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Blackadder 3 (TV Series)Blackadder 3 (TV Series) (1987) Aro Favourite
Dir. Mandie Fletcher
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie, Tony Robinson
Classic third series set in England 1760–1815. Six episodes contained on one DVD or two tape volumes: 'Dish and Dishonesty', 'Ink and…
Broadcast NewsBroadcast News (1987) Recommended
Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Holly Hunter, William Hurt, Albert Brooks
Superb TV newsroom dramedy in which vacuous newsreader Hurt and neurotic reporter Brooks compete for the attentions of Holly Hunter.
Can't Buy Me LoveCan't Buy Me Love (1987)
Dir. Steve Rash
Feat. Patrick Dempsey
Likeable though period–bound comedy in which nerdy student Patrick Dempsey pays the gorgeous Amanda Peterson a thousand bucks to pose as his…
Dame Edna Experience, The (TV Series)Dame Edna Experience, The (TV Series) (1987) Aro Favourite
Feat. Barry Humphries
Dame Edna Everage hosted this riotous mock chat–show in the late eighties (following a series of successful TV specials), where her guests…
Date With An AngelDate With An Angel (1987)
Dir. Tom McLoughlin
Feat. Michael E. Knight, Emmanuelle Beart, Phoebe Cates
Frothy and feckless, this dim comedy has a man waking up after his bachelor party to find an angel in his pool. You can bet they're going to have…
Eat the RichEat the Rich (1987) Recommended
Dir. Peter Richardson
Feat. Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Jennifer Saunders
Terrific second feature from the COMIC STRIP players makes a spectacular mockery of the British class structure and Thatcherist politics. It's a…
Five CornersFive Corners (1987)
Dir. Tony Bill
Feat. Jodie Foster, Tim Robbins, Todd Graff
Ambitious, although ultimately chaotic, drama set in the Bronx in 1964, where a young Jodie Foster is stalked by her former boyfriend (Turturro), who…
Good Morning, VietnamGood Morning, Vietnam (1987) Recommended
Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker
Robin Williams tour–de–force performance as an irreverant, rebel radio–jock stationed in Saigon during the Vietnam War. The funny…
Harp in the South, The (TV Mini Series)Harp in the South, The (TV Mini Series) (1987)
Dir. George Whaley
Feat. Martyn Sanderson, Anne Phelan, Anna Hruby
A TV mini–series about an Irish family who migrate to Australia in the post WW2 years to find their hopes of prosperity dashed on the streets…
High TideHigh Tide (1987)
Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Feat. Judy Davis, Claudia Karvan, Colin Friels
The director of MY BRILLIANT CAREER encores with Judy Davis for this bittersweet exploration of mother–daughter relations at a bleak coastal…

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