Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Project A ('A' gai waak) (1983)
- Dir. Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung
Feat. Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen - A famous peak period work from martial art maestro Jackie Chan in turn of the century Hong Kong, with Chan in pursuit of vicious buccaneers. Famous…
Return of Captain Invincible, The (1983)- Dir. Phillipe Mora
Feat. Alan Arkin, Christopher Lee, Bill Hunter… - Campy superhero comedy starring Captain Invincible – a chunky ex superhero who now prefers chopping back the lagers to fighting crime in white…
Return to Eden (TV Series) (1983)- Feat. Rebecca Gilling
- Early 80s mini–series set around the survivor of a treacherous crocodile attack, that garnered a small cult due to its Aussie–kitsch…
Risky Business (1983)- Dir. Paul Brickman
Feat. Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay - A kind of '80s update of THE GRADUATE, this imaginative comedy propelled a 17–year old Tom Cruise into the limelight. Uncommonly stylish and…
Strange Brew (1983)- Dir. Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis
Feat. Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Paul Dooley… - Beer–themed comedy loosely based on Shakespeare's HAMLET, directed by and starring Canadian sketch comedy duo Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis. The…
To Be or Not to Be (1983)- Dir. Alan Johnson
Feat. Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson… - Mel Brooks features in this remake of the 1940s Ernst Lubitsch comedy.
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…
Yellowbeard (1983)- Dir. Mel Damski
Feat. Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Eric Idle… - Pirate farce for serious Python completists only. Impressive cast though.
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