Subgenre Sampler
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Missionary, The (1982)
- Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard…
- Jolly Brit comedy sees Palin as the Rev. Charles Fortesque, recalled to England from missionary work in Africa to minister London's prostitutes,…
Monkey Grip (1982)
- Dir. Ken Cameron
Feat. Colin Friels, Noni Hazlehurst, Alice Garner…
- Serious–minded drama set in the bohemian environs of 1980s Melbourne.
Focused chiefly on a struggles of a divorcee to free herself from the…
Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- Dir. Terry Hughes
Feat. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam…
- Sheaf of classic sketches, incl. Lumberjacks, delivered onstage in Los Angeles. Should provoke tears of nostalgic merriment for fans.
Moonlighting (1982)
- Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski
Feat. Jeremy Irons
- Jeremy Irons plays a Polish building supervisor who is stranded in London with his workers, when a brutal clampdown occurs in their homeland.…
My Favourite Year (1982)
- Dir. Richard Benjamin
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Jessica Harper, Mark Linn-Baker…
- An inventive, well–regarded 'backstage–comedy' based on the TV career of comedian Sid Caesar. Standing out among a handful of great…
Mysterious Cities of Gold, The (TV Series) (Taiyô no ko Esteban) (1982-1983)
- Richly detailed 80's kids anime series centred on a young boy on a worldwide quest to discover his true identity via the Seven Cities of Gold. A…
Nancy Astor (TV Mini-series) (1982)
- Dir. Richard Stroud
Feat. Lisa Harrow, Pierce Brosnan
- Rags–to–riches biography of the life of Nancy Astor, the first woman to hold a seat in the house of commons.
National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982)
- Dir. Michael Miller
Feat. Gerrit Graham, Fred McCarren, Miriam Flynn…
- More of the same from National Lampoon – Lizzie Borden High's Class of '72 have their reunion disrupted by a deranged alum out for revenge…
New York Ripper (1982)
- Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Jack Hedley, Daniela Doria
- A sadistic tale from Italian dir. Fulci (THE BEYOND) which concerns a killer roaming New York City and murdering women while babbling like 'Donald…
Next of Kin (1982)
- Dir. Tony Williams
Feat. Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott
- Moody Australian haunted house flick about a young woman who inherits a retirement home possibly contaminated with a malevolent spirit. Not a classic…