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Subgenre Sampler
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1980)
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Alec Guinness, Ian Richardson, Michael Jayston - Alec Guinness returns as John Le Carre's retired agent George Smiley, this time lured back to trace an infiltrator at his old stomping ground.
To Serve Them All My Days (TV Series) (1980)- Feat. John Duttine
- A shell–shocked WWI vet retreats to a teaching post in Devon, England, where he inspires students through unconventional and empowering means.…
Tom Horn (1980)- Dir. William Wiard
Feat. Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth… - Flawed but beautifully lensed tale based on a real–life Wyoming bounty hunter, who outlived the wild years of the 19th century and was…
Uforia (1980)- Dir. John Binder
Feat. Harry Dean Stanton, Fred Ward - Quirky comedy about a kooky check–out operator who believes that aliens are about to dock on their doorstep. Harry Dean Stanton and Fred Ward…
Un Mauvais Fils (A Bad Son) (1980)- Dir. Claude Sautet
Feat. Patrick Dewaere, Brigitte Fossey, Yves Robert - Affecting working–class drama about a young man returning to France after a jail term in the US for narcotics, where his attempt to restart his…
Union City (1980)- Dir. Mark Reichart
Feat. Debbie Harry, Dennis Lipscomb - Underrated low–budget film noir starkly depicts urban neurosis in a seedy apartment. Grungy lead performances from Debbie Harry and Dennis…
Up The Academy (1980)- Dir. Robert Downey Snr.
Feat. Ron Leibman, Ralph Macchio, Tom Poston… - Mad Magazine jump on the "National Lampoon" bandwagon with this ANIMAL HOUSE cash–in about the outrageous antics of a group of teenage misfits…
Urban Cowboy (1980)- Dir. James Bridges
Feat. John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn… - An early role for John Travolta, as an oil–worker trying to 'make it' riding mechanical bulls in the roadhouses of Houston. The grimy, downbeat…
Used Cars (1980)- Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Jack Warden, Kurt Russell - Two sibling used car dealers (both played by Jack Warden) take their rivalry and sales gimmicks to a bad–taste extreme. Good script elevates…
Watcher in the Woods, The (1980)
- Dir. John Hough
Feat. Bette Davis, David McCallum, Carroll Baker… - One of Disney's spookier efforts, this concerns a family who move into a country house in Britain and are beset with supernatural occurances.…
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