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Subgenre Sampler
Private Benjamin (1980)- Dir. Howard Zieff
Feat. Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante… - Well–fashioned vehicle for Hawn's natural comic talents, she here plays a swanky socialite who joins the army on the spur of the…
Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre… - In his feature debut, writer–director John Sayles demonstrates a wisdom way beyond his years with this ‘do–it–yourself’…
Richard Pryor - Gene Wilder Collector's Pack (Stir Crazy, Another You, See No Evil Hear No Evil) (1980-1991)- Feat. Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor
Rising Damp (TV Series) (1980)- Dir. Ronnie Baxter
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Richard Beckinsale, Frances de la Tour… - A dank Brit boarding–house is the setting for this classic sitcom written by Eric Chappell. Series 1 & 2 (15 episodes) available across two…
Rising Damp - The Movie (1980)- Dir. Joseph McGrath
Feat. Leonard Rossiter, Frances de la Tour, Denholm Elliott… - A movie–length reprise of the classic boarding–house sitcom, which retains the slightly squalid characters and stories, but in its humour…
Seems Like Old Times (1980)- Dir. Jay Sandrich
Feat. Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Charles Grodin… - Neil Simon scripted this unheralded screwball comedy, right up there with THE GOODBYE GIRL. Chevy Chase plays a divorced novelist who seeks the help…
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980)- Dir. Steve Roberts
Feat. Trevor Howard, Patrick Magee - Based on Vivian Stanshall's surreal radio monologues, this tipsy British comedy concerns the attempts of an eccentric British aristocrat to exorcise…
Stir Crazy (1980)- Dir. Sidney Poitier
Feat. Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Craig T. Nelson - The first and best of the Pryor/Wilder comedies, about a pair of clumsy crooks who land in jail. Plenty of laughs – though fairly predictable…
Taming of the Shrew (1980)- Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. John Cleese, Sarah Badel - Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV Series) (1980)- Feat. Ben Vereen, Jeff Goldblum
- Comedic detective show from the 80's following the unlikely crime–fighting partnership between a con–man and an accountant who dreams of…
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