who fight off a recruiting sergeant (Godfrey Quigley) when he tries to enlist them in the British army.

Manimals

1978 • 29 min • United States of America

A highly unusual look into the world of exotic pets and their owners in a large city. It is a film of love, comedy, ego and tragedy. The film begins on a humorous note, as the viewer is swept along, enjoying the fun of seeing and listening to people who keep monkeys, ocelots, lion cubs, possums, tarantulas, and every kind of exotic pet imaginable. Along with the careful, concerned people we meet, we also see some who are not quite so responsible. We witness the effects of some of the owners' neglect and lack of sensitivity to the needs of these animals from the wild. Some owners also describe their pets as exhibiting almost human traits, but is it good for animals to lose their own traits and characteristics, and acquire those of human beings?

Captain Future: The Great Race in the Solar System

1978 • 55 min • Germany, France, Japan

Captain Future and friends compete in a galactic race and end up defending themselves against aggressive competitors and evil villains out to destroy them.

Pink Press

1978 • 7 min • United States of America

As a Dailey Blabbermouth reporter, the Pink Panther tries to get past the security man and guard dog at Howard Huge's mansion.

Serial Rapist

1978 • 60 min • Japan

A chubby, bicycle-riding rapist/killer dispatches 13 people in a cold, bloody, detached rampage.

Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie

1978 • 21 min • Japan

The movie version of Ryu and Hayato fighting against the Gavanas Empire.

Fan

1978 • 6 min

16mm experimental film of a desk fan.

Hanging Around

1978 • 30 min

How do you kill time when you're 15 years old, have no money and live in a dull London suburb? Rod, Kip and Mul may be short of cash, but not ideas.

Pink Trumpet

1978 • 7 min • United States of America

Staying in a motel, the Pink Panther decides to practice his trumpet playing, while annoying the man next door in the motel.

Tarry-Dan Tarry-Dan Scarey Old Spooky Man

1978 • 47 min • United Kingdom

When he finds himself plagued with nightmares about a historic battle fought on the site of the village he lives in, delinquent Cornish teenager Jonah Grattan becomes obsessed with a potential link to a local homeless man.

Death Is Their Destiny

1978 • 13 min • United Kingdom

This fascinating amateur film of punks on the streets of London in 1978 - shot by prominent punk chronicler Captain Zip - captures the outfits and irreverent attitudes of the time. Punk PVC exposes her rear to tourists, while Joe Rex simply sticks two fingers up at passers-by. Famous faces glimpsed include Slits singer Ari Up and punk's fashion-designer-in-chief Vivienne Westwood. The soundtrack to this film - which includes a voice-over from Captain Zip (Phil Munnoch) as well as music of the time, and the voices of Rat, Mouse and Fliss - was added later, in 1991. Those seen on screen include Eds and Wobble, Joe Rex, PVC, Mandy, Ziggy, Tampax, Sherry, Michael, the Kingston Lurkers, Hamster, Ari, Bethnal, Ari Up, Caroline, Rat and Mouse, Nige, Tracey, Spider, Carrot, Julie, Vivienne Westwood, and Vaughan.

Guernica

1978 • 17 min • Czechoslovakia

The initiation of a young Jewish child into Guernica's world.

Jaws

1978 • 3 min

Fessenden’s unfinished remake of Spielberg’s classic.

Japanese Spiderman: Episode 0

1978 • 24 min • Japan

The Iron Cross Army are sabotaging oil-tankers with the help of their monster, the Sea-Devil, a semi-mechanical anthropomorphic swordfish with an ability to shoot torpedoes from its mouth. Spiderman employs the help of the interpol agent Juzo Mamiya to help him stop the Iron Cross Army.

The Case of Filip Franjic

1978 • 56 min • Yugoslavia

Due to idealism, honesty and resoluteness, a driver in a transport company faces numerous problems in his living and working environment.

Peach Melba

1978 • 25 min

Two unusual people make contact in German at a London coffee house.

Orphan

1978 • 54 min • Yugoslavia

Story of children growing up in Yugoslavia right after the end of World War II.

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

1978 • 60 min • United States of America

Big Bird worries when Oscar tells him that if Santa Claus can't fit down the chimney on Christmas Eve, nobody would get presents.

Salomé

1978 • 10 min • Spain

Short film by Almodovar, which tells the origin of the veil. Abraham, walking with Isaac, meets Salomé, who dances and demands Isaac’s head. Isaac flees but is hypnotised and returned. Abraham, about to act, hears God reveal it was a test of temptation. Salomé is a divine figure, and Abraham is instructed to have women cover themselves as a sign of respect.

Punking Out

1978 • 25 min

The film documents the beginning of the punk rock movement in New York City at CBGB's, a punk night club, and the lifestyle that revolves around this scene. It presents a sometimes shocking look at the attitudes and motivations behind the movement through interviews with outspoken club-goers and band members of the Ramones, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, and the Dead Boys.

Lies

1978 • 55 min

Written by Willy Russell, Lies tells the story of a young lad, blessed with enterprise and a dream of living in Cornwall, trying to make something of himself. But, finding himself constantly let down by adults, can he realise that dream?

Always for Pleasure

1978 • 58 min • United States of America

An intense insider's portrait of New Orleans' street celebrations and unique cultural gumbo: Second-line parades, Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest. Features live music from Professor Longhair, the Wild Tchoupitoulas, the Neville Brothers and more. This glorious, soul-satisfying film is among Blank's special masterworks. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.

Ringing Bell

1978 • 46 min • Japan

Chirin is an innocent though adventurous young lamb whose carefree life on the farm comes to an abrupt end when a wolf murders his mother. Confused and angry, Chirin pursues the wolf into the mountains, seeking revenge. The laws of nature are brutal, however, and hatred alone won't be enough to avenge the loss of his mother. Only the strong survive in the wild, and obtaining that strength may change Chirin forever.

Taxi!!

1978 • 60 min

Taxi!! is a television movie that debuted on the NBC television network as a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, consisting of a conversation between a taxi driver (Martin Sheen) and his passenger (Eva Marie Saint).