Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Cuckoo Land (1985)- Quirky Margaret Mahy–scripted telemovie of an aspiring songwriter mother and her two children who live in a strange, metamorphosing house.
Parking (1985)- Dir. Jacques Demy
Feat. Francis Huster - Little–seen Jacques Demy musical fantasy that transposes Jean Cocteau's "Orpheus" into the world of 1980s rock.
That's Dancing! (1985)- Dir. Jack Haley, Jr.
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, James Cagney… - A compilation of splendid dance sequences from dozens of Hollywood films. Includes over fifty top dancers, with the best of the crop generally dating…
Amadeus (1984)
- Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham - Academy–award winning biopic of Mozart's illustrious but brief existence that spawned much of the greatest music ever written. A humourous yet…
Beat Street (1984)
- Dir. Stan Lathan
Feat. Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis - Key film in the history of hip–hop culture, this urban musical may show its age and derivation (SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER), but still comprises an…
Breakdance - The Movie (Breakin’) (1984)- Dir. Joel Silberg
Feat. Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers - The excellent, highly athletic breakdance performances will be the prime value to hiphop enthusiasts in this FLASHDANCE–clone, which now has a…
Breakdance 2 - Electric Boogaloo (Breakin' 2) (1984)- Dir. Sam Firstenberg
Feat. Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers - Less–hokey sequel to BREAKDANCE, with a storyline centred on a group of teens and dancers who try to save a community rec–centre from a…
Carmen (1984)- Dir. Francesco Rosi
Feat. Placido Domingo, Julia Migenes Johnson - The definitive Carmen on film has Placido Domingo and Julia Migenes Johnson perform against a scorching Spanish backdrop. Lorin Maazel conducts…
Cotton Club, The (1984)- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Gregory Hines… - Richard Gere heads the ensemble for Coppola's glossy musical melodrama set in the thick of New York's glitzy gangster culture of the 1930s.
Footloose (1984)- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Kevin Bacon, John Lithgow, Christopher Penn… - Rock'n'roll city kid Kevin Bacon fights for his right to party in the face of small town conservatism in this infectious, under–rated musical…
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