Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Ran (1985)
- 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…
Revolution (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, A (1985)
- 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? (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.
Silas Marner (The Weaver of Raveloe) (1985)- Dir. Giles Foster
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, Jim Broadbent… - Excellent adaptation of the George Elliot classic, with Kingsley superb as the weaver who wrongfully accused of theft who withdraws from society only…
Smooth Talk (1985)- Dir. Joyce Chopra
Feat. Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place… - Poignant yet sinister coming–of–age tale chronicles a young girl's sexual awakening and the attention she attracts from a mysterious…
Steaming (1985)- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Brenda Bruce… - A low–rent London bathhouse is the setting for six women’s weekly get–togethers, in this adaptation of Neil Dunn’s stageplay. Often…
Summer Lovers (1985)- Dir. Randal Kleiser
Feat. Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah, Valerie Quennessen… - Daffy drama set on a Greek isle with Gallagher and Hannah as a holidaying couple, trouble ensues when Gallagher meets a sexy archaeologist.
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