1979 Movies

Condensed from episodes of a proposed TV series that never materialized, character actor great Timothy Carey plays the unforgettable Tweet Twig, maste...

Self-observation of the sleeper in an elliptical time ordered according to the rhythm of the shots. Revelation of a gesture that cinema does not usual...

The poet Basil Bunting talks briefly about his long, autobiographical poem "Briggflats", published in 1968, and about the craft of poetry, but the maj...

The story of Benjamin Banneker, the early American patriot whose achievements rival those of Benjamin Franklin!! Risking his life, working with the U...

Based on the novel of the same name by Daniil Granin. Engineer Chizhegov often travels on business to a small town, where he meets a woman who recipro...

During the ensuing years of developing the land, remodeling the house, the studios, and various outbuildings, as well as various projects and excursio...

Television production of a Nativity play for children which sees Gabby (the angel Gabriel) and his fellow angels help Mary, Joseph and the Wiseman to...

A satirical comedy based on the novel of the same name by Nikolay Gogol.

The linear inspector of water protection Ivan Karnavin enters into a confrontation with the leadership of a large industrial enterprise...

A motel manager pushes his unmotivated son to get some good positions, greasing in the right places.

A dramatization of the Gleiwitz incident.

Color UCLA Animation Workshop Film, preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A handdrawn animation of a ghostly bman flying above the top of...

The story revolves around a father dedicated to raising his children and harnessing all his life and power to achieve that goal, especially after the...

After a fight with his wife, Yahachirō, a carpenter, meets a sinister "Shinigami" who teaches him how to spot people who won’t die. He profits by trea...

An alcoholic tries to rob an intellectual and suddenly recognises him as his childhood friend. They recall their childhood mischief and their glorious...

A look at the process of distilling whisky in various Scottish distilleries.

Thirty years after the war, Anna, a journalist from Germany, leaves for her native village in Lower Silesia, which she had to leave with her family in...