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Time BanditsTime Bandits (1980) Recommended
Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall
John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall and others star in this breathlessly inventive fantasy in which a young boy journeys through history to…
Uforia (1980)
Dir. John Binder
Feat. Harry Dean Stanton, Fred Ward
Quirky comedy about a kooky check–out operator who believes that aliens are about to dock on their doorstep. Harry Dean Stanton and Fred Ward…
Up The AcademyUp The Academy (1980)
Dir. Robert Downey Snr.
Feat. Ron Leibman, Ralph Macchio, Tom Poston
Mad Magazine jump on the "National Lampoon" bandwagon with this ANIMAL HOUSE cash–in about the outrageous antics of a group of teenage misfits…
Used CarsUsed Cars (1980)
Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Jack Warden, Kurt Russell
Two sibling used car dealers (both played by Jack Warden) take their rivalry and sales gimmicks to a bad–taste extreme. Good script elevates…
Where the Buffalo RoamWhere the Buffalo Roam (1980)
Dir. Art Linson
Feat. Bill Murray, Peter Boyle
In a piece of dream–casting, Bill Murray plays 'gonzo' journalist Hunter S Thompson, with Peter Boyle as his lawyer sidekick having a series of…
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980)
Dir. Tony Wharmby
Feat. James Warwick, Francesca Annis, John Gielgud
A classic Agatha Christie TV adaptation in which a vicar sets out to discover the meaning behind "Why didn't they ask Evans?", the last words spoken…
Yes Minister (TV Series)Yes Minister (TV Series) (1980-1982)
Dir. Sydney Lotterby
Feat. Paul Eddington, Derek Fowlds, Nigel Hawthorne
The excellent, mildly pointed satire on British politics in Whitehall, with aristocratic bureaucrats Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds gently guiding…
1010 (1979)
Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Dudley Moore, Bo Derek, Julie Andrews
The cuddly charms of Dudley Moore lift this light comedy out of the saccharine. Moore plays a successful composer falling in love with gorgeous Bo…
19411941 (1979)
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Toshiro Mifune
The dir.’s only real commercial failure, this loose slapstick comedy, set in a Californian seaside town visited by a Japanese submarine in 1941,…
Amour en fuite, L'Amour en fuite, L' (Love on the Run) (1979)
Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Jean-Pierre Leaud, Marie-France Pisier
The fifth and final entry in dir. Truffaut's loosely autobiographical 'Anoine Doinel' series. Here, the footloose hero reaches his 30s and a new…

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