Best Film of 1977 (ongoing survey)

[JonTurner]

A quick note:

Some people are now saying it's before their time, so they haven't seen enough to vote... If you've seen even one film that you really liked from the year, and thus you consider it the best you've seen (even if it's the only one you've seen), go ahead and vote. Heck, I was born in '82, so yeah, it's before my time too, but I've still got a favorite from most years back at least through the 70s, even if I've just seen 2 or 3 from the year.


I know we've got polls like this all the time around here, but I figure this one will be a little more comprehensive and perhaps even informative.

This thread will be for your pick for best film released during 1977 (think Oscar considerations for what's eligible). I'm not making it a poll because whether you like it or not, that would influence some people's choice.

Results will be posted in this thread, and all subsequent threads for each year, and they will be ongoing... so you can still vote here even weeks after other year's polls have begun.

Please start your post with your #1 film from 1977 (try to limit it to one - after all, that's the point - two at the most (I'll split the vote)), and yes, discussions are more than welcome!

Current Leader -- Star Wars

All Years:
2000 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=169768) -- Requiem For a Dream*
1999 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=170274) -- Fight Club*
1998 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=171440) -- (currently) Saving Private Ryan
1997 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=172054) -- (currently) Boogie Nights
1996 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=173057) -- Fargo*
1995 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=174141) -- (currently) Braveheart
1994 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=175192) -- Pulp Fiction*
1993 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=176491) -- Schindler's List*
1992 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=177944) -- Unforgiven*
1991 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=179517) -- Silence of the Lambs*
1990 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=182060) -- Goodfellas*
1989 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=183974) -- Do the Right Thing*
1988 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=186578) -- Die Hard*
1987 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=189840) -- Full Metal Jacket*
1986 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=193610) -- (currently) Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1985 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=195894) -- Back to the Future*
1984 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=197576) -- (currently) Ghostbusters
1983 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=199215) -- Return of the Jedi*
1982 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201052) -- (currently) Blade Runner
1981 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202653) -- Raiders of the Lost Ark*
1980 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=204201) -- (currently) Empire Strikes Back
1979 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=206190) -- Apocalypse Now*
1978 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=208024) -- (currently) The Deer Hunter
1977 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210111) -- Star Wars*
1976 (http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=211221)

If you haven't voted on the previous years, feel free to go back and do so.

*Poll closed, winner declared.

[JonTurner]

Not that we don't already know the winner, BUT my votes goes to...

1) Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 9/10
2) That Obscure Object of Desire

The only other '77 film I've seen is something about warring stars or something like that...

Ebert:
1) 3 Women
2) Providence
3) The Late Show
4) A Woman's Decision
5) Jail Bait
6) Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7) Aguirre: Wrath of God
8) Annie Hall
9) Sorcerer
10) Star Wars

Siskel:
1) Annie Hall
2) The Late Show
3) In the Realm of the Senses
4) Close Encounters of the Third Kind
5) Saturday Night Fever
6) Harlan County, U.S.A.
7) Star Wars
8) Oh, God!
9) Pumping Iron
10) Rolling Thunder

[cacodaddy]

1) Star Wars

Obviously.

[cortan]

Originally posted by cacodaddy
1) Star Wars

Obviously.

aw......he stole my answer!

[Chuckopolis]

Eraserhead

Eat THAT, Star Wars fans! :p

[Copenhagen]

Originally posted by Chuckopolis
Eraserhead

:thumbsup: one more for Eraserhead

[MrN]

I'm gonna have to go with That Obscure Object of Desire.

[Dimension X]

I suppose Star Wars is a foregone conclusion.

It's a pity that other deserving films from that year won't be recognized. Films like Kingdom of the Spiders starring William Shatner, The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington with Adam West, and David Cronenberg's Rabid starring Marilyn Chambers. Great performances will go unnoticed. Like Evel Knievel portraying Evel Knievel in Viva Knievel!, or Muhammad Ali as Muhammad Ali in The Greatest. It's really sad to think that movies like The Car and Orca are long forgotten while some movie that had to play in theaters for over a year in order to gain a following gets all the glory.

So, just to buck the trend, I'm voting for Spielberg's Close Encounters, followed by Mel Brook's High Anxiety, and Hal Needham's Smokey and the Bandit.

[Damfino]

Star Wars

For better or worse, the impact of this movie is still felt 25 years later.

[Andalusia]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

-edit-

Thanks monkey, how could I forget Annie Hall? I'd say a tie between these two.

[monkey]

EASY choice.

Annie Hall

[wildcatlh]

Originally posted by Damfino
Star Wars

For better or worse, the impact of this movie is still felt 25 years later.

What he said.

[Robert]

<b>Star Wars</b>

[Skywa|ker]

Although I think Close Encounters was a more intelligent film, I'd have to go with Star Wars. Such a huge impact...

[Geofferson]

A no brainer -- Close Encounters of the Third Kind

[randy1320]

Very easy:

STAR WARS!

[Gdrlv]

Star Wars

[D-Ball]

Star Wars

[UWSarge]

Star Wars

[lordzeppelin]

Even though there are technically better films, Star Wars has it. It's impact is a cultural phenomenon.

[Suprmallet]

Another vote for That Obscure Object of Desire, even though I love Eraserhead and Annie Hall just as much.

Star Wars may have the "cultural impact" but it's not as good as those films by Bunuel, Lynch, and Allen. And frankly, Annie Hall has had its own cultural impact.

[TK-421]

Star Wars.. no question about it..

[garmonbozia]

Eraserhead

IMO, there is no other answer.

[ToddSm66]

Star Wars

[Borst]

Star Wars: A New Hope

[kian69]

Eraserhead

[evenflow]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

[Sierra Disc]

I go for "Annie Hall."

"Star Wars" would be my runner-up.

[DVD Smurf]

DVD Smurf says:

[list=1]
Annie Hall
That Obscure Object of Desire
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Julia
Star Wars
[/list=1]

And that is final!!! :D

[mikehunt]

star wars, although Close encounters is a close 2nd

[RobCA]

Annie Hall

[swamptours]

Another vote for Star Wars.

[conscience]

<b>Saturday Night Fever</b>, baby.

[movielib]

IMO, this was truly a year without a single great film (which is kind of funny, given that the decade of the 70s was such a great film decade overall). I just can't bring myself to pick the "best" from the group of merely good ones.

[funstan]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

[dave955]

That Obscure Object of Desire

[Three Day Delay]

Star Wars. No-brainer.

[Kashmir]

Saturday Night Fever

[Sunday Morning]

1977

#1. saturday night fever

02. annie hall
03. opening night
04. rolling thunder
05. close encounters of the third kind
06. the american friend
07. short eyes
08. the goodbye girl
09. looking for mr.goodbar
10. eraserhead

11. that obscure object of desire
12. suspiria
13. julia
14. soldier of orange
15. the devil probably
16. desperate living
17. the serpant’s egg
18. cross of iron
19. the late show
20. kentucky fried movie

of note:
another man, another chance
bad (andy warhol)
the car
demon seed
the duellists
the exorcist II
freaky friday
the gauntlet
god told me to
high anxiety
jubilee
new york, new york
1900
one sings the other doesn’t
pumping iron
the serpent’s egg
smokey and the bandit
star wars
the turning point
welcome to l.a.

[JonTurner]

^ 'Bout time!

Siskel & Eberts lists posted too.

[Three Day Delay]

How in God's name is Saturday Night Fever better than Star Wars?

I can understand folks that vote for Annie Hall, great film, the polar opposite of Star Wars. SNF is a good movie, but how in the world does it come close to Star Wars?

[MrN]

Originally posted by Three Day Delay
How in God's name is Saturday Night Fever better than Star Wars?

I can understand folks that vote for Annie Hall, great film, the polar opposite of Star Wars. SNF is a good movie, but how in the world does it come close to Star Wars?


And then there are those of us who vote for That Obscure Object of Desire and say "how in the world does Star Wars come even close to it?"

The moral: "To each his own"

[JonTurner]

Originally posted by MrN



And then there are those of us who vote for That Obscure Object of Desire and say "how in the world does Star Wars come even close to it?"

The moral: "To each his own"

:up: Not to turn this into a Star Wars thread (though we know that's how it'll end up anyway), I last saw SW when I was about 10, and didn't think much of it then, and I have basically no desire to see it again (or the new ones, neither of which I've seen). I saw Empire on the big screen a few years ago, and frankly it bored me.

I'll get around to seeing them all on DVD eventually, but I'm in no hurry to, and by no means would I call any of them great films.

So there, to each his own. :D

[Chad]

Originally posted by mikehunt
star wars, although Close encounters is a close 2nd

:thumbsup:

[Bcolon]

Star Wars

[MadameTourvel]

I'm a total STAR WARS geek, but I have to vote for CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND.

It's a better movie.

[raithen]

Star Wars

'77 was truly a great year for movies.

-matt

[funkymonk]

Star Wars was a very ENTERTAINING and it does have a huge cultural impact but still ANNIE HALL is my fav for 77

[Bugg]

Star Wars

[Vampyr]

A Bridge Too Far (1977)

[J_Morrison]

CEOT3K

[LBPound]

1) Star Wars


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2) The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
3) Close Encounters of the Third Kind

[KitchenSink]

Star Wars

[wm lopez]

1) SATURDAY NITE FEVER
2) CLOSE ENOUNTERS
3) STARWARS
4) SMOKEY & BANDIT
5) OH, GOD!
6) SLAPSHOT
7) THE GAUNTLET

[cineman]

Star Wars

[JonTurner]

Oh my God!! In a shock to no one, Star Wars has won!

1) Star Wars (24 votes)
2) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (7.5)
3) Annie Hall (5.5)
4) Eraserhead / Saturday Night Fever (4 each)
6) That Obscure Object of Desire (3)

... with A Bridge Too Far getting the sole other vote.

This one will obviously be closed as soon as I can find a mod... on to '76!