Celebrating seventies cinema. #70sFilm
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JACKSON COUNTY JAIL (1976): A woman seeking a fresh start drives into a nightmare of violence and official corruption.
Dir: Michael Miller | Writer: Donald E. Stewart | DP: Bruce Logan | Music: L. Loren Newkirk
Starring: Yvette Mimieux & Tommy Lee Jones.
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"It was funny, I was calling you from that phone booth over there and he was telling me you'd left, and I was staring at your car - isn't that funny."
Play Misty for Me (1971)
Clint Eastwood made his directorial debut with this chilling psychological thriller about a radio DJ whose casual encounter with an obsessive fan (Jessica Walter) spirals into terror. A haunting exploration of obsession, jealousy, and rejection.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: Jo Heims, Dean Riesner
Cinematography: Bruce Surtees
Music: Dee Barton
#70sFilm #ClintEastwood
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1/5🧵
JACKSON COUNTY JAIL (1976): A woman seeking a fresh start drives into a nightmare of violence and official corruption.
Dir: Michael Miller | Writer: Donald E. Stewart | DP: Bruce Logan | Music: L. Loren Newkirk
Starring: Yvette Mimieux & Tommy Lee Jones.
70sfilm.com/2026/11/02/jacks…
"It was funny, I was calling you from that phone booth over there and he was telling me you'd left, and I was staring at your car - isn't that funny."
Play Misty for Me (1971)
Clint Eastwood made his directorial debut with this chilling psychological thriller about a radio DJ whose casual encounter with an obsessive fan (Jessica Walter) spirals into terror. A haunting exploration of obsession, jealousy, and rejection.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: Jo Heims, Dean Riesner
Cinematography: Bruce Surtees
Music: Dee Barton
#70sFilm #ClintEastwood
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3/5
A modest budget, a major return: JACKSON COUNTY JAIL reportedly cost about $500,000 and had grossed roughly $3 million by May 1977. CBS also acquired its TV rights for $900,000.
For Roger Corman's New World Pictures, it was a striking commercial success.
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5/5
In 1978, OUTSIDE CHANCE reworked JACKSON COUNTY JAIL (1976) for CBS. Mimieux returned, but Tommy Lee Jones was cut; original footage mixed with new scenes changed the story.
Seen either version? Full feature:
70sfilm.com/2026/11/02/jacks…
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SERPICO (1973) - directed by Sidney Lumet.
How are Al Pacino and Cornelia Sharpe both in focus when everything around them is going all blurry?
What could create this kind of visual effect?
There should be an alert for shots like this.
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4/5
Critic Kevin Thomas argued in the Los Angeles Times that JACKSON COUNTY JAIL revealed more about the American psyche than many expensive “serious” films.
The surprise is how much compassion and social anger Michael Miller packed into a drive-in thriller.
4/5
Critic Kevin Thomas argued in the Los Angeles Times that JACKSON COUNTY JAIL revealed more about the American psyche than many expensive “serious” films.
The surprise is how much compassion and social anger Michael Miller packed into a drive-in thriller.
5/5
In 1978, OUTSIDE CHANCE reworked JACKSON COUNTY JAIL (1976) for CBS. Mimieux returned, but Tommy Lee Jones was cut; original footage mixed with new scenes changed the story.
Seen either version? Full feature:
70sfilm.com/2026/11/02/jacks…
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1/5 🎬 ALOHA, BOBBY AND ROSE (1975)
A red ’68 Camaro, a chance romance, and the dark side of the American dream. This overlooked New Hollywood film deserves another look.
Director/Writer: Floyd Mutrux
DP: William A. Fraker
Music: Jaime Mendoza-Nava
Starring: Paul Le Mat & Dianne Hull
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#BOTD #LeeHMontgomery, as Davey
#OliverReed #BetteDavis | #KarenBlack
BURNT OFFERINGS (1976). Dir. #DanCurtis
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3/5
Watch Hollywood Boulevard closely: the Pantages marquee advertises DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT and THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT.
That double bill helps date the street footage to late 1973. The film is also a visual archive of a changing city.
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4/5
Dianne Hull gives a quietly affecting performance as Rose, a young single mother dreaming of something better.
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A joyful night chatting with Mel Brooks about his most underrated film: “The Twelve Chairs.” Such a beautiful and heartfelt movie - Mel thinks it might be his best work as a director. And the Q&A was a blast - Mel is still the funniest man on Earth… working the crowd at age 100! Scott even got to do his Dom DeLuise imitation!