Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Plague Dogs, The (1982)
- Dir. Martin Rosen
- Sensitive animated version of Richard Adam's (WATERSHIP DOWN) novel about two dogs who escape from a vivisection laboratory and try to evade their…
Police Squad! (TV Series) (1982)- Feat. Leslie Nielsen, Alan North, William Duell
- Shortlived but pungent TV spoof based on the surreal, slapstick fumblings of a police investigation unit headed by a deadpan Leslie Nielsen, which…
Poltergeist (1982)- Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight… - A rowdy spirit disrupts suburban tranquility for an average family when it kidnaps their 5–year–old daughter. The horror film receives an…
Portrait Of A Showgirl (1982)- Dir. Steven Hilliard Stern
Feat. Lesley Ann Warren, Tony Curtis, Rita Moreno… - Chintz melodrama concerning three Las Vegas showgirls involved in a Caesar's Palace revue. Possibly the drabbest portrait of Sin City imaginable…
Privates On Parade (1982)- Dir. Michael Blakemore
Feat. John Cleese - John Cleese stars in this perky adaptation of the play about a gay Song and Dance Unit of the Brtish army stationed in 1940s Singapore.
Prodigal Son, The (Bai Ga Jai) (1982)- Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen, Ching-Ying Lam… - One of the all–time great kung fu features, has a young man (Biao) pursue the martial arts, but eventually discovering that his rich father has…
Q: the Winged Serpent (1982)- Dir. Larry Cohen
Feat. Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine - A tongue–in–cheek monster movie about a prehistoric giant bird nesting at the top of New York's Chrysler building. Surprisingly well…
Querelle (1982)- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Brad Davis, Jeanne Moreau - Fassbinder's parting shot is a fittingly bleak, ultra–stylised adaptation of Jean Genet's writings about the (bi)sexual escapades of a…
R.E.M. - When The Light Is Mine (The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982 - 1987) (1982-1987)- Excellent delve into the archives and early 'indie' history of R.E.M., compiling 18 promos, live clips and television appearances from the acclaimed…
Remington Steele (TV Series) (1982)- Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Stephanie Zimbalist
- A pre–Bond Pierce Brosnan oozes smarm and charm as Remington Steele, the fictitious head of a struggling private eye firm run by the sultry…
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