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Glasgow Film Festival · 2019

Glasgow Film Festival 2019

1969: the End of Innocence

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10 films · 4 reviews

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Alice's Restaurant

A restaurant in Massachusetts run by his friend Alice becomes a place of sanctuary and succour to a man who is trying to stay true to himself, deal with receiving his draft papers and face the slow death of his father.

(Country: US; Year: 1969; Director: Arthur Penn; Stars: Arlo Guthrie, Pat Quinn, James Broderick, Woody Guthrie)

Bob And Carol And Ted And Alice

A shy couple vicariously enjoy the exploits of their more sexually adventurous friends, but life becomes more complicated when they are invited to join in.

(Country: US; Year: 1969; Director: Paul Mazursky; Stars: Natalie Wood, Elliott Gould, Dyan Cannon, Robert Culp)

Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

Review preview for Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

The pairing of the silent, brooding tiger-like masculinity embodied by Sundance with the quick wit of Cassidy is a classic formula.

Sarah Artt · 4 out of 5
The witty exploits of two lovable outlaws who go on the lam in South America.

(Country: US; Year: 1969; Director: George Roy Hill; Writer: William Goldman; Stars: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Henry Jones, Jeff Corey, George Furth)

Easy Rider

Two bikers head on down to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. Roaring down the highway, travelling light and sleeping rough, they encounter the jagged edges of a deeply divided country.

(Country: US; Year: 1969; Director: Dennis Hopper; Stars: Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson)

Medium Cool

A news reporter John is assigned to cover the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. He discovers a city in turmoil and an America splintering along lines of race, class and privilege..

(Country: US; Year: 1969; Director: Haskell Wexler; Stars: Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz)

Midnight Cowboy

Review preview for Midnight Cowboy

There are still very few films that make room for male characters to be emotionally honest to this degree.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A fresh-faced Texan arrives in New York, determined to become the new stud in town. His plan to woo the wealthy ladies of Manhattan is as naive as it is ridiculous but along the way he finds an unlikely ally in a seedy, small time con man who dreams of escaping to Florida.

(Country: US; Year: 1969; Director: John Schlesinger; Writer: Waldo Salt, James Leo Herlihy; Stars: Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman, Sylvia Miles)

Sweet Charity

Charity Hope Valentine is a dancer in a Times Square dive, longing for love to come along and sweep her off her feet. When she meets shy Oscar, it feels like the start of something special.

(Country: US; Year: 1969; Director: Bob Fosse; Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis Jr, Chita Rivera)

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Review preview for They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Worthy of its nine Oscar nominations.

Keith Hennessey Brown · 4 out of 5
Depression dance marathon drama.

(Country: US; Year: 1969; Director: Sydney Pollack; Writer: James Poe, Robert E Thompson, based on the novel by James McCoy; Stars: Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young, Red Buttons, Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Dern, Al Lewis)

True Grit

Desperate to avenge her father’s murder, headstrong 14-year-old Mattie Ross puts her faith in disreputable US Marshall Cogburn to find the guilty party and ensure that justice is done.

(Country: US; Year: 1969; Director: Henry Hathaway; Stars: John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell)

The Wild Bunch

Review preview for The Wild Bunch

A revolutionary film, in every sense of the word.

Jeff Robson · 4.5 out of 5
A group of ageing outlaws plan one last big score in the dying days of the American West.

(Country: US; Year: 1969; Director: Sam Peckinpah; Writer: Walon Green, Sam Peckinpah, Roy N Sickner; Stars: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Jaime Sanchez, Edmond O'Brien, Emilio Fernandez.) , Trailer