Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Stir (1980)- Dir. Stephen Wallace
Feat. Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller… - Grimily authentic prison drama (an Australian specialty) charts the brutality of the NSW penal system in the 1970s and the eventual consequence: mass…
Stir Crazy (1980)- Dir. Sidney Poitier
Feat. Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Craig T. Nelson - The first and best of the Pryor/Wilder comedies, about a pair of clumsy crooks who land in jail. Plenty of laughs – though fairly predictable…
Storm Boy (1980)
- Dir. Henri Safran
Feat. Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil - Minor Australian classic set in the beautiful, windswept wilds of South Australia, where a young boy leads an isolated existence with his father and…
Strumpet City (Mini-Series) (1980)- Feat. Peter O'Toole, Peter Ustinov
- Broad, sweeping Irish history of Dubliners in the early 20th century. Based on James Plunkett’s popular novel.
Stunt Man, The (1980)- Dir. Richard Rush
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey - A fugitive stumbles upon a movie set, where he is embraced and hired as a stuntman by the fervant director. A bizarre,…
Superman 2 (Superman II) (1980)- Dir. Richard Lester
Feat. Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman - Laudable continuation of the super–hero franchise, that adds more action and comic sparks to the familiar characters –The Man of Steel…
Taming of the Shrew (1980)- Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. John Cleese, Sarah Badel - Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Tempest, The (1980)- Dir. John Gorrie
Feat. Sir Michael Hordern, Nigel Hawthorne - Part of the BBC's excellent series of Shakespeare productions, filmed in a 'theatrical' TV environment utilising the best of English acting talent.
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV Series) (1980)- Feat. Ben Vereen, Jeff Goldblum
- Comedic detective show from the 80's following the unlikely crime–fighting partnership between a con–man and an accountant who dreams of…
Terror Train (1980)- Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Johnson, Hart Bochner… - Fresh from HALLOWEEN, Jamie Lee Curtis reprises a 'scream queen' for this teen slasher pic set aboard a chartered locomotive. A gamut of masquerade…
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