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Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979) on 27 november 1979
Directed by Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Christmas films
Actors Mel Blanc, June Foray
Rating68%
Un téléfilm spécial qui compile quelques épisodes de Looney Tunes autour d'un épisode de Christmas Carol, avec le rôle de Scrooge joué par Yosemite Sam.
Penitentiary (1979) on 1 december 1979
, 1h33Directed by Jamaa Fanaka
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Badja Djola, Chuck Mitchell
Rating56%
Martel Gordone had been wandering aimlessly through the desert when he is finally picked up by an African-American woman driving a van dubbed the "Shaggin’ Wagon". The woman, Linda, who picks him up is actually a prostitute on her way to some clients. On the way to the diner where the two parties are to meet Linda and Gordone (nicknamed "Too Sweet" because of his uncontrollable addiction to Mr. Goodbar) spark an interest in each other, but Linda decides to wait until after she has finished with her clients, “You know, honey, it’s got to be business before pleasure, and I’m sure you’re a real pleasure.” They reach the diner and Linda meets with her clients, but when Gordone doesn’t like how she is being treated, he decides to confront the two for their unruly behavior. The confrontation does not bode well for Gordone, for after a little tussling he is knocked out and falls to the ground. He wakes up to find that he has been charged for the murder of one of the bikers whom he had confronted earlier.
The War at Home (1979) on 1 december 1979
, 1h40Directed by Barry Alexander Brown
Origin USA
Genres War, Documentary
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films
Rating75%
Gas Pump Girls (1979) on 1 december 1979
, 1h26Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Huntz Hall, Ken Lerner, Steve Bond, Mike Mazurki, Joe E. Ross
Rating48%
The film's plot follows the adventures of June (Kirsten Baker) and her friends who after their senior year of high school, agree to help June's uncle (Huntz Hall)'s failing gas and service station.
The Glove (1979) on 1 december 1979
, 1h30Directed by Ross Hagen
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors John Saxon, Joanna Cassidy, Joan Blondell, Jack Carter, Aldo Ray, Keenan Wynn
Rating52%
Sam Kellog (John Saxon) is an ex-cop who works as a modern day bounty hunter in Los Angeles. He works for bailbondsman Bill Schwartz (Keenan Wynn) and is assigned to bring in ex-convicts and criminals who have skipped bail. Kellog is frustrated over the low amount of money he receives from his jobs. Recently divorced, Kellog's ex-wife is threatening to end weekend visitation rights to their young daughter over missing several alimony payments. One day, Kellog is offered a large, off-the-book $20,000 bounty by his former police commander, Lt. Kruger (Howard Honig) to bring in an ex-covict named Victor Hale (Roosevelt Grier) who is suspected in the murders of various former prison guards in the L.A. area. Hale was brutalized in prison by the guards who used a five-pound, leather-covered, steel glove called the 'riot glove' and has been using a copy of it to murder the prison guards who used to beat him with it. Kellog takes the job, aware that the 20 grand reward will solve all of his financial problems.
French Fried Vacation 2: The Bronzés go Skiing (1979) on 29 november 1979
, 1h23Directed by Patrice Leconte, Stéphane Clavier
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Le thème des vacances, Sports d'hiver, Ski
Actors Michel Blanc, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot, Josiane Balasko, Thierry Lhermitte
Rating73%
Friends of the first part can be found in the ski resort of Val d'Isere where Jerome, Gigi and Popeye work. Jerome and Gigi are now married : Gigi holds a pancake while Jerome exercised in his medical practice. Nathalie and Bernard, reconciled and fairly "new rich" are owners of a time share. Jean-Claude, always in search of a soul mate and still no seduction, desperately trying to dredge anything that moves. Christiane landed with a married man and much older than her, Marius. Popeye is now much less sure of himself: humiliated by his wife cheating on him with his cousin, he claims his friends that he is the manager of a ski shop when it was held by the same couple. During an exit off piste skiing, the group loses before being rescued by mountain peasants, which will make them taste artisan food and drink: first of pussy - a strong cheese soaked in fat , rinds, and wood alcohol for two or three seasons - and the shallot liquor found in garlic juice "because shallot alone, it s'rait too bland" in a parody of the famous scene Tontons gunslingers.