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Carl Gottlieb has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 1980s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Jaws.
Recurring themes

The Big Boss
1971
Action

The Second Tragic Fantozzi
1976
Comedy

The Wing or the Thigh?
1976
Comedy

El patrullero 777
1978
Comedy

Feyzo, The Polite One
1978
Comedy

From the Village to the City
1974
Comedy

Piranha
1978
Horror · Science Fiction

Breakout
1975
Action · Adventure

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again.
Dir. Steven Spielberg · With Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss

After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him from rags to riches and back again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn't all it's cracked up to be and, in the end, all that really matters to Johnson is his true love.
Dir. Carl Reiner · With Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams
Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.
Dir. Carl Gottlieb · With Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
Dir. Jeannot Szwarc · With Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton

Centered on a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment.
Dir. Peter Horton, Carl Gottlieb, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss, Joe Dante · With Arsenio Hall, Donald F. Muhich, Monique Gabrielle
Coy "Cannonball" Buckman and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an international ensemble of racers for a $100,000 purse. But there are none more important than Cade Redman, his direct competition for a guaranteed spot on the elite Modern Motors racing team.
Dir. Paul Bartel · With David Carradine, Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel
A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.
Dir. Joe Alves · With Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale