"Forgive them, Father. They know not what they do."

EXTREMELY PROFANE QUOTATION OF EXTREMELY PROFANE MOVIE AHEAD!

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)

"A rare beauty in the North. She's the finest lady on earth. A glance from her, the whole city goes down. A second glance leaves the nation in ruins. There exists no city or nation that has been more cherished than a beauty like this."

"The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation."

This is the third 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 4 will focus on John Cassavetes’s “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie”. 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:

• “Bless the Beasts and Children” (Stanley Kramer, 1971)
• “Rocky” (John G. Avildsen, 1976)
• “42” (Brian Helgeland, 2013)
• “Gran Torino” (Clint Eastwood, 2008)
• “Jaws” (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
• “Star Wars” (George Lucas, 1977)
• “Taxi Driver” (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
• “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie” (John Cassavetes, 1976)
• “All the President’s Men” (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)
• “Family Plot” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1976)
• “Eat My Dust!” (Charles B. Griffin, 1976)
• “Grizzly (William Girdler, 1976)
• “Drive-In” (Rod Amateau, 1976)
• “Silent Movie” (Mel Brooks, 1976)
• “Blazing Saddles” (Mel Brooks, 1974)
• “History of the World, Part I” (Mel Brooks, 1981)
• “Logan’s Run” (Michael Anderson, 1976)
• “The Omen (Richard Donner, 1976)
• “The Outlaw Josey Wales” (Clint Eastwood, 1976)
• “Futureworld” (Richard T. Heffron, 1976)
• “Saturday the 14th” (Howard R. Cohen, 1981)

"My darling, my blood."

"War is always good for certain companies that are in the war. The business of war."

"When you can't escape, and you constantly rely on everyone else, you learn to cry by smiling."

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

Part 1 focused on John G. Avildsen’s “Rocky”. Part 3 will focus on Michael Ritchie’s “The Bad News Bears”. Part 4 will focus on John Cassavetes’s “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie”. 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:

• “Dirty Harry” (Don Siegel, 1971)
• “Rocky” (John G. Avildsen, 1976)
• “Magnum Force” (Ted Post, 1973)
• “Sudden Impact” (Clint Eastwood, 1983)
• “Jackass” (Jeff Tremaine, 2002)
• “The Dead Pool” (Buddy Van Horn, 1988)
• “All in the Family” (Norman Lear, 1971-1979)
• “Gran Torino” (Clint Eastwood, 2008)
• “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!” (David Zucker, 1988)
• “Sledgehammer” (Alan Spencer, 1986-1988)
• “Pulp Fiction” (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
• “In the Head of the Night” (Norman Jewison, 1967)
• “Noir Alley” (Eddie Muller, 2017-now)
• “Village of the Damned” (Wolf Rilla, 1960)
• “The Lineup” (Don Siegel, 1958)
• “Over the Top” (Menahem Golan, 1987)
• “Charly” (Ralph Nelson, 1968)
• “RoboCop” (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)
• “Serpico” (Sidney Lumet, 1973)
• “Death Wish” (Michael Winner, 1974)
• “The Outlaw Josey Wales” (Clint Eastwood, 1976)
• “Police Woman” (Robert L. Collins, 1974-1978)
• “Coming Home” (Hal Ashby, 1978)
• “Platoon” (Oliver Stone, 1986)
• “Full Metal Jacket” (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)
• “Blow Job” (Andy Warhol, 1964)
• “Rabid” (David Cronenberg, 1977)
• “Annie Hall” (Woody Allen, 1977)
• “Cross of Iron” (Sem Peckinpah, 1977)
• “Star Wars” (George Lucas, 1977)
• “Smokey and the Bandit” (Hal Needham, 1977)
• “Swamp Thing” (Wes Craven, 1982)
• “Cagney & Lacey” (Barbara Avedon and Barbara Corday, 1982-1988)