04 September 1978 Factual 20 mins
A documentary following the attempt by three young people to be the first windsurfers to cross Cook Strait.
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New Zealand 04 September 1978
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18 December 1978
Frontiersman Hawkeye and his blood brother Chingachgook attempt to rescue the daughter of a chief who was captured by raiders from a rival tribe in this adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tale" of 1841.
30 December 1978
A young man, very talented in the martial arts, appears in a troubled part of the country and rids it of brigandry with his fighting skills.
14 July 1978
After an accident, Shanti develops extra sensory perception. Since she can foresee future events, people believe she has divine powers.
14 July 1978
A musical comedy about worries with basketball, violin and love.
05 October 1978
After getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunken Fist.
13 March 1978
A man is brutally beaten so he and 4 others head to the beach for refuge and relaxation. It soon becomes clear that they've been imprisoned by person or persons unknown.
16 May 1978
Based on the 1971 novel "Atti relativi alla morte di Raymond Roussel" (Acts Related to the Death of Raymond Roussel) by co-writer Leonardo Sciascia.
01 January 1978
In the autobiographical tradition of the earlier Sincerities, this film takes up the light-threads of our living 14 years ago when the Brakhage family found home and "settled," like they say, into some sense of permanence.
06 November 1978
One year has passed since Max and Wanda got their divorce. Max has come to the realization that he wants his ex-wife back - no matter what the cost! So he concocts a sneaky plan: he asks Wanda to hide him from the police, who are apparently looking for him.
18 February 1978
This rural documentary features poet Jin Makabe. Thoughts about agriculture, memories, landscapes.
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