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United Artists Films of 1979

by LuminousCarcass • Created 12 years ago • Modified 12 years ago
This list contains the films produced and distributed by United Artists in 1979. List in order of when films were released in the United States.
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  • Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, and Lesley-Anne Down in The Great Train Robbery (1978)

    1. The Great Train Robbery

    19781h 50mPG68Metascore
    6.9 (21K)
    England, 1850s. A master criminal aims to rob a train of a large sum of gold. Security is incredibly tight and the task seems an impossible one. However, he has a plan and just the right people to carry it out.
    DirectorMichael CrichtonStarsSean ConneryDonald SutherlandLesley-Anne Down
    Released in U.S. February 2, 1979; Budget: $7 million; Box office: $13,027,857
  • James Mason, Anthony Quinn, Kay Lenz, and Paul Clemens in The Passage (1979)

    2. The Passage

    19791h 38mR25Metascore
    6.0 (2.5K)
    During World War II, a Basque shepherd is approached by underground operatives who want him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees while they're being pursued by a sadistic German officer.
    DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsAnthony QuinnJames MasonMalcolm McDowell
  • Hair (1979)

    3. Hair

    19792h 1mPG68Metascore
    7.5 (43K)
    Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.
    DirectorMilos FormanStarsJohn SavageTreat WilliamsBeverly D'Angelo
    Directed by Milos Forman; Budget: $11 million; Box office: $15,284,643
  • Michel Galabru, Michel Serrault, and Ugo Tognazzi in La Cage aux Folles (1978)

    4. La Cage aux Folles

    19781h 37mR61Metascore
    7.2 (13K)
    The manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them.
    DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsUgo TognazziMichel SerraultClaire Maurier
    Released in U.S. March 30, 1979; Budget: $1.4 million; Box office: $20,424,259
  • William Holden and Marthe Keller in Fedora (1978)

    5. Fedora

    19781h 54mPG
    6.8 (5.6K)
    Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement only to discover the horrible truth behind her success.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenMarthe KellerHildegard Knef
    Released in U.S. April 15, 1979; Budget: $6,727,000
  • Manhattan (1979)

    6. Manhattan

    19791h 36mR83Metascore
    7.8 (152K)
    The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
    DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonMariel Hemingway
    Budget: $9 million; Box office: $39,946,780
  • Last Embrace (1979)

    7. Last Embrace

    19791h 42mR
    6.0 (3.8K)
    A government agent recovering from a nervous breakdown deciphers a death threat written in ancient Hebrew.
    DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsRoy ScheiderJanet MargolinJohn Glover
    Directed by Jonathan Demme; Box office: $1,537,125
  • Rocky II (1979)

    8. Rocky II

    19791h 59mPG61Metascore
    7.3 (242K)
    Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch.
    DirectorSylvester StalloneStarsSylvester StalloneTalia ShireBurt Young
    Budget: $7 million; Box office: $200,182,160
  • Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, and Richard Kiel in Moonraker (1979)

    9. Moonraker

    19792h 6mPG66Metascore
    6.3 (113K)
    James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle, and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.
    DirectorLewis GilbertStarsRoger MooreLois ChilesMichael Lonsdale
    Budget: $34 million; Box office: $210.3 million
  • Terence Hill and Bud Spencer in Crime Busters (1977)

    10. Crime Busters

    19771h 38mPG
    7.1 (14K)
    An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.
    DirectorEnzo BarboniStarsTerence HillBud SpencerDavid Huddleston
    Released in U.S. June 1979
  • Brooke Shields and Peter Fonda in Wanda Nevada (1979)

    11. Wanda Nevada

    19791h 47mPG
    5.5 (1.6K)
    A drifter named Beaudray Demerille wins a young orphan named Wanda in a poker game and takes her gold prospecting in the Grand Canyon.
    DirectorPeter FondaStarsPeter FondaBrooke ShieldsFiona Lewis
    Box office: $2,411,145
  • Americathon (1979)

    12. Americathon

    19791h 26mPG
    4.5 (1K)
    In a story told in narrative flashbacks, young TV consultant Eric McMerkin is hired by President Chet Roosevelt of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
    DirectorNeal IsraelStarsHarvey KormanFred WillardPeter Riegert
    Box office: $6,171,763
  • Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)

    13. Apocalypse Now

    19792h 27mR94Metascore
    8.4 (747K)
    A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert Duvall
    Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Written by John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola; Starring Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall and Dennis Hopper; Budget: $31.5 million; Box office: $83,471,511
  • Yanks (1979)

    14. Yanks

    19792h 18mR54Metascore
    6.4 (3.9K)
    Joining WWII, USA ships soldiers to UK. Matt and John arrive in 1942. Each see a local woman - married or to be engaged with soldiers serving faraway.
    DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsRichard GereLisa EichhornVanessa Redgrave
  • The Black Stallion (1979)

    15. The Black Stallion

    19791h 58mG84Metascore
    7.4 (15K)
    After being shipwrecked with a magnificent horse off the coast of Africa in the 1940s, a boy bonds with the stallion, and trains him to race after their rescue.
    DirectorCarroll BallardStarsKelly RenoMickey RooneyTeri Garr
    Produced by Francis Ford Coppola; Budget: $2.7 million; Box office: $37,799,643
  • Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)

    16. Chilly Scenes of Winter

    19791h 35mPG
    7.0 (2K)
    Charles, a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter, spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.
    DirectorJoan Micklin SilverStarsJohn HeardMary Beth HurtPeter Riegert
  • The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)

    17. The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

    19791h 42mPG40Metascore
    5.3 (1.3K)
    The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania basketball team is hopeless. Could they become winners with help from an astrologer and some new astrologically-compatible players?
    DirectorGilbert MosesStarsJulius ErvingJonathan WintersMeadowlark Lemon
  • Rich Kids (1979)

    18. Rich Kids

    19791h 41mPG
    6.4 (713)
    Two 12-year-olds, the products of Upper-West-Side broken homes, struggle to make sense of their parents' lives and their own adolescent feelings.
    DirectorRobert M. YoungStarsTrini AlvaradoJeremy LevyKathryn Walker
  • "The Human Factor" (Saul Bass Poster) 1979

    19. The Human Factor

    19791h 55mR62Metascore
    6.1 (1.7K)
    When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, security man Daintry is brought in to investigate.
    DirectorOtto PremingerStarsRichard AttenboroughNicol WilliamsonDerek Jacobi
    Box office: $376,050
  • Being There (1979)

    20. Being There

    19792h 10mPG83Metascore
    7.9 (81K)
    After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.
    DirectorHal AshbyStarsPeter SellersShirley MacLaineMelvyn Douglas
    Box office: $30,177,511
  • Sean Connery and Brooke Adams in Cuba (1979)

    21. Cuba

    19792h 2mR49Metascore
    5.6 (3.1K)
    A British mercenary arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train General Batista's Army against Castro's guerrillas while he also romances a former lover now married to an unscrupulous plantation owner.
    DirectorRichard LesterStarsSean ConneryBrooke AdamsJack Weston
  • Linda Blair and Jim Bray in Roller Boogie (1979)

    22. Roller Boogie

    19791h 43mPG34Metascore
    4.7 (2.2K)
    Skaters band together to keep their roller-disco open.
    DirectorMark L. LesterStarsLinda BlairJim BrayBeverly Garland
    Box office: $13,253,715

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