Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
From Mao to Mozart (1980)
- Dir. Murray Lerner
- Deserving winner of the Best Documentary Oscar follows violinist Isaac Stern on his concert and tutorial tour of China in 1979. A film as moving as…
From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Robert Atzom, Heinz Bennent, Martin Benrath - A dark themed and intricately plotted drama from dir. Bergman's later period, concerning a businessman who commits the sex–murder of a…
Gambler, The (1980)- Dir. Dick Lowry
Feat. Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Christine Belford… - Amiable western with a gambler saddling up after receiving a letter from his son requesting his help. Kenny Rogers knows when to fold 'em and hold…
Gates of Heaven (1980)
- Dir. Errol Morris
- This acclaimed debut of dir. Errol Morris (THIN BLUE LINE) staked a high water mark for eccentric film subjects by documenting the closing down of a…
Gentle Touch, The (TV Series) (1980)- Feat. Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe
- Ground–breaking police drama featuring Britain's first female TV detective fighting crime and the demands of being a solo mother. Jill Gascoine…
Germany, Pale Mother (Deutschland bleiche Mutter) (1980)- Dir. Helma Sanders-Brahms
Feat. Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi - Bleak WWII drama that follows the tragic fate of a couple who marry the day before the war breaks out when he is drafted to the Eastern front only to…
Gloria (1980)- Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry, Julie Carmen - Rowlands is devastating as a gangster moll who runs from the Mob after taking protective custody of a neighbour's son, whose parents have fallen…
Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)- Dir. Julien Temple
Feat. Malcolm McLaren, John Lydon, Sid Vicious… - Quintessential punk movie off–handedly documents the Sex Pistols phenomenon under the auspice of self–styled rock guru Malcolm McLaren.…
Grown-Ups (1980)- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Philip Davis, Lesley Manville, Brenda Blethyn - A working class couple discovers the joys of living in a council flat in this early Mike Leigh drama for the BBC (part of the 'Play for Today'…
Hamlet (1980)- Dir. Rodney Bennett
Feat. Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Patrick Stewart… - Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
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