"Shaft" is a crime drama about a private detective named John Shaft who is hired by a black Harlem mobster to rescue his daughter, kidnapped by Italian mobsters. Director Gordon Parks put tons of action in the film, from a well written screenplay by Ernest Tidyman and John [..]
The Beguiled (1971)
Clint Eastwood plays a wounded Union soldier who takes shelter in in a girl's school in Mississippi during the Civil War, and soon becomes embroiled in the dysfunctional female-dominated environment there. Director Don Siegel ("Invasion of the Body Snatchers" 1956) put together a well-organized film with greater [..]
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
"The Andromeda Strain" is a science fiction movie about a team of scientists sent by the government to investigate a potentially deadly organism that comes to earth from outer space, aboard a U. S. research satellite that crashes in rural Arizona. Director Robert Wise ("The Sound of [..]
THX 1138 (1971)
"THX 1138" is the futuristic story of the human race living in vast underground cities with the world government forcing the population to take medication that suppress emotion. When a man and a woman stop taking their meds, they fall in love and become outlaws of the [..]
The Omega Man (1971)
"The Omega Man" is a solid science fiction story about the sole survivor of a world-wide biological war between China and the Soviet Union. Charlton Heston lends his considerable acting skills and imposing screen presence as the main character, who must battle scores of mutant humans to survive. [..]
Diamonds are Forever (1971)
"Diamonds are Forever" is the seventh James Bond film telling the story of 007 battling a plot by old nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld to use diamonds as a space-based laser weapon to destroy Washington, D. C. Director Guy Hamilton ("Goldfinger" 1964) gives this film the usual [..]
LeMans (1971)
Steve McQueen stars in an authentic depiction of the LeMans auto race in France, skillfully directed by Lee H. Katzin ("Heaven with a Gun" 1969), written by Harry Kleiner. "LeMans" contains actual film footage [..]
Savage Guns (1971)
"Savage Guns" is a western film about a gunfighter out for revenge on an outlaw who killed his brother in a massacre at a tavern. Director Demofilo Fidani, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mila Vitelli Valenza, put together a low-budget Spaghetti Western with mediocre production values. One good [..]
Walkabout (1971)
"Walkabout" is the story of two white children who are left to fend for themselves in the Australian outback, and luckily run into an Aboriginal boy who helps them to survive. He is himself enduring a rite of passage to adulthood, called a walkabout by Aboriginals, where the [..]
Millhouse: A White Comedy (1971)
"Millhouse: A White Comedy" is a documentary film about the career of Richard M. Nixon from his election to Congress in 1946 to his ascension to the U. S. Presidency in 1968. Producer-director Emile de Antonio basically put together a montage of videos of his speeches (without voice-over [..]