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And in those movies are some deeply unforgettable characters.
Here are 32 of the greatest 70s movie characters.
Paul Kersey (Death Wish)
New York City in the 1970s was something else.
Paul embarks on a dark road to revenge, looking for three needles in an overcrowded haystack.
Theres simply no one better to embody 1970s individualism as a survival mechanism than Jimmy Doyle.
Its an impressive feat of acting to be an expressive character even when audiences cant see your face.
But Holbrook was one of a kind, teaching us all how to follow the money.
Dr. Frank-N-Furter (The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
You were waiting for antici…pation, werent you?
Mad Max wasnt the first character to fail at driving within the lines of good and bad guys.
And he probably would have, if Bruce Lee himself had lived to see it.
Hes Tony Manero, John Travoltas disco hero from the 1977 classic Saturday Night Fever.
Cyrus (The Warriors)
Can you dig it, suckas?
Thankfully, there was Christoper Reeve.
Its universally relatable and repeatable as it is deeply specific to the Halloween saga.
In the end, its Ellen Ripley who uses her wits to outsmart and outmaneuver the eerie Xenomorph.
In doing so, Ellen showed that action movie heroism isnt exclusively the business of men.
(Sorry, Chewie.)
She has a bright future ahead, if she indeed has one at all.
He wears turtlenecks and leather trench coats like theyre a superhero costume, but hes no boy scout.
Even in a decade teeming with gunslinging anti-heroes, Shaft stands out, and single-handedly defines his genre.
Annie Hall (Annie Hall)
Only Diane Keaton could make awkwardness sexy.
But that doesnt make what they once had any less special.
Dirty Harry Callahan (Dirty Harry)
Do you feel lucky, punk?
Here, Grier carries more serrated edges than in any of her other movies.
Howard Beale (web link)
Hes mad as hell, and he cant take it anymore!
They hail from two totally different backgrounds, but ultimately find common ground in and out of sold-out arenas.
Remember: It was Apollo who told Rocky that he had the eye of the tiger.
Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)
Its just not easy to summarize someone like Travis Bickle.
