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Subgenre Sampler

 
Return of Captain Invincible, The Return of Captain Invincible, The (1983)
Dir. Phillipe Mora
Feat. Alan Arkin, Christopher Lee, Bill Hunter
Campy superhero comedy starring Captain Invincible – a chunky ex superhero who now prefers chopping back the lagers to fighting crime in white…
Return to Eden (TV Series)Return to Eden (TV Series) (1983)
Feat. Rebecca Gilling
Early 80s mini–series set around the survivor of a treacherous crocodile attack, that garnered a small cult due to its Aussie–kitsch…
Risky BusinessRisky Business (1983) Recommended
Dir. Paul Brickman
Feat. Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay
A kind of '80s update of THE GRADUATE, this imaginative comedy propelled a 17–year old Tom Cruise into the limelight. Uncommonly stylish and…
Strange BrewStrange 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 BeTo 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 PlacesTrading Places (1983) Recommended
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 KindTwo 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 GirlValley Girl (1983) Aro Favourite
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…
YellowbeardYellowbeard (1983)
Dir. Mel Damski
Feat. Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Eric Idle
Pirate farce for serious Python completists only. Impressive cast though.
ZeligZelig (1983) Recommended
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.…

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