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Other Side of Nashville, The (1983)
- Feat. Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash
- The 'alternative' stars of country music are the subject of this loose documentary, which includes some rare live footage. Featured are Bob Dylan,…
Professional: Golgo 13, The (1983)
- Classic anime stylishly relays the underworld movements of a legendary hitman and his contract killings. Based on a long–running manga, with an…
Savage Islands (Nate and Hayes) (1983)
- Dir. Ferninand Fairfax
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe
- Tommy Lee Jones runs amok in the Pacific, clashing with pirates, missionaries, and a cannibalistic tribesman (played by Prince Tui Teka). Its clunky…
Signal 7 (1983)
- Dir. Rob Nilsson
Feat. Bill Ackridge, Dan Leegant
- Dedicated to John Cassavetes, this 12–hr slice of the night–world of various New York taxi–drivers, shot on videotape, is similarly…
Sins of Dorian Gray, The (1983)
- Dir. Tony Maylam
Feat. Anthony Perkins, Joseph Bottoms, Belinda Bauer
- Unusually trashy TV–movie that riffs on Oscar Wilde's famous adult fairytale. Here, a woman's celluloid screen–test carries the burden of…
Svengali (1983)
- Dir. Anthony Harvey
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Jodie Foster, Holly Hunter
- Has been vocalist turned singing instructor O'Toole takes young rocker Foster under his wings. By all accounts a complete misfire. Though if you can…
U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)
- Video version of the album of the same name, this is an electrifying milestone concert by U2, live at Red Rocks in Ireland.
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Verdi - Rigoletto (1983)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Feat. Luciano Pavarotti
- A splendid version of Verdi's darkly tragic opera, shot on location, with Pavarotti playing the Duke of Mantua.
Wild Horses (1983)
- Dir. Derek Morton
Feat. Keith Aberdein, John Bach, Bruno Lawrence…
- A Kiwi western set in Tongariro National Park, and based around real events and people associated with the wild equine inhabitants of the Central…
Android (1982)
- Dir. Aaron Lipstadt
Feat. Klaus Kinski, Brie Howard, Norbert Weisser
- Quirky tale of an almost–human robot who learns he is about to be made obsolete. Entertaining script and tight direction redeems the small…