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A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court

A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court

1978 • 25 min • United States of America
Bugs find himself in Camelot and is mistaken for a "dwagon" by Sir Elmer of Fudde.
A Robbery In... Style

A Robbery In... Style

1978 • 20 min • Soviet Union
A cartoon composed of four parts, parodying "classical" gangster and criminal movies of four countries: robbery American style, French style, Italian style and Russian style. All cartoon characters resemble real movie stars of 50th and 60th.
Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!

Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!

1978 • 60 min • United States of America
Television played a key role in the legendary Liberace career making him a household word to millions and the medium's first matinee idol. "Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!" video taped in 1978 was his first major television special from Las Vegas. "Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!" gives us a spoofed view of a typical day in the life of Mr.Showmanship, before he was off to "work" at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel in his mirrored Rolls Royce. There is a view of the magnificent Liberace Las Vegas Villa, from bedroom to piano motif swimming pool. After arriving at the Hilton showroom, guest star Debbie Reynolds, Liberace's favorite movie star and performer, joins him on stage for a salute to the Broadway musical, "Annie," complete with Sandy the Dog.
Waylon Jennings - The Lost Outlaw Performance

Waylon Jennings - The Lost Outlaw Performance

1978 • 50 min
On the evening of August 12, 1978, Waylon Jennings and The Waylons performed on the concert stage of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. The master recordings of this concert were never released and had been locked in the vaults of RCA Records, long forgotten since 1978. The songs embodied in this performance capture Waylon Jennings and his band at the height of the country music "Outlaw" period, ample evidence of the extraordinary and individualistic writing and singing talents of Waylon Jennings. Now presented for the first time in its entirety, exactly as it was recorded on August 12, 1978.
I Want It All Now!

I Want It All Now!

1978 • 50 min • United States of America
Late 1970s television documentary on the people of Marin County, California, one of the wealthiest counties in the United States. The documentary focuses on the affluent, hedonistic, and often self-indulgent lifestyles of its residents and the effect that it has on families. It provides a snapshot of the the then-popular Human Potential/New Age Movement, as well as the type of lifestyle that would soon be branded 'yuppie' in the 1980s.
Star Waars!

Star Waars!

1978 • 2 min • Japan
Japanese stars screaming: War!
The Angry Movie

The Angry Movie

1978 • 6 min
The subject is anger. This animated film captures the thoughts and actions produced by a young girl's frustration. Coronet Instructional Media.
Electofrenia

Electofrenia

1978 • 51 min • Venezuela
Electofrenia (1978), Neri's third political film, requires a critical distance in order to consider the reasons why Venezuelans choose their presidential candidate in the 1978 election. Electofrenia, signifying the chaos of the elections, proposes that many Venezuelans select the candidate who benefits them personally rather than the one who is good for the country at large. Not without irony, the film brings up Venezuela's two decades of peaceful democratic government. If people choose what is good for them, can we call it a democracy?
Jackie McCafferty's Romance

Jackie McCafferty's Romance

1978 • 30 min
A shy, awkward Scottish lad secretly carries a torch for a local lass.
The Outsider

The Outsider

1978 • 7 min • Soviet Union
Dangard Ace: The Great Space War

Dangard Ace: The Great Space War

1978 • 25 min • Japan
Doppler has set up a trap for the Jasdam, and it is up to the Danguard Ace to save it.
Ten Minutes Older

Ten Minutes Older

1978 • 10 min • Soviet Union
A 10 minute long journey of emotions that befall children faces. Fear, Curiosity; a Smile. They all sit in a dark theater. What they see, we don't; we can only guess from their faces.
The Oriental Nightfish

The Oriental Nightfish

1978 • 4 min • United Kingdom
The infamous short film that accompanies the Linda McCartney song of the same name.
Greg Kihn Band: Live at Rockpalast

Greg Kihn Band: Live at Rockpalast

1978 • 59 min • Germany
Greg Kihn Band plays live from AudiMax in Hamburg, Germany, in support of their Next of Kihn LP.
A Little Like Drowning

A Little Like Drowning

1978 • 55 min • United Kingdom
The story of two marriages. One, Italian, told by an old lady to her grandson. The other, Italian Scots, the old lady's, told in the present, and via a series of flashbacks.
Skateboard Kings

Skateboard Kings

1978 • 52 min • United Kingdom
If you’re young, male and you live in the city, how do you prove yourself in the most materially comfortable country on earth? How do you show courage, daring, skill, strength? How do you prove you’re a man? If you’re a Masai Tribesman in Africa you kill a lion. If you’re an Aborigine boy, you go on walkabout, if you live in Dogtown, Los Angeles you ride a skateboard.
Abventures of Homa

Abventures of Homa

1978 • 9 min • Soviet Union
The story of how the lazy hamster Homa forced the Gopher to do all the daily chores for him.
The Night Captains

The Night Captains

1978 • 9 min • Soviet Union
Two fantastic stories that happened to four boys thanks to a rich imagination and a dream to learn as much as possible about the world. Their inquisitive minds dream of the distance, the cosmic expanses, and here and now they want to ride beautiful horses that can soar in the air. Their expectations are being met, and many more adventures await them.
Licking Hitler

Licking Hitler

1978 • 60 min • United Kingdom
1941 and the upper class Anna Seaton is hired as part of an allied radio propaganda project, creating disinformation about the Nazi war effort. But tensions between her and brilliant, working class writer Archie MacLean threaten to undermine her work.
Rain (Nyesha)

Rain (Nyesha)

1978 • 15 min • United States of America
Director Melvonna Ballenger’s Rain (Nyesha) shows how awareness can lead to a more fulfilling life. In the film, a female typist goes from apathetic to empowered through the help of a man giving out political fliers on the street. Using John Coltrane’s song “After the Rain,” Ballenger’s narration of the film meditates on rainy days and their impact. The rain in this short film doesn’t signify defeat, but offers renewal and “a chance to recollect, a cool out.”
Our Friend Read'n'Write

Our Friend Read'n'Write

1978 • 10 min • Soviet Union
The boy quarrels with the letter "K", which was given to him by the book dwarf.
The Bronswik Affair

The Bronswik Affair

1978 • 24 min • Canada
This funny yet serious short film demonstrates the effectiveness of advertising and the marketing machine. Its comic appeal lies in the characters and the absurd situations they find themselves in, but it also shines a harsh light on our tendency towards needless consumerism prompted by a steady flow of commercials.
National Parks.... Necessarly

National Parks.... Necessarly

1978 • 28 min • Netherlands
In this film Bert Haanstra shows how important the formation of national parks is for the protection of nature.
Home for Christmas

Home for Christmas

1978 • 46 min • Canada
"Here is the quintessential Hancox 'personal documentary,' a film in which both the production and role of traditional documentary and autobiographical filmmaking are thrown into question. Using his camera to record a visit out east by train to spend Christmas with the family, Hancox .... used his familiarization with the annual ritual as a form of a script... Although we see the journey through the subjective judgment of Hancox’s eyes, it is his intent to transfer the material from original event to camera, to editing, and finally to the audience, so that the personal content of the film... becomes universal.” Michael Wade, Ontario Film Studies, Cinema Parallel “It is the honesty of portrayal which is staggering, for instead of an idyllic image which many filmmakers present of themselves, Hancox presents (and thus, sees) himself without cinematic make-up... with ‘wild sync’ sound (reminiscent of an early film), and with the use of only available natural light.” Richard Stanford