221. Fat City
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Huston
Actors: Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Candy Clark, Nicholas Colasanto, Art Aragon
222. Logan's Run
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Anderson
Actors: Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter, Farrah Fawcett, Peter Ustinov, Roscoe Lee Browne
Plot: In 2274 residents live in an idyllic domed city. The only drawback is that everyone lives to be only 30. At that time they either join the "Carousel" to die and be reborn or take their chances and escape the city. Logan 5 is one such citizen who decides to run.
223. California Split
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Altman
Actors: George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss, Gwen Welles, Edward Walsh, Jeff Goldblum
Plot: Two gamblers who have run into a string of bad luck decide to head to Reno and change their fortune there.
224. The Getaway
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri, Slim Pickens
Plot: Master thief Carter "Doc" McCoy gets bailed out of prison by his wife,
Carol, on the condition that the two pull off a bank heist for a corrupt
politician. But Doc learns that things aren't on the level and he and
Carol escape with the loot. With nothing but the money and each other, Doc
and Carol flee from a crew of criminals with vengeance on their mind.
225. 36th Chamber of Shaolin, The ( Shao Lin san shi liu fang )
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chia-Liang Liu
Actors: Chia Hui Liu, Lieh Lo, Chia Yung Liu, Norman Chu, John Cheung, Hang-Sheng Wu
Plot: After a corrupt general occupies his village and terrorizes his family, San Te (Chia Hui Liu) vows revenge and leaves home to study the ancient fighting arts. He becomes a monk at the mythical Shaolin Temple, where he learns the secrets of all 35 chambers over a seven-year period, but is cast out when he proposes a 36th chamber.
226. Butterflies Are Free
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Milton Katselas
Actors: Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, Eileen Heckart, Paul Michael Glaser, Michael Warren
Plot: Don Baker was born blind - and that means he has always been at the mercy of his mother. Finally working up the courage to move out, he sets himself up in a San Francisco apartment, where he makes quick friends with free-spirited neighbor Jill, who teaches him all kinds of new things - while he teaches her what it really means to be free.
227. The Parallax View
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Actors: Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Paula Prentiss, Kenneth Mars, Kelly Thordsen
228. My Night at Maud's ( Ma nuit chez Maud )
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Eric Rohmer
Actors: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault, Antoine Vitez, Léonide Kogan, Guy Léger
Plot: A man wants a Catholic blonde, so he spends the night with a rowdy brunette.
229. Vengeance is Mine ( Fukushû suruwa wareniari )
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shohei Imamura
Actors: Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Rentaro Mikuni, Mitsuko Baisho, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Chocho Miyako
Plot: Iwao Enokizu is, for an intents and purposes, a normal middle-aged Japanese man. But he harbors a dark secret - he's a sociopath with an inexplicable urge to murder. Though the police finally track him down, he eludes pursuit, eventually finding himself in a relationship with a brothel owner. But his cannot suppress his urges, not even for love.
230. The Song Remains the Same
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Clifton, Joe Massot
Actors: John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Peter Grant, Richard Cole
