1977 Deauville American Film Festival

1977 Deauville American Film Festival

Festival poster
Location	Deauville, France
Hosted by	Deauville American Film Festival Group
Number of films	40 feature films
Festival date	September 5, 1977–September 11, 1977
Language	International
Website	www.festival-deauville.com

The 3rd Deauville American Film Festival took place at Deauville, France from September 5 to 11, 1977.^[1] The festival was non-competitive in nature and remained so until 1995. This year, festival also paid tributes to Gregory Peck, Vincente Minelli and Sydney Pollack. Elizabeth Taylor's name was also announced for the tribute but she was unable to come to the festival that year.^[1] The festival screened 40 feature films.^[2]

Programme

Festival paid tribute to Gregory Peck.

Festival paid tribute to Sydney Pollack.

America

• America at the Movies by James R. Silke
• Handle with Care by Jonathan Demme
• Black Sister's Revenge by Jamaa Fanaka
• Harlan County, USA by Barbara Kopple
• Hollywood Parade by Edward Shaw
• In MacArthur Park by Bruce R. Shwartz
• Life Goes to the Movies by Mel Stuart
• Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch... by Richard Patterson
• Rush It by Gary Youngman
• Skateboard by Georges Cage
• The Baby Maker by James Bridges
• The Blank Generation by Amos Poe and Ivan Kral
• Unmade Beds by Amos Poe

American cinema overview

• Andy Warhol's Bad by Jed Johnson
• Dogs by Burt Brinckerhoff
• Eraserhead by David Lynch
• Goodbye, Franklin High by Mike MacFarland
• Kingdom of the Spiders by John "Bud" Cardos
• Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight by Robert Downey, Sr.
• Rolling Thunder by John Flynn
• Ruby by Curtis Harrington
• Sybil by Daniel Petrie
• The Car by Elliot Silverstein
• The Mouse and His Child by Charles Swenson and Fred Wolf
• The Savage Bees by Bruce Geller
• Through the Looking Glass by Jonas Middleton

Preview

• A Little Night Music by Harold Prince
• Annie Hall by Woody Allen
• Bobby Deerfield by Sydney Pollack
• Islands in the Stream by Franklin J. Schaffner
• Nasty Habits by Michael Lindsay Hogg
• Nickelodeon by Peter Bogdanovitch
• Ransom by Richard Compton
• Shenanigans by Joseph Jacoby
• Star Wars by George Lucas
• The Kentucky Fried Movie by John Landis
• The Great Smokey Roadblock by John Leone
• The Late Show by Robert Benton
• The Next Man by Richard C. Sarafian
• W.C. Fields and Me by Arthur Hiller

Awards

• Tributes:
  • Gregory Peck
  • Vincente Minelli
  • Sydney Pollack

• Lucien Barrière Prize for Literature:
  • Marc Ullmann^[3]

References

1. "HISTORY". Retrieved August 25, 2015.
2. "1977". Retrieved August 25, 2015.
3. "THE LITERARY AWARD LUCIEN BARRIER". Retrieved August 25, 2015.

External links

• Official site
• Deauville American Film Festival:1977 at Internet Movie Database