This is the fourth part of a six-part series about American movies from 1976. 

Part 1 focused on John G. Avildsen’s “Rocky”. Part 2 focused on James Fargo’s “The Enforcer”. Part 3 focused on Michael Ritchie’s “The Bad News Bears”. Part 5 will focus on Brian De Palma’s “Obsession”. Part 6 will focus on John Guillermin’s “King Kong”.

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Referenced media:

• “Rosemary’s Baby” (Roman Polanski, 1968)
• “The Dirty Dozen” (Robert Aldrich, 1967)
• “Mean Streets” (Martin Scorsese, 1973)
• “The Godfather” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
• “Ambulance” (Michael Bay, 2022)
• “Con Air” (Simon West, 1997)
• “Road House” (Rowdy Herrington, 1989)
• “Taxi Driver” (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
• “Grey Gardens” (David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer, 1975)
• “The Room” (Tommy Wiseau, 2003)
• “Big Shark” (Tommy Wiseau, TBD)