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Subgenre Sampler
Bliss (1985)- Dir. Ray Lawrence
Feat. Barry Otto - Peter Carey's cult novel maintains its distinctive off–beat flavour in this screen adaptation, about a middle–aged ad–man who…
Color Purple, The (The Colour Purple) (1985)- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover… - Striking interpretation of Alice Walker's novel about a black girl's life and hard times in the South, spanning forty years. Whoopi Goldberg's screen…
Death of a Salesman (1985)
- Dir. Volker Schlondorff
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich, Charles Durning - An excellent adaptation of Arthur Miller’s most famous play, with Dustin Hoffman bringing pathos, seediness and tragedy to the central…
Eleni (1985)- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. John Malkovich, Kate Nelligan, Linda Hunt - John Malkovich plays a U.S. reporter in Greece trying to find the long–lost truth about his mother's political execution.
Equalizer, The (TV Series) (1985-1989)- Feat. Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka
- Classic '80's show noted for its mix of espionage, crime drama, and the private eye genres rolled into a classy film noir package. Woodward excels…
Fool for Love (1985)- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Sam Shepard, Kim Basinger, Harry Dean Stanton… - One of dir. Altman's ambitious stageplay adaptations, this largely succeeds in bringing Sam Shepard's brand of 'surreal Americana' to life. This…
Fortunate Life, A (Mini-series) (1985)- Feat. Dominic Sweeney
- At the turn of the 20th century, a motherless child faces hard labour, the trauma of Gallipoli, and the unforgiving outback in this life affirming…
Kane And Abel (Mini-series) (1985)- Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Sam Neill, Peter Strauss, Ron Silver - Based on the epic best selling novel by Jeffrey Archer, about two ambitious men born on the same day on either side of the Atlantic, one to a…
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)- Dir. Hector Babenco
Feat. Raul Julia, William Hurt - Evocative drama posits a political activist and a gay window dresser in a South American prison cell, where fantasy becomes their only tool for…
Mask (1985)
- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Cher, Sam Elliott - Highly watchable tearjerker skillfully steers a facially–deformed teenager through the trials of adolescence, dodging most of the cliches and…
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