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Subgenre Sampler
Room with a View, A (1985)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Day-Lewis, Denholm Elliott… - Arguably the pinnacle achievement of the Merchant–Ivory partnership, this light–toned but nuanced adaptation of E. M. Forster's novel…
Runaway Train (1985)
- Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Feat. Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay - Voight and Roberts are terrific as two ecsaped convicts who endure a nerve–jangling journey aboard an unstoppable locomotive. Based on a…
Sacred Hearts (1985)- Dir. Barbara Rennie
Feat. Anna Massey - Earnest drama set in a repressive convent (run by Anna Massey) during the Blitz.
- Seacoal (1985)
- Dir. Amber Film Collective
- The first feature from the Tyneside film community who mix drama and 'real life' to tell their own stories. This film focuses on the plight of…
Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4, The (1985)- Dir. Peter Sasdy
Feat. Gian Sammarco, Julie Walters, Lulu … - Engaging TV adaptation of Sue Townsend's much–loved book about the pains of adolescence chronicled by a teenage diarist as he struggles to come…
Shaker Run (1985)- Dir. Bruce Morrison
Feat. Cliff Robertson, Leif Garrett, Lisa Harrow… - Cult film sees Kiwi scientist Harrow steal a biological weapon that some mercenaries are keen to get their hands on. She enlists daredevil drivers…
Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) (1985-1993)- Feat. Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke
- The long–running British TV Series which comprehensively stages the various cases of proto–detective Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan…
Shoah (1985)- Dir. Claude Lanzmann
- Claude Lanzmann's epic documentary on the Holocaust – 10 years in the making – is everything Resnais' 'Night and Fog' isn't; rough,…
Should I Be Good or Should I Be Evil? (1985)- Dir. Graham McLean
Feat. Beaver , Harry Lyon - Musos Beaver and Harry Lyon from Hello Sailor have a bash at acting in a story based on the Mr Asia drug–ring. Music by Hammond Gamble.
Silas Marner (The Weaver of Raveloe) (1985)- Dir. Giles Foster
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, Jim Broadbent… - Excellent adaptation of the George Elliot classic, with Kingsley superb as the weaver who wrongfully accused of theft who withdraws from society only…
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