Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Pictures (1981)- Dir. Michael Black
Feat. Kevin J. Wilson, Peter Vere-Jones, Helen Moulder - Two rival photographer brothers clash ethics over their respective portraits of the native Maori. Colonialist parable explores the value of art and…
Pippin: His Life and Times (1981)- Dir. David Sheehan
Feat. Ben Vereen, William Katt, Leslie Denniston - TV movie adapted from the 1972 musical, itself an adaptation of the Bob Fosse Broadway production. Music and lyrics are by Stephen Schwartz and book…
Piranha 2 - The Spawning (1981)- Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Lance Henriksen - Mediocre but bearable sequel to the fun 1978 horror about the ravenous, maneating fishies. This sacrifices the campy fun of the original for a…
Pixote (1981)
- Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Marilia Pera, Ramos Da Silva - Inspired by the plight of his country's homeless children, dir. Babenco created this semi–improvised odyssey of three boys in the slums of…
Polyester (1981)
- Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey - Divine gives suburban neurosis a new meaning as a wife and mother of a whacked–out family living in Baltimore. The director's first…
Porky's (1981)- Dir. Bob Clark
Feat. Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier - ANIMAL HOUSE retread with juvenile male high–jinx on college campus. Massive hit is testament to the adage that no–one ever went broke…
Possession (1981)- Dir. Andrzej Zulawski
Feat. Sam Neill, Isabelle Adjani - Brazenly over–the–top tale of domestic disharmony and demon possession, infamous for an incredibly mannered performance by Sam Neill and…
Postman Always Rings Twice, The (1981)- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange - Highly–charged remake of the steamy film–noir classic based on the 1934 novel by James M. Cain. Written by David Mamet (in his…
Present Laughter / Star Quality (The Noel Coward Collection - Disc 5) (1981-1985)- Feat. Donald Sinden, Ian Richardson, Susannah York
- – 'Present Laughter' (81') Semi–autobiographical comedy following a self–obsessed actor as he prepares himself for a tour amid a…
Pride of Jesse Hallam, The (1981)- Dir. Gary Nelson
Feat. Johnny Cash, Eli Wallach, Brenda Vaccaro - Johnny Cash plays a poor and illiterate coal miner who moves from the Kentucky countryside to Cincinnati so that his daughter can have spinal…
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