All Films

West Wind

1977 • 17 min

A woman searching for the truth behind the death of her lover visits Bazin, Godard, and Mekas.

Simple Gifts

1977 • 60 min • United States of America

A collection of animated Christmas shorts: An original Maurice Sendak piece about a boy with nothing to give for Christmas -- An excerpt from the early part of Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" set in a time of extreme cold in Tudor England -- A short based on the Toonerville Trolley -- A bittersweet excerpt from Moss Hart's autobiography "Act One" narrated by Jose Ferrer -- A reading from the Christmas day entry from the diary of 11-year-old Teddy Roosevelt -- A reading of a letter by Captain Edward James Hulse describing the surprising Christmas Truce of 1914 -- An animated version by R.O. Blechman of his own book "Tutto Esaurito" (No Vacancy) about the travels of Mary and Joseph.

The Paul Simon Special

1977 • 60 min • United States of America

Paul Simon just wants to perform his songs although an arrogant director keeps on interrupting him with crazy ideas.

The Monument

1977 • 32 min • Albania

An old gardener tends for the flowers during the war. Nazis ask him for flowers for their dead.

Juggler

1977 • 2 min

Music by Albert E. Miller. Computer-controlled ability to store one frame in the computer and combine this frame with the incoming frames permits freeze frames of a juggler as well as synthesized images. The paths of a jugglers handling of balls through the air can be examined in slow motion. Shown at The Kitchen on Mercer Street.

The Golden Dog

1977 • 48 min • United States of America

When two old prospectors find gold dust in the fur of their Airedale they dream of big riches. But soon greed threatens to tear them apart until a ghost reminds them the value of friendship.

The Richard Pryor Special?

1977 • 60 min • United States of America

Richard Pryor wanders around the NBC Studio, encountering various eccentrics. Meanwhile, the Reverend James L. White, the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada and others are taping their own segments.

The Mouseketeers at Walt Disney World

1977 • 56 min

Follow the Disco Mice of the New Mickey Mouse Club as they visit America's favorite vacation spot, Walt Disney World!

Porno Exploration: Japanese Spring Tales

1977 • 54 min • Japan

Pink film from Toei.

Diary of an African Nun

1977 • 16 min • United States of America

An African nun is consumed by fear and doubt about her decision to take the solemn vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Her anguish intensifies night after night as she lies on a hard bed in her small room at the convent and listens to the rhythmic, beckoning drums of her village.

Powers of Ten

1977 • 9 min • United States of America

A scientific film essay, narrated by Phil Morrison. A set of pictures of two picnickers in a park, with the area of each frame one-tenth the size of the one before. Starting from a view of the entire known universe, the camera gradually zooms in until we are viewing the subatomic particles on a man's hand.

Masako, Junko, Momoe: On Stage

1977 • 51 min • Japan

Cast - Masako Mori - Junko Sakurada - Momoe Yamaguchi

Bewitching Eyes

1977 • 40 min • Poland

A Polish folktale set in the Middle Ages, tells the story of a man, whose eyes, or the gaze of them, brings upon death.

Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back

1977 • 60 min • United States of America

In 1977, Bette Midler's first television special premiered, featuring guest stars Dustin Hoffman and Emmett Kelly. It went on to win Bette her first Emmy Award for Outstanding Special — Comedy-Variety or Music. To make the show palatable to home viewers, the special featured heavily cleaned up versions of the material Midler was performing at that time on stage. The title of the show, Ol' Red Hair is Back, was a takeoff on the title of Frank Sinatra's recent album Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back.

The Chevy Chase Show

1977 • 52 min

Sketch comedy special similar in style to "NBC's Saturday Night Live", in which Chevy Chase previously appeared.

A Christmas Carol

1977 • 58 min • United Kingdom

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

History of Japanese Evil and Hatred

1977 • 60 min • Japan

Buddha, forgive me! This monk is so skilled... daughters, young widows, and even nuns writhe in agony and cry in the embrace of this corrupted monk,

Have I Got a Christmas for You

1977 • 60 min • United States of America

Members of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and neighbors so they can enjoy Christmas. The good folk humorously attempt jobs they have never done before.

Savage

1977 • 23 min

A PBS documentary shot in the "famous Portland Sports Arena" in the mid 70's. Although the film centers around a feud between the Iron Sheik and Dutch Savage, which culminates in a coal miner's glove match, there are also cameo appearances by other wrestlers such as Jimmy Snuka, Jesse Ventura, etc. Plus it interviews people in the crowd who come to the matches every week, including a few sweet old ladies.

The Believer's Heaven

1977 • 60 min • United States of America

The third and final evangelical cinema collaboration between Rev. Estus Pirkle and directors Ron and June Ormond depicts the glory of Heaven - with a clear warning for what awaits sinners.

Hospital

1977 • 22 min • Poland

24 hours in the life of a hospital from the point of view of the doctors and nurses.

Black Christmas

1977 • 50 min

A bittersweet drama on a familiar theme - the frictions forced to the surface during a Christmas family get-together - Michael Abbensetts' Black Christmas is an understated and affecting study of relationships, unexpressed pain and a tormented nostalgia for a distant home.

A Hymn from Jim

1977 • 30 min • United Kingdom

When a clean-cut young pop-star gets in trouble, he calls his manager. The call sets in motion a unusual series of events.

Cumbernauld HIT

1977 • 45 min

A James-Bond type fiction film about an evil woman's plans to 'hi-jack' the New Town of Cumbernauld. Sponsored by Cumbernauld Development Corporation, this film is an original take on the 'promotional' films produced for Scotland's New Towns during the 1970s.