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Hitler: A Career

1977

Hitler: A Career

1977
7.4
A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the Third Reich (1933-1945), but also an analysis of mass psychology and how the desperate crowd can be deceived and shepherded to the slaughterhouse.
A Tale of Two Critters

1977

A Tale of Two Critters

1977
5.8
A bear cub and a raccoon become fast friends when they're swept away down a river, away from their families.
The Grateful Dead

1977

The Grateful Dead

1977
7.5
The Grateful Dead performs live at Winterland in San Francisco in October 1974.
News from Home

1977

News from Home

1977
7.1
Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman lives in New York. Filmed images of the City accompany texts of Akerman's loving mother back home in Brussels. The City comes more and more to the front while the words of the mother, read by Akerman herself, gradually fade away.
The Regiment

1977

The Regiment

1977
First transmitted in 1977, this documentary follows three months in the life of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Green Jackets (also known as the Black Mafia) as they move from their Dover barracks for a tour of duty at the Tower of London. The Royal Green Jackets are light infantry, trained to move fast. Above all they are riflemen and take pride in their reputation of being thinking fighting soldiers.
Pumping Iron

1977

Pumping Iron

1977
7.1
Amateur and professional bodybuilders prepare for the 1975 Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe contests as five-time champion Arnold Schwarzenegger defends his Mr. Olympia title against Serge Nubret and the shy young Lou Ferrigno.
Scott Joplin: King of Ragtime Composers

1977

Scott Joplin: King of Ragtime Composers

1977
A short 1977 documentary about the originator of the ragtime rhythm.
Pleasure at Her Majesty's

1976

Pleasure at Her Majesty's

1976
6.5
The first of the Amnesty International comedy benefit galas. The title is a play on the phrase at Her Majesty's pleasure (the show was performed at Her Majesty's Theatre, London). This show came to be considered part of the Secret Policeman's Ball series of shows that it inspired, although it pre-dated the first show in the series by three years. The event was organized by a team of three: Monty Python member John Cleese, Amnesty's Assistant Director Peter Luff and Transatlantic Records executive Martin Lewis. It featured the cream of Britain's comedic talent of the era, setting a precedent that would inspire many subsequent Amnesty galas...
George Crumb: Voice of the Whale

1976

George Crumb: Voice of the Whale

1976
A 54-minute portrait of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer George Crumb featuring a performance of his "Vox Balaenae for Three Masked Players."
That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976
6.9
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
Heartworn Highways

1976

Heartworn Highways

1976
7.8
The music speaks for itself in this performance documentary that highlights some of the biggest names within the country-folk scene in Texas and Tennessee during the last weeks of 1975 and the first weeks of 1976, eschewing narration and staged interviews.
Grey Gardens

1976

Grey Gardens

1976
7.3
Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centered on their pasts, as mother and daughter now rarely leave home.
3 mujeres 3

1976

3 mujeres 3

1976
Testimony of three Mexican women, Maria Teresa, Esperanza and Luz Maria. Each talks about their jobs, their personal and family relationships, their lack of freedom and the role of women in society in the 1970s.
Fighting Black Kings

1976

Fighting Black Kings

1976
6
A documentary that follows several American fighters as they train for and fight in the first world open karate tournament in Japan.
Bugs Bunny Superstar

1975

Bugs Bunny Superstar

1975
7.2
Animator Robert Clampett presents a history of "Termite Terrace," the little shack on the Warner Brothers studio lot which in the 1930's and 1940's housed the animation unit which gave birth to Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny. Includes color and black-and-white home-movie-type footage shot at the time showing such animation greats as Clampett, Tex Avery and Chuck Jones. Also featured are nine complete Warner cartoons.
One By One

1975

One By One

1975
5.7
Intended to be about the passing of the torch from Stewart to Cevert; One By One is a documentary chronicling the lives of Formula 1 racers in the seventies.
The Formula One Drivers (aka The Quick and the Dead)

1974

The Formula One Drivers (aka The Quick and the Dead)

1974
Directed by Claude Du Boc and narrated by Stacey Keach the film centers on the fragility of life and the possibility of death for Formula One drivers of the 70's. This film includes access to the top F1 drivers like Jackie Stewart, Francois Cevert, Mike Hailwood and Peter Revson which would seem all but impossible in today's F1 world.
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman

1974

Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman

1974
6.4
1974 documentary about symphony conductor Antonia Brico, including her struggle against gender bias in her profession.
That's Entertainment!

1974

That's Entertainment!

1974
7.3
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
General Idi Amin Dada

1974

General Idi Amin Dada

1974
6.9
Filmmaker Barbet Schroeder shows the Ugandan dictator meeting his Cabinet, reviewing his troops, explaining his ideology.