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Subgenre Sampler
Not the Nine O'Clock News (TV Series) (1982)
- Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys-Jones…
- The breakthrough series for comic superstars Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and, er, Pamela Stephenson. The political sketches are as…
One from the Heart (1982)- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia - A lavishly mounted curiosity loosely following the romantic plight of an estranged couple, set against an impressively stylised backdrop of Las…
Portrait Of A Showgirl (1982)- Dir. Steven Hilliard Stern
Feat. Lesley Ann Warren, Tony Curtis, Rita Moreno… - Chintz melodrama concerning three Las Vegas showgirls involved in a Caesar's Palace revue. Possibly the drabbest portrait of Sin City imaginable…
Privates On Parade (1982)- Dir. Michael Blakemore
Feat. John Cleese - John Cleese stars in this perky adaptation of the play about a gay Song and Dance Unit of the Brtish army stationed in 1940s Singapore.
Return of the Solider, The (1982)- Dir. Alan Bridges
Feat. Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson, Ann-Margret… - Alan Bates stars as a returning WWI soldier rendered catatonic by the horrors of the battlefield, with no memory of his wife. Somewhat overwrought…
Sophie's Choice (1982)- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline - Master of many accents Meryl Streep won an Oscar for her role as a European refugee of the Nazi death–camps whose uneasy relationship with…
Tender Mercies (1982)- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Robert Duvall - Robert Duvall gives an Oscar winning performance as a down–out–his–luck country singer who paves the slow road back to sobriety.…
Things Are Tough All Over (1982)- Dir. Thomas K. Avildsen
Feat. Cheech and Chong - The fourth outing for smokesters Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong in their usual guises, this time tangling with a pair of Arabs (also played by C & C)…
Tootsie (1982)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Bill Murray - Much–loved classic, with unemployed actor Dustin Hoffman donning a dress to pay the bills. Unfortunately, his TV–soap character, Dorothy…
Verdict, The (1982)- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, James Mason… - Sombre dramatic death–march, with Paul Newman playing a convincingly booze–soaked lawyer, whose last chance in the courtroom sees him…
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