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"American Cinema of The 1980s: Themes & Variations" [2007] Edited by Stephen Prince Rutgers Univ Press pb [7/2007] for $22.95 Rutgers Univ Press hardcover [7/2007] for $68.00 |
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"The 1980s: American Popular Culture Through History" [2006] by Bob Batchelor & Scott Stoddart Greenwood Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [12/2006] for $49.95 |
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"Movies of The 80s" [2002] by Jürgen Müller
Taschen 10x8¼ pb [10/2002] for $29.19 "Best Movies of The 80's" [2005] Edited by Jürgen Müller Taschen 9x7 hardcover [11/2005] for $10.19 |
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"Film Posters of The 80s: The Essential Movies of The Decade" [2001] Edited by Tony Nourmand & Graham Marsh Overlook 11½x9½ pb [1/2005] for $16.50 Aurum pb [10/2001] for $18.47 Overlook 12x10¼ hardcover [10/2001] out of print/used |
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"New Pot of Gold: Hollywood Under The Electric Rainbow, 1980-1989" [1999] by Stephen Prince (History of The American Cinema, Vol. 10) Univ CA Press 10x7 pb [3/2002] for $26.12 Scribner's 10¼x7½ hardcover [11/99] for $99.00 |
movie posters of the 1980s category at AllPosters.com
1981
"Chariots of Fire"
[The Ladd Co./Warner Bros. 1981]
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theme song [3min:24sec]
"Arthur" [Orion/Warner Bros. 1981]
full credits from IMDb
sequel "Arthur 2: On The Rocks" [Warner Bros. 1988]
full credits from IMDb
"Excalibur" [Warner Bros. 1981]
A tale of King Arthur directed by John Boorman; full credits from IMDb
"On Golden Pond"
[IPC/ITC/Universal 1981]
full credits from IMDb
"Raiders of The Lost Ark"
[Lucasfilm/Paramount 1981]
full credits from IMDb
"Reds" [Paramount Dec 1981]
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A radical combination of historical drama and actual history. The interspersed interviews with then-still-living witnesses to the story of American journalist and Bolshevik activist John Reed [1887-1920] give a resonance beyond any previous film about the Russian revolutionary era. Truly an epic film.
Produced & co-written & directed by Warren Beatty; starring Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson & Maureen Stapleton; witnesses include Henry Miller & Will Durant; won Oscars for Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actress; nominated for 9 more; won DGA, WGA, two BAFTA Awards
Paramount color DVD [10/2006] for $14.99 Paramount color VHS [1/2002] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used BMG soundtrack CD [4/99] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
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"Romantic Revolutionary: A Biography of John Reed" [1975] by Robert A. Rosenstone Replica Books 9x6 hardcover [5/2001] out of print/used Random House hardcover [6/75] out of print/many used |
1982
"Gandhi" [Columbia Dec 1982]
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"It took one remarkable man to defeat the British Empire and free a nation of 350 million people. His goal was freedom for India. His strategy was peace. His weapon was his humanity."
Directed by Richard Attenborough; screenplay by John Briley; starring Ben Kingsley (as Gandhi}, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Martin Sheen, Ian Charleson, Athol Fugard, Günther Maria Halmer, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth {as Nehru}, Rohini Hattangadi, Ian Bannen, Michael Bryant, Michael Hordern, Shreeram Lagoo, Om Puri & Daniel Day-Lewis; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Script, Best Actor (BK), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Set Decoration, Oscar noms for Best Original Score
Best Costumes, Best Sound, Best Makeup; won 5 of 16 BAFTA noms, won DGA Award
Sony Special Edition widescreen color DVD [2/2007] 2 disks for $19.99 Sony widescreen color DVD [9/2001] out of prodn/used R.C.A./Columbia color VHS [12/92] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used 11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com full credits from IMDb |
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"Gandhi Screenplay" [1983] by John Briley Grove/Atlantic Evergreen pb [3/83] for $1.98 "Homage To Mahatma Gandhi" album [2004] by Ravi Shankar Deutsche Grammophon audio CD [7/2004] for $11.98 |
"An Officer & A Gentleman" [Lorimar 1982]
full credits from IMDb
"Coup de Torchon" [France 1982]
full credits from IMDb
"E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" [Universal 1982]
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"Mephisto" [Hungary 1982]
Co-written & directed by István Szabó; won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film full credits at IMDb |
"Sophie's Choice" [ITC 1982]
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"Tootsie" [Mirage/Columbia 1982]
full credits from IMDb
1983
"Terms of Endearment" [Paramount 1983]
full credits from IMDb
sequel "The Evening Star" [Paramount 1996]
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"A Christmas Story" [M.G.M. Nov 1983]
  | Set in northern Indiana in 1940; young Ralphie wants only one thing for Christmas, an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model BB rifle with a compass in the stock. His attempts to convince the world of the rightness of his quest run into opposition from his parents, his teacher, and even Santa Claus himself.
Co-produced, co-written & directed by Bob Clark; co-written by Leigh Brown & Jean Shepherd, based on stories by Jean Shepherd; starring Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, R.D. Robb, Tedde Moore, Yano Anaya & Zack Ward, narrated by Jean Shepherd; won Oscars for Best Director & Best Script Adaptation, nominated for 7 others including Best Picture; W.G.A. nom for Best Adapted Script
Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2008] for $15.99 Warner Home Video Collectors Edition widescreen color DVD [11/2008] 2 disks for $30.99 Warner Special Edition widescreen color DVD [11/2008] 2 disks for $23.99 Warner Special Edition widescreen color DVD [10/2003] 2 disks out of prodn/many used Warner Home Video color VHS [9/2000] out of prodn/many used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • official movie site 'A Christmas Story House' Museum & Gift Shop in Cleveland, Ohio |
"The Big Chill" [Carson/Columbia 1983]
full credits from IMDb
"Fanny & Alexander" [Sweden 1983]
full credits from IMDb
"The Right Stuff" [The Ladd Company 1983]
full credits from IMDb
"Silkwood" [ABC/Fox 1983]
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"The Year of Living Dangerously" [MGM 1983]
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1984
"Amadeus" [Orion Sept 1984]
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First there is the music, then the period ambience, and the story of a mad, immature genius, and his destruction from within and from without.
Directed by Milos Forman; script by Peter Shaffer, based on his stageplay; starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge & Jeffrey Jones; nominated for 11 Oscars, winning eight: Best Picture, Best Director, Script Adaptation, Best Actor (Murray Abraham), Best Set Decoration, Best Sound, Best Makeup & Best Costume Design; also won A.C.E. Eddie Award, Best Foreign Language Film Award of the Japanese Academy, 4 BAFTA Awards, César Award for Best For-eign Film, 3 David di Donatello Awards, D.G.A. Award & Kinema Junpo Award for Best Foreign Film
Warner Video widescreen color Blu-ray [2/2009] 2 disks for $13.99 Warner Video widescreen color DVD [12/97] for $15.99 Warner Video color VHS [1/2001] out of prodn/many used Warner Video widescreen color VHS [3/2001] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia stageplay [1980-83] entry at IBDb • stageplay entry at Wikipedia |
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eine kleine Mozart [5min:41sec midi file]
Fantasy soundtrack CD box set [12/97] 3 disks for $24.97 Fantasy soundtrack CD [12/92] for $14.99 Fantasy soundtrack cassette [10/90] out of prodn/used Fantasy soundtrack on vinyl [4/95] out of prodn/used Fantasy "More Music.." soundtrack CD [6/91] for $14.98 Fantasy "More Music.." soundtrack on vinyl [4/95] out of prodn/used |
"A Soldier's Story" [Columbia 1984]
full credits from IMDb
"The Killing Fields" [Warner Bros. Nov 1984]
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Directed by Roland Joffé; starring Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Craig T. Nelson & Spalding Gray; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Script/Adaptation, won for Best Supporting Actor (Ngor), Best Cinematography, Best Editing; also won 8 BAFTA Awards, WGA Award
Warner color VHS [2/96] for $14.94 Warner color DVD [3/2001] for $17.98 Virgin soundtrack CD [6/92] for $11.98 Dell movie tie-in pb [8/84] out of print/used full credits from IMDb |
Book "The Death and Life of Dith Pran" [1985]
by Sydney H. Schanberg
Viking hardcover [5/85] out of print/used
"The Natural" [TriStar 1984]
full credits from IMDb
1985
"Out of Africa" [Universal 1985]
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"The Color Purple" [Amblin/Warner Bros. 1985]
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"Prizzi's Honor" [ABC 1985]
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"Ran" ('Chaos') [Japan 1985]
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Based on Wm. Shakespeare's 'King Lear': An aging warlord decides to split his kingdom between his three sons, who will live in three separate castles.
Co-written & directed by Akira Kurosawa [1910-98]; starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada & Yoshiko Miyazaki; nominated for Best Director, Best Cinematography & Best Art Direction Oscars, won Oscar for Best Costumes; won BAFTA for Best Foreign Language Film
Criterion color DVD w/subtitles [11/2005] 2 discs for $29.99 Fox Lorber color DVD w/subtitles [4/2003] for $21.99 Fox Lorber color DVD w/subtitles [8/98] for $21.99 Fox Lorber letterbox VHS w/subtitles [3/98] out of stock/used full credits at IMDb "Ran" art book [1986] by Akira Kurosawa |
"Witness" [Paramount 1985]
full credits from IMDb
1986
"Platoon" [Orion 1986]
Directed by Oliver Stone;
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"Down and Out In America" [H.B.O. 1986]
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Examines three sectors of American society, and the rampant & devastating economic injustice that causes bank foreclosure of heartland farms, unemployment from the thousands of jobs going overseas each day, and villages of stunned homeless urban Americans.
Directed & narrated by [blacklistee] Lee Grant; won Oscar for Best Documentary Feature
M.P.I. Medis color VHS [10/87] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
"Hannah & Her Sisters" [Orion 1986]
Written & directed by Woody Allen;
full credits from IMDb
"Hoosiers" [Hemdale 1986]
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"Round Midnight" [France/Warner Bros. 1986]
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1987
"The Last Emperor" [Columbia 1987]
full credits from IMDb
"Au revoir les enfants" [France 1987]
full credits from IMDb
"Broadcast News" [Gracie/Fox Dec 1987]
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A love triangle – between a female news producer who falls for the new pretty-boy anchor and the plain-looking news reporter who loves her – parallels the network's move from substance toward style.
Co-produced, written & directed by James L. Brooks; starring William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Joan Cusack, Peter Hackes, Christian Clemenson, Jack Nicholson, Robert Katims, Ed Wheeler & Stephen Mendillo; Oscar nomina- tions for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor (Hurt), Best Actress (HH), Best Supporting Actor (AB), Best Cinematography & Best Editing; noms for DGA & WGA Awards
Fox widescreen color DVD [10/99] for $9.98 Fox color VHS [1/96] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb Oscar-nominated movie script by James L. Brooks Vintage pb [2/89] out of print/used |
"Moonstruck" [MGM 1987]
full credits from IMDb
"Wall Street" [Fox Dec 1987]
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Bud Fox, a young and very ambitious stock trader, courts the powerful stock speculator Gordon Gekko, who takes the boy under his wing. Bud becomes immersed in the fast life, the big time, but soon is asked to take actions that even he finds offensive. Co-written & directed by Oliver Stone; co-written by Stanley Weiser; starring Michael Douglas {won Oscar & David di Donatello Best Actor awards}, Charlie Sheen, Hal Holbrook, Martin Sheen, Terence Stamp, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, James Spader, Saul Rubinek & Sylvia Miles;
Fox widescreen color Blu-ray [2/2008] for $13.99 Fox widescreen color DVD [9/2007] 2 disks for $9.49 Fox color VHS [1/96] out of prodn/many, many used Varese Sarabande soundtrack CD [10/93] out of prodn/used {with "Talk Radio" [1988]} 11"x17" poster available for $14.99 at AllPosters.com full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
1988
"Rain Man" [United Artists 1988]
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"Big" [Gracie/Fox 1988]
full credits from IMDb
"Nuovo Cinema Paradiso" [Italy 1988; 155 min. release]
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Written & directed by Giuseppe Tornatore; starring Philippe Noiret, Marco Leonardi, Salvatore Cascio, Jacques Perrin, Antonella Attili, Pupella Maggio & Brigitte Fossey (director's cut only); won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film, 5 BAFTAs, Jury Grand Prize at Cannes & other awards
HBO VHS w/English subtitles [3/2001] out of stock/used HBO widescreen DVD [3/2001] out of stock/used Ennio Morricone soundtrack CD [6/91] for $14.99 DRG 'Extra Tracks' CD [6/2001] for $19.98 full credits from IMDb June 2002 Director's Cut [3 hour release] info on different versions from IMDb |
"Stand & Deliver"
[American Playhouse/Warner Bros. 1988]
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The true story of Jaime Escalante, a math teacher who came to a gang-filled Los Angeles high school and inspired 18 students to take – and pass – the advanced placement calculus test, in the process teaching them pride in themselves and control of their own futures. Directed by Ramón Menéndez; starring Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Andy Garcia & Rosanna DeSoto; Oscar nomination for Best Actor [EJO], won 6 Independent Spirit Awards
Warner color VHS [9/93] out of stock/used Warner color VHS w/Spanish subtitles [9/93] out of stock/used Warner color DVD [10/98] for $13.48 Varese soundtrack CD [12/97] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb |
"Tucker: The Man and His Dream"
[Lucasfilm Aug 1988]
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The story of automotive genius Preston Tucker and his fight against the automakers of Detroit. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola; starring Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest, Mako, Elias Koteas & Christian Slater; Oscar noms for Best Actor (ML), Best Art Direction, Best Costumes
Paramount widescreen DVD [10/2000] for $9.98 Paramount color VHS [4/91] for $13.99 full credits from IMDb Pocket movie tie-in pb [8/88] out of print/used |
"The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
[Saul Zaentz/Orion 1988]
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A beautifully-photographed meditation on love, politics & bliss seen thru an expatriate Czech doctor's reactions to the Russian invasion of Prague in 1968.
Co-written & directed by Philip Kaufman; starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche & Lena Olin
MGM/UA color VHS [8/2000] for $14.95 Home Vision widescreen DVD [8/2000] for $25.49 soundtrack CD VHS [8/2000] for $14.95 full credits from IMDb |
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"The Unbearable Lightness of Being" [1984] by Milan Kundera, translation by Michael Henry Heim A poetic mix of philosophy & fiction, lightness & darkness, constructed like a Beethoven quartet. Harper Perennial 8x5½ pb [5/99] for $10.40 Isis UNABR audio [1/99] for $69.95 audio CD [12/99] for $99.95 |
1989
"Driving Miss Daisy" [Warner Bros. 1989]
full credits from IMDb
"Born On The Fourth of July" [Ixtlan 1989]
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"Do The Right Thing"
[40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks 1989]
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Possibly inspired by Akira Kurosawa's "Do-desu-ka-den" [1970], this is the tale of a blighted neighborhood in Spike Lee's home turf of Brooklyn. There is actually a moment, ignored or missed by most reviewers, where 'the right thing' gets done – look for it.
Written & directed by Spike Lee; starring Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, John Turturro, Rosie Perez & Samuel L. Jackson, with Spike Lee as 'Mookie'; Oscar nominations for Best Script & Best Actor [DA]
Universal Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [6/2009] for $18.99 
20th Anniversary Edition DVD [6/2009] for $13.99
Universal letterbox color DVD [7/98] for $17.99 Universal widescreen color DVD [2/2001] 2 discs for $28.99 Universal color VHS [1/2000] out of prodn/many used Sony original score CD [9/89] for $11.98 full credits from IMDb Cambridge Univ Press critical text 9x6 pb for $25.19 |
"Field of Dreams"
[Gordon/Universal April 1989]
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"If you build it, they will come." Co-written & directed by Phil Alden Robinson; starring Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan & Ray Liotta; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Script Adaptation & Best Music Score
Universal Studios Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [5/2009] for $21.49 Universal color DVD [3/2002] for $9.49 Universal color VHS [8/99] out of prodn/many, many used Universal widescreen VHS [8/99] out of prodn/used B.M.G. soundtrack CD [5/89] for $8.99 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Glory" [TriStar 1989]
full credits from IMDb
1990
"Dances With Wolves"
[Orion Nov 1990]
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Directed by & starring Kevin Costner; novel & screenplay by Michael Blake; co-starring Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene & Wes Studi; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script, Best Sound, Best Music, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, nominated for 3 best Acting (Costner, Greene, Mary McDonnell), Best Art Direction, Best Costumes; also won DGA, WGA & many other awards
MGM/UA color VHS [12/2001] for $9.94 Image Ent widescreen DVD [11/98] for $26.99 Sony soundtrack CD [11/90] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb | theme music [2min:03sec] |
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Book by Michael Blake [1988] Fawcett movie tie-in pb [11/90] for $6.99 Econo-Clad hardcover [10/99] for $13.35 Random House UNABR audio [10/96] out of print/used |
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"DWW: The Illustrated Story of the Epic Film"
Newmarket Press pb [4/2002] for $13.27 Newmarket 11x8½ hardcover [10/91] for $29.95 "DWW: The Illustrated Screenplay & Abridged Story"
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"Avalon" [Baltimore/TriStar 1990]
full credits from IMDb
"The Godfather Part III"
[Paramount Dec 1990]
 | Co-written & directed by Francis Ford Coppola; starring Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, George Hamilton, Bridget Fonda, Sofia Coppola, Raf Vallone & Al Martino; 7 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture & Best Director {beat out by "Dances With Wolves"}
Paramount widescreen color DVD [5/2005] for $10.99 Paramount Director's Cut color VHS [5/2002] out of prodn/many used Paramount widescreen VHS [5/97] out of prodn/used Sony soundtrack CD [12/90] for $9.98 Part III credits from IMDb |
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"Goodfellas" [Warner Bros. Sept 1990]
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Directed by Martin Scorsese; starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco & Paul Sorvino; nominated for 6 Oscars including Best Picture, Director & Best Script, won for Best Actor (Pesci)
Warner color VHS [6/2002] for $13.74 Warner widescreen DVD [8/97] for $18.74 Atlantic soundtrack audio [7/91] for $5.68 Atlantic soundtrack CD [10/90] for $11.98 full credits at IMDb |
"Henry & June" [Walrus/Universal 1990]
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"Pretty Woman" [Touchstone 1990]
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