Howard K. Smith

The Movie Orgy

Joe Dante

Goodman Ace, Jane Ace

Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

Kent Hagen

Martin Luther King, Obba Babatundé

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War documents the work Martin Luther King did in attempting to bring peace to people during the turmoil of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. The film includes interviews with contemporaries such as Jesse Jackson, and military experts like Colin Powell.

The Best Man

Franklin J. Schaffner

Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson

The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.

Gloria: In Her Own Words

Peter W. Kunhardt

Gloria Steinem, Walter Cronkite

Despite decades of opposition from the right, and recent personal setbacks, Gloria Steinem remains one of the most outspoken and visible symbols of the women’s movement today. This film blends interviews of Steinem in her Manhattan apartment, archival footage, photographs from throughout her life and clips from press interviews over the years.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Steven Spielberg

Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut

After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

Peter W. Kunhardt

Richard Nixon, David Brinkley

From 1971 to 1973, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House. This film chronicles the content of those tapes, which include Nixon's conversations on the war in Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers leak, his Supreme Court appointments, and more--while also exposing shocking statements he made about women, people of color, Jews, and the media.

Africa

Gregory Peck, Howard K. Smith

Documentary looking at the new independent African states.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Colin Higgins

Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton

The town sheriff and a madame team up to stop a television evangelist from shutting down the local whorehouse, the famed "Chicken Ranch."

Nasty Habits

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Glenda Jackson, Melina Mercouri

In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way of getting what she wants.

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

Roger Spottiswoode

Robert Duvall, Treat Williams

A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains. Has Cooper succeeded in following a meticulous plan to disappear into anonymity despite the best efforts of a dogged cop?