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Subgenre Sampler

 
Out of AfricaOut of Africa (1985) Recommended
Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
Epic, elegant retelling of Karen Blixen's African memoirs. Winner of seven Oscars including Best Picture.
PerfectPerfect (1985) Recommended
Dir. James Bridges
Feat. John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis
John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis get physical in this under–rated slice of 80s sizzle: he plays a Rolling Stone journalist investigating the…
Pickwick Papers, The (Mini-series)Pickwick Papers, The (Mini-series) (1985)
Feat. Nigel Stock, Clive Swift, Ray Brooks
BBC televison production stars Nigel Stock as the titular Mr Samuel Pickwick who – with his pals Nathaniel Winkle, Augustus Snodgrass, and…
PlentyPlenty (1985)
Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Meryl Streep, John Gielgud, Sam Neill
Meryl Streep plays a hero of WWII, who finds the rest of her life an anticlimax.
RanRan (1985) Recommended
Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai
The title translates to 'chaos'; it is Kurosawa's vast and bloody interpretation of Shakespeare's King Lear. Grandiose in every sense – a…
RevolutionRevolution (1985)
Dir. Hugh Hudson
Feat. Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski
Disastrous epic with Pacino almost committing career suicide as a fur trapper caught in the upheaval of the American Revolution. Some handsome…
Room with a View, ARoom with a View, A (1985) Aro Favourite
Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Day-Lewis, Denholm Elliott
Arguably the pinnacle achievement of the Merchant–Ivory partnership, this light–toned but nuanced adaptation of E. M. Forster's novel…
Sacred Hearts (1985)
Dir. Barbara Rennie
Feat. Anna Massey
Earnest drama set in a repressive convent (run by Anna Massey) during the Blitz.
Seacoal (1985)
Dir. Amber Film Collective
The first feature from the Tyneside film community who mix drama and 'real life' to tell their own stories. This film focuses on the plight of…
Should I Be Good or Should I Be Evil?Should I Be Good or Should I Be Evil? (1985)
Dir. Graham McLean
Feat. Beaver , Harry Lyon
Musos Beaver and Harry Lyon from Hello Sailor have a bash at acting in a story based on the Mr Asia drug–ring. Music by Hammond Gamble.

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