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PassionPassion (1982)
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Hanna Schygulla, Michel Piccoli
'Film within a film' from France's thorniest director, sowing narrative confusion in his story of director Michel Piccoli trying to make a arthouse…
Personal BestPersonal Best (1982) Recommended
Dir. Robert Towne
Feat. Mariel Hemingway, Glenn Close
Excellent directorial debut for scriptwriter Towne (of CHINATOWN fame), that uses slow–motion photography to dynamise its story of two lesbian…
Pink Floyd - The WallPink Floyd - The Wall (1982) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alan Parker
Based on Roger Waters' personal vision that was the mega–selling Pink Floyd album of 1980, this feature brings the concept of a rock star's…
Pirates of PenzancePirates of Penzance (1982)
Dir. Wilford Leach
Feat. Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Rondstadt
Kevin Kline and Angela Lansbury star in this hammy screen version of Gilbert and Sullivan's famous operetta.
Plague Dogs, ThePlague Dogs, The (1982) Recommended
Dir. Martin Rosen
Sensitive animated version of Richard Adam's (WATERSHIP DOWN) novel about two dogs who escape from a vivisection laboratory and try to evade their…
Police Squad! (TV Series)Police Squad! (TV Series) (1982)
Feat. Leslie Nielsen, Alan North, William Duell
Shortlived but pungent TV spoof based on the surreal, slapstick fumblings of a police investigation unit headed by a deadpan Leslie Nielsen, which…
PoltergeistPoltergeist (1982)
Dir. Tobe Hooper
Feat. JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight
A rowdy spirit disrupts suburban tranquility for an average family when it kidnaps their 5–year–old daughter. The horror film receives an…
Portrait Of A ShowgirlPortrait Of A Showgirl (1982)
Dir. Steven Hilliard Stern
Feat. Lesley Ann Warren, Tony Curtis, Rita Moreno
Chintz melodrama concerning three Las Vegas showgirls involved in a Caesar's Palace revue. Possibly the drabbest portrait of Sin City imaginable…
Privates On ParadePrivates On Parade (1982)
Dir. Michael Blakemore
Feat. John Cleese
John Cleese stars in this perky adaptation of the play about a gay Song and Dance Unit of the Brtish army stationed in 1940s Singapore.
Prodigal Son, TheProdigal Son, The (Bai Ga Jai) (1982) Recommended
Dir. Sammo Hung
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen, Ching-Ying Lam
One of the all–time great kung fu features, has a young man (Biao) pursue the martial arts, but eventually discovering that his rich father has…

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