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Life of Brian

1979

Life of Brian

1979
7.8
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.
Sleeping Fist

1979

Sleeping Fist

1979
6.6
A plainclothes policeman, Chin Tai Ba, is seriously wounded in a fight with some ruffians but is helped to safety by a young wiseguy, Cub. Here he is taught the art of Sleeping Fist by Cub's master Chung Yiu, and the trio march to the Shang Wei martial arts school to take revenge on the thugs. However, in a last desperate attempt to get even, the gang call on Eagle Claw master Kao to sort out the snoozers.
Escape to Athena

1979

Escape to Athena

1979
5.7
During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the summit of the island's mountain.
Rock 'n' Roll High School

1979

Rock 'n' Roll High School

1979
6.4
A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
Canned Laughter

1979

Canned Laughter

1979
6.2
Robert Box asks his colleague Lorraine out for a date. They go to a restaurant where Dave Perry tries to break it as a stand-up comedian.
California Dreaming

1979

California Dreaming

1979
4.4
Young T.T. comes from Chicago to spend the summer in California. He slowly becomes "California-ized," while learning about love and life in the Golden State.
Disco Music Fever

1979

Disco Music Fever

1979
Every Saturday a bunch of youths use to meet at a disco in Milano. Among them soon love and passion explode between a dance contest and another.
The Incredible Kung Fu Master

1979

The Incredible Kung Fu Master

1979
6.7
Tung Wei is a lad who wants to learn kung fu. He trains in two different styles: Hung Gar and Wing Chun. Everything is fine until a jealous master creates a rift between Tung's two teachers, and he has to choose sides. But a bigger problem looms ahead. The Tiger Master wants to fight both men to the death. They're no match for him, so Tung goes to the one man who can train him properly: Sammo Hung
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

1979

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

1979
5.5
To salvage his job and the circulation of his magazine, an editor decides to publish an expose revealing the inside story of the famed cheerleading squad and plants his reporter/girlfriend among the girls.
Lovers and Liars

1979

Lovers and Liars

1979
3.9
An American actress on vacation in Italy falls for her friend's married Italian lover.
Bolo

1979

Bolo

1979
7
The super human Beast from the East takes on all comers!
Of Cooks and Kung Fu

1979

Of Cooks and Kung Fu

1979
7.3
Efforts of a grandfather teaching his grandson a style of fighting called "Cooking kung-fu"
Kung Fu Master Named Drunk Cat

1978

Kung Fu Master Named Drunk Cat

1978
4.8
Given a jar of sweets by a beautiful air-hostess, Chan finds that each one contains a diamond (diamonds belonging to a ruthless smuggling gang). Chan finds out the hard way that when there’s no place to hide and nowhere left to run, a fight to the finish is the only way out!
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

1978

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

1978
4.1
Dewey and Wallace are small-town lawmen who are ordered by the governor to go undercover as prison inmates to find out where a gang of thieves have hidden their loot. While they're undercover, however, the governor dies, and because no one else knows about the ruse Dewey and Wallace are stranded in prison.
Ways of Kung Fu

1978

Ways of Kung Fu

1978
3
Kuan-Chun Chi stars as Kun Tak, a monastery worker who falls victim to the ploys of a sinister monk and flees his temple in shame, only to fortuitously cross paths with a host of martial arts masters who school him in the ways of kung fu. Once Kun Tak becomes a master himself, he returns to the temple to exact revenge against the monk and reveal his evil plot to the world. Directed by Chiu Lee, the film also stars Fei Meng.
Pat Boone and Family: A Thanksgiving Special

1978

Pat Boone and Family: A Thanksgiving Special

1978
Beloved singer-actor Pat Boone, his daughter Debby and the entire Boone family enjoy the holiday at home with music and fun, including a visit from old friend Bob Hope, comic John Byner and the humorous Hudson Brothers. The Boone girls sing Bless This House.
Funny Kung Fu

1978

Funny Kung Fu

1978
Two vile Kung Fu masters terrorize a small town and extort money out of the inhabitants. A local kid who's obsessed by martial arts learns all kinds of Kung Fu including homemade Kung Fu in the hopes that he will be good enough to see the nasty masters off.
Little Italy

1978

Little Italy

1978
6
Undercover cop Nico Giraldi travels to New York and Las Vegas to find a crooked cop who gave his squadron back in Italy a bad name.
George Carlin: Again!

1978

George Carlin: Again!

1978
7.4
Performing at the Celebrity Star Theater in Phoenix on July 23, 1978, Carlin mesmerizes his audience in the second of his 12 HBO specials. The show was originally planned as part of a concert/sketch movie, The Illustrated George Carlin, that never came to fruition.The routines include: Death, Kids & Parents, Newscast #2, Time and Al Sleet, the Hippy-Dippy Weatherman. -- From Amazon.com
Loose Shoes

1978

Loose Shoes

1978
3.6
Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story", "Skate-boarders from Hell", "The Invasion of the Penis Snatchers", Woody Allen (pre-Mia), movie trailer come-ons, Charlie Chaplin, war movies, Billy Jack. The source of the title is presented about an hour into the film.