Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Jewel in the Crown, The (TV Mini series) (1984)
- Dir. Christopher Morahan
Feat. Peggy Ashcroft, Charles Dance, Art Malik… - One of the supreme TV events of the 1980s, this epic adaptation of Paul Scott's novels 'The Raj Quartet' is set in 1930–40s India: the 'jewel…
Jigsaw Man, The (1984)- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Susan George… - Squandered reteaming of SLEUTH adversaries Olivier and Caine finds the latter, playing a double agent, evading the manhunt of British and Russian spy…
John Martyn - Live at the Camden Palace Theatre London 1984 (1984)- Recording of a live performance of the influential Scottish born folk singer–songwriter and guitarist.
John Pilger's The New Rulers of the World (The New Rulers of the World; War By Other Means; Burp! Pepsi v Coke in the Ice Cold War) (1984-2001)
- Dir. David Munro, Alan Lowery
Feat. John Pilger - Three more essential documentaries from journalist John Pilger, with the emphasis on big business, globalisation, and the plight of the Third…
Johnny Dangerously (1984)- Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. Michael Keating, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner… - Michael Keaton turns to a life of crime to support his ailing mother in this zany spoof of 1930's gangster films.
Kaos (1984)- Dir. Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
- Marvellous but rarely seen compendium of four tales (and an epilogue) by Luigi Pirandello set in the parched landscape of Sicily. 'The Other Son'…
Karate Kid, The (1984)- Dir. John G. Avildsen
Feat. Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue - Chop–sock your way out of those teen blues with some prime 80s pulp: Ralph Macchio, learning his martial arts the hard way, sanding Pat…
Killing Fields, The (1984)- Dir. Roland Joffe
Feat. Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich… - Devastating and award–winning account of Pol Pot's regime in Cambodia.
King Lear (1984)- Dir. Michael Elliot
Feat. Laurence Olivier - Made for Granada television, this magnificent version stars Laurence Olivier who, in the twilight of his career, gives a riveting performance as the…
Last Bastion, The (1984)- Dir. Chris Thomson
Feat. Bill Hunter, Ray Barrett, Robert Vaughn… - Australia's involvement in World War II is explored from behind closed doors in this dramatisation of the decisions made by politicians and generals…
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