Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Johnny Dangerously (1984)- Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. Michael Keating, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner… - Michael Keaton turns to a life of crime to support his ailing mother in this zany spoof of 1930's gangster films.
Ladies On the Rocks (1984)- Dir. Christian Thomsen
Feat. Gotha Anderson, Bruno Bjorn, Peter Boesen - Two women cabaret performers win the hearts of provincial audiences with their raucous brand of feminist humour. Ironically, their increasing…
Lust in The Dust (1984)- Dir. Paul Bartel
Feat. Divine, Tab Hunter, Geoffrey Lewis… - Imitating the tone of mid–period John Waters (POLYESTER), dir. Bartel spoofs the Western melodrama with heaving cleavages, abysmal musical…
Magnificent Evans, The (TV Series) (1984)- Feat. Ronnie Barker
- Long–forgotten BBC comedy concerning 'Genius, Photographer And Man Of Letters' Plantagenet Evans (Barker), who lives in a Welsh village and…
Mapp and Lucia (TV Mini-series) (1984)- Dir. Donald McWhinnie
Feat. Geraldine McEwan, Prunella Scales, Nigel Hawthorne… - Set in a small seaside town in 1920's England, this comedy of manners is an exquisitely stylised adaptation of E.F Benson's novel. Chronicles the…
Moscow on the Hudson (1984)- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Robin Williams, Alejandro Rey, Maria Conchita Alonso - Robin Williams plays a Russian musician who defects while touring the U.S., but finds his new home often less than rosy. Tragicomedy, played and…
Mother and Son (TV Series) (1984-1994)- Feat. Ruth Cracknell, Garry McDonald
- A long–running, unlikely hit series about a hard–working career man who is saddled with the responsibility of caring for his bewildered,…
Much Ado About Nothing (1984)- Dir. Stuart Burge
Feat. Cherie Lunghi, Robert Lindsay, Michael Elphick - Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
My New Partner (Les Ripoux) (1984)
- Dir. Claude Zidi
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte - The genial Phillipe Noiret plays a slobbish corrupt cop saddled with a straight–laced partner in this hilarious caper comedy. It's a delight…
Not for Publication (1984)- Dir. Paul Bartel
Feat. Nancy Allen, David Naughton - Screwball take on NYC tabloid reporters from the director of EATING RAOUL.
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