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Subgenre Sampler
Ordinary People (1980)- Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch… - Mary Tyler Moore contends with familial troubles of the well–heeled in Robert Redford's directing debut.
Permanent Vacation (1980)- Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Chris Parker, John Lurie - Directorial debut feature for future icon Jim Jarmusch, who made this on the cusp of graduating from film school. Set around the wanderings of a…
Pride and Prejudice (TV Mini-Series) (1980)- Feat. Elizabeth Garvie, David Rintoul, Moray Watson
- Fay Weldon adaptation of the Jane Austen perennial in which the arrival of a wealthy gentleman sends her marriage–minded mother into a frenzy,…
Raging Bull (1980)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Robert De Niro - Robert De Niro gives new meaning to 'method acting' in his portrayal of hot–blooded boxer, Jake La Motta. The film chronicles his violent world…
Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980)- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre… - In his feature debut, writer–director John Sayles demonstrates a wisdom way beyond his years with this ‘do–it–yourself’…
Roadie (1980)- Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Meatloaf, Art Carney, Alice Cooper - A rock’n’roll satire starring Meat Loaf as a roadie on the road to nowhere, this had a rather mixed reception on release. Trying to…
Rude Boy (1980)
- Dir. Hazan, Mingay
Feat. Jimmy Pursey, Johnny Green - Semi–doco in which a teenage punk is forced to choose political allegiances while scamming a roadie job with the Clash. Features nine Clash…
Scruples (Mini-series) (1980)- Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Lindsay Wagner, Barry Bostwick, Kim Cattrall… - Trashy, high–society soap opera, with Lindsay Wagner overcoming privilege and class to rise beyond the upper echelons of the L.A. fashion…
Scum (1980)- Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Ray Winstone, Phil Daniels - Life in a British borstal painted in unflinchingly realistic hues. Clark's deeply affecting indictment of the penal system plays out barbaric rituals…
Somewhere in Time (1980)- Dir. Jeannot Szwarc
Feat. Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer… - Fantastical love story stars Reeve as a successful playwright who becomes obsessed with a woman he believes he is destined to be with, even if it…
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