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Subgenre Sampler
Cry-Baby (Cry baby) (1990)
- Dir. John Waters
Feat. Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell… - Another stylish, camp classic from the infamous director who made Divine a cult sensation. Depp heads a super cast in a tribute to the juvenile…
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)- Dir. Howard Brookner
Feat. Matt Dillon, Jennifer Grey, Julie Hagerty… - An American Playhouse adaptation of four Damon Runyon tales which intersect on New Year's Eve 1928 in a milieu of jazz–age hedonism. A good…
Bird (1988)- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Keith David - Eastwood's biopic tribute to legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie 'Bird' Parker. His turbulent and extraordinary life is sympathetically characterised…
Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)- Dir. Julien Temple
Feat. Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Carrey… - Under–rated campy musical about a trio of goofy aliens (incl. Jim Carrey in an early role) who crash–land in Geena Davis's swimming pool.
Crossroads (1986)- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Ralph Macchio, Jami Gertz, Joe Seneca… - Great Ry Cooder music peps this light drama in which Ralph Macchio seeks lost blues tunes in the Deep South.
Amadeus (1984)
- Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham - Academy–award winning biopic of Mozart's illustrious but brief existence that spawned much of the greatest music ever written. A humourous yet…
Cotton Club, The (1984)- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Gregory Hines… - Richard Gere heads the ensemble for Coppola's glossy musical melodrama set in the thick of New York's glitzy gangster culture of the 1930s.
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The (1982)- Dir. Colin Higgins
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise… - Dolly Parton is the buxom madam of Texas’ famous Chicken Ranch whorehouse (portrayed less flatteringly in Nick Broomfield’s documentary) in this…
One from the Heart (1982)- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia - A lavishly mounted curiosity loosely following the romantic plight of an estranged couple, set against an impressively stylised backdrop of Las…
Privates On Parade (1982)- Dir. Michael Blakemore
Feat. John Cleese - John Cleese stars in this perky adaptation of the play about a gay Song and Dance Unit of the Brtish army stationed in 1940s Singapore.
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