The Stewardess is Flying the Plane!: American Films of the 1970s

by Ron Hogan

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With films such as "The Godfather", "Star Wars", "The Sting", "Rocky", "Apocalypse Now", "Jaws" and "M*A*S*H", the 1970s is now considered the second Golden Age of Hollywood. There is renewed interest in some of the decade's most durable genres, including disaster films and blaxsploitation flicks, allowing viewers to rediscover early performances from major stars such as Jeff Bridges, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton. Today's major film directors also got their start in this period, including Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg. "The Stewardess is Flying the Plane!" is a lavishly illustrated, fun and informative look at more than 400 films of the decade - not just classics like "The Godfather" or "Taxi Driver", but cult favourites like "Kansas City Bomber" and even spectacular flops like "Lost Horizon".With an introduction by Peter Bogdanovich, hundreds of never-before-published photographs and new interviews with key participants in the '70s film industry, "The Stewardess is Flying the Plane!" is the most comprehensive overview of this fascinating era of American film.
  • ISBN10 0821257226
  • ISBN13 9780821257227
  • Publish Date 3 November 2005
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Out of Print 31 December 2009
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Little, Brown & Company
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 272
  • Language English