To Woodstock και η Χρονιά που Άλλαξε το Hollywood (8)

tell them willie boy is here blu-ray 10 ΗΠΑ/USA, 1969, εγχρ/col.

Σκην./Dir.:  Abraham Polonsky | Σεν./Scr.: Abraham Polonsky| Φωτ./Cin.: Conrad Hall | Μοντ./Ed.: Melvin Shapiro | Μουσ./Mus.: Dave Grusin | Ηθ./Cast: Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Robert Blake | Παρ./Prod.:  Jennings Lang, Universal Pictures | Διάρκεια/Dur.:  98’

Based  on  true  events,  the  film  tells  the  story  of  one  of  the  last  Western manhunts. In 1909 young Paiute Indian Willie Boy returns to  his  California  reservation  to  be  with  his  darling  Lola,  whose  father disapproves of him. When the two men meet a killing in self defense takes place, triggering a massive man hunt for Willie led by Sheriff Christopher Cooper and his search posse.

After  being  blacklisted  from  Hollywood  for  21  years,  Abraham  Polonsky  made a comeback directing this film; he had not directed a film since "Force of Evil" in 1948.

 

the wild bunch 1ΗΠΑ/USA, 1969,  εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.: Sam Peckinpah | Σεν./Scr.: Sam Peckinpah, Walon Green, Roy N. Sickner | Φωτ./Cin.: Lucien Ballard  | Μοντ./Ed.: Lou Lombardo | Μουσ./Mus.: Jerry Fielding | Ηθ./Cast: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien | Παρ./Prod.: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts  | Διάρκεια/ Dur.: 143’

Aging outlaw, Pike Bishop prepares to retire after one final robbery. Joined by his gang, Bishop discovers that the heist is a setup orchestrated by a former partner, Deke Thornton. As the remaining gang takes refuge in Mexican territory, Thornton trails them—resulting in fierce gunfights with plenty of casualties.

The film was nominated at the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Score and won other awards, honors and nominations in many film festivals around the world.

Zabriskie Point 3ΗΠΑ/USA, 1970, εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.: Michelangelo Antonioni | Σεν./Scr.: Michelangelo Antonioni, Fred Gardner, Sam Shepard, Tonino Guerra, Clare Peploe | Φωτ./Cin.: Alfio Contini | Μοντ./Ed.: Franco Arcalli | Ηθ./Cast:Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin | Παρ./Prod.: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Διάρκεια/ Dur.: 113’

At Zabriskie Point, in Death Valley, two perfect strangers meet and start off an unrestrained romance. He is a young activist who’s wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot and she is an anthropology student who’s helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert and has just quitted her job.

Zabriskie Point is the only film that the great auteur shot in the USA.

The leading roles were played by Daria Halpirn and Mark Frechette who were both non-professional actors.

woodstock 4ΗΠΑ/USA, 1970,  εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.: Michael Wadleigh | Φωτ./Cin.: Malcolm Hart, Don Lenzer, Michael Margetts, David Myers, Richard Pearce, Michael Wadleigh, Alfred Wertheimer | Μοντ./Ed.: Michael Wadleigh, Martin Scorsese, Stanley Warnow, Yeu-Bun Yee, Jere Huggins, Thelma Schoonmaker | Παρ./Prod.: Wadleigh-Maurice | Διάρκεια/ Dur.: 185’


An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969 directed by Michael Wadleigh and edited by editors amongst them Martin Scorsese. This documentary in a vibrant attitude of youth and rebellion and it also brings together super groups and artists such as Richie Havens, Joe Cocker, Santana, Ten Years After, Sly and The Family Stone, The Who, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and many more.

Woodstock was a great commercial and critical success. It received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

they shoot horses dont they 1ΗΠΑ/USA, 1969,  εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.: Sydney Pollack | Σεν./Scr.: Robert E. Thompson, James Poe (βασισμένη στο ομώνυμο μυθιστόρημα του/based on the novel "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" by Horace McCoy)| Φωτ./Cin.: Philip H. Lathrop | Μοντ./Ed.: Fredric Steinkamp | Μουσ./Mus.: Johnny Green| Ηθ./Cast: Jane Fonda, Gig Young, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York | Παρ./Prod.: Palomar Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC) | Διάρκεια/ Dur.: 129’

In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize.

The film received nine nominations at the 42nd Academy Awards and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Gig Young.

midnight cowboy 2ΗΠΑ/USA, 1969, εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.: John Schlesinger | Σεν./Scr.: Waldo Salt (βασισμένη στο ομώνυμο μυθιστόρημα του Τζέιμς Λίο Χίρλιχαϊ/ based on the novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy)| Φωτ./Cin.: Adam Holender | Μοντ./Ed.: Hugh A. Robertson | Μουσ./Mus.: John Barry | Ηθ./Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight | Παρ./Prod.: Jerome Hellman Productions, Florin Productions | Διάρκεια/Dur.: 113’

A naive hustler, Joe Buck, quits his job as a dishwasher and travels from his small Texas hometown to New York City hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women. Soon he finds a companion in Enrico Salvatore "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.

The film won three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay. It remains the only X-rated film to win the Oscar for Best Picture.

butch cassidy and the sundance kid 5ΗΠΑ/ USA, 1969, εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.: George Roy Hill | Σεν./Scr.: William Goldman | Φωτ./Cin.: Conrad L. Hall  | Μοντ./Ed.: John C. Howard, Richard C. Meyer | Μουσ./Mus.: Burt Bacharach| Ηθ./Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross | Παρ./Prod.: Campanile Productions, George Roy Hill-Paul Monash Production, Newman-Foreman Company | Διάρκεια/ Dur.: 112’

Early 1900s. After a train robbery goes wrong, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, the leaders of a band of outlaws, find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their only solution: to escape to Bolivia.

The film won 4 Academy Awards: Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score for a Motion Picture, Best Music, Song ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head").

Alice Restaurant 2ΗΠΑ/USA, 1969, εγχρ./col.
Σκην./Dir.: Arthur Penn | Σεν./Scr.:  Arthur Penn, Venable Herndon | Φωτ./Cin.: Michael Nebbia  | Μοντ./Ed.: Dede Allen | Μουσ./Mus.:  Arlo Guthrie |Ηθ./Cast: Arlo Guthrie, Patricia Quinn | Παρ./Prod.:  Elkins Entertainment, Florin| Διάρκεια/ Dur.: 111’

Arlo Guthrie's song "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" is converted into a motion picture by Arthur Penn. Arlo visits his friend Alice for Thanksgiving and as a favor takes her trash to the dump. What follows is beyond his imagination.
The movie follows the song with Arlo's voice over as both music and narration.

Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director (1969) for Arthur Penn.

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