Blockbusters and Birdwalks
At Blockbusters and Birdwalks, you’ll listen to reviews and conversations about all kinds of movies, from Academy Award winners to exploitation masterpieces with a mix of commercial hits and obscure favorites thrown in for good measure. The point is recognizing that movies present our culture with the building blocks of social memory, enabling each of us to enjoy ourselves because movies are fun.
Blockbusters and Birdwalks
1976, a conversation – Part 3: “The Bad News Bears” (1976)
This is the third part of a six-part series about American movies from 1976.
Part 1 focused on John G. Avildsen’s “Rocky”. Part 2 focused on James Fargo’s “The Enforcer”. Part 4 will focus on John Cassavetes’s “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie”. Part 5 will focus on Brian De Palma’s “Obsession”. Part 6 will focus on John Guillermin’s “King Kong”.
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Referenced media:
- “Bless the Beasts and Children” (Stanley Kramer, 1971)
- “Rocky” (John G. Avildsen, 1976)
- “42” (Brian Helgeland, 2013)
- “Gran Torino” (Clint Eastwood, 2008)
- “Jaws” (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
- “Star Wars” (George Lucas, 1977)
- “Taxi Driver” (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
- “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie” (John Cassavetes, 1976)
- “All the President’s Men” (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)
- “Family Plot” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1976)
- “Eat My Dust!” (Charles B. Griffin, 1976)
- “Grizzly (William Girdler, 1976)
- “Drive-In” (Rod Amateau, 1976)
- “Silent Movie” (Mel Brooks, 1976)
- “Blazing Saddles” (Mel Brooks, 1974)
- “History of the World, Part I” (Mel Brooks, 1981)
- “Logan’s Run” (Michael Anderson, 1976)
- “The Omen (Richard Donner, 1976)
- “The Outlaw Josey Wales” (Clint Eastwood, 1976)
- “Futureworld” (Richard T. Heffron, 1976)
- “Saturday the 14th” (Howard R. Cohen, 1981)