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Subgenre Sampler
Freedom (1982)- Dir. Scott Hicks
Feat. Jon Blake, Mare Winningham, Jad Capelja… - Low–budget Aussie coming–of–age drama centred on a rebellious teen who runs away from home to join a travelling carnival, only to…
Gandhi (1982)
- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox… - Epic retelling of the life of the inspirational Indian leader with Ben Kingsley as 'The Mahatma'. Won eight Academy Awards including Best Picture.
Heat and Dust (1982)- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Julie Christie, Greta Scacchi - Sophisticated soap opera follows the escapades of two Englishwomen, two generations apart, who both succumb to the seductive mysticism of India.
Heatwave (1982)- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Judy Davis, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter - Phillip Noyce followed NEWSFRONT with this arresting political thriller about an architect embroiled in Sydney’s corrupt inner city housing…
Home Sweet Home (1982)- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Timothy Spall, Frances Barber - Postmen, social workers, and desperate housewives converge in this biting Mike Leigh feature, one of the director’s early achievements. Originally…
Honkytonk Man (1982)- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, John McIntire, Verna Bloom - One of director–star Eastwood's more unusual efforts, playing a TB–stricken country singer in the Great Depression, who tries to make one…
Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1982)- Dir. Peter Duguid
Feat. Tom Baker - Former Doctor Who Tom Baker plays Inspector Holmes in this serviceable adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan's most famous Sherlock mystery.
How Many Miles to Babylon? (1982)- Dir. Moira Armstrong
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Sian Phillips - Daniel Day–Lewis plays a Protestant whose friendship with a fellow Catholic solider is severely tested during the harsh realities of WWI in…
I Remember Nelson (TV Mini-series) (1982)- Dir. Simon Langton
Feat. Kenneth Colley, Geraldine James - Soap–opera–tinged four–part miniseries taking a look at Naval Officer Lord Horatio Nelson, from the viewpoint of four who knew him…
King Lear (1982)- Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. Sir Michael Hordern, John Shrapnel, Norman Rodway… - BBC adaptation of Shakespeare's powerful tragedy, with Michael Hordern in the lead role as the troubled King.
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