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1979 directorial debut films
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The list 1979 directorial debut films includes
Quadrophenia, Mad Max, Scum, Tim and The Black Stallion.
The list consists of 45 members.
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Quadrophenia
1979 film
Overview: Quadrophenia is a 1979 British drama film, based on The Who's 1973 rock opera of the same name. It was directed by Franc Roddam in his feature directing debut. Unlike the adaptation of Tommy, Quadrophenia ...
Genre: Crime, Drama, MusicDirector: Franc RoddamProducer: Roy Baird, Bill CurbishleyWriter: Dave Humphries, Martin StellmanJimmy loathes his job and parents. He seeks solace with his mod clique, scooter riding, and drugs, only to be disappointed.
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Mad Max
1979 film
Overview: Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller, who co-wrote the screenplay with James McCausland, based on a story by Miller and Byron Kennedy. Mel Gibson stars as "Mad" ...
Release date: 12 April 1979Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: George MillerProducer: Byron Kennedy, Bill MillerWriter: James McCausland, George MillerIn a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang. 0
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Scum
1979 film by Alan Clarke
Overview: Scum is a 1979 British prison drama film directed by Alan Clarke and starring Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth and John Blundell. The film portrays the brutality of life inside a British borstal ...Release date: 12 September 1979Genre: Drama, CrimeDirector: Alan ClarkeProducer: Davina Belling, Don BoydWriter: Roy MintonAn uncompromising story of life in a British juvenile offender institution in the '70s. 0
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Tim
1979 Australian film
Overview: Tim is a 1979 Australian romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Michael Pate in his directorial debut. It stars Piper Laurie, Mel Gibson, Alwyn Kurts, Pat Evison, and Deborah Kennedy, and ...Release date: 13 July 1979Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Michael PateProducer: Colleen McCullough, Michael PateTim is a young man with below average intelligence. He works as a builder's labourer, and is often taken... 0
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The Black Stallion
1979 film by Carroll Ballard
Overview: The Black Stallion is a 1979 American adventure film based on the 1941 classic children's novel of the same name by Walter Farley. The film starts in 1946, five years after the book was published. It tells ...
Release date: 13 October 1979Genre: Adventure, Family, SportDirector: Carroll BallardProducer: Francis Ford Coppola, Fred RoosWriter: Melissa Mathison, Jeanne RosenbergAfter being shipwrecked with a magnificent horse off the coast of Africa in the 1940s, a boy bonds with the stallion, and trains him to race after their ... 0
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Winter Kills
1979 film by William Richert
Overview: Winter Kills is a 1979 satirical black comedy thriller film written and directed by William Richert, based on the eponymous novel of 1974 by Richard Condon. A fiction inspired by the assassination con ...Release date: 11 May 1979Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller, MysteryDirector: William RichertProducer: Richard Condon, William Richert19 years after President Timothy Keegan was assassinated, his brother Nick discovers a dying man claiming to have been the gunman... 0
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When a Stranger Calls
1979 American psychological horror film by Fred Walton
Overview: When a Stranger Calls is a 1979 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Fred Walton, co-written by Steve Feke, and starring Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Colleen Dewhurst and Tony ...
Release date: 12 October 1979Genre: Horror, ThrillerDirector: Fred WaltonProducer: Doug Chapin, Steve FekeWriter: Steve Feke, Fred WaltonA psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again. 0
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Tourist Trap
1979 film by David Schmoeller
Overview: Tourist Trap (originally released in the UK as Nightmare of Terror) is a 1979 American supernatural slasher film directed by David Schmoeller and starring Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Jon Van Ness, Robin ...
Release date: 1 January 1979Genre: Horror, Mystery, ThrillerDirector: Giovanni DimarcoProducer: Leonard Baker, Charles BandWriter: Giovanni Dimarco, J. Larry CarrollA group of young friends stranded at a secluded roadside museum are stalked by a masked assailant who uses his telekenetic powers to control the attra ... 0
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Time After Time
1979 film by Nicholas Meyer
Overview: Time After Time is a 1979 American science fiction film written and directed by Nicholas Meyer and starring Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, and Mary Steenburgen. Filmed in Panavision, it was the directing ...
Release date: 31 August 1979Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Romance, Drama, FantasyDirector: Nicholas MeyerCast: Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen, Charles Cioffi, Kent Williams, Andonia KatsarosProducer: Herb Jaffe, Steven-Charles JaffeWriter: Karl Alexander, Ivan HayesH.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period. 0
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My Brilliant Career
1979 Australian film
Overview: My Brilliant Career is a 1979 Australian period drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong, and starring Judy Davis, Sam Neill, and Wendy Hughes. Based on the 1901 novel of the same name by Miles Franklin ...Release date: 17 August 1979Genre: Biography, Drama, RomanceDirector: Gillian ArmstrongProducer: Miles Franklin, Eleanor WitcombeThe heroine, Sybylla (Davis), a headstrong girl growing up in early 20th century Australia, has the... 0
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Hot Stuff
1979 comedy film by Dom DeLuise
Overview: Hot Stuff is a 1979 American action crime comedy film starring Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed and Ossie Davis. DeLuise also directed the film (the only film where he did so), and the song "Hot ...Release date: 1 May 1979Genre: ComedyDirector: Dom DeLuiseProducer: Michael Kane, Donald E. WestlakeThree cops try to set up a sting by establishing their own Fencing operation. They have less than complete... 0
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Going in Style
1979 film by Martin Brest
Overview: Going in Style is a 1979 American heist comedy/drama film written and directed by Martin Brest and starring George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg (in his final film role) and Charles Hallahan. It was ...
Release date: 1 December 1979Genre: Comedy, Drama, CrimeDirector: Martin BrestCast: George Burns, Art Carney, Lee Strasberg, Charles Hallahan, Pamela Payton-Wright, Siobhan KeeganProducer: Tony Bill, Lenny GainesWriter: Martin Brest, Edward CannonThree friends living on the dole decide to rob a bank. 0
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Xiao quan guai zhao
1979 Hong Kong film
Overview: The Fearless Hyena (Chinese: 笑拳怪招) (released in Japan as Crazy Monkey, and also released in the United States as Revenge of the Dragon) is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts film starring, written and directed ...Release date: 17 February 1979Genre: Comedy, ActionDirector: Jackie Chan, Kenneth TsangProducer: Li Hwa HsuJackie Chan is a youngster, living in a remote vllage with his grandfather who teaches him Kong-Fu (naturally)... 0
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Voices
1979 American film
Overview: Voices is a 1979 film directed by Robert Markowitz and starring Michael Ontkean and Amy Irving. It features a score by songwriter Jimmy Webb.
Release date: 14 March 1979Genre: Drama, RomanceDirector: Robert MarkowitzProducer: Betty Gumm, Joe WizanWriter: John HerzfeldA young man meets a deaf teacher and finds she is a great dancer. He encourages her to follow her dream of becoming a professional dancer. 0
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Thirst
1979 Australian film
Overview: Thirst is a 1979 Australian horror film directed by Rod Hardy and starring Chantal Contouri, Max Phipps, and David Hemmings. It has been described as a blend of vampire and science fiction genres, inf ...
Release date: 28 September 1979Genre: Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror, RomanceDirector: Rod HardyProducer: William Fayman, Antony I. GinnaneWriter: John PinkneyThe descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of blood-drinking, self-proclaimed supermen who want her to join them. 0
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Stone Cold Dead
0000 Canadian film
Overview: Stone Cold Dead is a 1979 Canadian film directed by George Mendeluk and starring Richard Crenna and Paul Williams.Release date: 14 September 1979Genre: Thriller, CrimeDirector: George MendelukCast: Richard Crenna, Paul Williams, Linda Sorensen, Belinda Montgomery, Chuck Shamata, Alberta WatsonProducer: Hugh Garner, George Mendeluk 0
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Promises in the Dark
1979 film by Jerome Hellman
Overview: Promises in the Dark is a 1979 American drama film produced and directed by Jerome Hellman and written by Loring Mandel. The film stars Marsha Mason, Ned Beatty, Susan Clark, Michael Brandon, Kathleen ...Release date: 2 November 1979Genre: DramaDirector: Jerome HellmanProducer: Loring Mandel, Michael Friedman 0
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Old Boyfriends
1979 American film
Overview: Old Boyfriends is a 1979 American drama film directed by Joan Tewkesbury and written by the brothers Paul and Leonard Schrader. The film stars Talia Shire, Richard Jordan, Keith Carradine, John Belushi ...Release date: 22 March 1979Genre: DramaDirector: Joan TewkesburyProducer: Leonard Schrader, Paul Schrader 0
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Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro
1979 film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Overview: Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (Japanese: ルパン三世 カリオストロの城, Hepburn: Rupan Sansei Kariosutoro no Shiro) is a 1979 Japanese animated action adventure comedy film co-written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki ...Release date: 15 December 1979Genre: Romance, Mystery, Comedy, Animation, Adventure, Action, FamilyDirector: Hayao MiyazakiProducer: Maurice Leblanc, Hayao MiyazakiA flamboyant thief and his gang struggle to free a princess from an evil count's clutches and to learn the hidden secret to a fabulous treasure that ... 0
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Amo non amo
1979 Italian film
Overview: Together? (Italian: Amo non amo, also known as I Love You, I Love You Not) is a 1979 Italian drama film directed by Armenia Balducci, a screenwriter and TV documentarian at her feature debut. The Italian ...Release date: 14 December 1979Genre: DramaDirector: Armenia BalducciCast: Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Terence Stamp, Monica Guerritore, Luca Venantini, Pietro BiondiProducer: Armenia Balducci, Ennio De Concini 0
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