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Subgenre Sampler
Skin Deep (1983)- Dir. Mark Joffe
Feat. Briony Behets, Nicole Kidman - Big shoulder pads and even bigger hairdos compete in this trash 80s soap opera set in the world of Australian fashion. Nicole Kidman, in an early…
Terms of Endearment (1983)
- Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Jack Nicholson, Debra Winger… - Classic family saga of loss and reconciliation with Shirley Maclaine and Jack Nicholson, who both won Oscars, as did the film.
Trading Places (1983)- Dir. John Landis
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Don Ameche… - A sturdy comic conceit – for a bet, two interfering millionaires swap the lives of a rich man (Dan Aykroyd) and a poor man (Eddie Murphy) – makes…
Two of a Kind (1983)- Dir. John Herzfeld
Feat. John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Charles Durning… - God (voiced by Gene Hackman) is so disappointed with mankind he prepares a second Flood, but is persuaded by angels to bet on the reformation of two…
Valley Girl (1983)
- Dir. Martha Coolidge
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily… - One of the coolest teen flicks of the early 80s exults a first starring role for Nicolas Cage as a Hollywood punk who crashes a suburban party and…
Year of Living Dangerously, The (1983)- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt… - Multi–layered, vivid yarn posits Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver as foreign officials in 1965 Indonesia at the time of the communist coup.…
Yellowbeard (1983)- Dir. Mel Damski
Feat. Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Eric Idle… - Pirate farce for serious Python completists only. Impressive cast though.
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)- Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Jr. Gossett - Irresistible formula romance between prospective army officer Richard Gere and Debra Winger.
Author! Author! (1982)- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Al Pacino, Dyan Cannon, Tuesday Weld… - Pacino plays a playwright whose wife deserts the family shortly before his breakthrough work opens on Broadway. Slight, but attractive comedy is a…
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The (1982)- Dir. Colin Higgins
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise… - Dolly Parton is the buxom madam of Texas’ famous Chicken Ranch whorehouse (portrayed less flatteringly in Nick Broomfield’s documentary) in this…
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