United Artists Films of 1979
This list contains the films produced and distributed by United Artists in 1979. List in order of when films were released in the United States.
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- DirectorMichael CrichtonStarsSean ConneryDonald SutherlandLesley-Anne DownEngland, 1850s. A master criminal aims to rob a train of a large sum of gold. Security is incredibly tight and the task seems an impossible one. However, he has a plan and just the right people to carry it out.Released in U.S. February 2, 1979; Budget: $7 million; Box office: $13,027,857
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsAnthony QuinnJames MasonMalcolm McDowellDuring World War II, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees while being pursued by a sadistic German.
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsJohn SavageTreat WilliamsBeverly D'AngeloClaude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.Directed by Milos Forman; Budget: $11 million; Box office: $15,284,643
- DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsUgo TognazziMichel SerraultClaire MaurierThe manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them.Released in U.S. March 30, 1979; Budget: $1.4 million; Box office: $20,424,259
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenMarthe KellerHildegard KnefDown-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement only to discover the horrible truth behind her success.Released in U.S. April 15, 1979; Budget: $6,727,000
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonMariel HemingwayThe life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.Budget: $9 million; Box office: $39,946,780
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsRoy ScheiderJanet MargolinJohn GloverHarry breaks down and loses his job after his wife is assassinated - could it be his turn next ?Directed by Jonathan Demme; Box office: $1,537,125
- DirectorSylvester StalloneStarsSylvester StalloneTalia ShireBurt YoungRocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch.Budget: $7 million; Box office: $200,182,160
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsRoger MooreLois ChilesMichael LonsdaleJames Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle, and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.Budget: $34 million; Box office: $210.3 million
- DirectorEnzo BarboniStarsTerence HillBud SpencerDavid HuddlestonAn attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.Released in U.S. June 1979
- DirectorPeter FondaStarsPeter FondaBrooke ShieldsFiona LewisA drifter named Beaudray Demerille wins a young orphan named Wanda in a poker game and takes her gold prospecting in the Grand Canyon.Box office: $2,411,145
- DirectorNeal IsraelStarsHarvey KormanFred WillardPeter RiegertIn a story told in narrative flashbacks, young TV consultant Eric McMerkin is hired by President Chet Roosevelt of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.Box office: $6,171,763
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Written by John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola; Starring Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall and Dennis Hopper; Budget: $31.5 million; Box office: $83,471,511
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsRichard GereLisa EichhornVanessa RedgraveJoining WWII, USA ships soldiers to UK. Matt and John arrive in 1942. Each see a local woman - married or to be engaged with soldiers serving faraway.
- DirectorCarroll BallardStarsKelly RenoMickey RooneyTeri GarrAfter being shipwrecked with a magnificent horse off the coast of Africa in the 1940s, a boy bonds with the stallion, and trains him to race after their rescue.Produced by Francis Ford Coppola; Budget: $2.7 million; Box office: $37,799,643
- DirectorJoan Micklin SilverStarsJohn HeardMary Beth HurtPeter RiegertCharles is a bored civil servant struggling through a harsh Utah winter. He spends most of his time reflecting on his romance with Laura, a coworker who left him to return to her husband, an A-Frame salesman.
- DirectorGilbert MosesStarsJulius ErvingJonathan WintersMeadowlark LemonThe Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania basketball team is hopeless. Could they become winners with help from an astrologer and some new astrologically-compatible players?
- DirectorRobert M. YoungStarsTrini AlvaradoJeremy LevyKathryn WalkerTwo 12-year-olds, the products of Upper-West-Side broken homes, struggle to make sense of their parents' lives and their own adolescent feelings.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsRichard AttenboroughNicol WilliamsonDerek JacobiWhen a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, security man Daintry is brought in to investigate.Box office: $376,050
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsPeter SellersShirley MacLaineMelvyn DouglasAfter the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.Box office: $30,177,511
- DirectorRichard LesterStarsSean ConneryBrooke AdamsJack WestonA British mercenary arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train General Batista's Army against Castro's guerrillas while he also romances a former lover now married to an unscrupulous plantation owner.
- DirectorMark L. LesterStarsLinda BlairJim BrayBeverly GarlandSkaters band together to keep their roller-disco open.Box office: $13,253,715