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Subgenre Sampler
Strange Brew (1983)- Dir. Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis
Feat. Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Paul Dooley… - Beer–themed comedy loosely based on Shakespeare's HAMLET, directed by and starring Canadian sketch comedy duo Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis. The…
To Be or Not to Be (1983)- Dir. Alan Johnson
Feat. Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson… - Mel Brooks features in this remake of the 1940s Ernst Lubitsch comedy.
Trading Places (1983)
- Dir. John Landis
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Don Ameche… - A sturdy comic conceit – for a bet, two interfering millionaires swap the lives of a rich man (Dan Aykroyd) and a poor man (Eddie Murphy) – makes…
Two of a Kind (1983)- Dir. John Herzfeld
Feat. John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Charles Durning… - God (voiced by Gene Hackman) is so disappointed with mankind he prepares a second Flood, but is persuaded by angels to bet on the reformation of two…
Valley Girl (1983)
- Dir. Martha Coolidge
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Elizabeth Daily… - One of the coolest teen flicks of the early 80s exults a first starring role for Nicolas Cage as a Hollywood punk who crashes a suburban party and…
Yellowbeard (1983)- Dir. Mel Damski
Feat. Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Eric Idle… - Pirate farce for serious Python completists only. Impressive cast though.
Zelig (1983)- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Woody Allen, Mia Farrow - Woody seamlessly fuses newsreel footage with new material for this mock–documentary on the fictional life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig.…
'Allo 'Allo (TV Series) (1982-1992)- Feat. Gordon Kaye, Carmen Silvera
- British farce at its best and silliest, this sitcom takeoff of every WW2 French Resistance film (and the TV Series 'Secret Army') is set around the…
48hrs (48 Hours) (1982)- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Annette O'Toole… - Eddie Murphy excels in his film debut as a street–smart ex–con who teams up with veteran cop Nick Nolte to track down some bad…
A Good Marriage (Le Beau Marriage) (1982)- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Beatrice Romand, Andre Dussollier, Féodor Atkine - An art history student is growing tired of being the mistress of a married painter, then meets a handsome and wealthy younger man whom she vows to…
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