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Subgenre Sampler

 
InitiationInitiation (1987)
Dir. Michael Pearce
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Rodney Harvey, Anna-Maria Winchester
Oddball coming of age tale with a young American venturing to the outback to reunite with his estranged father – a drug trafficker.
InnerspaceInnerspace (1987) Recommended
Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan
The premise of FANTSTIC VOYAGE is comically reworked with a vastly different plotline involving a miniaturized Dennis Quaid is inadvertently injected…
Inspector Morse (TV Series)Inspector Morse (TV Series) (1987-2000) Recommended
Feat. John Thaw
Much–loved British TV Series that follows the criminal cases of Morse, probably John Thaw's most famous character – the cantankerous…
IntervistaIntervista (1987)
Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Sergio Rubini
An easy–going ode to dir. Fellini's early career at Cinecitta Studios, this takes the form of a mock interview–flashback, with the…
IshtarIshtar (1987)
Dir. Elaine May
Feat. Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani
Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman star in this notorious adventure–comedy as a duo of incredibly untalented American songwriters who travel to a…
La BambaLa Bamba (1987)
Dir. Luis Valdez
Feat. Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Elizabeth Pena
Tightly constructed biopic of Hispanic rock'n'roller Richie Valens lends the usual 'rise to fame' tale an unusual ethnic slant. Lou Diamond Phillips…
Last Emperor, TheLast Emperor, The (1987) Recommended
Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. John Lone, Peter O'Toole
Grand scale interpretation of the true life of Pu Yi (John Lone), the last emperor of China, who ascended the throne at three years–old to live…
Less Than ZeroLess Than Zero (1987)
Dir. Marek Kanievska
Feat. Andrew McCarthy, Robert Downey Jnr., Jami Gertz
A slick, rather thin adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ cult–novel set among the bored, coke–snorting youth of 1980s upper–crust…
Lethal WeaponLethal Weapon (1987) Recommended
Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
Enjoyable caper–comedy, teaming up Gibson and Glover as partners–in–crime–fighting, struck a winning formula and inspired a…
Lighthorsemen, TheLighthorsemen, The (1987)
Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Peter Phelps, Jon Blake, Sigrid Thornton
Gung–ho and melodrama collide in this WWI adventure of Australian–mounted infantry (and a few Gallipoli veterans) in Palestine. The tone…

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