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Subgenre Sampler
Raise the Titanic (1980)- Dir. Jerry Jameson
Feat. Richard Jordan, Jason Robards Jr., David Selby… - As ill–fated as the original vessel, this expensive adaptation of Clive Cussler's potboiler concerns the efforts of a salvage crew to refloat…
Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre… - In his feature debut, writer–director John Sayles demonstrates a wisdom way beyond his years with this ‘do–it–yourself’…
Rising Damp (TV Series) (1980)- Dir. Ronnie Baxter
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Richard Beckinsale, Frances de la Tour… - A dank Brit boarding–house is the setting for this classic sitcom written by Eric Chappell. Series 1 & 2 (15 episodes) available across two…
Rising Damp - The Movie (1980)- Dir. Joseph McGrath
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Frances de la Tour, Denholm Elliott… - A movie–length reprise of the classic boarding–house sitcom, which retains the slightly squalid characters and stories, but in its humour…
Roadie (1980)- Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Meatloaf, Art Carney, Alice Cooper - A rock’n’roll satire starring Meat Loaf as a roadie on the road to nowhere, this had a rather mixed reception on release. Trying to…
Rude Boy (1980)
- Dir. Hazan, Mingay
Feat. Jimmy Pursey, Johnny Green - Semi–doco in which a teenage punk is forced to choose political allegiances while scamming a roadie job with the Clash. Features nine Clash…
Saturn 3 (1980)- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel - Space–base scientists Farrah Fawcett and Kirk Douglas become menaced by baddie Harvey Keitel and his sex–crazed robot. Martin Amis's…
Scruples (Mini-series) (1980)- Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Lindsay Wagner, Barry Bostwick, Kim Cattrall… - Trashy, high–society soap opera, with Lindsay Wagner overcoming privilege and class to rise beyond the upper echelons of the L.A. fashion…
Scum (1980)- Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Ray Winstone, Phil Daniels - Life in a British borstal painted in unflinchingly realistic hues. Clark's deeply affecting indictment of the penal system plays out barbaric rituals…
Sea Wolves, The (1980)- Dir. Andrew McLagen
Feat. Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven… - Salty War drama based on a real covert mission during World War II in which a group of middle–aged civilian ex–soldiers are sent by the…
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