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The Muppet Movie
The Muppet Movie is a 1979 musical comedy road film, the first theatrical feature starring Jim Henson's Muppets, directed by James Frawley and following Kermit the Frog's journey to Hollywood.
The Opening of Misty Beethoven
The Opening of Misty Beethoven is a 1976 hardcore adult film by Radley Metzger (as Henry Paris), a Pygmalion adaptation starring Constance Money and Jamie Gillis, widely ranked the greatest adult film of its era.
The Out of Towners
The Out of Towners, also styled The Out-of-Towners, is Neil Simon's 1970 Paramount comedy directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis as the Kellermans, an Ohio couple whose New York job-interview trip becomes a disaster.
The Owl and the Pussycat
The Owl and the Pussycat is a 1970 Columbia romantic comedy directed by Herbert Ross, starring Barbra Streisand and George Segal, adapted from Bill Manhoff's Broadway play, Streisand's first non-singing film role.
The Seduction of Mimi
The Seduction of Mimi (Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore) is Lina Wertmüller's 1972 Italian political sex-farce starring Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato; a Sicilian laborer who defies the Mafia, loses his job, and rebuilds his life in Turin.
The Strongest Man in the World
The Strongest Man in the World (1975) is a Walt Disney comedy, the third Medfield College film, starring Kurt Russell as Dexter Riley, whose cereal gains superhuman strength from a lab accident.
The Sunshine Boys
The Sunshine Boys is Neil Simon's 1972 Broadway comedy about feuding vaudeville duo Lewis and Clark reunited for a CBS special; it became a 1975 MGM film.
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire) is a 1972 French spy farce by Yves Robert starring Pierre Richard, with Vladimir Cosma's pan-flute score, a 1973 Berlin festival award, a 1974 sequel, and a Tom Hanks remake.
The Villain (1979 film)
The Villain (1979), also known as Cactus Jack, is a Hal Needham Western comedy starring Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margret, and Arnold Schwarzenegger; a live-action Road Runner-style spoof that critics panned (0% Tomatometer, Metascore 22).
The Way We Were
The Way We Were (1973), Sydney Pollack's romantic drama starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford as Katie Morosky and Hubbell Gardiner, written by Arthur Laurents, Oscar-winning music by Marvin Hamlisch, set against the Hollywood blacklist.
Trafic
Trafic (Traffic) is Jacques Tati's 1971 French-Italian comedy, the fourth and final Monsieur Hulot film, following Hulot's gadget-laden camper car from Paris to the Amsterdam auto show through a road movie of breakdowns and traffic jams.
Up in Smoke
Up in Smoke (1978), also called Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke, is a Paramount comedy directed by Lou Adler, the first stoner comedy, starring Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong; it earned over $44 million.
W.W. and the Dixie Dance Kings
W.W. and the Dixie Dance Kings is a 1975 American comedy film starring Burt Reynolds as W.W. Bright, a crook robbing gas stations in the 1950s South.
We All Loved Each Other So Much
We All Loved Each Other So Much (Italian: C'eravamo tanto amati) is a 1974 Italian comedy-drama by Ettore Scola following three former Resistance friends through thirty years of postwar Italian history.
What's Up, Doc? (1972 film)
What's Up, Doc? is a 1972 American screwball comedy directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, and Madeline Kahn. A homage to Bringing Up Baby set in San Francisco, it was the third highest-grossing film of 1972 and the first Warner Communications release.
Xica
Xica (Xica da Silva) is a 1976 Brazilian comedy-drama by Carlos Diegues, starring Zezé Motta as the enslaved woman who became Queen of Diamonds in colonial Minas Gerais; based on João Felício dos Santos's novel, it won at Festival de Brasília and drew over three million viewers.
Young Frankenstein
Young Frankenstein (1974) is Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder's black-and-white comedy horror parody of James Whale's Universal Frankenstein films, starring Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, and Cloris Leachman; it grossed $40 million on a $2.8 million budget and earned two Oscar nominations.