Jason Reitman's Five Favorite 70's Movies

At a Manhattan luncheon at Le Grenouille last week with stars Charlize Theron and Patton Oswalt, "Young Adult" director Jason Reitman talked about how seventies movies inspired him to create a contemporary black comedy with an unredeemed heroine. Theron's ex-cheerleader from hell Mavis Gary does have a final epiphany about her bad behavior -- and, in a way that's currently out of vogue -- still resists changing. What made the chat all the more ... more 

At a Manhattan luncheon at Le Grenouille last week with stars Charlize Theron and Patton Oswalt, "Young Adult" director Jason Reitman talked about how seventies movies inspired him to create a contemporary black comedy with an unredeemed heroine. Theron's ex-cheerleader from hell Mavis Gary does have a final epiphany about her bad behavior -- and, in a way that's currently out of vogue -- still resists changing. What made the chat all the more interesting was that beside Reitman sat iconic "Taxi Driver" writer Paul Schrader. It turns out that Schrader's wife Mary Beth Hurt has a supporting role in Reitman’s film. It's a good thing his classic Robert DeNiro-Jodi Foster movie ("You talking to me?") made Reitman's list! less