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Finding box office information for movies made before 1980 is not an easy task. For somebody looking for box office information on 1975 it is very very frustrating. Over the years, we have researched and collected information on over 36,000 movies. So we figured we would show all the 1975 movies in our database.
To make this list a movie had to be made in 1975. This page will looks at 126 1975 Movies. The movies are listed in a massive table that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. This only represents about 33% of the movies made in 1975….but should cover the top box office movies.
Our UMR Top 50 of 1975
1975 Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort 1975 Movies by movie titles and movie trailers
- Sort 1975 Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
- Sort 1975 Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort 1975 Movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each 1975 Movies received and how many Oscar® wins each 1975 Movies received.
- Sort 1975 Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR). Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
My Main Sources
Source 1: Variety – January 6th 1976, January 8th, 1977
Source 2: Twentieth Century-Fox A Corporate and Financial History by Aubrey Solomon
Source 3: Wikipedia
Source 4: IMDb.com
Source 5: BoxOfficeMojo.com
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As a viewer recently suggested in an appraisal of a book about Audie Murphy release dates on their own do not give the complete chronological picture of a movie’s journey to appear before audiences or help us definitively date that movie and for the full information we have to be aware also of when the movie was actualy filmed.
Indeed the latter can often be essential to comprehensive awareness of the development of a star’s career as was demonstrated in the Murphy book when a quotation of the actual filming dates of 2 movies explained why Der Little Englander and Murphy’s biographer gave conflicting information about which was Audie’s debut film.
Alan Ladd’s Shane is yet another prime example of the usefulness to the truly dedicated movie buf of kowing precise filming dates. Shane was released in London on 4 Sept 53 and in it Ladd looked healthy and glamourous as he had done at the start of the fifties.
Yet on 11 Aug 1953 – ie nearly a month PRIOR to Shane’s release – Ladd’s Red Beret [aka Paratroopoer] was released in London and his looks were puffy so that inexplicably at first deterioration of his appearance was evident .
However the mystery was solved when it transpired that Shane had actually been made two years earlier in 1951 but withheld from release because Paramount feared it would be a box office flop and in the long period between the making of Shane and Red Beret appearing on the scene alcohol abuse had sadly begun to make itself felt on Alan’s appearance.
Initial confusion would have been further compounded of course if Shane made in 1951 had been released in Timbuktu in 1953 and in London in say 1956.
Part of the solution would be to have ALL films released first in England regardless of country of origin. I mean why should Timbucktu for example even be taken into consideration – it can’t be a big demographic for a movie’s audience?
TODAY’s FILM SCENE RECOLLECTION TO BE SAVOURED
In the 1963 I’ts a Mad—-Mad World Brit actor Terry Thomas is travelling by motor in the company of an American who cracks a joke about the British Royal Family. Thomas who is driving bristles with rage, stops the vehicle, jumps out, raises his fists challengingly and threatens the American with “You take that back!.”
I read a rumor that the 3 musketeers and the 4 musketeers were shot as one movie. the second movie was released without actors contracts or consent. this might contribute to the confusion on year released. I saw 22. jaws and Monty python in search of the holy grail were both 10s and favorites, one flew over the cuckoos nest is a 10 not a favorite, 3 days of the condor(9) and tommy(8) both favorites. why tommy? I love the who, I love anne Margaret , Nicholson, and the temple of marilyn Monroe, and tina turner’s performance, lastly I saw it more than a dozen times at the midnight movie as an 18 year old. hidden gems: French connection 2 (a 9 with hackman’s amazing drug addiction scene), the wind and the lion(an 8 sean connery nails it), funny lady (a 8 with Streisand, sadly Caan can’t ), the drowning pool (an 8 with newman and woodward). thanks to all contributors, great fun.
Hey bob cox…good point about the 3 and 4 musketeers….I was not aware of that….but after reading your comment I went and looked it up on wiki….here is what I found…which I found very interesting..
“During production on The Three Musketeers, the producers realized that the project was so lengthy that they would not be able to complete it as initially intended — as a roadshow epic with intermission — and still achieve their announced release date. The decision was therefore made to split the project into two films, and thus the two halves were released as The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers some six months apart. Most of the actors were incensed that their work on the long shoot was used to make an entirely separate film, while they were only being paid for the work of one. Lawsuits were filed on behalf of those contributing to the film to gain the salaries and benefits associated with a second film that was not mentioned in the original contracts. All SAG actors’ contracts now have what is known as the “Salkind clause”, which stipulates how many films are being made.”
Thanks for your tally of 22……a solid total from you. I like your two 10s….as they are among what favorites too. I like The Who as well….but find watching Tommy to be very challenging. Like your mini-reviews. You might be one of the few people to like French Connection 2 so much….lol. Good stuff.
HI WORK HORSE As you of all people know too well the first years of the 1970s brought in a spate of mega blockbuster hits such as Love Story, Godfather and The, Sting, and Jaws was yet another monster hit that continued that run of box office bonanzas. It currently lies 7th [4th among post 1960s films]on Box Office Mojo’s comprehensive table of the greatest US grossers of all time [adjusted]
Jaws was of course also the film that started off Spielberg’s amazing run as a megabucks moviemaker which eventually led him to helping Scorsese restore the classic masterpiece western One Eyed Jack. I bet THAT gave Steven even more satisfaction that all those millions he has made!
Jaws in 1975 was also one of the quartet of megahits which as you point out on your Dreyfuss page the wonderful Richard gave us between 1973 and 1977 the other three being American Graffiti, Close Encounters and The Goodbye Girl, all 4 of which have an astonishing adjusted domestic gross in the Cogerson tables of around $2.6 billion.
Total adjusted worldwide gross for the 4 seems to be around a mind-boggling $4.5 billion though whilst there are hard actual worldwide figures available for 3 of them contradictory stats appear for Goodbye Girl’s foreign gross and I had to take their average.
Anyway I would agree with your own apparent opinion that those quartet of Dreyfuss monster hits – one of them quite litteraly ! – over such a short period must have been some kind of box office record.
Other viewers are probably tired of my repeating how much I value your Annual Reviews but I AM a movie buff and therefore your 1975 survey is no exception in being of enormous interest to me. “Vote Up!” as they say around here.
Hey Bob…..good statistical breakdown of some of these 1975 movies. Jaws was a groundbreaking movie for sure. Heck there are many books on how it changed how Hollywood did their business. Sadly all that success Dreyfuss experience ended up going to his head….and he went down the wrong path of fame. The rest of his career has been solid but far from the greatness of his 4 year run. I want to see that restored version of One-Eyed Jacks. Speaking of Brando movies….on my latest DVD library run….picked up Missouri Breaks and Don Juan Demarco for repeat viewings. Glad you like these yearly reviews….only two more to go in the 1970s….1977 and 1978.
HI BRUCE Thanks for your feedback on my posts about your 1975 Review. I’m always on the lookout for your latest annual survey. I always feel parasitical when I quote your stats. You do all the hard work and I get to show off my statistical knowledge.
We do though make a great “box office” team you and I and I suppose I shouldn’t feel too guilty about using your labour as Joel dined out on referring to everybody else’s work, and look at the great fellow you all think he is!
Don Juan DeMarco is one of the few movies in which Marlon actually appeared for more than 5 minutes in his later career and Faye Dunaway and Depp both said they all had great fun making it
I remember when it was released [at least in Timbuktu] and I had a poster of Depp alone walking along a beach in the movie and looking gorgeous in pirate outfit, and to annoy my father I held up to him the poster which had Brando/Depp’s name on it, though Marlon didn’t appear in the poster and my father said “Brando looks very young there.” !
I hope you enjoy The Missouri Breaks but I don’t think it’s Steve’s cup of tea as if I recall correctly one of Marlon’s many disguises in it is to put on an IRISH accent. Still Steve would get the better of the bargain because it’s only 2 hours long and I had to sit through 3 hours of Marlon’s posh English accent in Mutiny on the Bounty.
Harry Dean Stanton supporting actor in that movie said that Brando arrived for his work just halfway through shooting the film and the day he was scheduled to arrive by train everybody was so excited on set they couldn’t work, so a bunch of the just sat on a hill for a few hours looking into the distance for the coming of that train. Excitement rose to fever pitch when the train was eventually spotted far away.
Try to put yourself in their shoes by imagining W of C bringing you your breakfast in bed on a tray and saying “Sorry to wake you up dear but I’ve just heard Sir Maurice is flying over from England today. Eat up and get dressed quickly so we can get to the airport.”
Hey Bob….re-watched Don Juan DeMarco last night…..it is a nice light comedy/drama. I liked the screen chemistry between Brando and Depp. If I had to pick between this movie or Brando’s classic Streetcar….I would pick this one every time. Interesting story about them waiting for Brando’s train. This will be my 3rd viewing of Missouri Breaks….maybe this time I will figure out what Brando was doing…lol.
Hey Bob….thanks for the essay on release dates. We generally use IMDb as the gospel when it comes to our dates we put in the database. I think Timbucktu would be a good 2nd choice for the date of the movie….with Zimbabwe being the third best choice….lol. Glad you have been able to use the Audie Murphy book for such good reference work. Good stuff as always.
1975 the numbers drop the more recent we get. I do recall seeing Rooster Cogburn twice (they showed it on a plane I was on, something I’d seen). The Apple Dumpling Gang and Return of the Pink Panther were also seen in a theater. Jaws I saw on TV. So These are the 82 1975 epics I’ve seen since December 2002. Key is title followed by studio, stars if I listed, date seen and source (TV channel, tape or DVD).
AARON LOVES ANGELA 1975 COL XXX XXX 2/17 1993 TNT
ADVENTURES OF THE WILDERNESS FAMILY 1975 PIE ROBERT F. LOGAN SUSAN DAMANTE SHAW 3/31 2012 EFAM
AGAINST A CROOKED SKY 1975 DOTY-DAYTON RICHARD BOONE STEWART PETERSON 12/12 2012 DVD
APACHE BLOOD 1975 KEY INTL. RAY DANTON 5/8 2011 DVD
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PRINCESS (U.K.) 1975 JAMES MASON 9/30 2011 TCM
BEST FRIENDS 1975 CROWN INTL XXX XXX 3/10 2009 TCM
BITE THE BULLET 1975 COL GENE HACKMAN CANDICE BERGEN 1/19 1998 ENC
BLACK MOON (FR.) 1975 FOX XXX XXX 10/24 2007 TCM
BOSS NIGGER 1975 DIMENSION 9/11 2016 TCM
BRANNIGAN 1975 UA JOHN WAYNE RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH 11/15 1994 TMC
BRIDE TO BE 1975 EMAUS FILMS S.A. STANLEY BAKER SARAH MILES 4/5 2006 DVD
BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME (COMPILATION – U.K.) 1975 DIMENSION XXX XXX 8/6 1996 DIS
BUG 1975 PAR BRADFORD DILLMAN 7/27 1997 SCI
CHALLENGE TO WHITE FANG (IT-GR-W.GER) 1975 PREMIERE REL. FRANCO NERO VIRNA LISI 10/8 2011 DVD
CONDUCT UNBECOMING (U.K.) 1975 AA MICHAEL YORK RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH 3/6 2002 MYST
CORNBREAD, EARL AND ME 1975 AIP XXX XXX 7/31 1995 TMC
CRIME AND PASSION 1975 AIP OMAR SHARIF KAREN BLACK 2/6 1996 TMC
CRIME BOSS (IT.) 1975 CINEMA SHARES TELLY SAVALAS 1/4 2010 DVD
DEAD AIM (MEX.) 1975 8/12 2013 DVD
DEVIL AND LENNY BASSETT 1975 AMER NATL ENT. 11/29 2013 DVD
DIAGNOSIS: MURDER (U.K.) 1975 CASTLE HILL JON FINCH JUDY GEESON 4/13 1995 55
DOLEMITE 1975 DIMENSION XXX XXX 12/24 1997 TAPE
EIGER SANCTION 1975 UNI CLINT EASTWOOD GEORGE KENNEDY 1/22 1995 TBS
EMMANUELLE IN AFRICA 1975 9/12 1999 TAPE
FAIR GAME (AUSTRALIAN) 1975 SOUTHERN FILM CORP. 1/22 1994 TAPE
FOUR OF THE APOCALYPSE (IT.) 1975 XXX XXX 1/11 2010 DVD
FRAMED 1975 PAR JOE DON BAKER 10/2 2000 ACTN
FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE (U.K.) 1975 HOWARD MAHLER 7/21 2017 TCM
G.I. EXECUTIONER (SINGAPORE) 1975 XXX XXX 1/19 2003 TAPE
GHOUL, THE (U.K.) 1975 RANK PETER CUSHING JOHN HURT 12/28 1995 TMC
GREY GARDENS (DOC.) 1975 PORTRAIT 7/11 2007 SUND
GROOVE ROOM (U.K.) 1975 CONSTELATION XXX XXX 1/3 1995 TAPE
HARD TIMES 1975 COL JAMES COBURN CHARLES BRONSON 1/9 1994 TNT
HESTER STREET 1975 MIDWEST FILMS CAROL KANE 8/26 1996 BRAVO
HOT SWEAT (DUTCH) 1975 CINEMA NATL. RUTGER HAUER 6/21 1995 TAPE
HUMAN FACTOR (U.K.) 1975 BRYANSTON GEORGE KENNEDY JOHN MILLS 9/5 1996 7
IMPULSE 1975 CAMELOT ENTERTAINMENT WILLIAM SHATNER RUTH ROMAN 12/27 1994 55
INFERNAL STREET (TAIWAN-H.K.) 1975 2/19 2012 DVD
JOHNNY FIRECLOUD 1975 ENTERTAINMENT VENTURES RALPH MEEKER 1/5 1995 TNT
JOURNEY INTO FEAR 1975 STIRLING GOLD SAM WATERSTON VINCENT PRICE 12/10 1994 55
LADY COCOA 1975 DIMENSION 2/26 2017 BOUNCE
LEGEND OF THE WEREWOLF (U.K.) 1975 FOX-RANK PETER CUSHING 7/5 1995 TMC
LEMORA: A CHILD’S TALE OF THE SUPERNATURAL 1975 MEDIA CINEMA GROUP WILLIAM WITTON LESLEY GIBB 12/15 2012 TCM
LET’S DO IT AGAIN 1975 WB SIDNEY POITIER 11/6 1993 TBS
LIES MY FATHER TOLD ME (CAN.) 1975 COL 6/17 2012 TCM
LOST ON PARADISE ISLAND 1975 CINE VENTURES XXX XXX 8/14 2010 DVD
MAN WHO WOULD BE KING 1975 COL SEAN CONNERY MICHAEL CAINE 1/19 1993 TBS
MONDO MAGIC (IT-DOC) 1975 10/19 1996 TAPE
MOONRUNNERS 1975 UA XXX XXX 10/28 1995 TNT
NICKEL RIDE 1975 FOX XXX XXX 8/12 2002 FXM
NOON SUNDAY 1975 CROWN INTL MARK LEONARD JOHN RUSSELL 4/18 2012 DVD
NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT (U.K.) 1975 CINEMA SYSTEM 10/24 2014 ANT
OUT OF SEASON (U.K.) 1975 ATHEINAUM 1/7 2017 TCM
OVERLORD (U.K.) 1975 JANUS BRIAN STIRNER DAVYD HARRIES 9/2 2014 TCM
PICK UP 1975 CROWN INTL XXX XXX 10/28 2008 DVD
PRIMAL IMPULSE (IT.) 1975 CINEMARK 9/27 2012 DVD
RANCHO DELUXE 1975 UA JEFF BRIDGES SAM WATERSTON 8/14 1995 TMC
RANNA: THE LEGEND OF SHADOW LAKE 1975 TITAN XXX XXX 2/24 1997 55
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW 1975 FOX SUSAN SARANDON 12/22 1996 COM
ROMANTIC ENGLISHWOMAN (U.K. – FR.) 1975 NW 8/7 2015 TCM
ROY COLT AND WINCHESTER JACK (IT.) 1975 LIBERT 12/1 2014 EPIX 3
SCAR TISSUE (FR-IT-W.GER.) 1975 SYDNE ROME 7/29 2010 DVD
SPIRAL STAIRCASE 1975 WB JACQUELINE BISSET CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER 4/1 1998 ENC
STORY OF ADELE H (FR.) 1975 NW ISABELLE ADJANI 5/24 2010 TCM
SUNSHINE BOYS 1975 MGM/UA WALTER MATTHAU GEORGE BURNS 9/1 1996 TBS
SWITCHBLADE SISTERS 1975 CENTAUR XXX XXX 4/11 2003 MAX
T.N.T. JACKSON 1975 NW XXX XXX 5/18 1994 TAPE
TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA (JAP.) 1975 TOHO 1/31 1994 TNT
THAT LUCKY TOUCH (U.K.) 1975 RANK ROGER MOORE SUSANNAH YORK 6/19 1995 2
THE FORTUNE 1975 PAR WARREN BEATTY JACK NICHOLSON 2/1 1996 TNT
THE TERRORISTS 1975 FOX SEAN CONNERY 10/28 2003 FXM
TRAIN RIDE TO HOLLYWOOD 1975 TAYLOR – LAUGHLIN XXX XXX 10/9 2001 BSTZ
TRIP WITH TEACHER 1975 CROWN INTL XXX XXX 3/15 2009 DVD
VIOLENT PROFESSIONALS (IT.) 1975 SCOTIA AMERICA RICHARD CONTE 10/12 2010 DVD
VOODOO BLACK EXORCIST (SP.) 1975 HORIZON 4/21 2015 DVD
W.W. AND THE DIXIE DANCE KINGS 1975 FOX BURT REYNOLDS 5/15 1997 TMC
WANTED: BABYSITTER 1975 XXX XXX 6/23 1995 55
WARLOCK MOON 1975 ENCHANTED FILMAUTS XXX XXX 3/19 1996 TNT
WHITE FANG AND THE HUNTER (IT.) 1975 FIRST LINE XXX XXX 5/17 2011 DVD
WILBY CONSPIRACY (U.K.) 1975 UA SIDNEY POITIER MICHAEL CAINE 6/7 1995 TMC
ZAAT 1975 AQUARIUS RELEASING XXX XXX 11/2 2009 TCM
Hey Dan…thanks for sharing your 1975 movies watched list. 82 is still a massive amount of 1975 movies. Amazingly your list has many movies that are not on our list. Interesting that you saw Rooster Cogburn on an airplane. The producers had hoped that Cogburn would be the first of a franchise, but it did not do well at the box office. Good stuff as always.
I have seen 28 movies from 1975. Over half of these are from the top 30.
The highest rated film I have seen is Jaws at number 2. Unfortunately, it was on a TV channel with commercials in the middle. I only recently added that to my seen movies.
The highest rated film I have NOT seen is One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at number 1. I am not sure I will ever see it. I have never attempted to watch it.
The lowest rated film I have seen is Brannigan at number 112.
Here are my seen films Up To Top 30 By Tens:
5 out of top 10: Jaws, Three Days of the Condor, The Return of the Pink Panther, The Man Who Would Be King, The Rocky Horror Picture Show
11 out of top 20: Shampoo, The Apple Dumpling Gang, The Hindenburg, Funny Lady, The Sunshine Boys, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
16 out of top 30: The Great Waldo Pepper, Hard Times, The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother, The Eiger Sanction, French Connection II
Favourite 1975 Movies:
Three Days of The Condor
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Man Who Would Be King
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Jaws
The Great Waldo Pepper
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother
Funny Lady
Breakout
Farewell My Lovely
The Drowning Pool
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Hey Flora
1. Thanks for checking out our latest yearly page……this now connects the yearly reviews to “your” 1976 page.
2. That makes it 47 straight years of yearly reviews…..it has taken awhile….but now it is beginning to look pretty impressive.
3. Tally counts…me 42, Steve 38 and you at 28. Still not a bad total for you….but as you expected it continues to decrease.
4. Glad to hear you finally got to see Jaws….even with commerical breaks….it is a movie that I can re-watch over and over. The three main actors all shine in that one.
5. Seeing 16 of the Top 30 probably means you are watching most of the best of the year.
6. Of your favorites…seen them all except for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother…..it is a hard movie to find on DVD.
7. Glad to see The Man Who Would Be King on your favorites list….as it is one of my all-time favorite movies.
Good feedback as usual.
Nicely done. Like all the extra information you have included. Doing other years like this?
Hey In The Shadows….glad you like the extra links….this has to be the most for a page. The trivia section is new for a yearly page….as well as the “ranked page”….when I push this pages on Twitter…that is the one I push. Slowly…I am getting this pages more “mobile friendly”….but I think the most changes will occur when Professor WoC finishes her latest idea for the website….that is probably months away from happening. I always appreciate it, when you come out of the shadows to share your thoughts.
I’ve seen 38 of the 126 films listed on the chart. 20 of them at the cinema.
Looking at my files I have 56 films from 1975 in my movie collection.
Favorites include –
Brannigan
Breakout
Death Race 2000
Doc Savage: Man of Bronze
Dog Day Afternoon
Four Musketeers ,The
French Connection II
Hard Times (aka The Streetfighter)
Hindenburg ,The
Jaws
Killer Elite ,The
Legend of the Werewolf
Man from Hong Kong ,The
Man Who Would Be King ,The
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Return of the Pink Panther
Rollerball
Three Days of the Condor
Wind and the Lion ,The
Yakuza ,The
zz-China – Master of the Flying Guillotine
zz-Italy – Deep Red
zz-Japan – Terror of MechaGodzilla
Jaws was easily my favorite film of the year, released December 1975 in the UK, 6 months after it’s record breaking run at the US box office. I watched it opening week, several times during 1976 and again when it was rereleased in 1977.
I didn’t see One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest or Dog Day Afternoon at the cinema, I caught them on video rental during the 1980s, along with Godfather 1 & 2. I caught up with many all time greats in the 80s on TV and video. As a teen during the 1970s I was mainly interested in horror, sci-fi, action, kung fu and disaster flicks.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve….thanks for checking out our latest yearly review….this means we now have yearly reviews from 1930 to 1976…..almost 50 years worth….only two more years to reach the 1980s…..as we have 1977 and 1978 to do. I have seen 42 of these movies….so I have seen 4 more of the ones listed here. I have most of your favorites on the table…The Yakuza and The Four Musketeers are on our 1974 page. Of your favorites…Rollerball, Three Days of the Condor, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Holy Grail, The Man Who Would Be King, Jaws and Hard Times would make my list too.
Joining those movies would be A Boy and His Dog, Bite The Bullet to round out my Top 10. Jaws and The Man Who Would Be King are on my all-time favorite list. The Man Who Would Be King was easily Caine’s highlight of 1975…..his other movies are ranked 102nd, 103rd and 107th….and have a combined adjusted box office gross of just over $35 million.
Good to know you expanded your movie subjects as you passed through those pesky teenage years. Thanks for the visit, the vote up and the comment.
Bruce, some dates on my files are from the US / UK release years and not European premieres. I list Three and Four Musketeers as 1974/1975 films and on my videos too. [Bruce gasps in horror] I mean that’s when these English language movies were widely seen weren’t they? Does it matter if a British film had a brief premiere in Timbuktu the year before? What counts is the eventual UK release. [Bruce faints]
Typical Englishman! Only the release in HIS country counts.
I think the sentiments expressed at the end of the 6.56 am post as they relate to the rest of the world could well have been written by Boris Johnson whose sentiment towards the captains of industry was “****business!”
Reveal thyself ANON! 😉
Maybe I should have added a wink at the end of that post. Or maybe not.
Bob, growing up my two movie bibles were Halliwells Film Guide and Maltin’s Movie Guide, both list the years 1974 and 1975 for The Three and Four Musketeers, and those are the years I’ve always associated with those two films. Only fairly recently on the IMDB did I find out these two films had special European premieres at the tail end of 1973 and 1974. But I won’t amend my files.
The horror movie Paranormal Activity had special screenings at movie festivals in 1997 and 1998 but wasn’t released in theaters in the US and UK until 1999 and that’s the year I have listed in my files, completely ignoring IMDB and Wikipedia.
I knew something was wrong – the dates in the last paragraph in my post should read – 2007, 2008 and 2009.
I was only 10 years out, it’s excusable. [Bob glares]