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You can post a list of anywhere between 5 and 20 films (or more, but only 20 will be counted) from the year we're covering. The deciding factor in terms of release dates is the RYM list and the top 10 of each year will go on to the final top 100 round. The deadline is April 29th.

The points scheme is as follows:
1. 50 points
2. 40
3. 35
4. 30
5. 25
6. 20
7. 18
8. 16
9. 14
10. 12
11. 10
10. 9
...
20. 1
However, these are the maximum amounts of points. If you want to put certain films on your list but don't want to give them too many points, you can choose to give these less points than in this scheme (but never more) to decrease the impact on the overall results. If you don't specifically state that you want to give (some of) your films fewer points, I will assume the standard scheme.

Here are some lists to remind you of the great (and awful) films released in 1974, from a variety of sources:
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Haven't seen too much from this year besides the big four (Godfather, Chinatown, Conversation, Ali) and two Mel Brooks comedies that confirmed my dislike for Mel Brooks comedies (although Blazing Saddles was alright). I'm going to watch A Woman Under The Influence for sure, and perhaps The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but is there anything else I really should watch? It seems like a weak year.

Edit: Apparently Monty Python and the Holy Grail was released in 1974, or at least RYM lists it as such, so don't forget to vote for that one this year!
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For the Monty Python, the question is important.

Here is my list for 1974 (the weakest year of the seventies for me). The films are very good...but they are few.
1. The Godfather, part II (Francis Ford Coppola)
2. Chinatown (Roman Polanski)
3. Vincent, François, Paul... et les autres (Claude Sautet)
4. Les Valseuses (Bertrand Blier)
5. C'eravamo tanto amati (Ettore Scola)
6. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola)
7. L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (Bertrand avernier)
8. Lacombe lucien (louis Malle)

or

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (God)
2. The Godfather, part II (Francis Ford Coppola)
3. Chinatown (Roman Polanski)
4. Vincent, François, Paul... et les autres (Claude Sautet)
5. Les Valseuses (Bertrand Blier)
6. C'eravamo tanto amati (Ettore Scola)
7. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola)
8. L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (Bertrand avernier)
9. Lacombe lucien (louis Malle)
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1. The Godfather, Part II
2. Chinatown
3. The Conversation
4. Young Frankenstein
5. A Woman Under the Influence
6. The Parallax View
7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
8. Celine and Julie Go Boating
9. Blazing Saddles
10. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

If Holy Grail is determined to be a 1975 film:

7. Celine and Julie Go Boating
8. Blazing Saddles
9. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
10. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

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-- In context, one of the greatest closing lines in movie history, from The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
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1. Un homme qui dort [The Man Who Sleeps] (Bernard Queysanne)
2. The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Coppola)
3. Chinatown (Roman Polański)
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam)
5. Phantom of the Paradise (Brian De Palma)
6. Lenny (Bob Fosse)
7. A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes)
8. Vincent, François, Paul et les autres [Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others] (Claude Sautet)
9. Alice in den Städten [Alice in the Cities] (Wim Wenders)
10. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola)
11. Edvard Munch (Peter Watkins)
12. L'horloger de Saint-Paul [The Clockmaker of St. Paul] (Bertrand Tavernier)
13. Le mouton enragé (Michel Deville)
14. Les valseuses [Going Places] (Bertrand Blier)
15. Lacombe Lucien (Louis Malle)
16. Il portiere di notte [The Night Porter] (Liliana Cavani)
17. Cockfighter [Born to Kill] (Monte Hellman)
18. Le fantôme de la liberté [The Phantom of Liberty] (Luis Buñuel)
19. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks)
20. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper)
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1. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia / Sam Peckinpah / U.S.
2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre / Tobe Hooper / U.S.
3. Chinatown / Roman Polanski / U.S.
4. Cockfighter / Monte Hellman / U.S.
5. Fear Eats the Soul / Rainer Werner Fassbinder / West Germany
6. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot / Michael Cimino / U.S.
7. California Split / Robert Altman / U.S.
8. Harry and Tonto / Paul Mazursky / U.S.
9. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser / Werner Herzog / West Germany
10. Alice in the Cities / Wim Wenders / West Germany
11. A Woman Under the Influence / John Cassavetes / U.S.
12. The Godfather: Part II / Francis Ford Coppola / U.S.
13. The Parallax View / Alan J. Pakula / U.S.
14. The Conversation / Francis Ford Coppola / U.S.
15. Foxy Brown / Jack Hill / U.S.
16. Thieves Like Us / Robert Altman / U.S.
17. The Sugarland Express / Steven Spielberg / U.S.
18. Zardoz / John Boorman / U.K.
19. Effi Briest / Rainer Werner Fassbinder / West Germany
20. Edvard Munch / Peter Watkins / Norway

21. Blood for Dracula / Paul Morrissey / Italy
22. Black Christmas / Bob Clark / U.S.
23. General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait / Barbet Schroeder / France
24. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore / Martin Scorsese / U.S.
25. The Phantom of Liberty / Luis Bunuel / France
26. Lenny / Bob Fosse / U.S.
27. Young Frankenstein / Mel Brooks / U.S.
28. Blazing Saddles / Mel Brooks / U.S.
29. Hearts and Minds / Peter Davis / U.S.
30. Dark Star / John Carpenter / U.S.
31. Lancelot of the Lake / Robert Bresson / France
32. They Call Her One Eye / Bo Arne Vibenius / Sweden
33. The Traveler / Abbas Kiarostami / Iran
34. The Night Porter / Liliana Cavani / Italy
35. Celine and Julie Go Boating / Jacques Rivette / France
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1. Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (Werner Herzog)
2. Chinatown (Roman Polanski)
3. Céline et Julie vont en bateau (Jacques Rivette)
4. Phase IV (Saul Bass)
5. Martha (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
6. Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (Sam Peckinpah)
7. The Parallax View (Alan J. Pakula)
8. Lacombe Lucien (Louis Malle)
9. Angst essen Seele auf (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
10. The Front Page (Billy Wilder)
11. Il fiore delle mille e una notte (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
12. Gruppo di famiglia in un interno (Luchino Visconti)
13. The Black Windmill (Don Siegel)
14. The Odessa File (Ronald Neame)
15. Juggernaut (Richard Lester)
16. Einer von uns beiden (Wolfgang Petersen)
17. The Klansman (Terence Fisher)
18. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks)
19. Lina Braake (Bernhard Sinkel)
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1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. The Godfather: Part II
3. Phase IV
4. Chinatown
5. The Conversation
6. The Front Page
7. Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle [The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser]
8. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
9. Zardoz
10. Sweet Movie
11. Lenny
12. Black Christmas
13. Janis
14. 赤線玉の井 ぬけられます [Street of Joy]
15. Glissements progressifs du plaisir [Successive Slidings of Pleasure]
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I looked around the web, and it seems like Monty Python and the Holy Grail had its premiere on either April 03, 1974 or March 14, 1975, but I couldn't find any kind of comments that justify any of these dates. So different information for such a wellknown movie is really weird... How hard can it be, aren't the Python members themselves interested in documenting the history?
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Yeah, it's weird. IMDb and TSPDT say 1975, but Allrovi, MovieDB, and RYM have 1974, with MovieDB saying Spain and the UK had the April 3rd release. RottenTomatoes says the premiere was January 1st 1975 but lists it as 1974, and the Monty Python page on wikipedia also has 1974, while the movie page itself says 1975.

Does anyone have any definitive evidence for either date? We're going to use 1974 for the competition, but it would be good to have it solved regardless.
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1. The Conversation
2. Chinatown
3. The Godfather: Part II
4. Young Frankenstein
5. A Woman Under the Influence
6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
7. Angst essen Seele auf [Fear Eats the Soul]
(8. Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 1p)
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1. Monty Python And The Holy Grail
2. Jeder Für Sich Und Gott Gegen Alle
3. Chinatown
4. Angst Essen Seele Auf
5. Les Valseuses

English Wikipedia says 1974 on Monthy Python page and 1975 on movie page
German Wikipedia syas 1975 on Monthy Python page and 1974 on movie page

It all makes sense: It's as absurd as the movie itself.
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1. The Front Page – Billy Wilder
2. The Conversation – Francis Ford Coppola
3. The Godfather II – Francis Ford Coppola
4. The Yakuza – Sidney Pollack
5. Gruppo di famiglia in un interno (Conversation Piece) – Luchino Visconti
6. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three – Joseph Sargent
7. Lacombe, Lucien – Louis Malle
8. Monty Python and the Holy Grail – Terry Gilliam
9. The Black Windmill – Don Siegel
10. The Midnight Man – Burt Lancaster
11. The Parallax View – Alan J. Pakula
12. The Towering Inferno – John Guillermin
13. Chinatown – Roman Polanski
14. The Sugarland Express – Steven Spielberg
15. The Odessa File - Ronald Neame
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Andre wrote: English Wikipedia says 1974 on Monthy Python page and 1975 on movie page
German Wikipedia syas 1975 on Monthy Python page and 1974 on movie page
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Hahahaha, and in the French one, it's : "Fetchez la vache"
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01. The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Coppola)
02. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola)
03. Chinatown (Roman Polanski)
04. A Woman under the Influence (John Cassavetes)
05. Angst Essen Seele auf (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
06. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Martin Scorsese)
07. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones)
08. Alice in den Städten (Wim Wenders)
09. Jeder für Sich uns Gott gegen Alle (Werner Herzog)
10. Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait (Barbet Schroeder)
11. Lacombe Lucien (Louis Malle)
12. Hearts and Minds (Peter Davis)

A good year for the New German cinema. And for Coppola, of course...
And, incidentally, for Alices.
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1. Chinatown
2. A Woman Under The Influence
3. The Enigma of Kaspar Hausar
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5. Lacombe, Lucien
6. Xala
7. Lancelot do Lac
8. The Godfather: Part II
9. Young Frankenstein
10. Ali: Fear Eats The Soul
11. The Conversation
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According to one RYM contributor "there's an excerpt from Michael Palin's diary from early January talking about the first draft being screened and half the troupe hating it, followed by discussion about how it was re-cut a dozen or so times on its way to being funny".

That seems pretty conclusive. I'm unsure what to do here; I could simply remove all the votes for Monty Python from this year and ask everyone to vote for it again in a couple of weeks, or we could move ahead with the 1974 date for this competition. Let me know what you guys think is better.
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It has always been a 1975 film in my book, but that doesn't really matter now.

I don't really care, but I do agree we have to choose one or the other year.
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In this text about the film (I don't know if this is their official website) says:
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail was shown in theaters on 3 April 1975 in the UK, on 10 May 1975 in the US and on 14 August 1975 in Australia"
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I think we'll stick to 1974 for the sake of this competition since everybody has already voted for it, and it seems a fairly weak year compared to 1975 anyway.

Michel, great call on The Man Who Sleeps, very impressive film!
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Stephan wrote:Michel, great call on The Man Who Sleeps, very impressive film!
This really impressed me too. I wish more people watch it.
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I don't think I'll have more time to watch films from 1974 today or tomorrow, so this'll have to my top 10.

1. The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Coppola)
2. Chinatown (Roman Polanski)
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam / Terry Jones)
4. A Woman Under The Influence (John Cassavetes)
5. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola)
6. Un Homme Qui Dort (Bernard Queysanne)
7. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Werner Herzog)
8. Ali: Fear Eats The Soul (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
9. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper)
10. The Phantom of Liberty (Luis Buñuel)
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1.Chinatown
2.The Conversation
3.The Night Porter
4.Godfather II
5.Monty Python and the holy grail
6.Young Frankenstein
7.The Front Page
8.Blazing Saddles
9.Lenny
10.Alice Doesn't live here anymore

11.The Parallax View
12.Taking of Pelham 123
13.The Yakuza
14.Death Wish
15.The Towering Inferno
16.The Sugarland Express
17.Murder on the orient express
18.The Odessa File
19.The Four Musketeers
20.Phase IV
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This first time this decade we have four films with more than 300 points, and Chinatown becomes the second film (after A Clockwork Orange to get votes from all participants. It got first place only twice, but it did secure 11 top 3 placements.

#. Title (Director) - Points/Votes/#1s
1. Chinatown (Roman Polanski) - 473/13/2
2. The Godfather, Part II (Francis Ford Coppola) - 395/11/3
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam / Terry Jones) - 323/11/3
4. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola) - 302/11/1
5. Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle [The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser] (Werner Herzog) - 189/7/1
6. A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes) - 178/7/0
7. Angst Essen Seele Auf [Ali: Fear Eats The Soul] (Rainer Werner Fassbinder) - 140/7/0
8. The Front Page (Billy Wilder) - 100/4/1
9. Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks) - 99/6/0
10. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper) - 91/5/0

Herzog gets his second film through, while Coppola joins the leaders with three films.
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