The following is a list of films originally produced and/or distributed theatrically by Paramount Pictures and released in the 1970s.[1]
1970
editRelease date | Title | Notes |
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February 6, 1970 | The Molly Maguires | |
February 27, 1970 | Tropic of Cancer | co-production with Tropic Productions |
March 10, 1970 | The Lawyer | |
March 25, 1970 | The Adventurers | co-production with AVCO Embassy Pictures |
May 1970 | Connecting Rooms | British film co-production with Hemdale |
May 13, 1970 | Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon | co-production with Sigma Productions |
May 29, 1970 | The Out-of-Towners | co-production with Jalem Productions |
June 12, 1970 | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | |
June 24, 1970 | Catch 22 | co-production with Filmways |
July 1, 1970 | Darling Lili | co-production with Geoffrey Productions |
August 10, 1970 | Deep End | British |
August 14, 1970 | Borsalino | French: co-production with Adel Productions, Marianne Productions and Mars Film Produzione |
August 19, 1970 | WUSA | |
October 14, 1970 | Aladdin and His Magic Lamp | French: US distribution only; co-produced by Films Jean Image |
October 21, 1970 | Little Fauss and Big Halsy | co-production with Alfran Productions |
October 23, 1970 | The Conformist | Italian/French: co-production with Mars Film Produzione, Marianne Productions and Maran Film |
October 28, 1970 | Waterloo | British: co-produced by Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica and Mosfilm |
November 20, 1970 | Norwood | |
December 11, 1970 | The Confession | France |
December 16, 1970 | The Bear and the Doll | France |
December 18, 1970 | Love Story | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture co-production with Love Story Company |
1971
editRelease date | Title | Notes |
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March 17, 1971 | A New Leaf | |
March 24, 1971 | Friends | British: co-production with Lewis Gilbert Productions |
May 12, 1971 | Plaza Suite | |
June 9, 1971 | The Devil's Backbone | British: co-produced by Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica |
June 13, 1971 | Unman, Wittering and Zigo | British |
June 30, 1971 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | theatrical distribution only; produced by Wolper Pictures, Ltd. and The Quaker Oats Company[N 1] Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2014 |
July 1, 1971 | Murphy's War | British |
August 6, 1971 | Let's Scare Jessica to Death | co-production with The Jessica Company |
August 18, 1971 | A Gunfight | co-production with Joel Productions, Harvest Productions and Thoroughbred Productions |
September 15, 1971 | Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me | |
September 22, 1971 | Desperate Characters | co produced by ITC Entertainment |
October 20, 1971 | T.R. Baskin | |
October 22, 1971 | Joe Hill | co-produced by Sagittarius Productions |
November 5, 1971 | Hannie Caulder | British: co-produced by Tigon British Film Productions and Curtwel Productions |
November 24, 1971 | Black Beauty | British: co produced by Tigon British Film Productions |
December 15, 1971 | Such Good Friends | co-production with Sigma Productions |
December 17, 1971 | Four Flies on Grey Velvet | Italy |
December 20, 1971 | Harold and Maude | co-production with Mildred Lewis and Colin Higgins Productions |
December 22, 1971 | Star Spangled Girl |
1972
editRelease date | Title | Notes |
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January 21, 1972 | Deadhead Miles | |
March 3, 1972 | Brother Sun, Sister Moon | Italy |
March 17, 1972 | The Legend of Nigger Charley | co-production with Spangler & Sons Pictures |
March 24, 1972 | The Godfather | Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture. co-production with Alfran Productions. Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1990 |
May 3, 1972 | The Pied Piper | British: co-produced by Sagittarius Productions Inc. and Goodtimes Enterprises |
May 5, 1972 | Play It Again, Sam | co-production with APJAC Productions |
May 19, 1972 | The Possession of Joel Delaney | British: co-produced by ITC Entertainment and Haworth Productions |
May 24, 1972 | Z.P.G. | British: co-produced by Sagittarius Productions |
July 19, 1972 | The Man | co-production with ABC Circle Films and Lorimar |
August 18, 1972 | Last of the Red Hot Lovers | |
September 13, 1972 | Fear Is the Key | British: co-produced by Anglo-EMI |
September 27, 1972 | A Separate Peace | |
October 13, 1972 | Lady Sings the Blues | co-production with Motown Productions |
October 20, 1972 | Bad Company | |
October 25, 1972 | Innocent Bystanders | British: co-production with Sagittarius Productions |
December 13, 1972 | Child's Play |
1973
editRelease date | Title | Notes |
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January 12, 1973 | The First Circle | US distribution only; produced by Laterna Film and Tele-Cine Film |
February 14, 1973 | Save the Tiger | co-production with Filmways |
February 28, 1973 | Charlotte's Web | co-produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Sagittarius Productions |
April 18, 1973 | Charley One-Eye | co-produced by David Paradine Productions |
May 4, 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | British: co-produced by Tomorrow Entertainment and West Film |
May 8, 1973 | Paper Moon | co-production with The Directors Company |
May 16, 1973 | The Soul of Nigger Charley | |
May 20, 1973 | The Mattei Affair | |
May 22, 1973 | A Doll's House | British[N 2] |
June 14, 1973 | Super Fly T.N.T. | |
June 27, 1973 | The Friends of Eddie Coyle | |
July 24, 1973 | Badge 373 | |
August 22, 1973 | Bang the Drum Slowly | co-production with ANJA Films and BTDS Partnership |
September 19, 1973 | Save the Children | |
September 21, 1973 | Hit! | |
October 17, 1973 | The Optimists | British: co-produced by Sagittarius Productions, Cheetah Productions and West One Film Producers |
October 23, 1973 | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | |
October 31, 1973 | Tales That Witness Madness | British: co-production with World Film Services |
November 7, 1973 | Ash Wednesday | co-produced by Sagittarius Productions |
November 14, 1973 | Scalawag | co-production with The Bryna Company |
December 5, 1973 | Serpico | United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France and Japan distribution only; co-produced by Produzion De Laurentiis International Manufacturing Company S.P.A. and Artists Entertainments Complex, Inc.[N 3] |
December 17, 1973 | Alfredo, Alfredo | Italy |
1974
editRelease date | Title | Notes |
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January 25, 1974 | Don't Look Now | British: co produced by British Lion Films, Casey Productions and Eldorado Films |
February 27, 1974 | Man on a Swing | co-production with Jaffilms Inc. |
March 15, 1974 | Three Tough Guys | co produced by Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica |
March 29, 1974 | The Great Gatsby | co-production with Newdon Productions |
April 5, 1974 | The Conversation | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture. distribution only; produced by The Directors Company and The Coppola Company[N 4] |
April 12, 1974 | Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell | British: co-produced by Hammer Films |
May 22, 1974 | Daisy Miller | co-production with The Directors Company |
June 5, 1974 | Malicious | Italy US distribution only |
June 12, 1974 | Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter | British: co-produced by Hammer Films |
June 14, 1974 | The Parallax View | co-production with Gus Productions, Harbor Productions and Doubleday Productions |
June 21, 1974 | Chinatown | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture co-production with Long Road Productions and Robert Evans Company |
July 12, 1974 | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | co produced by Astral-Bellevue-Pathé, Canadian Film Development Corporation and Famous Players |
July 17, 1974 | The Education of Sonny Carson | |
July 19, 1974 | The White Dawn | co-production with American Film Properties and Filmways |
July 24, 1974 | Death Wish | U.S. and UK distribution only; produced by Dino De Laurentiis Corporation |
August 30, 1974 | The Longest Yard | co-production with Albert S. Ruddy Productions and Long Road Productions |
September 13, 1974 | The Dove | |
September 27, 1974 | Phase IV | co-production with Alced Productions |
October 2, 1974 | The Gambler | co-production with Chartoff-Winkler Productions, Inc. |
October 9, 1974 | Shanks | |
November 8, 1974 | The Little Prince | co-production with Stanley Donen Films |
November 20, 1974 | The Klansman | co-produced by Atlanta Productions |
November 22, 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | British: co produced by EMI Films |
December 20, 1974 | The Godfather Part II | Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture. co-production with The Coppola Company Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1993 |
1975
editRelease date | Title | Notes |
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April 30, 1975 | Dogpound Shuffle | U.S. distribution only; Canadian: produced by ITC Entertainment |
May 7, 1975 | The Day of the Locust | co-production with Long Road Productions |
May 14, 1975 | Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York | |
June 4, 1975 | Posse | co-production with Bryna Productions |
June 6, 1975 | Bug | |
June 11, 1975 | Nashville | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture. co-production with ABC Entertainment. |
June 20, 1975 | Once Is Not Enough | |
July 25, 1975 | Mandingo | co-produced by Dino De Laurentiis Company |
August 15, 1975 | Framed | |
September 25, 1975 | Three Days of the Condor | co produced by Dino De Laurentiis Corporation |
October 8, 1975 | Mahogany | co-production with Motown Productions |
December 11, 1975 | The Fifth Offensive | Yugoslavian: US distribution only; co-produced by Bosna Film, Filmska Radna Zajednica, and Televizija Sarajevo |
December 17, 1975 | Emmanuelle 2 | French film US theatrical distribution only; produced by Parafrance Films[N 5] |
December 24, 1975 | Hustle |
1976
editRelease date | Title | Notes |
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March 17, 1976 | The First Nudie Musical | |
April 2, 1976 | Lipstick | |
April 5, 1976 | Face to Face | Swedish film US distribution only; produced by Cinematograph AB |
April 7, 1976 | The Bad News Bears | |
May 26, 1976 | Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood | |
May 28, 1976 | Leadbelly | |
June 11, 1976 | The Tenant | French film co-production with Marianne Productions |
June 25, 1976 | The Big Bus | |
July 21, 1976 | Lifeguard | |
August 4, 1976 | Survive! | Mexico: co-produced by Avant Films S.A. |
August 20, 1976 | The Shootist | co-production with Dino De Laurentiis Productions |
September 15, 1976 | Bugsy Malone | co-produced by the Rank Organization, Robert Stigwood Organisation and Goodtimes Enterprises |
October 1, 1976 | The Memory of Justice | |
October 8, 1976 | Marathon Man | |
November 19, 1976 | The Last Tycoon | co-production with Academy Pictures Corporation |
December 17, 1976 | King Kong | co-produced by Dino De Laurentiis Company |
December 22, 1976 | Mikey and Nicky | co-produced by Castle Hill Productions[N 6] |
1977
editRelease date | Title | Notes |
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February 11, 1977 | Thieves | co-produced by Brut Productions[N 7] |
March 9, 1977 | Islands in the Stream | |
March 11, 1977 | Black Sunday | |
June 1, 1977 | Fraternity Row | |
June 24, 1977 | Sorcerer | co-production with Universal Pictures and Film Properties International N.V.[N 8] |
July 8, 1977 | The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training | |
July 15, 1977 | The Shadow of Chikara | theatrical distribution only |
July 22, 1977 | Orca | co-produced by Famous Films |
August 24, 1977 | Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown | co-production with United Feature Syndicate, Lee Mendelson Film Productions and Bill Melendez Productions |
September 29, 1977 | Handle with Care aka Citizen's Band | |
October 19, 1977 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | |
November 4, 1977 | 1900 | Italy; U.S. distribution only; produced by Produzioni Europee Associati and Les Productions Artistes Associés |
First Love | ||
December 16, 1977 | Saturday Night Fever | co-production with Robert Stigwood Organization Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2010 |
1978
editRelease date | Title | Notes |
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January 13, 1978 | The Duellists | British film co-production with Enigma Productions, Scott Free Enterprises and National Film Finance Consortium |
February 3, 1978 | The One and Only | co-production with First Artists |
February 15, 1978 | The Serpent's Egg | USA theatrical distribution only; produced by Dino De Laurentiis Productions[N 2] |
March 17, 1978 | American Hot Wax | |
April 5, 1978 | Pretty Baby | |
April 14, 1978 | Joseph Andrews | British: co-produced by Woodfall Film Productions |
June 16, 1978 | Grease | co-production with Allan Carr Enterprises and Stigwood Group Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2020 |
June 28, 1978 | Heaven Can Wait | Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture |
June 30, 1978 | The Bad News Bears Go to Japan | |
July 14, 1978 | Foul Play | |
September 13, 1978 | Days of Heaven | |
September 15, 1978 | Up in Smoke | |
September 29, 1978 | Death on the Nile | British: co-produced by EMI Films[N 5] |
October 6, 1978 | Goin' South | |
December 15, 1978 | Oliver's Story | |
December 20, 1978 | King of the Gypsies | U.S. distribution only; produced by Dino De Laurentiis Company |
1979
editRelease date | Title | Notes |
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February 9, 1979 | The Warriors | |
March 23, 1979 | Real Life | |
April 12, 1979 | Hurricane | U.S. distribution only; produced by Dino De Laurentiis Productions |
April 27, 1979 | An Almost Perfect Affair | |
June 8, 1979 | Players | |
June 14, 1979 | The Kirlian Witness | distribution only; produced by CNI CINEMA |
June 15, 1979 | Prophecy | |
June 22, 1979 | Escape from Alcatraz | co-production with The Malpaso Company |
June 29, 1979 | Meatballs | distribution only; produced by Haliburton Films, Famous Players and CFDC[N 9] |
Bloodline | ||
August 3, 1979 | North Dallas Forty | |
August 10, 1979 | Sunburn | U.S. distribution only; produced by Hemdale, Fawcett-Majors Productions, Tuesday Films and Bind Films[N 2] |
October 5, 1979 | Starting Over | |
October 26, 1979 | French Postcards | co-production with NF Geria II Filmgesellschaft m.b.H. |
December 7, 1979 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture |
Notes
edit- ^ Owned by Warner Bros. Pictures
- ^ a b c Owned by MGM
- ^ U.K. and Irish distribution rights currently co-owned by StudioCanal
- ^ Owned by American Zoetrope with Lionsgate handling distribution in North America and StudioCanal internationally
- ^ a b Currently owned by StudioCanal
- ^ Owned by Jumer Productions
- ^ Currently owned by Warner Bros. Pictures through Turner Entertainment Co.
- ^ U.S. distribution rights currently split between Paramount for theatrical, Universal Television for television and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment for home video and streaming
- ^ Owned by Lionsgate in the U.S. and retained by Paramount Pictures internationally
References
edit- ^ Dick, Bernard F. (2021-09-22). Engulfed: The Death of Paramount Pictures and the Birth of Corporate Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. p. passim. ISBN 978-0-8131-9611-4.