1970

BEST PICTURE NOMINEES

*Anne of the Thousand Days
*Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
*Hello Dolly!
*Midnight Cowboy
*Z

AND 'THE' WINNER IS...Midnight Cowboy
AND 'MY' WINNER IS...Anne of the Thousand Days

Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) directed by: Charles Jarrott
Main Cast: Richard Burton, Genevieve Bujold, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle, John Colicos

King Henry VIII (Burton) is married to Queen Katherine (Papas) who has a daughter but every son has been born dead, so Henry is seeking to divorce Katherine to marry Anne Boleyn (Bujold) whom he thinks will bear him a male heir. Anne also has a daughter Elizabeth, then becomes pregnant again and has a son, but he is born dead. Henry is determined to have a son and wants to divorce Anne to be with Jane, but Anne refuses to give Henry the divorce he seeks. What lengths will Henry go to for the male heir he desperately desires?

Anne of the Thousand Days was great! It was the best Henry VIII movie I have ever seen. ALthough it was almost two and a half hours I enjoyed it immensely. Genevieve Bujold was absolutely marvelous, she definitely made this movie! If it wasn't for he, I really don't think I would have liked it so well.

RATING: 10/10

THE ACADEMY'S PICK

Midnight Cowboy (1969) directed by: John Schlesinger
Main Cast: Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight

Joe Buck (Voight) comes to New York to seek his fortune. He meets Rico (Hoffman) who tries to help him make his fortune as a hustler. Neither one of them really know what they are doing, so they don't make much money. Rico becomes sick, so Joe agrees to take him to Florida. Will they make their fortune once they arrive in Florida?

Midnight Cowboy was a very good movie. I was thrown off by the flashbacks at first, but then they started to make sense. All in all it was pretty good.

RATING: 8/10

HONORABLE MENTION

Hello Dolly! (1969) directed by: Gene Kelly
Main Cast: Barbara Streisand, Walther Mathau, Michael Crawford, Marianne McAndrew, Danny Lockin, E.J. Peaker

Dolly Levi (Streisand) is a matchmaker who is in love with her client Vandergelder, so she sabotages his relationship and upcoming engagement to Miss Malloy (McAndrew) by sending his two store clerks, Cornelius and Barnaby to New York to meet Miss Malloy and her worker Minnie. Will Dolly succeed and have Horace Vandergelder to marry her?

Great movie! It is actually a musical and I have come to the conclusion that, I love musicals! Every one of them I have seen has put me in a great mood and had me singing all day.

RATING: 9/10

THE BEST OF THE REST

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) directed by: George Roy Hill
Main Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katherine Ross

Butch Cassidy (Newman) and the Sundance Kid (Redford) lead the Hole-in-the-Wall gang on one too many train robberies, which leads to them being trailed by a special posse, they just can't lose. So Butch and Sundance, along with Sundance's girlfriend Etta (Ross) decide to flee to Bolivia where they thing they will be free of the posse, and can start over, but can they?

THis was a pretty good movie, it didn't really have to many bad parts. The only thing that really bugged me was the still pictures just thrown in at awkward times.

RATING: 8/10

Z (1969) directed by: Costa-Gavras
Main Cast: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Charles Denner

A liberal politician is murdered in an attack during a peace demonstration. The right wing established figures in the military and the police try and hide, not only their parts in it, but try to cover up the murder as well. Will they be able to cover up the murder or will the truth come out?

Z is a combination of mystery & thriller that kept me wondering what would happen next. I loved the ending!

RATING: 7/10

1970 was a great year! I found a few great movies that I probably would have never seen if it wasn't for this project.

Rating for 1979 as a whole: 9/10

NEXT UP: 1988 - which includes: Broadcast News, Fatal Attraction, Hope and Glory, The Last Emperor and Moonstruck

November 21, 2009 6:19pm