All Films

Irezumi

1978 • 60 min • Japan

What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown!

1978 • 24 min • United States of America

What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown! is the 17th primetime animated TV specials based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M. Schulz. The plot is similar to that of Jack London's Call of the Wild.

The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland

1978 • 50 min • United States of America

The full unedited performance recorded on December 31, 1978, when the Blues Brothers opened for the Grateful Dead on the monumental closing night of Winterland.

Ubu

1978 • 18 min

Ubu kills the king to take the thrown but doesn't realize the prince will fight back for revenge. Based on Alfred Jarry's 1896 play Ubu Roi.

Cat and the Pinkstalk

1978 • 7 min • United States of America

The Pink Panther sells his cow for some beans and grows a large beanstalk, later facing a giant.

The Talking Parcel

1978 • 60 min • United Kingdom

The Talking Parcel is based on a 1974 book by Gerald Durrell in which a young girl is transported to the fantasy land of Mythologia to save it from cockatrices. She is aided by a talking parrot and encounter many other magical creatures, including a mooncalf.

Inside 'the Swarm'

1978 • 22 min • United States of America

A behind-the-scenes/Making of documentary short focused on Irwin Allen's all-star disaster flick The Swarm.

Space Force

1978 • 25 min

The comic adventures that befall a crew of astronauts assigned to a remote military space station.

Mulheres de Cinema

1978 • 37 min • Brazil

Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film history.

Pink Pictures

1978 • 6 min • United States of America

The Pink Panther decides to become an amateur photographer, but the local wildlife are not cooperative.

Scared Straight!

1978 • 52 min • United States of America

The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

Crest of a Wave

1978 • 30 min

Recently made redundant, Jim takes his wife Bridget to meet his old scouting pal Nifty. As well as campfire memories to swop, there just might be the possibility of a job.

Seawrack

1978 • 30 min

On the shoreline of Lancashire's Lune Estuary, an old tramp is befriended by a young lad who volunteers with the St John's Ambulance.

Puff, the Magic Dragon

1978 • 30 min • United States of America

Jackie is a boy who is so trapped by his fears and doubts that he could not communicate with anyone. Then, a magic dragon named Puff comes to help Jackie by taking his soul force on a wonderous voyage to his island of Honah Lee. Along the way, they have adventures that nurture Jackie's imagination and courage in unorthodox ways.

Pinktails for Two

1978 • 7 min • United States of America

The Pink Panther's tail becomes unusually long after being accidentally exposed to growth serum.

The Dancing Princesses

1978 • 52 min • United Kingdom

A made-for-TV retelling of the story "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," directed by Ben Rea, featuring Jim Dale as the Soldier, Freddie Jones as the destitute King, and Gloria Grahame as the Witch. Significant changes were made to the story, including reducing the number of princesses to six, and the soldier ultimately declining to marry any of the princesses due to their deceitful nature.

Ringo

1978 • 49 min • United States of America

Ringo Starr, bored and disillusioned with fame, meets a doppelgänger in Hollywood named Ognir Rrats who sells maps to the stars' homes and lives with an abusive, thieving father. Longing for a more average lifestyle, Ringo invites Ognir into the studio and suggests the two trade places for a few hours.

A State of Siege

1978 • 50 min • New Zealand

Malfred Signal leaves her life of stifling gentility as an art teacher in a South Island private girls' school and decides to live out her dream – painting alone in the remote North. One terrifying night, beset by a prowler, but confronting only her own image at every step, she relives her past.

Burial Path

1978 • 6 min • United States of America

The film begins with the image of a dead bird. The mind moves to forget, as well as to remember: this film graphs the process of forgetfulness against all oddities of remembered bird-shape.

The Pink of Bagdad

1978 • 6 min • United States of America

An Indian fakir's magic rope falls in love with the Pink Panther's tail. (Reissue of "The Pink of Arabee" 1976).

Petronella

1978 • 12 min • United States of America

An animated fairytale about a princess, who because she is an only child, must perform the traditionally princely duty pf rescuing a princess. Instead she rescues a prince.

The Blind Swordsman

1978 • 58 min • United States of America

A documentary about the character created for a series of Japanese films starring Shintaro Katsu. There are behind-the-scenes interviews on the set of the subsequent television series featuring the character.

Pink Bananas

1978 • 7 min • United States of America

The Pink Panther is living his best life in the jungle until he irritates a big gorilla. Only the music from a transistor radio can soothe the beast.

Benji's Very Own Christmas Story

1978 • 25 min • United States of America

While on a publicity tour in Switzerland, Benji, Cindy Smith, and Patsy Garrett convince Kris Kringle that his place on Christmas Eve is delivering presents to all "his" families all over the world.