Music Movies
Jack and the Beanstalk (1970)
Retelling of the classic fairy tale, but from a decidedly 1960s point of view, complete with “groovy” dialogue.
Gimme Shelter (1970)
A detailed chronicle of the famous 1969 tour of the United States by the British rock band The Rolling Stones, which culminated with the disastrous and tragic concert held on…
Me a Groupie (1970)
A beautiful blonde hooks up with a rock star, and after a night of sex and drugs, he leaves. She, though, has fallen madly in love with him, and sets…
Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (1970)
On July 31, 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Elvis Presley staged a triumphant return to the concert stage from which he had been absent for almost a decade. His series…
Song of Norway (1970)
Like the play from which it derived, the film tells of the early struggles of composer Edvard Grieg and his attempts to develop an authentic Norwegian national music. It stars…
Original Cast Album: Company (1970)
In 1970, right after the triumphant premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking concept musical Company, the renowned composer and lyricist, his director Harold Prince, the show’s stars, and a large pit…
Toomorrow (1970)
A group of students pay their way through school by forming a pop band called Toomorrow. Sonic vibrations from a special instrument called a ‘tonaliser’ cause an extraterrestrial to abduct…
The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970)
A successful talent agent enjoys the good life until his wife leaves him. Moving in with his friend and igniting an affair with the man’s wife, he also acquires a…
Deep Purple: Live at Pop Deux 1970 (1970)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
An all-girl rock band moves to Hollywood in the hope of achieving success, only to fall into a whirlpool of wickedness and decadence.
Shinbone Alley (1970)
Suicidal poet Archy tries to end his life by jumping off a bridge, but awakens to find he has assumed the life of a cockroach and has become a part…
Darling Lili (1970)
World War I. Lili Smith is a beloved British music hall singer, often providing inspiration for the British and French troops and general populace singing rallying patriotic songs. She is…
Pufnstuf (1970)
Jimmy (Jack Wild) ventures to Living Island with his magical, talking flute, Freddy. Once there, he befriends many of the island’s inhabitants, but the evil Witchiepoo (Billie Hayes) is determined…
Let It Be (1970)
A documentary chronicling the Beatles’ rehearsal sessions in January 1969 for their proposed “back to basics” album, “Get Back,” later re-envisioned and released as “Let It Be.”
Woodstock (1970)
An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits…
Czech Rhapsody (1970)
Essay film from Czech director Vojtech Jasný on his home country.
The Doors: Feast of Friends (1970)
A cinematic look at The Doors on the road during their summer ’68 tour. Concert performances are intercut with fly-on-the-wall footage of the group in their natural habitat.
Hello Dolly! (1969)
Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly “well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire” Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece,…
Help Help the Globolinks! (1969)
The world’s only psychedelic children’s opera about an alien invasion.
A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
Poor Charlie Brown. He can’t fly a kite, and he always loses in baseball. Having his faults projected onto a screen by Lucy doesn’t help him much either. Against the…
Change of Habit (1969)
Dr. John Carpenter takes the job of running a health center in a low-income district. He enlists three women to help out who — unbeknownst to him — are actually…
Goodbye Mr. Chips (1969)
Academy Award-honoree Peter O’Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O’Toole, who received…
Zum Zum Zum 2 (1969)
While happily engaged to Rosalia, Tony has the misfortune of falling for a vibrant pilot named Valeria — and that’s just the beginning of his problems.
Paint Your Wagon (1969)
A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning…
Scorpio Rising (1969)
A gang of Nazi bikers prepares for a race as sexual, sadistic, and occult images are cut together.
The Trouble with Girls (1969)
Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small town America.
The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha (1969)
Goopy Gyne and Bagha Byne are banished from their respective villages for being bad musicians. However, with their skills, they succeed in pleasing the king of ghosts who grants them…
Johnny Cash: The Man His World His Music (1969)
In this classic 1969 documentary, the Man in Black is captured at his peak, the first of many in a looming roller-coaster career. Fresh on the heels of his Folsom…
Sweet Charity (1969)
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to…
Hello Down There (1969)
Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his family to take advantage of the offer. Once the family agrees to move…