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Subgenre Sampler
Verdict, The (1982)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, James Mason… - Sombre dramatic death–march, with Paul Newman playing a convincingly booze–soaked lawyer, whose last chance in the courtroom sees him…
Veronika Voss (1982)- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess - Fictionalised biography of a once famous actress whose career surrendered to drug–addiction, neurosis and the dubious motives of a medical…
Walter / Walter & June (Loving Walter) (1982-1983)- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Ian McKellen, Barbara Jefford, Keith Allen… - A pair of grim television movies based on the novels by David Cook, starring Ian McKellen as a man with a learning disability who is condemned by…
White Dog (1982)- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Kristy McNichol, Paul Winfield, Burl Ives… - A little–seen but widely heralded drama from cult director Samuel Fuller about the struggle of an African–American dog trainer to retrain…
Wild Style (1982)- Dir. Charles Ahearn
- The Hip–hop movement had it first wide impact via this documentary–drama shot on the streets of The Bronx in 1982. With its close…
Woman Called Golda, A (1982)- Dir. Alan Gibson
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Ned Beatty, Judy Davis… - Much–praised biopic in which Ingrid Bergman gives her final performance as Israeli Prime Minister and so–called "mother of Israel', Golda…
World According to Garp, The (1982)- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Robin Williams, Glenn Close, John Lithgow… - Dazzling adaptation of John Irving's novel about an eccentric's often ill–fated journey through life. Robin Williams is brilliant as Garp, with…
World Cup, The (A Captain's Tale) (1982)- Dir. Tom Clegg
Feat. Dennis Waterman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tim Healy - Intriguing true–story of how a minor–league English soccer–team from West Auckland (not New Zealand) got all the way to the first…
36 Chowringhee Lane (1981)- Dir. Aparna Sen
Feat. Jennifer Kendal, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Debashree Roy… - An English spinster living out her twilight years teaching in India befriends a young couple whose motives might not be what she suspects. Tender…
All's Well That Ends Well (1981)- Dir. Elijah Moshinsky
Feat. Ian Charleson, Angela Down, Sir Michael Hordern… - Adaptation of the Shakespeare play about a low–born daughter of a doctor who falls in love with the son of a countess, and attempts to cure the…
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