'The Seven-Ups' by Philip D'Antoni (1973). What Else Is Hiding Out There Then?

Okay, trying this again, made brief mentions of it in several places before, but it still remains one of the key disappointments in this world of very regular and interesting odd movies, new movies which I at least haven't heard about before but which manage to stand out because there's a lot of people talking about them. Yep, that's the key it seems, both to a lot of peoples' purchases, and to companies licensing behaviour.

You need more than one lone voice, however accurate, descriptive or passionate : you need people to almost simultaneously stand up and shout "great movie!". Doesn't always happen, does it? Sure many out there are thinking about what they've missed and also what they bought they may not have. It's down to the regularity of films released on DVD - there's hundreds of the things each week - and how easy it is to manage keeping track of it all, how willing people are to do so and then share that knowledge or find an opportinuty that doesn't seem futile.

Here's a movie then, stands out like 'Hardcore' did, or 'Prime Slice' did : it's an obscure 70's movie with familiar faces, familiar elements, great talent and so on, but I just haven't seen it, haven't heard anything about it (other that the Amazon.com reviews) and now I am in that familiar place wondering why it isn't more obvious these things are out there.

This film is Directed by one of the guys involved in 'The French Connection' and it seems to contain that same decaying cityscapes, dodgy criminals, unconventional behaviour, car chases and so on. Where are these films hiding? Can I have some recommendations please? Anything with unusual subject matter, crime films in particular, great cinematography and adult themes if possible... primarily 70's American Movies, the best decade for me, but lots of these films are simply hiding away.

'The Seven-Ups' is release on R1 USA DVD May 23rd 2006. Looks great, could be terrible.