Sunday, March 23, 2025

Flopcast 672: Moonrunners and Supervixens - The Movies of 1975

It's a simple enough show this week, kids. We're just looking at a bunch of movies from half a century ago. 1975 was a game-changing year in film. Early 70s trends like blaxploitation and dystopian sci-fi were about to be swept aside, as a certain giant Spielbergian shark ushered in the blockbuster era. But meanwhile, the year still offered some genuine classics (Dog Day Afternoon, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), some cult classics (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Rocky Horror Picture Show), some Disney for the kids (Apple Dumpling Gang, Escape to Witch Mountain), giant spiders, crazy mamas, blazing stewardesses, switchblade sisters, and plenty of Pam Grier. So pop in a Glen Campbell 8-track and cruise over to your local ugly 1970s movie theater. And grab a big box of Raisinets, even though they're lousy.

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Show Notes

Movie goers had three chances to see Pam Grier on the big screen in 1975: Sheba Baby, Bucktown, and Friday Foster. We can only vouch for one of them.

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Can you believe they made not one, but two parodies of The Maltese Falcon?

 

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Kurt Russell was The Strongest Man in the World. Mr T. was The Toughest Man in the World in a 1984 TV movie...and forever in our hearts.