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Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (536 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A portrayal of the prostitution business in New York in the 1970s. The story follows characters that are forced to venture toward relatively safer and more discreet forms of the same work.
2) Rush
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set against the golden age of Formula One racing in the 1970s, Rush is based on the true story of a spectacular sporting rivalry between English playboy James Hunt, and his structured, intelligent opponent, Austrian driver Niki Lauda.
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (287 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1970s England, Dalgliesh and his junior, DS Kate Miskin, investigate the murders of a forensic scientist, a controversial lawyer, and a young doctor at odds with his family.
4) Fandango
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Look back at the '60s and '70s in this outrageous celebration of the life and crazy exploits of notorious 'Gonzo' Rolling Stone journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.
6) Dark shadows
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After being turned into a vampire by a jilted lover, Barnabas Collins is entombed for two centuries until he emerges into the very changed world of 1972. Returning to his once-majestic home, he finds the few dysfunctional descendants of the Collins family who remain. Determined to return his family name to its former glory, Barnabas is thwarted at every turn by his former lover--the seductive witch Angelique"--Container.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Swiss German
Description
It is set in Switzerland in 1971 where, despite the worldwide social upheavals of the previous decade, women, were still denied the right to vote. When unassuming and dutiful housewife Nora is forbidden by her husband to take a part-time job, her frustration leads to her becoming the poster child of her town's suffragette movement. Her newfound celebrity brings humiliation, threats, and the potential end to her marriage.
8) Jesus' son
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A rumpled, hapless young man in his twenties, FH bounces through his days with his dreams and hallucinations blurring and merging into reality. The shaky center of his universe is his beloved on-again, off-again, girlfriend Michelle.
9) Lymelife
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Scott is 15 and growing up in suburban Long Island. While caught up in his first love, Scott watches the relationships of his parents and neighbors slowly crumble as they try to keep up with the changing times.
10) My friend Dahmer
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young Jeffrey Dahmer struggles to belong in high school.
11) Birds of passage
Publisher
Passion River
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
The origins of the Colombian drug trade, as seen through eyes of an indigenous Wayuu family that becomes involved in the booming business of selling marijuana to American youth in the 1970s. When greed, passion and honor collide, a fratricidal war breaks out and puts their lives, culture, and ancestral traditions at stake.
12) Cruella
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, is a young grifter named Estella, a clever and creative girl determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella's flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Heilman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic...
13) Roma
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Formats
Description
"With his eighth and most personal film, Alfonso Cuarón recreated the early 1970s Mexico City of his childhood, narrating a tumultuous period in the life of a middle-class family through the experiences of Cleo, the indigenous domestic worker who keeps the household running. Charged with the care of four small children abandoned by their father, Cleo tends to the family even as her own life is shaken by personal and political upheavals. Written,...
14) Boogie nights
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tale of Dirk Diggler's rise to fame in this hilarious look at the pornography industry, the free-spirited 70s, and the indulgent 80s. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards, and winner of various other industry awards.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (900 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
In Agatha Christie's criminal games: The '70s, the French TV adaptation of her novels, collars are wide, sunglasses are huge, and flares are everywhere. Captain Annie Gréco is the Lille police department's first female captain, and chauvinism is ever present even as she runs circles around her hapless male underlings. She's partnered with the unlikely Max Beretta, who was marooned in the archives after some hothead behavior following a perceived...
Publisher
AMC Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (261 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The year is 1971 on a remote outpost of the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Tribal Police is besieged by a series of seemingly unrelated crimes. The closer he digs to the truth, the more he exposes the wounds of his past. He is joined on this journey by his new deputy, Jim Chee. Chee, too, has old scores to settle from his youth on the reservation. Together, the two men battle the forces of evil, each other, and...
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