1971 – MovieLog

Beguiled, The (1971)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:54:56 +0000

Don Siegel

7.2

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Mephisto Waltz, The (1971)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:53:05 +0000

Paul Wendkos

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Bananas (1971)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:52:22 +0000

Woody Allen

7.1

IMDb

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Macbeth (1971)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:50:23 +0000

Roman Polanski

7.5

IMDb

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Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:49:27 +0000

The world is astounded when Willy Wonka, for years a recluse in his factory, announces that five lucky people will be given a tour of the factory, shown all the secrets of his amazing candy, and one will win a lifetime supply of Wonka chocolate. Nobody wants the prize more than young Charlie, but as his family is so poor that buying even one bar of chocolate is a treat, buying enough bars to find one of the five golden tickets is unlikely in the extreme. But in movieland, magic can happen. Charlie, along with four somewhat odious other children, get the chance of a lifetime and a tour of the factory. Along the way, mild disasters befall each of the odious children, but can Charlie beat the odds and grab the brass ring?

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

Your golden ticket to imagination and adventure!

Mel Stuart

USA

7.8

IMDb

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French Connection, The (1971)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:46:12 +0000

Police partners Doyle and Russo put a candy store under surveillance based on a hunch that something fishy was going on. Eventually it turns out that the proprietors are involved in one of the biggest narcotics smuggling rings on either side of the Atlantic, and the cops go to work.

French Connection, The

A $32,000,000 chase turns into the American thriller of the year!

William Friedkin

USA

7.9

IMDb

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Die Screaming, Marianne (1971)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 11:23:28 +0000

After their parents divorce, one daughter lives with her mother in England while the other lives with her father in Portugal. After the untimely death of her mother, the one daughter stands to inherit a large sum of money and also a number of documents containing information that will incriminate her father, who was a crooked judge. While her father wants the documents, her sister wants the money and they will each stop at nothing, even murder, to get what they want.

Die Screaming, Marianne

Die, Beautiful Marianne

death bars the gate to her 21st birthday

Pete Walker

4.8

IMDb

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Panic In Needle Park, The (1971)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 11:23:27 +0000

This movie is a stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves. She becomes addicted too, and life goes downhill for them both as their addiction deepens, eventually leading to a series of betrayals. But, in spite of it all, the relationship between Bobby and Helen endures.

Panic In Needle Park, The

In the dark corner of the city, they found light

Jerry Schatzberg

USA

7.1

IMDb

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Tragedy Of Macbeth, The (1971)

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:59:36 +0000

Roman Polanski’s version of Shakespeare’s tragedy about a Scottish lord who murders the king and ascends the throne. His wife then begins hallucinating as a result of her guilt complex and the dead king’s son conspires to attack MacBeth and expose him for the murderer he is.

Tragedy Of Macbeth, The

Macbeth

Roman Polanski

UK, USA

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Shaft (1971)

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:40:04 +0000

John Shaft is the ultimate in suave black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy, the leader of the Black crime mob, then against Black nationals, and finally working with both against the White Mafia who are trying to blackmail Bumpy by kidnapping his daughter.

The mob wanted Harlem back. They got shaft…up to here.

Gordon Parks

USA

6.5

IMDb

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