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Drama

The denotative aspects of drama from Aristotle's "Poetics" include a story development with a beginning, middle and an end. In the more conventional sense, dramatic presentations include the portrayal of characters, settings, life situations and stories in the course of a theatrical performance. In theatre, drama usually takes on the scope of dealing with matters of a serious nature. Drama is Alice's largest section and a treasure trove of great drama catering for every taste. The bulk of the "Drama" section (generally made since 1965 and include psychological dramas) is listed below, however you may also choose from the "Classic Drama" sub-section (generally made before 1965), in blue on left. Also helpful may be "Alices Playhouse", "True Stories" and "Shakespeare" features. Right: Scene from Kubrick's beautifully mounted "Barry Lyndon"

The BRD Trilogy ( The Marriage of Maria Braun / Lola / Veronika Voss ) (1979)

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Barbara Sukowa, Gottfried John, Hanna Schygulla, Hilmar Tha...

RW Fassbinder's Bundesrepublik Deutschland trilogy comprises three of his most celebrated films which chart West Germany's post-war economic miracle t... Read more

Hardcore (1979)

7/10
Director: Paul Schrader
Starring: George C Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley

Written and directed by "Taxi Driver" scribe Paul Schrader, this gritty drama stars George C. Scott as a conservative, Midwestern businessman whose se... Read more

The Champ (1979)

6.8/10
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Rick Schroder, Jack Warden, Arthur Hill

Director Franco Zeffirelli's emotional updating of the 1931 classic father-son drama stars Jon Voight as a down-and-out boxer who battles for a comeba... Read more

The Riddle of the Sands (1979)

6.5/10
Director: Tony Maylam
Starring: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Simon MacCorkindale, Alan Badel

This adaptation of Erskine Childer's novel is set in the early years of the 20th Century, with two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkin... Read more

Fast Company (1979)

5.5/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: William Smith, John Saxon, Claudia Jennings

Early in his career, horror maven David Cronenberg directed this auto racing drama about a veteran driver (William Smith) who runs afoul of a crooked... Read more

Ashanti (1979)

5.4/10
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Michael Caine, Peter Ustinov, Kabir Bedi, Omar Sharif, Beverly Johnson, Rex Harr...

Dr David Linderby (Michael Caine) and his wife (Beverly Johnson) are doing humanitarian work in an African village when she disappears without trace.... Read more

Apocalypse Now Redux (1979)

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Laurence Fishburne...

Huge production difficulties were faced by Francis Ford Coppola while shooting this epic-scale Vietnam War drama, including disastrous weather conditi... Read more

And Justice For All (1979)

7.4/10
Director: Norman Jewison
Starring: Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe, Lee Strasberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Craig T Ne...

In a system where criminals go free, lawyers and judges make deals and the innocent sometimes go unprotected, young lawyer Arthur Kirkland (Al Pacino... Read more

Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

7.6/10
Director: Don Siegel
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Fred Ward, Jack Thibeau, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom

Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegel re-team for their fifth film in this fascinating account of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous... Read more

Apocalypse Now (1979)

8.5/10
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Sam Bottoms, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Laurence Fishburne, Har...

A flawed masterpiece, intended as the definitive Vietnam film, based on Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'. With Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Dennis... Read more