Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV Series) (1988-1990)- Clive Anderson hosts this original British version of the gameshow based around improvised comedy. Regular clever clogs include Richard Vranch, Ryan…
Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, The / The Rainbow (1988-1992)- Dir. Katie Mitchell, Stuart Burge
Feat. Zoe Wanamaker, Stephen Dillane, Colin Firth… - A 1992 BBC "Performance" theatre production of The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, D.H. Lawrence's portrayal of a woman married to a loutish miner whom she…
Willow (1988)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis… - Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley–Kilmer employ swords against sorcery to protect a young baby from the powers of evil. A…
Windmills of the Gods (1988)- Dir. Lee Phillips
Feat. Jaclyn Smith, Robert Wagner, Ian McKellen… - As the Cold War rages, the president names Professor Mary Ashley as the new Ambassador to Romania. Mike Slade is appointed to be her assistant. As…
Without A Clue (1988)- Dir. Thom Eberhardt
Feat. Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones… - A nicely contrived send–up of the Sherlock Holmes stories, with Kingsley playing Doctor Watson, who in fact has invented the character of…
Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Carmen Maura - Speedy sparkling slapstick from Almodovar, in which pregnant Carmen Maura is dumped by her boyfriend, harassed by his suicidal ex–wife and…
Wonder Years, The (TV Series) (1988-1993)- Feat. Fred Savage
- One of the more endearing US TV series of the period, depicts the 'growing up' of its adolescent protagonists with humour and empathy. This disc…
Working Girl (1988)- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver… - Expertly–made, snappy comedy of ambitious secretary Melanie Griffith's rise to the top.
World Apart, A (1988)- Dir. Chris Menges
Feat. Barbara Hershey - True account of a teenage girl's isolated upbringing in aparteid–torn South Africa, whose obsessed mother is jailed for political activism in…
Young Guns (1988)- Dir. Christopher Cain
Feat. Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland… - The long–neglected Western finds popularity with a new generation with an all–star youthful cast.
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