Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
On Golden Pond (1981)- Dir. Mark Rydell
Feat. Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Katharine Hepburn - A warm–fuzzy Oscar winner, a fitting swansong for Henry Fonda, filled with poignant moments with his daughter Jane and Katharine Hepburn.
Peter and Paul (1981)- Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Robert Foxworth, Eddie Albert… - Epic account of the early spread of Christianity follows disciples Peter and Paul as they struggle against violent opposition and their own personal…
Private Lessons (1981)- Dir. Alan Myerson
Feat. Sylvia Kristel, Eric Brown, Howard Hesseman… - A slightly queasy mix of thriller and sexual drama, has a teenager (Brown) initiated by the family maid (Kristel) into the carnal facts of life, and…
Private Schulz (1981)- Feat. Michael Elphick, Ian Richardson, Billie Whitelaw…
- Gleefully macabre farce focuses on the scheming titular character who convinces the Nazis to mass counterfeit millions of five pound notes in a bid…
Puberty Blues (1981)- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Nell Schofield, Jad Capelja - Affecting teenage odyssey with Nell Schofield and Jad Capelja as surfing–groupies, learning to fit into a sex’n’drugs beach–scene.
Quartet (1981)- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Isabelle Adjani, Alan Bates, Maggie Smith… - Merchant–Ivory period drama, starring Isabelle Adjani as a young Parisian who moves in with an older couple following the arrest of her husband.
Ragtime (1981)- Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn… - 8–time Oscar nominated adaptation of E. L. Doctorow's novel which recreates a real–life murder mystery in ragtime–era America…
Reds (1981)- Dir. Warren Beatty
Feat. Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson - A provocative political saga about an American journalist's involvement with communism, the Russian revolution and the love of a like–minded…
Rich and Famous (1981)- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, Meg Ryan - Seasoned 'women's' director George Cukor remakes OLD ACQUAINTANCES in his final film, about two close friends turned literary rivals. A far cry from…
S.O.B. (1981)- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Julie Andrews, William Holden, Richard Mulligan… - Blake Edwards' satire of the film industry and Hollywood society in which a movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by…
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