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Subgenre Sampler

 
Used CarsUsed Cars (1980)
Dir. Robert Zemeckis
Feat. Jack Warden, Kurt Russell
Two sibling used car dealers (both played by Jack Warden) take their rivalry and sales gimmicks to a bad–taste extreme. Good script elevates…
Where the Buffalo RoamWhere the Buffalo Roam (1980)
Dir. Art Linson
Feat. Bill Murray, Peter Boyle
In a piece of dream–casting, Bill Murray plays 'gonzo' journalist Hunter S Thompson, with Peter Boyle as his lawyer sidekick having a series of…
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980)
Dir. Tony Wharmby
Feat. James Warwick, Francesca Annis, John Gielgud
A classic Agatha Christie TV adaptation in which a vicar sets out to discover the meaning behind "Why didn't they ask Evans?", the last words spoken…
Yes Minister (TV Series)Yes Minister (TV Series) (1980-1982)
Dir. Sydney Lotterby
Feat. Paul Eddington, Derek Fowlds, Nigel Hawthorne
The excellent, mildly pointed satire on British politics in Whitehall, with aristocratic bureaucrats Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds gently guiding…
1010 (1979)
Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Dudley Moore, Bo Derek, Julie Andrews
The cuddly charms of Dudley Moore lift this light comedy out of the saccharine. Moore plays a successful composer falling in love with gorgeous Bo…
19411941 (1979)
Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Toshiro Mifune
The dir.’s only real commercial failure, this loose slapstick comedy, set in a Californian seaside town visited by a Japanese submarine in 1941,…
Amour en fuite, L'Amour en fuite, L' (Love on the Run) (1979)
Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Jean-Pierre Leaud, Marie-France Pisier
The fifth and final entry in dir. Truffaut's loosely autobiographical 'Anoine Doinel' series. Here, the footloose hero reaches his 30s and a new…
Animal HouseAnimal House (1979) Recommended
Feat. John Belushi, Donald Sutherland, Karen Allen
National Lampoon's frat–house classic with a grossly hilarious Belushi.
Buffet Froid (Cold Cuts)Buffet Froid (Cold Cuts) (1979)
Dir. Bertrand Blier
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet
When his lost switchblade turns up as a murder weapon, petty crim Gerard Depardieu goes on the lam in a nightmarish Paris, several disreputable…
Cactus JackCactus Jack (1979)
Dir. Hal Needham
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kirk Douglas
A fledgling Arnie and Kirk Douglas square–up in this comic take on the Old West.

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