Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5549 Films to Buy & Rent
Chance in a Million (TV Series) (1984-1986)
- Feat. Simon Callow, Brenda Blethyn
- A young Simon Callow and Brenda Blethyn star as Tom Chance and his long–suffering girlfriend Alison in this 'classic' Brit–com based…
Cheech and Chong: Corsican Brothers (1984)
- Dir. Thomas Chong
Feat. Cheech and Chong
- Cheech and Chong abandon drug–humour for this comic historical spoof, taking three roles each, with their own families being recruited to fill…
Comfort and Joy (1984)
- Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. Bill Paterson, Eleanor David
- Another likeable and quirky comedy from Bill Forsyth, about a disc–jockey who becomes involved in a mob feud over a mobile ice–cream…
Comic Strip Presents: Bad News Tour (1983) / A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques (1984)
- Dir. Sandy Johnson, Adrian Edmondson
Feat. Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Dawn French…
- Excellent 'Comic Strip' double bill that teams up Adrian Edmonson's classic headbanger's satire with the cult repertory's memorable…
Comic Strip Presents: Fistful of Travellers Cheques, A / Gino (1984)
- Dir. Bob Spiers
Feat. Rik Mayall, Pete Richardson, Keith Allen…
- Winning 'Spaghetti Western' spoof has straw–chewing posers Rik Mayall and Peter Richardson check into the Hotel Bastardos, where they meet…
Comic Strip Presents: Slags / Eddie Monsoon (1984)
- Dir. Sandy Johnson
Feat. Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Edmondson
- A Comic Strip double bill in which Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are punk rockers in an anarchic future and Adrian Edmondson is the celebrity…
Comic Strip Presents: The Bullshitters / The Yob (1984)
- Dir. Ian Emes, Stephen Frears
Feat. Keith Allen, Pete Richardson, Robbie Coltrane…
- THE BULLSHITTERS A cute parody of the TV cop show “The Professionals” with Keith Allen and Pete Richardson as sexy, maverick detectives…
Comperes, Les (1984)
- Dir. Francis Veber
Feat. Pierre Richard, Gerard Depardieu
- Pierre Richard and Gerard Depardieu star in this screwball film as two strangers enlisted to help a mutual ex–lover, both thinking they are the…
Dim Sum (A Little Bit of Heart) (1984)
- Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Laureen Chew, Kim Chew, Victor Wong
- Endearing, warm–hearted tale of Chinese–Americans living in San Fransisco. Distinctly Chinese but the themes and the humour are universal.
Duty Free (TV Series) (1984)
- Feat. Keith Barron, Gwen Taylor
- Two Pommy couples vacationing in Spain do their best not to let their contrasting politics and attraction for one another get in the way of their…