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Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): Apocalypse Now , directed by Francis Ford Coppola , United States The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, W. Germany
This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1979 per Variety.The data was based on grosses from 20 to 22 key cities and therefore, the gross quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.
Norma Rae is a 1979 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt from a screenplay written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. The film is based on the true story of Crystal Lee Sutton [4] [5] – which was told in the 1975 book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by reporter Henry P. Leifermann of The New York Times [6] – and stars Sally Field in the title role.
GUO Film Distributors / The New South Wales Film Corporation / Margaret Fink Productions Gillian Armstrong (director); Eleanor Witcombe (screenplay); Judy Davis , Sam Neill , Wendy Hughes , Robert Grubb , Max Cullen , Aileen Britton , Peter Whitford , Patricia Kennedy , Alan Hopgood , Julia Blake , David Franklin , Gordon Piper , Simone ...
All That Jazz is a 1979 American musical drama film directed by Bob Fosse and starring Roy Scheider.The screenplay, by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse, is a semi-autobiographical fantasy based on aspects of Fosse's life and career as a dancer, choreographer and director.
The Barrier (1979 film) Baton Baton Mein; The Battle of Chile; Beach Patrol (film) Bear Island (film) Behan Bhai (1979 film) Being There; The Bell Jar (film) Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens; Best Boy (film) The Best Place to Be; Better Late Than Never (1979 film) Beyond the Darkness (film) Beyond the Poseidon Adventure; Bhayaanak ...
10 is a 1979 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Robert Webber, and Bo Derek.It was considered a trendsetting film at the time of its release and became one of the year's biggest box-office hits.
The Warriors is a 1979 American action thriller film directed by Walter Hill.Based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name, the film centers on a fictitious New York City street gang who must travel 30 miles (48 km) from the north end of the Bronx to their home turf on Coney Island in southern Brooklyn after they are framed for the murder of a respected gang leader.