During the 1970s, young directors emerged who benefited from relaxed censorship laws to usher in a new wave of American cinema. Studios focused on big blockbusters but it was difficult to predict successes. Jaws (1975) was hugely successful until the release of Star Wars in 1977. Iconic films and characters like Scooby-Doo were created during this period that have endured for decades.

1.  The decade began with Hollywood
experiencing financial and artistic problems.
 The younger generation of free love, drug use
and the changing climate for gender roles
effected the decades movie making
 Restrictions on creativeness, violence language
and sexuality had gone down.
 This enabled young directors known as “movie
brats” to be creative and begin a “new wave”
of cinema.

2.  Considered the renaissance of American film
making, studios were looking for the big
blockbuster, only putting money in to a few
films hopping one or two would make a
substantial profit.
 Much of the industries focus was on box office
numbers and creating action packed films with
new effects for the younger generation
 Although this made it difficult to predict what
would be a hit.

3.  Jaws was the highest Until Star Wars in
grossing film ever. 1977
 1975

4.  Scooby Doo is and iconic cartoon which first
appeared in late 1969 early 1970.
 Created by Hanna-Barbara Productions.
 Similar productions include: The
Flintstones, Jetsons, Jonny Quest and Dextors
Laboratory.
 A half speaking great dane and his friends
Shaggy, (the stoner) Velma( the brains) and
Fred (the jock), would spend each episode
solving supernatural mysteries.

5.  Scooby doo is derived
from the Frank Sinatra
song, “Strangers in
the Night.

6.  Many known actors
have voiced characters
on the show.
 Don Messic and Casey
Kasem as Scooby due
and Shaggy.
 The Adams
Family, Batman and
Robin and the Three
Stooges also made at
least two appearances
on the show.

7.  Scooby-Doo spawned
multiple remakes and redus
of the show over the past 40
years.
 Some versions feature a
different variations on the
shows supernatural theme.
 The show has included other
characters such as Scooby's
cousin Scooby-Dum and
Scrappy-Doo
 Lastly the live versions of
Scooby-Doo featuring some
of Hollywood's biggest
actors, including Mathew
Lillard and Sarah Michelle
Gellar.

8.  Grease is a cult classic made in 1978.
 It is a Broadway play turned movie
 Written by Jim Jacobs (musical) Warren Casey
(musical), Screenplay and Adaptation by:
Bronte Woodard and Allan Carr.
 Staring John Travolta (Danny Zuko), Olivia
Newton-John (Sandy
Olsen), StockardChanning (Betty Rizo) and Jeff
Conway( Kenickie)

9.  Grease is based on a high school
in 1958-59
 Made in the 70’s at the peak of
the sexual revelation that would
arrive in the mid 60’s but
flourish during the 70’s
 Seen threw the eyes of its two
main character Danny and
Sandy, representing the
segment already experiencing
there own sexual revolution.
 Eventually conforming sandy to
express her sexuality without
fear or shame.
 These same ideas were starting
to flourish with the female
population of the 1970’s of
strong women and gender
reassignment.

10.  The end of Grease suggest that lasting, healthy
relationship can only last when both partners
are openly themselves, with out regard for
outside opinions and social conventions.
 Grease is a movie about the times to come. The
seeds of what blossomed into the 70’s where
people and the country were changing.

11.  There were three
distinct cultures in the
50’s.
 Mainstream middle
America, New York
(including the beat
writers) and
teenagers.

12.  Apocalypse Now was
made in 1979
 Written and Directed
by: Francis Ford
Coppola and John
Milius.
 Narrated Michael
Herr,
 Based on the novel
Heart of Darkness by:
Joseph Conrad

13.  A war Revisited  America Abroad

14.  Apocalypse now was one of the first hit
independent movies made in the 70’s by the
crop of new directors starting to break the
barriers.
 Based on the novel Heart of Darkness it keeps
it gritty edge by being shot out of the box and
on site

15.  Heart of Darkness  Apocalypse now

16.  During this time period a group of young
directors emerged
 The new age of open thinking creative young
directors gave way to the cinema we see today.

17.  Drugs and Pop culture pointed a new direction
in film making.
 Censorship and or the lack there of made it
easier for young directors to be artistic and
speak there minds.

18.  Animal house is the iconic sex, college teenage
comedy.
 Most of the films we watch today such as
American Pie or the Hangover would not be
around today if not for animal house

19.  Written by: Harold Ramis Douglas Kenny and
Chris Miller.
 Directed by John Landis
 Animal house reaches in the the college culture
of the 70’s
 With the country excepting sex, drugs rock and
role and gender reassignment both young
writers and directors were able to be artistic
and not worry about offending anyone.

20.  Staring some of today's and yesterdays greatest
comedic actors.
 John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Karen Allen and
Donald Sotherland were some of the stars of
this movie.
 Showing the growth of two college freshman
just trying to be excepted by there pers.

21.  The toga party and the road trip are main
themes in the movie. Beginning a kind of
comedy that we see today.
 The music and life style of the 70’s is in full
view for the world to see.
 The coming of age for these two freshman and
soon to graduate seniors is a crystal ball into
what people went threw and how they change
movie making in the 70’s

22.  Famous Scenes