Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Shining, The (1980)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall - Man, wife and child are assigned to caretaking a remote hotel for the winter. Formidable unease is created before Jack Nicholson completely loses his…
Shogun (Mini Series) (1980)
- Dir. Jerry London
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune - Exciting TV mini–series version of James Clavell's novel set in Feudal Japan. Great locations and rousing battle–scenes make for a most…
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980)- Dir. Steve Roberts
Feat. Trevor Howard, Patrick Magee - Based on Vivian Stanshall's surreal radio monologues, this tipsy British comedy concerns the attempts of an eccentric British aristocrat to exorcise…
Soldier Girls (1980)- Dir. Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
- Early Nick Broomfield entry surveys the US Army's training regime for female recruits. Though less obtrusive than in later incarnations, Broomfield…
Somewhere in Time (1980)- Dir. Jeannot Szwarc
Feat. Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer… - Fantastical love story stars Reeve as a successful playwright who becomes obsessed with a woman he believes he is destined to be with, even if it…
Sophisticated Ladies (Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Shirley Bassey) (1980-1993)- Three films about three of jazz music's most celebrated female vocalists. 'Sarah Vaughan – The Divine One' (1993) – An overview of…
Space Firebird 2772 (1980)- Dir. Taku Sugiyama
- Futuristic Sci Fi anime conceived by the creator of ASTRO BOY sees a young cadet sent on a search to retrieve a mystical 'firebird', which may have…
Space Movie, The (1980)- Dir. Tony Palmer
- Documentary produced by the great Tony Palmer, at the request of NASA, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Taking the…
Spoils of War, The (TV Series) (1980)- Feat. Alan Hunter, William Lucas, Emily Moore
- British drama series examining the effects of World War II on two families.
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.…
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