Top 10 Films of 1975...

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1975...

With long lines spanning around theatres, Jaws single-handedly created the blockbuster as we know it today (it also famously kept people out of the ocean that year and became the first to hit that $100 mil milestone) - Pre-Production began on Star Wars, and ILM is created to rise to the visual occasion - :crybaby: We sadly lost classic film maestro ♪Bernard Herrmann♪

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 1975 List:

01 Jaws
02 The Man Who Would Be King
03 One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
04 Dog Day Afternoon
05 Farewell, My Lovely
06 The Wind and the Lion
07 The Day of the Locust
08 Nashville
09 Hard Times
10 Rooster Cogburn


Honorable Mentions:

-Three Days of the Condor

-The Great Waldo Pepper

-The Hindenburg


Also...

The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Shoulda Won: Jaws

Best Director
Who Won: Milos Forman (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest)
Shoulda Won: Steven Spielberg (Jaws) *Not even nominated
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Best Actor
Who Won: Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest)
Shoulda Won: Sean Connery (The Man Who Would Be King) *Not even nominated
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Best Actress
Who Won: Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest)
Shoulda Won: Charolotte Rampling (Farewell, My Lovely) *Not even nominated
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Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: George Burns (The Sunshine Boys)
Shoulda Won: Robert Shaw (Jaws) *Not even nominated

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Lee Grant (Shampoo)
Shoulda Won: Lily Tomlin (Nashville)

Best Cinematography
Who Won: John Alcott (Barry Lyndon)
Shoulda Won: Oswald Morris (The Man Who Would Be King) *Not even nominated
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Best Score
Who Won: John Williams (Jaws)
Shoulda Won: I concur


Forgot Which Films Came Out That Year?
Have No Fear - The IMDB Is Here...
http://us.imdb.com/List?year=1975&&...ing=7;Most popular titles;1975 by total votes

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The Oscar Nods & Winners...
http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/1976
 
The Hudson Best Films of 1975 List:

01 Jaws
02 Rocky Horror Picture Show
03 Shivers
04 The Return of the Pink Panther
05 Adventures of the Wildnerness Family
06 Rollerball
07 Three Days of the Condor
08 A Boy and His Dog
09 Nashville
10 Deathrace 2000

Honorable Mentions:

-Dog Day AFternoon
- The Wind and the Lion
- The Eiger Sanction

Also...

The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Shoulda Won: Jaws

Best Director
Who Won: Milos Forman (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest)
Shoulda Won: Steven Spielberg (Jaws) *Not even nominated

Best Actor
Who Won: Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest)
Shoulda Won: Tim Curry (Rocky Horror) *Not even nominated

Best Actress
Who Won: Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest)
Shoulda Won: Apathetic

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: George Burns (The Sunshine Boys)
Shoulda Won: Robert Shaw (Jaws) *Not even nominated

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Lee Grant (Shampoo)
Shoulda Won: Apathetic

Best Cinematography
Who Won: John Alcott (Barry Lyndon)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Score
Who Won: John Williams (Jaws)
Shoulda Won: I concur
 
01. The Wind and the Lion
02. The Man Who Would Be King
03. Jaws
04. Night Moves
05. The Man In the Glass Booth
06. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
07. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
08. Three Days of the Condor
09. The Return of the Pink Panther
10. Rollerball
 
Nashville
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Love and Death
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Death Race 2000
Rocky Horror
Grey Gardens
Barry Lyndon
 
Blaine said:
01. The Wind and the Lion
02. The Man Who Would Be King
03. Jaws
04. Night Moves
05. The Man In the Glass Booth
06. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
07. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
08. Three Days of the Condor
09. The Return of the Pink Panther
10. Rollerball
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the hell, Blaine??

I coulda sworn The Man Who Would Be King was yer all time fav.
 
CallaghanFilms said:
the hell, Blaine??

I coulda sworn The Man Who Would Be King was yer all time fav.
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No, while I love The Man Who Would Be King, it is The Wind and the Lion that is my all time favorite. Glad to see it on your list, btw.:thumbsup:
 
Blaine said:
06. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Easily one of the most qoutable of 75's movies, and still reigns supreme as underground college saturday night flick...can any other movie claim such fame.

The only movie of my list
JD
 
01 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
02 Jaws
03 The Man Who Would Be King
04 Dog Day Afternoon
05 The Wind and the Lion
06 Farewell, My Lovely
07 Rocky Horror Picture Show
08 Nashville
09 Hard Times
10 Barry Lyndon

Honorable Mentions:

-Three Days of the Condor

-The Hindenburg


Also...

The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Director
Who Won: Milos Forman (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest)
Shoulda Won: Steven Spielberg (Jaws) *Not even nominated

Best Actor
Who Won: Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Actress
Who Won: Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: George Burns (The Sunshine Boys)
Shoulda Won: Robert Shaw (Jaws) *Not even nominated

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Lee Grant (Shampoo)
Shoulda Won: Lily Tomlin (Nashville)

Best Cinematography
Who Won: John Alcott (Barry Lyndon)
Shoulda Won: Haskell Wexler; Bill Butler (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest)

Best Score
Who Won: John Williams (Jaws)
Shoulda Won: I concur
 
Jaws
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Deathrace 2000

Does anyone else ever think "70 points" when they see an elderly person on the road after watching Deathrace 2000?
 
I guess I'll add my Oscar nods:
The Oscars; Who Won, and Who Shoulda Won IMHO

Best Picture
Who Won: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Shoulda Won: The Wind and the Lion*Not even nominated

Best Director
Who Won: Milos Forman (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest)
Shoulda Won: John Milius (The Wind and the Lion) *Not even nominated

Best Actor
Who Won: Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest)
Shoulda Won: Sean Connery (The Wind and the Lion)*Not even nominated

Best Actress
Who Won: Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest)
Shoulda Won: I concur

Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: George Burns (The Sunshine Boys)
Shoulda Won: Michael Caine (The Man Who Would Be King) *Not even nominated

Best Supporting Actress
Who Won: Lee Grant (Shampoo)
Shoulda Won: apathetic

Best Cinematography
Who Won: John Alcott (Barry Lyndon)
Shoulda Won: Billy Williams (The Wind and the Lion) *Not even nominated

Best Score
Who Won: John Williams (Jaws)
Shoulda Won: I concur[/QUOTE]
 
There are times that I think I'm the only person who ever saw The Wind and the Lion. I'm really glad to see it on a couple of lists here.
 
Best Supporting Actor
Who Won: George Burns (The Sunshine Boys)
Shoulda Won: Michael Caine (The Man Who Would Be King) *Not even nominated
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I completely agree. Michael Caine is a fantastic actor and highly underrated.
 
Sorry guys, but Jaws is not better than One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest or Dog Day Afternoon. Dog Day is almost the antithesis of Jaws. Everyone looks at Jaws as to how effective a score can be, yet Dog Day proves that a film can be engaging and highly effective without one.
 
Two of my favorite films came out that year. The Mirror and Picnic at Hanging Rock. I also love Grey Gardens.
 
In my opinion, there's Nashville.

And then there's the rest:

Dog Day Afternoon
Night Moves
Rollerball
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Three Days of the Condor

et al

I'd even go so far as to rank Nashville No. 1 for the 1970's. An extraordinary picture, by any stretch of the imagination.

Jaws, while entertaining, didn't require much intellectual involvement from the viewer. Consequently, while it may have set box office records, I wouldn't consider it a truly important film.
 
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