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1970s Flashback.(The Stewardess Is Flying the Plane! American Films of the 1970s)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Byline: John Brodie

Ron Hogan's new film-history book, The Stewardess Is Flying the Plane! American Films of the 1970s (Bulfinch), should be required reading for directors and others who would, for example, dare mess with a classic that had Shelley Winters saving Gene Hackman from drowning on a capsized ocean liner.

Hogan's collection is full of a fan's notes and facts about trivial pursuits, such as the battle between Paul Newman and Steve McQueen for top billing in The Towering Inferno.

"Peter Biskind's Easy Riders, Raging Bulls is a great book, but the 70s films I remember wanting ...

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