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WagnerWagner (1983)
Dir. Tony Palmer
Feat. Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud
Epic tele–production with Richard Burton as the manic German composer. Includes the Tony Palmer documentaries "In From the Cold? A Portrait of…
War GamesWar Games (1983) Recommended
Dir. John Badham
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman
One of the best movies about computer hacking, is a highly effective comedy–thriller, with child–star Matthew Broderick accessing an…
Waterfront (Mini-series)Waterfront (Mini-series) (1983)
Dir. Chris Thompson
Feat. Jack Thompson, Greta Scacchi
Intense mini–series depiction of labour relations hotting–up on the Melbourne waterfront in post–WWII Australia. Jack Thompson…
We of the Never NeverWe of the Never Never (1983)
Dir. Igor Auzins
Feat. Tony Barry, Tommy Lewis
Polished period drama that relays the memoirs of Mrs Aeneas Gunn, the first white woman to travel to the interior of Australia. While the storyline…
Wind in the Willows, TheWind in the Willows, The (1983)
Stop–motion puppetry brings the world of Toad, Ratty and Mole to delightful life in this nice TV version of Kenneth Graham's classic book..…
Winds of War, The (Mini-series)Winds of War, The (Mini-series) (1983)
Dir. Dan Curtis
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent
Thorough and imposing wartime miniseries chronicling the width and breadth of events in the years leading up to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour in…
Year of Living Dangerously, TheYear of Living Dangerously, The (1983) Recommended
Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt
Multi–layered, vivid yarn posits Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver as foreign officials in 1965 Indonesia at the time of the communist coup.…
YellowbeardYellowbeard (1983)
Dir. Mel Damski
Feat. Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Eric Idle
Pirate farce for serious Python completists only. Impressive cast though.
YentlYentl (1983)
Dir. Barbra Streisand
Feat. Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand directs herself in this musical/drama as an Eastern European woman at the turn of the century who masquerades as a boy in order to…
ZeligZelig (1983) Recommended
Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Mia Farrow
Woody seamlessly fuses newsreel footage with new material for this mock–documentary on the fictional life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig.…

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