Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
S.O.B. (1981)- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Julie Andrews, William Holden, Richard Mulligan… - Blake Edwards' satire of the film industry and Hollywood society in which a movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by…
Sense and Sensibility (1981)- Dir. Rodney Bennett
Feat. Irene Richards, Tracey Childs, Diana Fairfax… - Two sisters search for love, happiness and a way out of financial strife. From Jane Austen's novel, this was filmed by the BBC on location in Dorset…
Shoot the Moon (1981)- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Diane Keaton, Albert Finney, Peter Weller… - A devastating account of a marital breakdown between Diane Keaton and Albert Finney and the impact it has on their four daughters.
Smash Palace (1981)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Grier Robson - One of local cinema's finest hours is this rural tale of a brusque auto–mechanic (Bruno Lawrence) whose estrangement from his family leads him…
Take a Letter Mr. Jones (TV Series) (1981)- Feat. John Inman, Rula Lenska, Miriam Margolyes
- British sitcom set in the office of a multinational corporation, where an exec juggles her hectic work life (and workplace sexual politics) with…
Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981)- Dir. Marco Ferreri
Feat. Ben Gazzara - A whiskey–swilling, anarchist poet (Ben Gazzara) searches in vain for redemptive power and inspiration through his self–destructive…
Taps (1981)- Dir. Harold Becker
Feat. Sean Penn, Timothy Hutton, George C. Scott… - A surprise box–office smash about a group of cadets who take over their military college, which is on the brink of being closed down. Inspired…
Tenko (TV Series) (1981-1984)- Feat. Stephanie Cole, Jean Anderson
- Memorable British drama in which a group of English women, shipwrecked while fleeing the invasion of Singapore in 1941, are captured by the Japanese…
Time After Time (1981)
- Dir. Nicholas Meyer
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen - Intriguing time–travel fantasy sees a young H G Wells (Malcolm McDowell), tracking Jack the Ripper from 1890s England to 1970s San Fransisco…
Timon of Athens (1981)- Dir. Jonathan Miller
Feat. John Fortune, Tony Jay, John Bird - Adaptation of the Shakespeare play about the overly generous citizen of Athens whose friends abandon him when he falls into debt. Forms part of the…
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