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Subgenre Sampler
Night Crossing (1981)
- Dir. Delbert Mann
Feat. John Hurt, Jane Alexander, Beau Bridges… - A gripping account of the true attempt by two East German families to flee to the West in 1979 using a home–made hot air balloon. Cast all lend…
Postman Pat (TV Series) (1981)- Dir. Ivor Wood
- Amiable and charming animated TV series with the infectious theme–tune, that concerns the rural goings–on of English village Greendale…
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman… - Iconic adventure movie catapults one Indiana Jones into a world of endless peril to retrieve the mystical Arc of the Covenant. Breath–taking,…
Smurfs, The (TV Series) (1981-1990)- Originally the Belgian creation of Pierre " Peyo" Culliford, the little blue creatures became a worldwide hit in the 1980s with an…
Willo the Wisp (TV Series) (1981)- Feat. Kenneth Williams
- Quaint wee BBC animation set in an enchanted forest where various sprites, trolls and elves get in little adventures and spots of bother, with the…
Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)- Dir. Vincent McEveety
Feat. Cloris Leachman, Charles Martin Smith - Final sequel to THE LOVE BUG is set at Rio De Janiero's Grande Premio.
Last Flight of Noah's Ark, The (1980)- Dir. Charles Jarrott
Feat. Elliott Gould, Genevieve Bujold, Rick Schroder… - Disney adventure begins with a forced landing on a desert island by pilot Gould, missionary Bujold and an assortment of children and animals. Soon,…
Popeye (1980)- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall - Robin Williams is a livewire as the iconic spinach eating sailor man, but it’s Shelley Duvall as gangly Olive Oyl who steals the show in Robert…
Storm Boy (1980)- Dir. Henri Safran
Feat. Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil - Minor Australian classic set in the beautiful, windswept wilds of South Australia, where a young boy leads an isolated existence with his father and…
Watcher in the Woods, The (1980)- Dir. John Hough
Feat. Bette Davis, David McCallum, Carroll Baker… - One of Disney's spookier efforts, this concerns a family who move into a country house in Britain and are beset with supernatural occurances.…
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