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The History of British Cinema: 1979 |
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– J. Lee Thompson's The Passage, about a Basque shepherd who guides a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees during WWII while being pursued by Nazis, is released. Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Patricia Neal and Kay Lenz star. [ADD] |
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– The women’s collective distribution company Cinema of Women (COW) is established. [ADD] |
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– Sally Potter makes Thriller, a feminist revision of Puccini’s opera La Boheme. [ADD] |
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Other Key British Films of 1979 |
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The Bitch (Gerry O’Hara) [ADD] |
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Bloody Kids (Stephen Frears) [ADD] |
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The Europeans (James Ivory) [ADD] |
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Life of Brian (Terry Jones) [ADD] |
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Quadrophenia (Franc Roddam) [ADD] |
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The Tempest (Derek Jarman) [ADD] |
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