Ernest Abuba


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Orokbefogadas (a.k.a. Adoption) (1975) — (Movie Clip) You’re Just Like The Others Single Hungarian factory worker Kata (Kati Berek), whose married lover has just declined to help her have a child, observes then receives a group of teenage girls she’s seen around town, especially Anna (Gyongyver Vigh) who has a favor in mind, in director Márta Mészáros’ Orokbefogadas (a.k.a. Adoption), 1975.
Orokbefogadas (a.k.a. Adoption) (1975) — (Movie Clip) Opening, Kata Stark, naturalistic, intimate, solitary introduction of the lead actor Kati Berek in the credits, in contemporary Hungary, a factory town, opening director and co-writer Márta Mészáros’ Orokbefogadas (a.k.a. Adoption), 1975, winner of the Golden Bear prize at the Berlin Film Festival.
Orokbefogadas (a.k.a. Adoption) (1975) — (Movie Clip) Do You Know That Woman? Director Márta Mészáros introduces a band of teens, centered on Gyongyver Vigh as Anna, noticing our main character Kata (Kati Berek), a single 43-year old Hungarian factory worker who’s just had a doctor confirm she can get pregnant, meeting her married lover (Laszlo Szabo), early in Orokbefogadas (a.k.a. Adoption), 1975.
Farewell, My Lovely (1975) -- (Movie Clip) To Hell With Polite Drinking More than 40-minutes into the picture, shooting at the since-burned Max Busch house in Pasadena, Robert Mitchum narrates as Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, on a case that is, for now, unrelated to the initial investigation, introducing second-billed Charlotte Rampling as Mrs. Grayle, and the now-revered writer Jim Thompson in his only movie role as her power-broker husband, in Farewell, My Lovely, 1975.
Farewell, My Lovely (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Buy Yourself A New Suit Summoned to a plush 1941 L-A nightclub, Robert Mitchum as P-I Philip Marlowe, older than ever imagined by Raymond Chandler, consults with his neither client nor love-interest Mrs. Grayle (Charlotte Rampling) about her ancient husband (legendary writer Jim Thompson) and fixer Laird Burnette (Anthony Zerbe), later directly in Farewell, My Lovely, 1975.
Farewell, My Lovely (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Tired And Growing Old Striking an odd balance here, Robert Mitchum, who could have played Philip Marlowe in the 1940’s, instead plays him in 1975, though much older than Raymond Chandler ever wrote him, in a period story set in 1941, through David Zelag Goodman’s adaptation and Dick Richards’ direction, opening Farewell, My Lovely, John Ireland and Harry Dean Stanton his cop buddies.
Mandingo (1975) -- (Movie Clip) On This Plantation Out of the credits with the end of Muddy Waters’ recording of the original theme song by Maurice Jarre and Hi Tide Harris, James Mason as plantation owner Maxwell, Paul Benedict as slave trader Brownlee, Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Cicero and Perry King as son Hammond, with foul language typical of the controversial box-office hit Mandingo, 1975.
Mandingo (1975) -- (Movie Clip) The New Mrs. Maxwell In pre-Civil War New Orleans, Perry King as plantation owner Hammond, Susan George his cousin and new bride Blanche, whom we understand to have been raped by her brother while a pre-teen, with unusually direct and explicit language, in the controversial box office hit Mandingo, 1975.
Mandingo (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Slaves & Mules Impressive period staging, Richard Fleischer directing, the introduction of heavyweight ex-champ Ken Norton as slave Mede, prized as a specimen of the Mandinka ethnic group, noted in the title, nasty language as Hammond (Perry King) bids against a German (Rosemary Tichenor), in Mandingo, 1975.
Dersu Uzala (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Three Mighty People Native Dersu (Maksim Munzuk, title character) winning over Russian military cartographer Arseneyev (Yuriy Solomin) and his crew, with wisdom and sharpshooting, director Akira Kurosawa working on location in Sibera, in the Soviet-financed Dersu Uzala. 1975.
Dersu Uzala (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Dersu Took His Place The title character (Maksim Munzuk), a Goldi hunter, has just joined a Russian expeditionary party in Siberia, led by Captain Arsenyev (Yuri Solomin), in Akira Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala, 1975.
Dersu Uzala (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Dersu Uzala -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Know How Long I Slept Part of a long sequence from Akira Kurosawa's Best Foreign Language Film Oscar® winner, Dersu (Maksim Munzuk) and Arsenyev (Yuri Solomin) rush to prepare for a cold Siberian night, in Dersu Uzala (1975).

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