Saturday, January 7, 2023

top video 1976-1977

top video 1976-1977
intro only 8 of the films in 1976 were popular enough to make this list and the top five are almost all documentary talking.
1. Star Wars 1977, $323M see success list for summary, at link
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2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977, $132M see success list for summary. part2,6
3. Smokey and the Bandit 1977, $127M see success list for summary. part2,7
4. Rocky 1976, $117M see success list for this drama's summary. part2, 8
5. The Goodbye Girl 1977, $102M see success list for this drama's summary. part2, 13
6. Saturday Night Fever 1977, $94M
a 19-year-old who dwelled in Brooklyn had a difficult family life, but at the local disco he was a respected and skilled dancer.
7. To Fly 1976, $87M an aerial tour of America from a hot balloon in the 1800's to a rocket up into orbit.
8. A Star Is Born 1976, $80M
A rock star was romancing a beginner songstress.
9. The Rescuers 1977, $71M
Two mice went to rescue a girl who got kidnapped by treasure hunters.
10. All the President's Men 1976, $70.6M, details of the Nixon scandal.
11. In Search of Noah's Ark 1976, $56M, talk about the place of Noah's Ark.
12. King Kong 1976, $53M
An oil search team cruised to an island. a giant gorilla... tower size, killed some of them. they captured it and brought it to a city.
13. A Bridge Too Far 1977, $51M
in September 1944, in the Netherlands, "Allies" attacked German soldiers to capture bridges for hastening the end of the worst war.
14. The Spy Who Loved Me 1977, $47M
James Bond investigated the capture of a British submarine, that carried nuclear warheads. when a soviet sub got captured a soviet agent joined him to steal the device and follow the dangerous path to the villain. how will he stop the plot to start a nuclear war?
15. The Enforcer 1976, $46M
in San Francisco, a cop "fought dirty" to end a hostage situation. when explosives got stolen and were exploding, he tried to find who did it and stop the violent villains. they were experienced soldiers who were using their skills "for greed." his partner, a lady without "field experience" helped him.
16. The Bad News Bears 1976, $42M
in California, a team of young baseball players competed in little league. their coach was a drunkard. how will the team train and have fun?
17. Oh, God 1977, $41.7M
a grocer guy got invited by God and realized that he found god. he heard the message to give hope to the modern world: that "god does care and you could make it work by teamwork". Later he saw God in the form of an old man. g.g. gets threatened to lose his job and faced criticism from orgnized religions. how will he spread god's messages?
18. Pete's Dragon 1977, $40M
An orphan boy rode a dragon, while it was invisible, to flee cruel people who had purchased him as their white slave. a lady saw a bruise from his evil master so she adopted him. a doc heard about the dragon and organized a trap group. the slave-owners found pete and used him as bait to catch the dragon. how will they escape? 
next: romance 39<40m.

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