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CallaghanFilms
08-21-2006, 08:12 PM
1976...

Bicentennial fever quickly spread across the US - Busby Berkeley staged his last...well anything on this side of the great unknown - Apple Computer Company was formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (with the financial backing of one Forrest Gump and one Lt. Daniel Taylor, USA Retired)

Please try to do a top 10 in order (hard as it may be) with an optional two or three "honorable mentions".

The Callaghan Best Films of 1976 List:

01 Rocky
02 Robin and Marion
03 The Outlaw Josie Wales
04 Network
05 Taxi Driver
06 The Shootist
07 The Omen
08 Midway
09 The Eagle Has Landed
10 Logan's Run


Honorable Mentions:

-Family Plot

-Carrie

-Assault on Precinct 13


Also...

The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: Rocky
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Director
Who Won: John G. Avildsen (Rocky)
Shoulda Won: Sidney Lumet (Network)

Best Actor
Who Won: Peter Finch (Network)
Shoulda Won: Sean Connery (Robin and Marion) *Not even nominated http://www.geocities.com/the_callaghans/emoticon-03.gif

Best Actress
Who Won: Faye Dunaway (Network)
Shoulda Won: Audrey Hepburn (Robin and Marion) *Not even nominated http://www.geocities.com/the_callaghans/emoticon-03.gif

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: Jason Robards (All the President’s Men)
Shoulda Won: Burgess Meredith (Rocky)

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Beatrice Straight (Network)
Shoulda Won: Jodie Foster (Taxi Driver)

Best Cinematography
Who Won: Haskell Wexler (Bound For Glory)
Shoulda Won: James Crabe (Rocky) *Not even nominated http://www.geocities.com/the_callaghans/emoticon-03.gif

Best Score
Who Won: Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen)
Shoulda Won: I concur


Forgot Which Films Came Out That Year?
Have No Fear - The IMDB Is Here...
http://us.imdb.com/List?year=1976&&votersort=on&&votes=100&&nav=/Sections/Years/1976/include-totalvotes&&heading=7;Most%20popular%20titles;1976%20by%20tota l%20votes

-and-

The Oscar Nods & Winners...
http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/1977

Blaine
08-21-2006, 08:21 PM
01. The Outlaw Josie Wales
02. Robin and Marian
03. Marathon Man
04. Carrie
05. All the President's Men
06. Logan's Run
07. Taxi Driver
08. Rocky
09. The Bad News Bears
10. Network


Honorable Mention
The Eagle Has Landed
The Omen
The Pink Panther Strikes Again

ZFarms Productions
08-21-2006, 08:28 PM
01 Rocky
02 All The President's Men
03 Taxi Driver
04 The Outlaw Josie Wales
05 The Shootist
06 Logan's Run
07 Family Plot
08 The Omen
09 Network
10 Midway

Honorable Mentions:

-Robin And Marian

-Assault on Precinct 13

- The Eagle Has Landed

Also...

The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: Rocky
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Director
Who Won: John G. Avildsen (Rocky)
Shoulda Won: Alan J. Pakula (All The President's Men)

Best Actor
Who Won: Peter Finch (Network)
Shoulda Won: Sylvester Stallone (Rocky)

Best Actress
Who Won: Faye Dunaway (Network)
Shoulda Won: Talia Shire (Rocky)

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: Jason Robards (All the President’s Men)
Shoulda Won: Burgess Meredith (Rocky)

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Beatrice Straight (Network)
Shoulda Won: Jodie Foster (Taxi Driver)

Best Cinematography
Who Won: Haskell Wexler (Bound For Glory)
Shoulda Won: Ernest Laszlo (Logan's Run)

Best Score
Who Won: Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Stas_Tagios
08-21-2006, 09:10 PM
Taxi Driver
All the President's Men
Harlan County USA
The Front
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Network
Bad News Bears
Bound for Glory
Carrie
The Outlaw Josey Wales

Guilty Pleasure:

Logan's Run

Great bad movies:

Food of the Gods
Squirm

J.R. Hudson
08-23-2006, 12:15 AM
The Hudson Best Films of 1976 List:

01 Taxi Driver
02 Rocky
03 Logan's Run
04 Carrie
05 Assault on Precinct 13
06 All the President's Men
07 The Cassandra Crossing
08 Omen, The
09 Network
10 Bad News Bears, The

Honorable Mentions:

King Kong
Pink Panther Strikes Again, The
Food of the Gods (Hell yeah!)
Across the Great Divide (Damn it!)

Also...
The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO
Best Picture
Who Won: Rocky
Shoulda Won: Taxi Driver

Best Director
Who Won: John G. Avildsen (Rocky)
Shoulda Won: Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver) *Not even nominated

Best Actor
Who Won: Peter Finch (Network)
Shoulda Won: Sylvester Stallone (Rocky) *Not even nominated

Best Actress
Who Won: Faye Dunaway (Network)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: Jason Robards (All the President’s Men)
Shoulda Won: Burgess Meredith (Rocky)

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Beatrice Straight (Network)
Shoulda Won: Talia Shire(Rocky)

Best Cinematography
Who Won: Haskell Wexler (Bound For Glory)
Shoulda Won: Michael Chapman (Taxi Driver) *Not even nominated

Best Score
Who Won: Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen)
Shoulda Won: Bernard Herrmann (Taxi Driver )

Duct Tape Films
08-24-2006, 06:25 AM
Best film shot in the 1990s, set in 1976: Dazed & Confused