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Subgenre Sampler
Signal 7 (1983)- Dir. Rob Nilsson
Feat. Bill Ackridge, Dan Leegant - Dedicated to John Cassavetes, this 12–hr slice of the night–world of various New York taxi–drivers, shot on videotape, is similarly…
Silkwood (1983)- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Meryl Streep, Cher, Kurt Russell - Fact–based account of a Southern nuclear factory–worker who died mysteriously before exposing unsound trade secrets. Meryl Streep is on a…
Sins of Dorian Gray, The (1983)- Dir. Tony Maylam
Feat. Anthony Perkins, Joseph Bottoms, Belinda Bauer - Unusually trashy TV–movie that riffs on Oscar Wilde's famous adult fairytale. Here, a woman's celluloid screen–test carries the burden of…
Skin Deep (1983)- Dir. Mark Joffe
Feat. Briony Behets, Nicole Kidman - Big shoulder pads and even bigger hairdos compete in this trash 80s soap opera set in the world of Australian fashion. Nicole Kidman, in an early…
Star 80 (1983)
- Dir. Bob Fosse
Feat. Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson… - Dir. Bob Fosse's razzle–dazzle cynicism is a perfect match for this loose chronicle of true events that led to the murder of penthouse pet…
Staying Alive (1983)- Dir. Sylvester Stallone
Feat. John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes - Engagingly tacky sequel to SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, fashioned by dir. Sylvester Stallone as a ROCKY–style vehicle for John Travolta, who juggles…
Streamers (1983)- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Matthew Modine, David Alan Grier, George Dzundza… - Four young army recruits await in close quarters their call–up to Vietnam. Brilliantly acted by the novice cast (including Matthew Modine), it…
Svengali (1983)- Dir. Anthony Harvey
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Jodie Foster, Holly Hunter - Has been vocalist turned singing instructor O'Toole takes young rocker Foster under his wings. By all accounts a complete misfire. Though if you can…
Tempest, The (1983)- Dir. William Woodman
Feat. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., William Hootkins, Nicholas Hammond - An American television version of Shakespeare's much filmed late 'romance', here presented in a pseudo–theatrical style.
Terms of Endearment (1983)
- Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Jack Nicholson, Debra Winger… - Classic family saga of loss and reconciliation with Shirley Maclaine and Jack Nicholson, who both won Oscars, as did the film.
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