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Scruples (Mini-series)Scruples (Mini-series) (1980)
Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Lindsay Wagner, Barry Bostwick, Kim Cattrall
Trashy, high–society soap opera, with Lindsay Wagner overcoming privilege and class to rise beyond the upper echelons of the L.A. fashion…
ScumScum (1980) Recommended
Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Ray Winstone, Phil Daniels
Life in a British borstal painted in unflinchingly realistic hues. Clark's deeply affecting indictment of the penal system plays out barbaric rituals…
Sea Wolves, TheSea Wolves, The (1980)
Dir. Andrew McLagen
Feat. Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven
Salty War drama based on a real covert mission during World War II in which a group of middle–aged civilian ex–soldiers are sent by the…
Seems Like Old TimesSeems Like Old Times (1980)
Dir. Jay Sandrich
Feat. Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Charles Grodin
Neil Simon scripted this unheralded screwball comedy, right up there with THE GOODBYE GIRL. Chevy Chase plays a divorced novelist who seeks the help…
Shining, TheShining, The (1980) Aro Favourite
Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall
Man, wife and child are assigned to caretaking a remote hotel for the winter. Formidable unease is created before Jack Nicholson completely loses his…
Shogun (Mini Series)Shogun (Mini Series) (1980) Recommended
Dir. Jerry London
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune
Exciting TV mini–series version of James Clavell's novel set in Feudal Japan. Great locations and rousing battle–scenes make for a most…
Sir Henry at Rawlinson EndSir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980)
Dir. Steve Roberts
Feat. Trevor Howard, Patrick Magee
Based on Vivian Stanshall's surreal radio monologues, this tipsy British comedy concerns the attempts of an eccentric British aristocrat to exorcise…
Soldier GirlsSoldier Girls (1980) Recommended
Dir. Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
Early Nick Broomfield entry surveys the US Army's training regime for female recruits. Though less obtrusive than in later incarnations, Broomfield…
Somewhere in Time Somewhere in Time (1980)
Dir. Jeannot Szwarc
Feat. Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer
Fantastical love story stars Reeve as a successful playwright who becomes obsessed with a woman he believes he is destined to be with, even if it…
Sophisticated LadiesSophisticated Ladies (Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Shirley Bassey) (1980-1993)
Three films about three of jazz music's most celebrated female vocalists. 'Sarah Vaughan – The Divine One' (1993) – An overview of…

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