Subgenre Sampler
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Annie (1982)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Tim Curry
- Rumbunctious Broadway musical, set in the Depression–era, follows the young moptop's orphanage experiences, and fateful encounter with…
Attack Force Z (1982)
- Dir. Tim Burstall
Feat. Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Chris Haywood
- Manly, gung–ho war vehicle stars fresh–faced Australasians Mel Gibson and Sam Neill as commandos dispatched to rescue survivors of a…
Author! Author! (1982)
- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld…
- Pacino plays a playwright whose wife deserts the family shortly before his breakthrough work opens on Broadway. Slight, but attractive comedy is a…
Barbarosa (1982)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Willie Nelson, Gary Busey
- A dignified, under–rated Western from Australian director Fred Schepisi that pairs Gary Busey with Willie Nelson in a tale of a young cowboy…
Barchester Chronicles, The (TV Mini-series) (1982)
- Dir. David Giles
Feat. Alan Rickman, Donald Pleasence, Nigel Hawthorne…
- Scandal inflames the once placid town of Barchester, in this typically astute BBC production of Anthony Trollope's novel. A young Alan Rickman holds…
Basket Case (1982)
- Dir. Frank Henenlotter
Feat. Kevin VanHentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner
- Sleazy and cheesy horror–comedy about a gawky teenager and his mutant siamese twin, Belial, who has a penchant for caneware and murder.
Battletruck (Warlords of the 21st Century) (1982)
- Dir. Harley Cokeliss
Feat. Michael Beck, Annie McEnroe, James Wainwright…
- In the 21st Century oil wars have left civilisation verging on collapse. Lawlessness and anarchy are the order of this day in this…
BBC Shakespeare Collection: Series 6 (Cymbeline, The Comedy of Errors, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Coriolanus, Macbeth) (1982-1984)
- Feat. Helen Mirren, Jane Lapotaire, John Hudson…
- The sixth in a series of boxed–sets compiling the BBC's comprehensive Shakespeare adaptations for television. This set includes:
Cymbeline…
Beastmaster, The (1982)
- Dir. Don Coscarelli
Feat. Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn
- Hammy fantastical adventure centred on a mighty warrior on a revenge mission for the death of his family at the hands of a tyrannical priest. An 80's…
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The (1982)
- Dir. Colin Higgins
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise…
- Dolly Parton is the buxom madam of Texas’ famous Chicken Ranch whorehouse (portrayed less flatteringly in Nick Broomfield’s documentary) in this…