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The Color Purple (1985) #1315
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Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery. A black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades. |
1202 |
Leonard Bernstein Conducts West Side Story (1985) #1520
DOCUMENTARY
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90 mins. A documentary which shows, in great detail, the making of the 1985 Bernstein-conducted recording of the entire score of "West Side Story", featuring operatic stars. |
1203 |
Once Upon a Time in America (1984) #36
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Directed by Sergio Leone. With Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci. A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life. |
1204 |
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) #47
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Directed by Michael Radford. With John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack. In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love. |
1205 |
Amadeus (1984) #393
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Directed by Milos Forman. With F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice. The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum. Director's cut. |
1206 |
The Meaning of Life (1983) #18
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Directed by Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam. With John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones. The comedy team takes a look at life in all its stages in their own uniquely silly way. |
1207 |
Flashdance (1983) #361
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Directed by Adrian Lyne. With Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson. A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school. |
1208 |
The Planets (1983) #605
FILM-MUSIC
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Directed by Ken Russell. Based on the famous Gustav Holst musical suite, this musical film takes watchers on a magnificent journey of the planets of the Solar System. |
1209 |
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) #1233
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Directed by Richard Marquand. With Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams. After a daring mission to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels dispatch to Endor to destroy the second Death Star. Meanwhile, Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side without falling into the Emperor's trap. |
1210 |
Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) #1497
ANIMATION
Disk
26 minutes. The classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling of the Charles Dickens masterpiece. |
1211 |
The Snowman (1982) #110
FILM-ANIMATION
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Directed by Dianne Jackson, Jimmy T. Murakami. With David Bowie, Raymond Briggs. On Christmas Eve, a young boy builds a snowman that comes to life and takes him to the North Pole to meet Santa Clause. |
1212 |
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) #130
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Directed by Colin Higgins. With Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning. A town's sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a TV preacher targets it as the Devil's playhouse. |
1213 |
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) #143
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Directed by Colin Higgins. With Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning. A town's sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a TV preacher targets it as the Devil's playhouse. 16:9 |
1214 |
Fitzcarraldo (1982) #168
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Directed by Werner Herzog. With Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Miguel Ángel Fuentes. The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle. |
1215 |
Fitzcarraldo (1982) #325
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Directed by Werner Herzog. With Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Miguel Ángel Fuentes. The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle. |
1216 |
Night Crossing (1982) #443
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Directed by Delbert Mann. With John Hurt, Jane Alexander, Doug McKeon, Keith McKeon. Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story. Disney |
1217 |
Gandhi (1982) #524
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Directed by Richard Attenborough. With Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox. Gandhi's character is fully explained as a man of nonviolence. Through his patience, he is able to drive the British out of the subcontinent. And the stubborn nature of Jinnah and his commitment towards Pakistan is portrayed. |
1218 |
Pete Murray Takes You to Nottingham (1982) #557
DOCUMENTARY
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Directed by Harold Baim. 17min. A Hoot... |
1219 |
The Concert in Central Park (1982) #1389
FILM
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The Concert in Central Park: Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. With Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, David Brown, Pete Carr. The long-awaited reunion concert of the renowned pop music duo, more than a decade after their separation as musical performers |
1220 |
Blade Runner (1982) #1425
FILM
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Blade Runner: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos. A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator |