MOVIE REVIEWS - 1979

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1979 movie highlights

1979 saw the release of some truly great genre films and one that has gone on to be regarded as a cinema classic...

Ridley Scott's ALIEN helped redefine the "Monster from Outer Space". For the uninitiated, imagine a horrifying, eight foot killer alien let loose inside the equivalent of a Gothic-inspired "haunted house" spaceship. Scott cranked up the tension every so slowly throughout the first half of the film but, when the alien finally emerges, the pace is breathtaking all the way to the final moments as Sigourney Weaver announced herself as a major movie star. 

Among other genre films released in 1979 was a relaunch for the U.S.S. Enterprise and crew in STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE; a big-budget, feature film voyage that was a response to the post-STAR WARS rush to get Science Fiction on the silver screen.

Andrei Tarkovsky delivered another masterpiece with STALKER, a loose-fitting accompaniment to his 1972 film SOLARIS.

1979 also saw the release of cult favourites like George Miller's MAD MAX, Walter Hill's hugely underrated THE WARRIORS, the Monty Python gang's Jesus Christ inspired Fantasy Comedy LIFE OF BRIAN and Don Coscarelli's PHANTASM.

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1979 movie highlights

the
​warriors
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science fiction
RELEASED: 9/02/79
(Usa)
TIME:  92 MINS
RATED: m

mad
​max

science fiction
RELEASED: 21/03/79
(USA)
TIME: 88 MINS
​RATED: m

phantasm
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horror sci-fi
RELEASED: 28/03/79
(usa)
TIME: 89 MINS
​RATED: ma 15+

buck rogers in the 25th century
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​science fiction
released: 30/03/79
(usa)
TIME: 89 MINS
RATED: PG

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the humanoid
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science fiction
RELEASED: 11/04/79
(italy)
TIME:  100 MINS
RATED: nr

dawn of the dead
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horror
RELEASED: 20/04/79
(USA)
TIME: 127 MINS
​RATED: ma 15+

stalker
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science fiction
​REleased: may 1979
(ussr)
TIME: 162 MINS
​RATED: nr

alien

​​horror sci-fi
released: 25/05/79
(usa)
TIME: 117 MINS
RATED: ma 15+

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the brood
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​
horror
RELEASED: 31/05/79
(Usa)
TIME:  92 MINS
RATED: ma 15+

moonraker
(james bond 11)
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spy-fi action
RELEASED: 29/06/79
(USA)
TIME: 126 MINS
​RATED: m

dracula
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horror thriller
RELEASED: 20/07/79
(usa)
TIME: 109 MINS
​RATED: m

apocalypse now


action thriller
released: 15/08/79
(usa)
TIME: 147 MINS
RATED: ma 15+

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life of
​brian
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fantasy comedy
RELEASED: 17/08/79
(Usa)
TIME:  94 MINS
RATED: m

time after
​time
​
science fiction
RELEASED: 28/09/79
(USA)
TIME: 112 MINS
​RATED: pg

star trek:
​the motion picture

science fiction
RELEASED: 8/12/79
(usa)
TIME: 132 MINS
​RATED: g

the
black hole
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​​science fiction
released: 21/12/79
(usa)
TIME: 98 MINS
RATED: pg

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