Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5561 Films to Buy & Rent
Zelig (1983)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Mia Farrow
- Woody seamlessly fuses newsreel footage with new material for this mock–documentary on the fictional life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig.…
'Allo 'Allo (TV Series) (1982-1992)
- Feat. Gordon Kaye, Carmen Silvera
- British farce at its best and silliest, this sitcom takeoff of every WW2 French Resistance film (and the TV Series 'Secret Army') is set around the…
48hrs (48 Hours) (1982)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Annette O'Toole…
- Eddie Murphy excels in his film debut as a street–smart ex–con who teams up with veteran cop Nick Nolte to track down some bad…
A Good Marriage (Le Beau Marriage) (1982)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Beatrice Romand, Andre Dussollier, Féodor Atkine
- An art history student is growing tired of being the mistress of a married painter, then meets a handsome and wealthy younger man whom she vows to…
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…
Carry Me Back (1982)
- Dir. John Reid
Feat. Grant Tilly, Kelly Johnson
- Spirited silliness ensues when plans for a trio of South Island farmers go awry when one of them carks it en route to a Wellington rugby match. Worth…
Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams (1982)
- Dir. Thomas Chong
Feat. Cheech and Chong, Timothy Leary
- Mark III from the C&C dope–movie factory sees the hapless pair use an ice–cream van to smokescreen their illicit activities. Cult…
Cheers (TV Series) (1982-1993)
- Feat. Ted Dansen, Shelley Long, Rhea Perlman…
- One of the longest–running sitcoms, set around a Boston bar and its regulars. Went on to launch the bigscreen careers of many of its cast.
Comic Strip Presents: Beat Generation / War (1982)
- Dir. Bob Spiers
Feat. Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall
- Two short films from the Comic Strip. 'Beat Generation' sees a nerdish Adrian Edmondson assailed by beatniks and hepcats, while 'War' spins a loose…
Creepshow (1982)
- Dir. George Romero
Feat. Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeam, Fritz Weaver
- Well–spun compendium of five tales captures the intended spirit and ghoulishness of 1950s EC horror comics in an affectionate homage.