Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Star Fleet (TV Series) (Star Fleet — X Bomber) (1980)- Influenced by Star Wars and inspired by Thunderbirds, this 24 part Japanese puppet space opera has the bonus feature of giant (rubber suit) robots.…
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Dir. Irvin Kershner
Feat. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford… - The remaining rebel forces play a game of cat and mouse with the emperors immense galactic armada. Tight action sequences, deft plot twists and a…
Stardust Memories (1980)- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper - Serio–comic look at the fame and 'successes' of a Woody Allen–ish filmmaker.
Staying On (1980)- Dir. Silvio Narizzano
Feat. Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Saeed Jaffrey - Drama based on the award–winning novel by Paul Scott (The Jewel in the Crown), and reuniting BRIEF ENCOUNTER actors Celia Johnson and Trevor…
Stir (1980)- Dir. Stephen Wallace
Feat. Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller… - Grimily authentic prison drama (an Australian specialty) charts the brutality of the NSW penal system in the 1970s and the eventual consequence: mass…
Stir Crazy (1980)- Dir. Sidney Poitier
Feat. Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Craig T. Nelson - The first and best of the Pryor/Wilder comedies, about a pair of clumsy crooks who land in jail. Plenty of laughs – though fairly predictable…
Storm Boy (1980)
- Dir. Henri Safran
Feat. Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil - Minor Australian classic set in the beautiful, windswept wilds of South Australia, where a young boy leads an isolated existence with his father and…
Strumpet City (Mini-Series) (1980)- Feat. Peter O'Toole, Peter Ustinov
- Broad, sweeping Irish history of Dubliners in the early 20th century. Based on James Plunkett’s popular novel.
Stunt Man, The (1980)- Dir. Richard Rush
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey - A fugitive stumbles upon a movie set, where he is embraced and hired as a stuntman by the fervant director. A bizarre,…
Superman 2 (Superman II) (1980)- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman - Laudable continuation of the super–hero franchise, that adds more action and comic sparks to the familiar characters –The Man of Steel…
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