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Subgenre Sampler
Overboard (1987)- Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Roddy McDowall - Cute and fluffy antics, with a snooty Goldie Hawn suffering amnesia and, being taken–in by ship–repairer Kurt Russell and his chaotic…
Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
- Dir. Bille August
Feat. Max von Sydow - Swedish widower Max Von Sydow emigrates in the 19th century to Denmark with his son, where they struggle against injustice and poverty. Won an Oscar…
Perfect Murder, The (1987)- Dir. Zafar Hai
Feat. Naseeruddin Shah, Stellan Skarsgard, Madhur Jaffrey - This throwaway Indian farce has a number of possible suspects trying to kill (and protect) a Bombay millionaire (Mr. Perfect). Adapted for the screen…
Perfect Spy, A (1987)- Dir. Peter Smith
Feat. Peter Egan, Ray McAnally, Peggy Ashcroft… - Peter Egan is Magnus Pyum, a spy so perfect he has come to betray everyone he knows, including himself. A superbly realised Beeb version of John Le…
Personal Services (1987)- Dir. Terry Jones
Feat. Julie Walters - A prudish waitress (Julie Walters) discovers there's a buck to be made in servicing the less savoury needs of middle–aged men. Very English sex…
Pick-Up Artist, The (Pickup Artist) (1987)- Dir. James Toback
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Molly Ringwald, Dennis Hopper… - Serial womanizer Downey gets more than he bargained for when he falls for mobster's daughter Ringwald. Teen sex comedy is more thorny than horny with…
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)- Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Steve Martin, John Candy - Well–matched comic coupling Steve Martin and John Candy go astray in the Midwest transport system. Reliably funny "mature" comedy is a pleasant…
Poor Little Rich Girl - The Barbara Hutton Story (Mini-Series) (1987)- Dir. Charles Jarrott
Feat. Farrah Fawcett, Burl Ives, Bruce Davison… - Farrah Fawcett divides and conquers in this sizable biopic on the life and times of heiress Barbara Hutton, whose lineage to the Woolworth fortune…
Poor Man's Orange (TV Mini-series) (1987)- Dir. George Whaley
Feat. Martyn Sanderson, Anne Phelan, Kaarin Fairfax… - The continuing sagas of a poverty stricken Irish–Australian family, in this sequel to HARP IN THE SOUTH.
Porterhouse Blue (Mini-series) (1987)- Dir. Robert Knights
Feat. Ian Richardson, David Jason - Stuffy Powerhouse College, with its old boy archaism and hermetically sealed traditions, is given a jolt of reform by new headmaster Ian Richardson.…
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