Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Cuckoo Land (1985)- Quirky Margaret Mahy–scripted telemovie of an aspiring songwriter mother and her two children who live in a strange, metamorphosing house.
D.A.R.Y.L. (Daryl) (1985)- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Barret Oliver - A whitebread American couple adopt a young boy (Oliver) who has striking talents and abilities. Turns out he is in fact a Pentagon robot or Data…
Explorers, The (1985)
- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix - Imaginative space adventure film also has enormous fun at the expense of American popular culture. Among the explorers are a very baby–faced…
Fireman Sam (TV Series) (1985)- Dir. John Walker, Ian Frampton
- Two tales from the jovial, animated fireman on a '2 for 1' tape: “The Hero Next Door” and “Deep Trouble”.
Goonies, The (1985)- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton - Junior edition of 'Indiana Jones', from a Steven Speilberg story, has seven bored kids on the Oregon coast hunting for pirate booty after they…
Jem! (TV Series) (Jem and the Holograms) (1985)- Jerrica runs a foster–home for girls, but has a secret career as lead singer of 'Jem and the Holograms' , who when touring project themselves…
Journey of Natty Gann, The (1985)- Dir. Jeremy Kagan
Feat. John Cusack, Meredith Salenger, Ray Wise… - Lowkey and rich in atmosphere, this superior Disney feature crosses Depression–era America with a young runaway, who forms an unlikely bond…
Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The (1985)- Dir. Arthur Rankin Jnr, Jules Bass
- Stop–motion animated version of the story by "Wizard of Oz" creator, L. Frank Baum about how St. Nick became the symbol of Christmas.
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Paul Ruebens - A stylised masterpiece in which Pee–Wee Herman embarks on a priceless search for his prized possession; a bicycle. A brilliant,…
Return to Oz (1985)- Dir. Walter Murch
Feat. Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh - This unusually–conceived sequel to THE WIZARD OF OZ is almost too scary for kids, with a disturbed Dorothy (Fairuza Balk) blown by a storm from…
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