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1971 independent films
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The list 1971 independent films includes
Straw Dogs, Carnal Knowledge, Melody, The Hunting Party and Honky.
The list consists of 38 members.
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Straw Dogs
Film by Sam Peckinpah
Overview: Straw Dogs is a 1971 psychological thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George. The screenplay, by Peckinpah and David Zelag Goodman, is based on Gordon M. Wil ...
Release date: 3 November 1971Genre: ThrillerDirector: Sam PeckinpahProducer: Daniel Melnick, James SwannWriter: David Zelag Goodman, Sam PeckinpahA young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.
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Carnal Knowledge
1971 film by Mike Nichols
Overview: Carnal Knowledge is a 1971 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Jules Feiffer. It stars Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel, and Ann-Margret, with Rita Moreno and ...
Release date: 30 June 1971Genre: Drama, ComedyDirector: Mike NicholsProducer: Joseph E. Levine, Mike NicholsWriter: Jules FeifferThe film traces the sexual and emotional confusion of two men from their Amherst College days in the fifties through the Kennedy sixties... 0
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Two-Lane Blacktop
1971 film by Monte Hellman
Overview: Two-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 American road movie directed and edited by Monte Hellman, written by Rudy Wurlitzer and starring singer-songwriter James Taylor, the Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, Warren ...
Release date: 7 July 1971Genre: DramaDirector: Monte HellmanProducer: Gary Kurtz, Michael LaughlinWriter: Rudy Wurlitzer, Will CorryWhile drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevvy 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an alluring hitchhiker and the inexperienced ... 0
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Melody
1971 British film
Overview: Melody (originally titled S.W.A.L.K.—which stands for Sealed With a Loving Kiss) is a 1971 British children's romantic comedy-drama film directed by Waris Hussein, centered on the theme of puppy love ...Release date: 28 March 1971Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Waris HusseinProducer: Adrian Gaye, David HemmingsWriter: Alan ParkerTwo youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible... 0
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Let's Scare Jessica to Death
1971 film by John D. Hancock
Overview: Let's Scare Jessica to Death is a 1971 American horror film co-written and directed by John Hancock in his directorial debut, and starring Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Kevin O'Connor, Gretchen Corbett ...
Release date: 6 August 1971Genre: Horror, Mystery, ThrillerDirector: John D. HancockCast: Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Kevin O'Connor, Gretchen Corbett, Alan Manson, Mariclare CostelloProducer: Bill Badalato, Charles B. Moss Jr.Writer: John D. Hancock, Lee KalcheimA recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity ... 0
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The Hunting Party
1971 film by Don Medford
Overview: The Hunting Party is a 1971 American-British western film directed by Don Medford for Levy-Gardner-Laven and starring Oliver Reed, Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Simon Oakland and Ronald Howard.Release date: 16 July 1971Genre: Drama, Western, ActionDirector: Don MedfordProducer: Arthur Gardner, Arnold LavenWriter: Gilbert Ralston, Lou MorheimA ruthless rancher and his gang use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his infidel wife. 0
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Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things
1971 American film
Overview: Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things is a 1971 cult film written, produced, and directed by Thomas Casey.
Genre: Horror, CrimeDirector: Thomas CaseyProducer: Eva Barnett, Thomas CaseyWriter: Thomas CaseyTwo over-the-top eccentric fugitives become roommates in Miami to avoid the law, while one dresses as the other's aunt in drag, leading to deception and ... 0
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Minnie and Moskowitz
1971 film by John Cassavetes
Overview: Minnie and Moskowitz is a 1971 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes and starring his wife Gena Rowlands and Seymour Cassel in the title roles of Minnie and Moskowitz ...
Release date: 22 December 1971Genre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceDirector: John CassavetesCast: Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery, Timothy Carey, Katherine Cassavetes, Elizabeth DeeringProducer: Paul Donnelly, Al RubanWriter: John CassavetesA museum curator falls in love with a crazy parking attendant. 0
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Honky
1971 American film
Overview: Honky is a 1971 romance film directed by William Graham that depicts the love story of an interracial high school couple.Release date: 26 November 1971Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: William A. GrahamProducer: Will Chaney, Gunard SolbergBlack girl from rich family loves white boy from poor family. 0
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Fright
1971 British film by Peter Collinson
Overview: Fright is a 1971 British thriller film starring Susan George, Ian Bannen, Honor Blackman, and John Gregson. The film follows a babysitter who is terrorized one evening by her employer's deranged ex-husband ...Release date: 30 May 1972Genre: Crime, Horror, ThrillerDirector: Peter CollinsonProducer: Tudor Gates, Harry FineYoung babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son... 0
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Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971 film directed by Al Adamson
Overview: Dracula vs. Frankenstein, released in the UK as Blood of Frankenstein, is a 1971 American science fiction horror film directed and co-produced by Al Adamson. The film stars J. Carrol Naish as Dr. Durea ...Release date: 1 December 1971Genre: Horror, Sci-FiDirector: Al Adamson, Samuel M. ShermanProducer: Al Adamson, Mardi RustamWriter: William Pugsley, Samuel M. ShermanDracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the Frankenstein Monster. 0
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A Safe Place
1971 film by Henry Jaglom
Overview: A Safe Place is a 1971 American drama film written and directed by Henry Jaglom and starring Tuesday Weld, Orson Welles, and Jack Nicholson.Release date: 1 October 1971Genre: DramaDirector: Henry JaglomProducer: Henry Jaglom, Bert Schneider 0
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Werewolves on Wheels
1971 film by Michel Levesque
Overview: Werewolves on Wheels is a 1971 American exploitation film directed by Michel Levesque and starring Stephen Oliver, D.J. Anderson, and Deuce Barry. It blends two genres: the outlaw biker film and the t ...Release date: 27 October 1971Genre: Horror, ActionDirector: Michel LevesqueProducer: Stuart Fleming, Paul LewisWriter: David M. Kaufman, Michel LevesqueA biker gang and its leader fall prey to a satan worshipper and his cult. 0
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Some of My Best Friends Are
1971 film by Mervyn Nelson
Overview: Some of My Best Friends Are... is a 1971 drama film written and directed by Mervyn Nelson and starring Fannie Flagg, Rue McClanahan, and Candy Darling.Release date: 6 October 1971Genre: DramaDirector: Mervyn NelsonProducer: Mervyn Nelson, John LauricellaIt's Christmas Eve 1971 in Manhattan's Greenwich Village and the regulars of the local gay bar "The Blue Jay" are celebrating... 0
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Simon, King of the Witches
1971 film by Bruce Kessler
Overview: Simon, King of the Witches is a 1971 American exploitation horror film directed by Bruce Kessler and starring Andrew Prine, Brenda Scott, George Paulsin, Norman Burton and others. The film centers on the ...
Release date: 1 April 1971Genre: Horror, DramaDirector: Bruce KesslerProducer: David Hammond-Williams, Thomas J. SchmidtWriter: Robert PhippenySimon, a young man with magic powers, invokes the help of the evil forces in order to take revenge on a man who cheated him with a bad cheque. 0
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Die Screaming Marianne
1971 British film by Pete Walker
Overview: Die Screaming, Marianne is a 1971 British thriller film produced and directed by Pete Walker and starring Susan George and Barry Evans. It was written by Murray Smith. Although Walker's films are mostly ...
Release date: 13 August 1971Genre: Drama, Thriller, Horror, CrimeDirector: Pete WalkerProducer: Pete WalkerWriter: Murray SmithAfter their parents divorce, one daughter lives with her mother in England while the other lives with her father in Portugal... 0
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Beware of a Holy Whore
1971 film
Overview: Beware of a Holy Whore (German: Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte) is a 1971 West German drama film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder that features Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Hanna S ...Release date: 28 August 1971Genre: Drama, ComedyDirector: Rainer Werner FassbinderCast: Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Marquard Bohm, Hanna Schygulla, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von TrottaProducer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter BerlingOn a film set there are two things missing, the film material and the director. So the actors and actresses... 0
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Swamp Girl
1971 American film
Overview: Swamp Girl is a 1971 American backcountry drama film, independently made on a low budget in Georgia by Donald A. Davis Productions, Inc., co-produced and co-written by Don Davis (who also directed), Jack ...Genre: DramaDirector: Donald A. DavisProducer: Donald A. Davis, Jay KulpWriter: Jack Vaughn, Jay KulpA little blonde girl who is abandoned by her parents in the Florida swamps is rescued and raised by a black man she calls her "Pa"... 0
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N. Took the Dice
1971 film
Overview: N. a pris les dés... (French for "N. has taken the dice...") is a 1971 French experimental independent underground drama art film directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet.Genre: Drama, HorrorDirector: Alain Robbe-GrilletCast: Catherine Jourdan, Pierre Zimmer, Richard Leduc, Lorraine Rainer, Sylvain Corthay, Juraj KukuraWriter: Alain Robbe-Grillet 0
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Wit's End
1971 film
Overview: The G.I. Executioner, originally titled Wit's End, is a 1975 action film directed by Joel M. Reed and written by Keith Lorenz, Ian Ward, and Reed. Shot in Singapore, production finished in 1971, but the ...Genre: Adventure, Action, Mystery, ThrillerDirector: Joel M. ReedProducer: Keith Lorenz, Joel M. ReedA journalist gets mixed up with a stripper, a defecting Chinese scientist and Red Chinese agents. 0
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