Throwback Muriels: 1975

Sunday, July 24, 2011

1975

Picture:
Nashville
Barry Lyndon
Jaws
The Passenger
Night Moves
Dog Day Afternoon
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Donkey Skin
The Story of Adele H
Shampoo

Director:
Robert Altman, Nashville
Stanley Kubrick, Barry Lyndon
Steven Spielberg, Jaws
Michelangelo Antonioni, The Passenger
Arthur Penn, Night Moves

Male Lead:
Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon
Warren Beatty, Shampoo
Gene Hackman, Night Moves
Robert Mitchum, Farewell, My Lovely
Tim Curry, The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Female Lead:
Isabelle Adjani, The Story of Adele H.
Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Ann-Margret, Tommy
Catherine Deneuve, Donkey Skin
Marisa Berenson, Barry Lyndon

Male Supporting:
Brian Keith, The Wind and the Lion
Jack Warden, Shampoo
Henry Gibson, Nashville
Keith Carradine, Nashville
Robert Shaw, Jaws

Female Supporting:
Ronee Blakley, Nashville
Gwen Welles, Nashville
Lily Tomlin, Nashville
Marie Kean, Barry Lyndon
Delphine Seyrig, Donkey Skin

Screenplay:
Nashville
Jaws
Barry Lyndon
Dog Day Afternoon
Night Moves

Ensemble:
Nashville
Shampoo
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Barry Lyndon
Dog Day Afternoon

Cinematography:
Barry Lyndon (Alcott)
The Passenger (Tovoli)
The Story of Adele H (Almendros)
Jaws (Butler)
Lancelot du Lac (De Santis)

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Administrative Stuff

In keeping with the spirit of the project I started this past winter, I’ve decided to continue formulating lists of retrospective nominees by year. Of course, as we move backwards in time I’d estimate that some years will be pretty lean. Therefore, I fear I will have to stop when I feel I can’t fill out a satisfactory ballot, although this probably won’t happen for a while yet.

As with the present-day Muriels, I based these old-school awards on the film’s NYC commercial release date. Since Mike D’Angelo’s eligibility lists don’t go back past 1998, I used the listed release dates in IMDb for this purpose. And much like the contemporary Muriels, if a movie remains unreleased in Gotham within five years of its international release date, it is ineligible for nominations. Sadly, that means I couldn’t throw any nominations at, say, Play Time, Satantango, the films of Yasujiro Ozu, or (sniff) Jeanne Dielman. So it goes.

Additionally, I reserve the right to allow ties here, especially in the case of movies featuring same-sex co-leads who are equally awesome. Several Bergman films spring to mind here, but there will no doubt be other occurrences as well.

Finally, I’ve decided to limit these lists to a “big nine” (picture, director, 4 acting categories, screenplay, ensemble, and cinematography). Much as I would have loved to include Best Cinematic Moment- probably my favorite Muriels category- here as well, I have a feeling that I’d forget some embarrassingly obvious choices and would prefer to save myself the bother.

As before, I’ll post one of these here per day as long as I’m able. I’ll try to remember to update these as needed, but I make no promises.

By the way, here’s a link to the 1995-2009 throwback Muriels I posted this winter. In time, I’ll probably move them over here, but until then this’ll have to do.