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HCH Academy Awards - Best Picture 1979?

YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,438 Founders Club

HCH Academy Awards - Best Picture 1979? 30 votes

Mad Max
3%
Fire_Marshall_Bill 1 vote
Caligula (for Purple Throbber)
0%
Apocalypse Now
53%
BennyBeaverRoadDawg55alumni94chuckPurpleThrobberDooglesBad_MotherDuckerpawzGrundleStiltzkinHuskyInAZspudenNEsnake12YellowSnowEl_KJoeyFishpo31 16 votes
Alien
23%
SwayeMad_Songreenblooddfleabiak1LaocoönNeighbor2972 7 votes
Monty Python's Life of Brian
3%
1to392831weretaken 1 vote
Escape from Alcatraz
0%
Kramer vs Kramer
3%
StLouisDawg 1 vote
Manhattan
0%
The Jerk
6%
DerekJohnsonBleachedAnusDawg 2 votes
F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...
6%
Tequillahuskyhooligan 2 votes
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  • 1to392831weretaken1to392831weretaken Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,631 Swaye's Wigwam
    Monty Python's Life of Brian
    I didn't realize Alien is that old. That's crazy.
  • Fishpo31Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,426
    Apocalypse Now
    I saw Apocalypse Now in a jammed theater, with some friends, all 18-19 years old. I had recently registered for selective service (re-started just as I turned 18), and the hostages were in Iran...Dolby Sound (you could feel the chopper scenes in your gut)...I don't do horror films, with all things considered, THAT was a horror movie for me. It made me realize that there were a lot of fucked up people walking around that had been there. I used to ask guys that I knew had been in Nam how realistic it was...some said much better, not as bad...others didn't answer, but you could see it in their eyes. I still watch it, and it still holds up, IMO
  • Fishpo31Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,426
    Apocalypse Now
    Forgot to add, it was the first time for me that, as the lights came up at the end, there was silence as everyone walked out. The second time was Schindler's List...
  • SwayeSwaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,499 Founders Club
    Alien
    Tough year. Could have gone AN, The Jerk or Mad Max. Movies were so much better back then.


  • chuckchuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,067 Swaye's Wigwam
    Apocalypse Now
    I watched Apocalypse Now when it was relatively new. Was too young and didn't pay attention and thought it was just weird.

    Then in a HS English class I had to slog through Heart of Darkness (same story for those unfamiliar). I still didn't get it, so I watched the movie again hoping it would help me pass the test. This time around the movie was awesome. Now I'll watch it every couple of years.

    The Jerk was a strong consideration.
  • BearsWiinBearsWiin Member Posts: 5,034
    ApocNow Director's Cut is much better

    Hearts of Darkness is a really good docu film. We all congratulated George Zaloom when he came on set for Encino Man with some award he'd won for it
  • chuckchuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,067 Swaye's Wigwam
    Apocalypse Now
    BearsWiin said:

    ApocNow Director's Cut is much better

    Hearts of Darkness is a really good docu film. We all congratulated George Zaloom when he came on set for Encino Man with some award he'd won for it

    I think I've seen that. Brando was practically living his character from what I remember. He was overweight and barely functional...barely able to stand and speak.
  • BennyBeaverBennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346
    Apocalypse Now
    BearsWiin said:

    ApocNow Director's Cut is much better

    Hearts of Darkness is a really good docu film. We all congratulated George Zaloom when he came on set for Encino Man with some award he'd won for it

    Shut up and vote faggot.
  • JoeyJoey Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 6,704 Founders Club
    Apocalypse Now

  • PurpleThrobberPurpleThrobber Member Posts: 44,237 Standard Supporter
    edited March 2021
    Apocalypse Now
    Saw Apocalypse in high school. Had no fucking idea what was going on. At that point Vietnam was kind of a taboo topic while the country healed itself and before the full blown AIDS surfaced. But Kurtz was scary, surfing was cool and the tunes were solid.

    It holds up much better in the light of history.
  • PurpleThrobberPurpleThrobber Member Posts: 44,237 Standard Supporter
    Apocalypse Now

    Robert Duvall's finest hour and he has a lot of fine hours in his career. Best scene of 1979 hands down






    Disagree.

  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,438 Founders Club
    Apocalypse Now

    Saw Apocalypse in high school. Had no fucking idea what was going on. At that point Vietnam was kind of a taboo topic while the country healed itself and before the full blown AIDS surfaced. But Kurtz was scary, surfing was cool and the tunes were solid.

    It holds up much better in the light of history.

    No Caligula @PurpleThrobber ? Sad.
  • PurpleThrobberPurpleThrobber Member Posts: 44,237 Standard Supporter
    Apocalypse Now

    Saw Apocalypse in high school. Had no fucking idea what was going on. At that point Vietnam was kind of a taboo topic while the country healed itself and before the full blown AIDS surfaced. But Kurtz was scary, surfing was cool and the tunes were solid.

    It holds up much better in the light of history.

    No Caligula @PurpleThrobber ? Sad.
    We didn't get HBO until later in life.

  • BennyBeaverBennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346
    Apocalypse Now

    How is The Warriors not even an option you Soc Cake Eating Peter Puffer Rower.

    Of all these movies from 1979, no other has entered the social and pop cultural lexicon. FOPPCESR

    Also, this is why I will always be @RaceBannon bottom bitch. Heart you, you old sexy codger you.








































    Final word to PPCESR


    Holy bandwidth massacre Batman!
  • huskyhooliganhuskyhooligan Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,443 Swaye's Wigwam
    F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...

    How is The Warriors not even an option you Soc Cake Eating Peter Puffer Rower.

    Of all these movies from 1979, no other has entered the social and pop cultural lexicon. FOPPCESR

    Also, this is why I will always be @RaceBannon bottom bitch. Heart you, you old sexy codger you.








































    Final word to PPCESR


    Holy bandwidth massacre Batman!
    You sound poor.
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