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Welcome to the first episode of Timecode Cowboys, where we dive deep into the rugged, rebellious terrain of 1970s cinema! 🎥 From gritty antiheroes to groundbreaking auteurs, the ‘70s redefined Hollywood storytelling with daring new visions. 🍿🤠

Join us as we explore how filmmakers wrangled the chaos of the era to create some of the most unforgettable movies in history.

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For those who are curious, here's a list of all movies - no matter how brief or tangential - mentioned in this episode (by order of oldest release date to newest...)

Sunrise – 1927, directed by F.W. Murnau
White Heat – 1949, directed by Raoul Walsh
DOA – 1950, directed by Rudolph Maté
Gun Crazy – 1950, dir. Joseph H. Lewis
In A Lonely Place — 1950, dir. Nicholas Ray
Sunset Blvd. – 1950, directed by Billy Wilder
Ace in the Hole – 1951, directed by Billy Wilder
Kiss Me Deadly – 1955, directed by Robert Aldrich
A Face in the Crowd – 1957, directed by Elia Kazan
Sweet Smell of Success – 1957, directed by Alexander Mackendrick
Dr. Strangelove – 1964, dir. Stanley Kubrick
Seconds – 1966, directed by John Frankenheimer
Bonnie and Clyde – 1967, directed by Arthur Penn
The Swimmer – 1968, directed by Frank Perry and Sydney Pollack
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? — 1969, directed by Sydney Pollack
Easy Rider – 1969, directed by Dennis Hopper
Klute – 1971, directed by Alan J. Pakula
Vanishing Point – 1971, directed by Richard C. Sarafian
A Clockwork Orange – 1971, directed by Stanley Kubrick
Sleeper – 1973, directed by Woody Allen
Paper Moon – 1973, directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Zardoz – 1974, directed by John Boorman
The Sugarland Express – 1974, directed by Steven Spielberg
Chinatown – 1974, directed by Roman Polanski
Barry Lyndon – 1975, directed by Stanley Kubrick
All the President's Men – 1976, directed by Alan J. Pakula
Tough Guys Don't Dance – 1987, directed by Norman Mailer
The Lost World: Jurassic Park – 1997, directed by Steven Spielberg
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery – 1997, directed by Jay Roach
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me – 1999, directed by Jay Roach
Death Proof – 2007, directed by Quentin Tarantino