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What makes for a great year in movies? Will this year stand out for LA movie lovers because of its Oscar winners, blockbuster hits, and new indie breakouts? How about timeless treasures that may have slipped under your radar, but speak across the decades? Like when your first-watch of a canonical film somehow happens, say, fifty years after it was first released in theaters? This spring, we’re giving you the chance to see twelve of 1974’s best films at the historic Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood’s original movie palace, in honor of their 50th anniversary.
 

What happened in 1974? Well, the Rumble in the Jungle, Nixon’s resignation and Stephen King’s first novel may have been important events for some, but here at the Egyptian, we remember 1974 as a great year at the movies. From March 11-21, the Egyptian is proud to present Milestone Movies: The Anniversary Collection - 1974, a 12-film selection of classics to revisit, or discover for the first time, with nine 35mm prints, including two archival prints, as well as the LA premiere of the DCP restoration of Jack Hill’s Foxy Brown, featuring Pam Grier.

From career high points like Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles and Roman Polanski’s Chinatown, to films that marked early career breakthroughs for titans of storytelling and style, like Abbas Kiarostami (The Traveler, his feature debut), Francis Ford Coppola & Walter Murch (The Conversation) and John Waters (Female Trouble), Milestone Movies both reflects the state of mid-1970s cinema and looks ahead to future achievements by young filmmakers.

Other highlights include two rarely screened archival 35mm prints: Martin Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (new print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive) and John Cassavetes’ A Woman Under the Influence (35mm restored print courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive, with restoration funding provided by The Film Foundation and GUCCI).

Many American and European auteurs made career-defining work in 1974, like Alan J. Pakula (The Parallax View), Robert Altman (California Split), Federico Fellini (Amarcord) and Luis Buñuel (The Phantom of Liberty), helping make Milestone Movie a cinematic time capsule to celebrate.
 

Want to make an even deeper-dive into 1974 cinema, check out the companion collection on Netflix now, including other classics from a half-century ago.

And coming to the Egyptian this summer: Milestone Movies: The Anniversary Edition - 1984

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