Paramount Pictures Films of 1971
This list contains the films produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures in 1971. List in order of when films were released in the United States.
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- DirectorJosef PinkavaStarsVit WeingartnerMilan ZemanFrantisek FilipovskýVasek and Honza, two pupils of an elementary school in a small village, artfully move through the expositions of the Brno fair. They collect many leaflets, thoroughly inspect everything and constantly gorge themselves with various delicacies, which gives Vasek a bad stomach. The next day, however, everything is all right. These two boys, whose overactive imaginations keep them far from the top of the class, tell their classmates about their adventures, both real and made-up. In their dreamed-up world, there is an automatic machine which can fulfill one wish to everybody.
- DirectorElaine MayStarsWalter MatthauElaine MayJack WestonHenry Graham lives the life of a playboy. When his lawyer tells him one day that his lifestyle has consumed all his funds, he needs an idea to avoid climbing down the social ladder. So he intends to marry a rich woman and - murder her.Budget: $4 million
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsSean BuryAnicée AlvinaRonald LewisA rich English boy meets an orphaned French girl and as they become friends, create a world that is far away from the adult world we live in.
- DirectorSergey BondarchukStarsRod SteigerChristopher PlummerOrson WellesFacing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte and his army confront the British at the Battle of Waterloo.Released in U.S. March 31, 1971; Budget: $35 million
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsWalter MatthauMaureen StapletonBarbara HarrisThree vignettes, each set in room 719 of New York's Plaza Hotel, make up this comedy.Gross: $4 million (US / Canada rentals)
- DirectorBurt KennedyNiksa FulgosiStarsBekim FehmiuRichard CrennaChuck ConnorsArmy deserter Capt. Viktor Kaleb is offered a pardon and reinstatement in the cavalry if he agrees to lead a special forces group in a raid against an Apache stronghold into Mexico.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsDavid HemmingsCarolyn SeymourDouglas WilmerA new school teacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his pupils, and he fears the same will happen to him.
- DirectorMel StuartStarsGene WilderJack AlbertsonPeter OstrumA poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.Budget: $2.9 million; Box office: $4 million
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsPeter O'TooleSiân PhillipsPhilippe NoiretA lone survivor from a British naval ship is obsessed with getting revenge on a German U-boat crew that massacred his shipmates in the water.
- DirectorMikhail KalatozovStarsSean ConneryPeter FinchClaudia CardinaleTorn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his failed 1928 Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.Released in U.S. July 29, 1971; Budget: $10 million
- DirectorJohn D. HancockStarsZohra LampertBarton HeymanKevin O'ConnorA recently institutionalized woman has bizarre experiences after moving into a supposedly haunted country farmhouse and fears she may be losing her sanity once again.
- DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsKirk DouglasJohnny CashJane AlexanderTwo aging gunfighters in need of money come to an agreement to organize an actual showdown between them and sell tickets for it. The townsfolk is more than interested to see the "show".
- DirectorJeffrey YoungStarsBarry PrimusLinda De CoffDavid DowningFree-thinking student tries to put up with life at a straight-laced college in 1958.
- DirectorMichel DevilleStarsBrigitte BardotJean-Pierre CasselDaniel CeccaldiCellist Gaspard is living in a big house in the country with his son and three nieces. He likes being quiet. One day, his modest car bumps into a Rolls-Royce, driven by Felicia, a young, beautiful, wealthy and temperamental woman. And she knows it. She is very angry at him because he seems not to be under her charm. She decides to seduce him, but Gaspard did not feel like letting his life being invaded by such a woman.Released in U.S. September 16, 1971
- DirectorElisabeta BostanNicolae CodrescuStarsCarmen StanescuEmanoil PetrutAnna SzélesA young man's quest for a kingdom promising eternal youth and immortality. To reach his goal he must fulfill the three wishes of the Emperor's daughter, retrieve three golden objects and answer three riddles set by the Lord of TimeReleased in U.S. October 15, 1971
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsCandice BergenPeter BoyleJames CaanAn enthusiastic young woman runs away to Chicago to start a new life. She is soon confronted with the emotional coldness of the big city, and has to search for her place in the scheme of things.Starring Peter Boyle
- DirectorBo WiderbergStarsThommy BerggrenAnja SchmidtKelvin MalaveAbout the life and death of the legendary Swedish/American agitator Joe Hill.
- DirectorJames HillStarsMark LesterWalter SlezakPeter Lee LawrenceEvan's son Joe receives Black Beauty stallion. After Evan's death, new owner mistreats animals. Black Beauty sold to circus after card game. Joe attempts to reclaim stallion from circus.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsDyan CannonJames CocoJennifer O'NeillWhile awaiting the outcome of her husband's surgery, Julie Messinger discovers he has been having affairs.
- DirectorHal AshbyStarsRuth GordonBud CortVivian PicklesYoung, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.Budget: $1.2 million
- DirectorJerry ParisStarsSandy DuncanTony RobertsTodd SusmanA pair of 60's hippies fall in love with the girl next door, who is exactly the kind of square that they are fighting against.