All Films

King of the Beasts

1977 • 25 min

The second of three animated TV specials about the animals of Noah's Ark.

Charlie Needs a Cloak

1977 • 8 min • Czechoslovakia, United States of America

A shepherd named Charlie need a new cloak, so he shears a sheep and makes one from it's wool.

Balance Proof

1977 • 30 min

Ulay and Abramović are standing holding a double-sided mirror between their bodies.

Çifte Nikah

1977 • 57 min • Turkey

Erol, a gas station attendant, is saved from arrest by his boss Remzi and in return accepts a dangerous task to kidnap billionaire Tacettin Bey, only to accidentally rescue an unsuspecting elderly man who turns out to be their intended target.

Martin the Cobbler

1977 • 27 min

A poor cobbler has a dream in which he hears the Lord promise to visit him. Instead poor people in need of food, clothing, warmth, and understanding come to him. In the end he understands that this is how the Lord visits men today.

Amisk

1977 • 40 min • Canada

A performing arts film by Alanis Obomsawin, it documents efforts to raise funds for the James Bay Cree and was made at a time when Cree territory was threatened by hydro-electric projects. Amisk represents early work by Obomsawin, a trailblazer in Canadian Aboriginal film.

Spaghetti Two-Step

1977 • 52 min

A waiter hurrying from table to table in a crowded Italian restaurant picks up titbits of conversation from the varied clientele.

Last Summer

1977 • 52 min • United Kingdom

A 1976 play concerning an unemployed school leaver becomes involved with professional car thieves. Part of the ITV Playhouse strand.

The Displaced Person

1977 • 57 min • United States of America

A conscientious but driven Polish refugee disrupts the hierarchy of power on a Georgia farm in the 1940s.

Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber

1977 • 18 min • Brazil

This controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, major Brazilian painter Emiliano Di Cavalcanti.

The Love Letters from Teralba Road

1977 • 50 min • Australia

A violent man (Bryan Brown), who ostensibly has a slight mental illness due to fillings in his teeth, continues to write letters to his estranged girlfriend, Kris McQuade. She sees that he expresses himself more dearly in his letters and he is still quick tempered when they try to rekindle their relationship.

The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes

1977 • 44 min • East Germany, Germany

Television adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairytale.

Strega Nona

1977 • 8 min • Czechoslovakia, United States of America

Big Anthony, left alone with Strega Nona's magic pasta pot, runs into trouble when he decides to show the townspeople how it works.

Give Us a Kiss, Christabel

1977 • 25 min

Casual labour appeals to Wilfred, and the street market is a friendly home until he meets the beautiful Christabel. Her haughty dismissal drives him to amazing feats. He'll do anything for a kiss.

Hålet

1977 • 9 min • Sweden

Animated film about a man interested in holes.

Doug Henning's World of Magic

1977 • 60 min • United States of America

The December 1977 broadcast of Doug Henning's World of Magic, hosted by Glen Campbell.

A Cosmic Christmas

1977 • 26 min • Canada

Three aliens from an unknown planet, who bear a strong resemblance to the Biblical Magi, visit earth to know the true meaning of Christmas. Peter, a young boy, and Lucy, his goose, are the first to encounter them. Unable to find the true meaning of Christmas in town, Peter takes them to his family's house in the woods. While Peter's grandmother tells the aliens about her memories of Christmas, Marvin, one of the town's bullies, steals Lucy. In the chase to rescue Lucy, Marvin falls through the ice in a lake. Peter attempts to rescue him but falls into the lake as well. The townsfolk, who were out searching for the aliens, attempt to save the boys but their human chain isn't long enough to reach them. The three aliens, who had sworn not to interfere with events on earth, decide to help in order to learn the meaning of Christmas.

Canned Performance

1977 • 6 min

Color UCLA Student Animation Workshop Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Mixed live action and stop motion absurdist animation of a desert traveler who encounters a Godzilla-like monster emerging from a Coca-Cola can. Directed by animator and special effects artist Hoyt Yeatman, known for visual effects on The Fly (1986), Armageddon (1998), The Abyss (1989), and for directing G-Force (2009).

Henry Ford's America

1977 • 58 min • Canada

A study of the automobile and its pervasive effect on the history of North America. Focusing on the Ford dynasty, from the original Henry car through to Henry II, the film demonstrates how society has adapted to fit the needs of the automobile.

Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam

1977 • 50 min

Stigma

1977 • 32 min • United Kingdom

A young couple move into a remote country house in the middle of a stone circle. They employ workmen who disturb an ancient menhir, unleashing a supernatural force.

Charades

1977 • 55 min

An innocent game during an opulent weekend at a Scottish castle annoys the sinister housekeeper and causes several family skeletons to rattle in their cupboards.

Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers

1977 • 29 min

Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers is a collection of works that address the desire to transcend the perceptual and cognitive structures of experience.

Vasilisa the Beautiful

1977 • 19 min • Soviet Union

Young prince meets a talking frog who turns out to be a beautiful but cursed princess. To remove the curse, he must go on a quest to find and outsmart the forest witch Baba Yaga.