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Samson and DelilahSamson and Delilah (1984)
Dir. Lee Philips
Feat. Antony Hamilton, Belinda Bauer, Max von Sydow
Made–for–TV Old Testament epic centred on the classic Biblical tale of power, persuasion, and love between a Hebrew strongman and a…
Secret HonorSecret Honor (1984) Recommended
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Philip Baker Hall
A fictionalized monologue adapted from the stage by playwrights Donald Freed and Arnold M. Stone, with the great Philip Baker Hall as former…
Where the Green Ants DreamWhere the Green Ants Dream (1984)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Bruce Spence, Ray Barrett
Dir. Herzog’s usually compelling obsessions – myths, nature, primitive experience – come a cropper in this uneven depiction of a land rights…
Woman In Red, TheWoman In Red, The (1984)
Dir. Gene Wilder
Feat. Gene Wilder, Kelly Le Brock, Charles Grodin
Perhaps the height of Gene Wilder comedic indulgence, playing a middle–aged average man who becomes besotted with the womanly curves of leggy…
All The Right MovesAll The Right Moves (1983)
Dir. Michael Chapman
Feat. Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson
Stirring though conventional sports drama has a talented high–school football player (Cruise), weigh up his life priorities in the face of a…
All The Rivers Run (TV Mini-series)All The Rivers Run (TV Mini-series) (1983)
Dir. George Miller
Feat. Sigrid Thornton, John Waters
Soppy, though fondly remembered Australian turn of the century mini–series following 'Philadelphia' (Thornton), a young English refugee…
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV Series)Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV Series) (1983-2004) Recommended
Feat. Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail, Tim Healy
Much loved and admired British drama series about a gang of construction labourers who take slightly dodgy, yet lucrative jobs in Europe and…
Big Chill, TheBig Chill, The (1983) Recommended
Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, William Hurt
Old college friends gather together for a weekend after the funeral of one of their peers, where they reconcile their current lives in the 1980's…
Blackadder 1 (TV Series)Blackadder 1 (TV Series) (The Black Adder) (1983)
Dir. Martin Shardlow
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny
Quirky, frequently funny inaugural series of the 80's comedy smash, set in Medieval England. Six episodes contained on one DVD or two tapes: 'The…
BullshotBullshot (1983)
Dir. Dick Clement
Feat. Alan Shearman, Billy Connolly, Michael Aldridge
Silly comedy starring Alan Shearman as 'Bullshot Crummond', a dunderheaded WW1 fighter pilot who must save the world from the dastardly Count Otto…

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