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A list of American films released in 1978.
The Deer Hunter won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1978.
Superman was the highest-grossing film of 1978.
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Title
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Director
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Cast
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Genre/Note
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Almost Summer |
Martin Davidson |
Bruno Kirby, Lee Purcell, Didi Conn |
Comedy |
Universal
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American Hot Wax |
Floyd Mutrux |
Tim McIntire, Fran Drescher, Jay Leno, Laraine Newman, Chuck Berry |
Comedy, Musical |
Paramount
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The Astral Factor |
John Florea, Gene Fowler Jr. |
Robert Foxworth, Stefanie Powers, Sue Lyon, Elke Sommer |
Thriller |
Independent
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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes |
John De Bello |
David Miller, George Wilson, Costa Dillon, Eric Christmas |
Comedy |
Independent
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Avalanche |
Corey Allen |
Rock Hudson, Mia Farrow, Robert Forster |
Disaster |
New World
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The Bad News Bears Go to Japan |
John Berry |
Tony Curtis, Jackie Earle Haley, Regis Philbin |
Comedy |
Paramount. 2nd sequel
|
The Betsy |
Daniel Petrie |
Laurence Olivier, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Lesley-Anne Down, Kathleen Beller, Joseph Wiseman, Jane Alexander |
Drama |
Allied Artists. From a novel by Harold Robbins
|
The Big Fix |
Jeremy Kagan |
Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow, F. Murray Abraham |
Mystery |
Universal
|
Big Wednesday |
John Milius |
Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Bloodbrothers |
Robert Mulligan |
Paul Sorvino, Tony Lo Bianco, Richard Gere |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Blue Collar |
Paul Schrader |
Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto |
Drama, Crime |
Universal
|
Born Again |
Irving Rapper |
Dean Jones, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews |
Drama |
Embassy
|
The Boys from Brazil |
Franklin J. Schaffner |
Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Steve Guttenberg, Uta Hagen, Denholm Elliott, John Dehner, Anne Meara |
Thriller |
20th Century Fox. From a novel by Ira Levin
|
The Boys in Company C |
Sidney J. Furie |
Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, R. Lee Ermey, James Whitmore Jr. |
Drama, War |
Columbia
|
The Brink's Job |
William Friedkin |
Peter Falk, Peter Boyle, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands, Paul Sorvino |
Comedy, Crime |
Universal
|
The Buddy Holly Story |
Steve Rash |
Gary Busey, Charles Martin Smith, Don Stroud, Conrad Janis |
Biography, Musical |
Columbia. 3 Oscar nominations
|
C-G
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
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California Suite |
Herbert Ross |
Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Walter Matthau |
Comedy |
Columbia. Written by Neil Simon; Oscar for Smith
|
Capricorn One |
Peter Hyams |
Elliott Gould, Sam Waterston, James Brolin, O. J. Simpson, Brenda Vaccaro, Hal Holbrook |
Suspense |
Warner Bros.
|
Caravans |
James Fargo |
Anthony Quinn, Michael Sarrazin, Behrouz Vossoughi |
Adventure |
Universal; based on novel by James Michener
|
Casey's Shadow |
Martin Ritt |
Walter Matthau, Alexis Smith, Murray Hamilton |
Drama |
Columbia
|
The Cat from Outer Space |
Norman Tokar |
Sandy Duncan, Roddy McDowall, Ken Berry |
Sci-fi |
Disney
|
The Cheap Detective |
Robert Moore |
Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Sid Caesar, Dom DeLuise, Stockard Channing, Louise Fletcher, Marsha Mason |
Comedy |
Columbia. Written by Neil Simon
|
Coma |
Michael Crichton |
Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Richard Widmark, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn |
Thriller |
MGM; based on Robin Cook novel
|
Comes a Horseman |
Alan J. Pakula |
James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, George Grizzard, Richard Farnsworth |
Western |
United Artists
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Coming Home |
Hal Ashby |
Jon Voight, Jane Fonda, Bruce Dern |
Drama |
United Artists. Oscars for Voight, Fonda, screenplay
|
Convoy |
Sam Peckinpah |
Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young, Madge Sinclair |
Action |
United Artists; based on C. W. McCall song
|
Corvette Summer |
Matthew Robbins |
Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, Danny Bonaduce |
Action |
MGM
|
Damien: Omen II |
Don Taylor |
William Holden, Lee Grant, Lew Ayres |
Horror |
20th Century Fox. Sequel to The Omen
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Dawn of the Dead |
George A. Romero |
David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross |
Horror |
Independent. Night of the Living Dead sequel
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Days of Heaven |
Terrence Malick |
Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Linda Manz |
Drama |
Paramount. Oscar for cinematography; 4 nominations
|
Death Dimension |
Al Adamson |
Jim Kelly, Harold Sakata, George Lazenby |
Action |
Independent
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Deathsport |
Allan Arkush |
Claudia Jennings, David Carradine, Richard Lynch |
Action |
New World
|
The Deer Hunter |
Michael Cimino |
Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale |
Drama, War |
Universal; 5 Oscars including Best Picture
|
A Different Story |
Paul Aaron |
Meg Foster, Perry King, Valerie Curtin |
Drama |
Embassy
|
The Driver |
Walter Hill |
Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani |
Crime drama |
20th Century Fox
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The End |
Burt Reynolds |
Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Sally Field |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
An Enemy of the People |
George Schaefer |
Steve McQueen, Charles Durning, Bibi Andersson |
Drama |
Warner Bros. Based on Henrik Ibsen play
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Every Which Way but Loose |
James Fargo |
Clint Eastwood, Ruth Gordon, Beverly D'Angelo, Geoffrey Lewis, Sondra Locke |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
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The Evil |
Gus Trikonis |
Richard Crenna, Joanna Pettet, Andrew Prine |
Horror |
New World
|
Eyes of Laura Mars |
Irvin Kershner |
Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif |
Thriller |
20th Century Fox
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F.I.S.T. |
Norman Jewison |
Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Melinda Dillon, Brian Dennehy, Kevin Conway, Peter Boyle |
Drama |
United Artists
|
FM |
John A. Alonzo |
Alex Karras, Cleavon Little, Martin Mull, Michael Brandon, Eileen Brennan |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Fedora |
Billy Wilder |
William Holden, Marthe Keller, Hildegard Knef, Jose Ferrer, Frances Sternhagen, Stephen Collins |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Fingers |
James Toback |
Harvey Keitel, Michael V. Gazzo, Tanya Roberts |
Drama |
Independent
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Foul Play |
Colin Higgins |
Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Dudley Moore, Eugene Roche, Burgess Meredith |
Comedy |
Paramount; 6 Golden Globe nominations
|
The Fury |
Brian De Palma |
Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving, John Cassavetes, Andrew Stevens, Charles Durning, Carrie Snodgress |
Horror |
20th Century Fox; based on John Farris novel
|
Girlfriends |
Claudia Weill |
Melanie Mayron, Eli Wallach, Bob Balaban, Viveca Lindfors, Christopher Guest |
Comedy, drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Go Tell the Spartans |
Ted Post |
Burt Lancaster, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Goldsmith |
War, Drama |
Embassy; based on Daniel Ford novel
|
Goin' South |
Jack Nicholson |
Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, John Belushi, Veronica Cartwright, Christopher Lloyd |
Comedy, Western |
Paramount; 1st film of Steenburgen, Belushi
|
Good Guys Wear Black |
Ted Post |
Chuck Norris, Dana Andrews, Anne Archer |
Action |
Independent
|
Gray Lady Down |
David Greene |
Charlton Heston, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Stacy Keach, Rosemary Forsyth |
Adventure |
Universal
|
Grease |
Randal Kleiser |
John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, Frankie Avalon, Edd Byrnes, Didi Conn |
Musical comedy |
Paramount; based on stage musical; 4 Golden Globe nominations
|
The Great Bank Hoax |
Joseph Jacoby |
Richard Basehart, Ned Beatty, Charlene Dallas |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
The Greek Tycoon |
J. Lee Thompson |
Anthony Quinn, Jacqueline Bisset, Raf Vallone |
Drama |
Universal
|
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Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
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Halloween |
John Carpenter |
Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards |
Horror |
Independent. Inspired Halloween film franchise
|
Harper Valley PTA |
Richard C. Bennett |
Barbara Eden, Nanette Fabray, Ronny Cox |
Comedy |
Independent. Based on a song by Jeannie C. Riley
|
Heaven Can Wait |
Warren Beatty, Buck Henry |
Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Jack Warden, Dyan Cannon, Charles Grodin, James Mason, Buck Henry, Vincent Gardenia, R.G. Armstrong |
Comedy, Fantasy |
Paramount. Here Comes Mr. Jordan remake; 9 Oscar nominations
|
Hi-Riders |
Greydon Clark |
Mel Ferrer, Stephen McNally, Ralph Meeker |
Action |
Dimension Pictures
|
High-Ballin' |
Peter Carter |
Peter Fonda, Jerry Reed, Helen Shaver |
Action |
AIP
|
Hooper |
Hal Needham |
Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent, Brian Keith, Robert Klein, James Best, Adam West |
Action, comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
Hot Lead and Cold Feet |
Robert Butler |
Don Knotts, Jim Dale, Darren McGavin, Karen Valentine |
Western, Comedy |
Disney
|
House Calls |
Howard Zieff |
Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Art Carney, Richard Benjamin, Candice Azzara |
Comedy |
Universal; became a 1979 TV series
|
I Spit on Your Grave |
Meir Zarchi |
Camille Keaton |
Thriller |
Independent
|
I Wanna Hold Your Hand |
Robert Zemeckis |
Nancy Allen, Bobby DiCicco, Marc McClure |
Comedy |
Universal. Based on a song by The Beatles
|
Ice Castles |
Donald Wrye |
Lynn-Holly Johnson, Robby Benson, Colleen Dewhurst |
Drama |
Columbia; Remake of 2010 film
|
If Ever I See You Again |
Joseph Brooks |
Joseph Brooks, Shelley Hack, Jimmy Breslin |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Interiors |
Woody Allen |
Geraldine Page, Diane Keaton, Maureen Stapleton, Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Jordan, E. G. Marshall |
Drama |
United Artists; 5 Oscar nominations
|
International Velvet |
Bryan Forbes |
Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer, Nanette Newman, Anthony Hopkins |
Drama, Family |
MGM. National Velvet sequel
|
Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
Philip Kaufman |
Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy |
Science fiction |
United Artists. From Jack Finney book; remake of 1956 film
|
Jaws 2 |
Jeannot Szwarc |
Roy Scheider, Murray Hamilton, Lorraine Gary |
Thriller |
Universal. Jaws sequel
|
Jennifer |
Brice Mack |
Lisa Pelikan, Nina Foch, Bert Convy |
Horror |
AIP
|
King of the Gypsies |
Frank Pierson |
Eric Roberts, Brooke Shields, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Sterling Hayden |
Drama |
Paramount
|
Laserblast |
Michael Rae |
Kim Milford, Keenan Wynn, Roddy McDowell |
Science fiction |
Independent
|
The Legacy |
Richard Marquand |
Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, Roger Daltrey |
Horror |
Universal
|
The Lord of the Rings |
Ralph Bakshi |
Voices of John Hurt, Billy Barty |
Fantasy, Animated |
United Artists; from J. R. R. Tolkien book
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M-S
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
Magic |
Richard Attenborough |
Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith |
Suspense |
Fox; from William Goldman novel
|
The Magic of Lassie |
Don Chaffey |
James Stewart, Mickey Rooney, Pernell Roberts |
Family |
Independent Stewart's final film appearance
|
The Manitou |
William Girdler |
Tony Curtis, Ann Sothern, Susan Strasberg |
Horror |
Avco Embassy
|
Mean Dog Blues |
Mel Stuart |
Gregg Henry, Kay Lenz, Scatman Crothers |
Drama |
AIP
|
Midnight Express |
Alan Parker |
Brad Davis, John Hurt, Randy Quaid |
Drama, Biography |
Columbia. From Billy Hayes book; 6 Oscar nominations
|
Moment by Moment |
Jane Wagner |
Lily Tomlin, John Travolta |
Drama |
Universal
|
Movie Movie |
Stanley Donen |
George C. Scott, Art Carney, Ann Reinking, Harry Hamlin, Trish Van Devere, Barry Bostwick, Red Buttons |
Comedy, Musical |
Warner Bros. Double feature
|
National Lampoon's Animal House |
John Landis |
Tim Matheson, Tom Hulce, John Belushi, John Vernon, Peter Riegert, Karen Allen, Verna Bloom, Stephen Furst, Kevin Bacon, Donald Sutherland |
Comedy |
Universal; first film for Riegert, Allen, Furst, Bacon
|
A Night Full of Rain |
Lina Wertmüller |
Giancarlo Giannini, Candice Bergen, Michael Tucker (actor) |
Romance |
Warner Bros. Co-produced with italy
|
The Norseman |
Charles B. Pierce |
Lee Majors, Cornel Wilde, Mel Ferrer |
Adventure |
AIP
|
Nunzio |
Paul Williams |
David Proval, Morgana King, Joe Spinell |
Drama |
Universal
|
Oliver's Story |
John Korty |
Ryan O'Neal, Candice Bergen, Ray Milland |
Romance |
Paramount. Sequel to Love Story
|
Olly Olly Oxen Free |
Richard Colla |
Katharine Hepburn, Kevin McKenzie |
Family |
Independent
|
The One and Only |
Carl Reiner |
Henry Winkler, Kim Darby, Gene Saks |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Out of the Darkness |
Lee Madden |
Donald Pleasence, Nancy Kwan, Ross Hagen |
Horror |
Dimension
|
Paradise Alley |
Sylvester Stallone |
Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Anne Archer |
Drama |
Universal
|
Piranha |
Joe Dante |
Bradford Dillman, Barbara Steele, Dick Miller |
Horror |
New World
|
Planet of Dinosaurs |
James Shea |
James Whitworth, Charlotte Speer |
Sci-fi |
Independent
|
Pretty Baby |
Louis Malle |
Brooke Shields, Susan Sarandon, Keith Carradine |
Drama |
Paramount
|
Rabbit Test |
Joan Rivers |
Billy Crystal, Doris Roberts, Alex Rocco |
Comedy |
Embassy; only film directed by Rivers
|
Record City |
Dennis Steinmetz |
Ed Begley Jr., Jack Carter, Ruth Buzzi |
Comedy |
AIP
|
Remember My Name |
Alan Rudolph |
Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Perkins, Moses Gunn |
Thriller |
Columbia
|
Return from Witch Mountain |
John Hough |
Christopher Lee, Bette Davis, Jack Soo |
Family |
Disney. Escape to Witch Mountain sequel
|
Revenge of the Pink Panther |
Blake Edwards |
Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Dyan Cannon |
Comedy |
United Artists. Pink Panther sequel
|
Same Time, Next Year |
Robert Mulligan |
Alan Alda, Ellen Burstyn |
Comedy |
Universal. from Bernard Slade play
|
The Scenic Route |
Mark Rappaport |
Randy Danson, Marilyn Jones, Kevin Wade |
Drama |
New Line
|
The Seniors |
Rod Amateau |
Gary Imhoff, Jeffrey Byron, Dennis Quaid |
Comedy |
Independent
|
Sextette |
Ken Hughes |
Mae West, Dom DeLuise, Tony Curtis |
Comedy |
Crown International. West's final film
|
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
Michael Schultz |
Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees, George Burns |
Musical |
Universal. based on The Beatles album
|
Slow Dancing in the Big City |
John G. Avildsen |
Paul Sorvino, Anne Ditchburn, Nicolas Coster |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Somebody Killed Her Husband |
Lamont Johnson |
Farrah Fawcett, Jeff Bridges, John Wood (English actor) |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Straight Time |
Ulu Grosbard |
Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey |
Crime drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Superman |
Richard Donner |
Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Ned Beatty, Valerie Perrine, Glenn Ford, Phyllis Thaxter, Susannah York, Jeff East |
Superhero film |
Warner Bros. based on DC Comics character; 3 Oscar nominations
|
The Swarm |
Irwin Allen |
Michael Caine, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Fred MacMurray, Richard Widmark, Katharine Ross, Bradford Dillman, Richard Chamberlain, Slim Pickens, Lee Grant |
Disaster film |
Warner Bros.; final film for MacMurray
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T-Z
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
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Genre
|
Note
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Thank God It's Friday |
Robert Klane |
Jeff Goldblum, Debra Winger, Donna Summer |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
The Toolbox Murders |
Dennis Donnelly |
Cameron Mitchell, Pamelyn Ferdin, Wesley Eure |
Horror |
Independent
|
Uncle Joe Shannon |
Joseph Hanwright |
Burt Young, Madge Sinclair. Doug McKeon |
Drama |
United Artists
|
An Unmarried Woman |
Paul Mazursky |
Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy |
Drama |
20th Century Fox. 3 Oscar nominations
|
Up in Smoke |
Lou Adler |
Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Tom Skerritt, Stacy Keach |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
A Wedding |
Robert Altman |
Carol Burnett, Lillian Gish, Mia Farrow, Desi Arnaz Jr., Lauren Hutton, Geraldine Chaplin, Vittorio Gassman, Howard Duff, Paul Dooley, Dina Merrill |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? |
Ted Kotcheff |
George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
Who'll Stop the Rain |
Karel Reisz |
Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Anthony Zerbe, Gail Strickland |
Drama, Action |
United Artists
|
The Wiz |
Sidney Lumet |
Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Lena Horne |
Musical |
Universal. Inspired by The Wizard of Oz
|
Wolf Lake |
Burt Kennedy |
Rod Steiger, David Huffman, Robin Mattson |
Thriller |
Independent
|
Youngblood |
Noel Nosseck |
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, T. K. Carter |
Drama |
AIP
|
Zero to Sixty |
Don Weis |
Darren McGavin, Sylvia Miles, Joan Collins |
Comedy |
Independent
|
Documentary and Other films
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Note
|
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince |
Martin Scorsese |
Steven Prince, Martin Scorsese |
Documentary |
|
Battlestar Galactica |
Richard A. Colla |
Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene |
Science fiction |
pilot for TV series
|
Gates of Heaven |
Errol Morris |
Lucille Billingsley, Errol Morris |
Documentary |
New Yorker Films
|
Gay USA |
Arthur J. Bressan Jr. |
Footage of 1977 gay pride events |
Documentary |
|
The Last Waltz |
Martin Scorsese |
The Band, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan |
Documentary |
United Artists
|
Let Me Die a Woman |
Doris Wishman |
Harry Reems, Dr. Leo Wollman |
Exploitation |
|
Maraschino Cherry |
Radley Metzger |
Gloria Leonard, Annette Haven, Constance Money |
Adult film |
|
Renaldo and Clara |
Bob Dylan |
Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Harry Dean Stanton |
Concert |
nearly 4 hours
|
The Force Beyond |
William Sachs |
Rosko (narrated by) |
Documentary |
re-release of Secrets of the Gods
|
The Song of the Canary |
Josh Hanig, David Davis |
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Documentary |
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