Best Film of 1971 (ongoing survey)

JonTurner · 07-05-02, 03:12 PM

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 1971 (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 1971 (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 -- A Clockwork Orange

All Years:
2000 -- Requiem For a Dream*
1999 -- Fight Club*
1998 -- (currently) Rushmore
1997 -- (currently) Boogie Nights
1996 -- Fargo*
1995 -- (currently) Braveheart
1994 -- Pulp Fiction*
1993 -- Schindler's List*
1992 -- Unforgiven*
1991 -- Silence of the Lambs*
1990 -- Goodfellas*
1989 -- Do the Right Thing*
1988 -- Die Hard*
1987 -- Full Metal Jacket*
1986 -- (currently) Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1985 -- Back to the Future*
1984 -- Ghostbusters*
1983 -- Return of the Jedi*
1982 -- (currently) Blade Runner
1981 -- Raiders of the Lost Ark*
1980 -- (currently) Empire Strikes Back
1979 -- Apocalypse Now*
1978 -- (currently) The Deer Hunter
1977 -- Star Wars*
1976 -- Taxi Driver*
1975 -- Jaws*
1974 -- The Godfather: Part II*
1973 -- (currently) The Exorcist
1972 -- The Godfather*
1971 -- A Clockwork Orange*
1970

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

*Poll closed, winner declared.

JonTurner · 07-05-02, 03:13 PM

One of Kubrick's three masterpieces (2001 / Dr. Stangelove being the others IMHO), my vote of course goes to:

1) A Clockwork Orange - 10/10
2) The French Connection - 10/10
3) Carnal Knowledge - 8/10
4) Walkabout - 7/10

Note... that's all I've seen from '71

Siskel:
1) Claire's Knee
2) A New Leaf
3) McCabe and Mrs. Miller
4) Little Big Man
5) The Last Picture Show
6) Sunday, Bloody Sunday
7) Bed and Board
8) Dirty Harry
9) Husbands
10) Taking Off

Ebert:
1) The Last Picture Show
2) McCabe and Mrs. Miller
3) Claire's Knee
4) The French Connection
5) Sunday, Bloody Sunday
6) Taking Off
7) Carnal Knowledge
8) Tristana
9) Goin' Down the Road
10) Bed and Board

LBPound · 07-05-02, 04:12 PM

I finally saw The French Connection a few weeks ago and I liked it a lot, but my vote goes to the one perfect film from 1971:

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

popesworld · 07-05-02, 04:19 PM

2 words..........'The Hospital'. George C Scott, Diana Rigg and an Oscar-winning script, Superb!

For the record, I was born in '73, so it's before my time as well.

Dimension X · 07-05-02, 05:03 PM

Top Ten:
1)A Clockwork Orange
2)Dirty Harry
3)The Abominable Dr. Phibes
4)The Andromeda Strain
5)Play Misty for Me
6)The French Connection
7)Straw Dogs
8)Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
9)Escape from the Planet of the Apes
10)Silent Running

Bottom five:
5)Fools' Parade
4)The Mephisto Waltz
3)The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant
2)THX 1138
1)Dracula Vs. Frankenstein

Gratuitous list of movies from the same year:
And Now for Something Completely Different
The Barefoot Executive
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
The Beguiled
Big Jake
Billy Jack
Blood and Lace
Cold Turkey
Diamonds Are Forever
Evel Knievel
Harold and Maude
How to Frame a Figg
Night of Dark Shadows
The Omega Man
The Return of Count Yorga
Schlock
Shaft
Skin Game
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Willard

Wasn't Little Big Man (on Siskel's list) released in 1970? If not I'll have to edit my top ten list.

Copenhagen · 07-05-02, 05:04 PM

A Clockwork Orange

evenflow · 07-05-02, 05:34 PM

Tie between A Clockwork Orange and The French Connection.

conscience · 07-05-02, 07:21 PM

PLease split my vote between

A Clockwork Orange and The Last Picture Show.

Both incredibly good films.

B.A. · 07-05-02, 07:24 PM

Diamonds are Forever

DVD Smurf · 07-05-02, 07:45 PM

1. La Classe Operaia Va in Paradiso -- I wish for this on DVD? Criterion, please!
2. Clockwork Orange

jim_mailman1962 · 07-05-02, 11:43 PM

WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY!

raithen · 07-06-02, 01:18 AM

Without a doubt, A Clockwork Orange.

Spoiler:

-matt

kantboy · 07-06-02, 03:03 AM

As much as I love A Clockwork Orange there's a better film ahead of it:

AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD

Kinski was the man...the mad man!

brizz · 07-06-02, 11:16 AM

Please split my vote between McCabe and Mrs. Miller and Clockwork Orange.

This is a tough damn year!!!

Geofferson · 07-06-02, 11:19 AM

A Clockwork Orange

Vampyr · 07-06-02, 12:28 PM

My choice ~ The French Connection

Honorable mention to the following:
They Might Be Giants
Dirty Harry
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
The Omega Man
The Andromeda Strain
Macbeth
A Clockwork Orange

BTW: Dimension X is right ~ Dracula Vs. Frankenstein is a reeeeeeally bad movie.........And..........It's out on DVD

Sunday Morning · 07-06-02, 01:25 PM

1971

#1. the french connection

02. harold & maude
03. pretty maids all in a row
04. a clockwork orange
05. carnal knowledge
06. duel
07. the last picture show
08. death in venice
09. klute
10. summer of ‘42
11. the conformist
12. mccabe and mrs. miller
13. macbeth
14. the garden of the finzi-continis
15. shaft
16. the panic in needle park
17. minnie & moskowitz
18. two english girls
19. straw dogs
20. play misty for me

of note:
$
200 motels
and now for something completely different
the anderson tapes
bananas
the big doll house
billy jack
the devils
dirty harry
dodes ka-den
drive, he said
four flies on grey velvet
get carter
glen and randa
the grissom gang
johnny got his gun
little murders
murmur of the heart
the music lovers
on any Sunday
schlock
sunday bloody sunday
two-lane blacktop
vanishing point
willy wonka & the chocolate factory

swamptours · 07-06-02, 01:48 PM

A Clockwork Orange

joeydaninja · 07-06-02, 02:06 PM

i'm absolutely amazed that you guys know exactly when a movie was released. i guess over here, movies are released a little later than in America. But even if they were released on time, i don't think i would be able to remember what year they were released.

my hats off to you fellers.

Disneykid · 07-06-02, 09:18 PM

Willy Wonka!!!!!!!!

bluntman86 · 07-06-02, 09:27 PM

Clockwork

movielib · 07-06-02, 10:41 PM

Another tough year. It's between The Last Picture Show, A Clockwork Orange and McCabe and Mrs. Miller.

The Last Picture Show by a very tiny margin.

D-Ball · 07-06-02, 11:10 PM

The French Connection

drc · 07-07-02, 02:22 AM

A Clockwork Orange

Phyre · 07-07-02, 02:38 AM

07-05-02, 03:13 PM	#2
JonTurner DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2,709	One of Kubrick's three masterpieces (2001 / Dr. Stangelove being the others IMHO), my vote of course goes to: 1) A Clockwork Orange - 10/10 2) The French Connection - 10/10 3) Carnal Knowledge - 8/10 4) Walkabout - 7/10 Note... that's all I've seen from '71 Siskel: 1) Claire's Knee 2) A New Leaf 3) McCabe and Mrs. Miller 4) Little Big Man 5) The Last Picture Show 6) Sunday, Bloody Sunday 7) Bed and Board 8) Dirty Harry 9) Husbands 10) Taking Off Ebert: 1) The Last Picture Show 2) McCabe and Mrs. Miller 3) Claire's Knee 4) The French Connection 5) Sunday, Bloody Sunday 6) Taking Off 7) Carnal Knowledge 8) Tristana 9) Goin' Down the Road 10) Bed and Board Last edited by JonTurner; 07-05-02 at 03:21 PM.

07-05-02, 04:12 PM	#3
LBPound DVD Talk Legend Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 16,666	I finally saw The French Connection a few weeks ago and I liked it a lot, but my vote goes to the one perfect film from 1971: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory __________________ ultimatedisney.com

07-05-02, 04:19 PM	#4
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07-05-02, 03:12 PM	#1
JonTurner DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2,709	Best Film of 1971 (ongoing survey) 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 1971 (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 1971 (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 -- A Clockwork Orange All Years: 2000 -- Requiem For a Dream* 1999 -- Fight Club* 1998 -- (currently) Rushmore 1997 -- (currently) Boogie Nights 1996 -- Fargo* 1995 -- (currently) Braveheart 1994 -- Pulp Fiction* 1993 -- Schindler's List* 1992 -- Unforgiven* 1991 -- Silence of the Lambs* 1990 -- Goodfellas* 1989 -- Do the Right Thing* 1988 -- Die Hard* 1987 -- Full Metal Jacket* 1986 -- (currently) Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1985 -- Back to the Future* 1984 -- Ghostbusters* 1983 -- Return of the Jedi* 1982 -- (currently) Blade Runner 1981 -- Raiders of the Lost Ark* 1980 -- (currently) Empire Strikes Back 1979 -- Apocalypse Now* 1978 -- (currently) The Deer Hunter 1977 -- Star Wars* 1976 -- Taxi Driver* 1975 -- Jaws* 1974 -- The Godfather: Part II* 1973 -- (currently) The Exorcist 1972 -- The Godfather* 1971 -- A Clockwork Orange* 1970 If you haven't voted on the previous years, feel free to go back and do so. Poll closed, winner declared. Last edited by JonTurner; 07-18-02 at 12:48 AM.*

07-05-02, 05:03 PM	#5
Dimension X DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: May 2002 Location: The unknown world of the future Posts: 2,811	Top Ten: 1)A Clockwork Orange 2)Dirty Harry 3)The Abominable Dr. Phibes 4)The Andromeda Strain 5)Play Misty for Me 6)The French Connection 7)Straw Dogs 8)Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 9)Escape from the Planet of the Apes 10)Silent Running Bottom five: 5)Fools' Parade 4)The Mephisto Waltz 3)The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant 2)THX 1138 1)Dracula Vs. Frankenstein Gratuitous list of movies from the same year: And Now for Something Completely Different The Barefoot Executive Bedknobs and Broomsticks The Beguiled Big Jake Billy Jack Blood and Lace Cold Turkey Diamonds Are Forever Evel Knievel Harold and Maude How to Frame a Figg Night of Dark Shadows The Omega Man The Return of Count Yorga Schlock Shaft Skin Game Support Your Local Gunfighter Willard Wasn't Little Big Man (on Siskel's list) released in 1970? If not I'll have to edit my top ten list.

07-05-02, 05:34 PM	#7
evenflow Banned Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Southern California Posts: 4,049	Tie between A Clockwork Orange and The French Connection.

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Sunday Morning DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: A little bit here and a little bit there. Posts: 2,644	1971 #1. the french connection 02. harold & maude 03. pretty maids all in a row 04. a clockwork orange 05. carnal knowledge 06. duel 07. the last picture show 08. death in venice 09. klute 10. summer of ‘42 11. the conformist 12. mccabe and mrs. miller 13. macbeth 14. the garden of the finzi-continis 15. shaft 16. the panic in needle park 17. minnie & moskowitz 18. two english girls 19. straw dogs 20. play misty for me of note: $ 200 motels and now for something completely different the anderson tapes bananas the big doll house billy jack the devils dirty harry dodes ka-den drive, he said four flies on grey velvet get carter glen and randa the grissom gang johnny got his gun little murders murmur of the heart the music lovers on any Sunday schlock sunday bloody sunday two-lane blacktop vanishing point willy wonka & the chocolate factory

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