1980 movies



Long Good Friday, The (1980)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: UK
Actors: Freeman, Paul | Dolan, Leo | McNally, Kevin | Love, Patti | Moriarty, P.H. | Thompson, Derek | Marshall, Bryan | Hoskins, Bob | Mirren, Helen | Head, Ruby | Cork, Charles | Pierre, Olivier | Brosnan, Pierce | O'Malley, Daragh | King, Dave
Directors: Mackenzie, John
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Harold, a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places. A mysterious syndicate is trying to muscle in on his action, and Harold wants to know who they are. He finds out soon enough, and bloody mayhem ensues.

Fame (1980)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Barth, Eddie | Cara, Irene | Curreri, Lee | Dean, Laura | Franceschi, Antonia | Gaines, Boyd | Hague, Albert | Hughes, Tresa | Inwood, Steve | McCrane, Paul | Meara, Anne | Merlin, Joanna | Miller, Barry | Moody, Jim | Ray, Gene Anthony
Directors: Parker, Alan
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At the New York City High School for the Performing Arts, students get specialized training that often leads to success as actors, singers, etc. This movie follows four students from the time when they audition to get into the school, through graduation. They are the brazen Coco Hernandez, shy Doris Finsecker, sensitive gay Montgomery MacNeil, and brash, abrasive Raul Garcia.

Caddyshack (1980)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Chase, Chevy | Dangerfield, Rodney | Knight, Ted | O'Keefe, Michael | Murray, Bill | Holcomb, Sarah | Colomby, Scott | Morgan, Cindy | Resin, Dan | Wilcoxon, Henry | Aiken, Elaine | Salmi, Albert | Ryerson, Ann | Doyle-Murray, Brian | Mitchell, Hamilton
Directors: Ramis, Harold
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A millionaire wants to turn a golf course into a new property development, but the president of the golf club doesn’t like the idea. This is the basic ‘plot’ which hides behind the many antics of the employees and players on the golf course.

Raging Bull (1980)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Moriarty, Cathy | Pesci, Joe | Vincent, Frank | Colasanto, Nicholas | Saldana, Theresa | Gallo, Mario | Adonis, Frank | Bono, Joseph | Topham, Frank | Flax, Lori Anne | Scorsese, Charles | Dunphy, Don | Hanrahan, Bill | Bennett, Rita
Directors: Scorsese, Martin
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When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he’s a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he’s a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family’s love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it’s his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone.

Blues Brothers, The (1980)

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Music | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Belushi, John | Aykroyd, Dan | Brown, James | Calloway, Cab | Charles, Ray | Franklin, Aretha | Cropper, Steve | Dunn, Donald | Dunne, Murphy | Hall, Willie | Malone, Tom | Marini, Lou | Murphy, Matt | Rubin, Alan | Fisher, Carrie
Directors: Landis, John
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After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church stopped its support and will sell the place to the education authority, and the only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their “mission from god” they seem to make more enemies along the way. Will they manage to come up with the money in time?

Brubaker (1980)

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Redford, Robert | Kotto, Yaphet | Alexander, Jane | Hamilton, Murray | David, Keith | Freeman, Morgan | Clark, Matt | McIntire, Tim | Ward, Richard | Van Ness, Jon | Walsh, M. Emmet | Salmi, Albert | Haynes, Linda | McGill, Everett | Avery, Val
Directors: Rafelson, Bob
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Henry Brubaker is the new warden at Wakefield prison. He makes his entrance as a prisoner in order to get a convict’s-eye-view of the real state of the institution. To his horror he finds all manner of abuse and corruption which, after disclosing his real identity, he sets out to correct.

Alligator (1980)

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Forster, Robert | Riker, Robin | Gazzo, Michael V. | Dean Jagger | Lassick, Sydney | Carter, Jack | Lang, Perry | Silva, Henry | Braverman, Bart | Wood, John Lisbon | Ingersoll, James | Doyle, Robert | Jerome, Patti | Tompkins, Angel | Lyon, Sue
Directors: Teague, Lewis
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Ramon the alligator is flushed down the toilet as a baby and grows into a gargantuan monster by eating the corpses of laboratory animals who have undergone dubious hormone experiments, thus providing all the ecological and social subtext that one could possibly wish for, even if one doesn’t normally go for films about giant alligators eating people left, right, and center—which is the inevitable and tragic result of Ramon’s decision that the outside world looks rather more interesting than the sewers….

Oh, God! Book II (1980)

Monday, December 1st, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Burns, George | Pleshette, Suzanne | Birney, David | Louanne | Louie, John | Janis, Conrad | Holland, Anthony | Downs, Hugh | Brothers, Joyce | Hyde-White, Wilfrid | Mercer, Marian | Drake, Bebe | Gorman, Mari | Weddle, Vernon | Beltran, Alma
Directors: Cates, Gilbert
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Second ‘Oh God’ movie has God (again in the form of George Burns) appearing before 11-year-old Tracy Richards (Louanne) to ask for her help to spread his word and influence over the world which she suggests the slogan ‘Think God.’ Naturaly, Tracy’s divorced parents Paula (Suzanne Pleshette) and Don (David Birney) think Tracy’s just crazy and plot to halt her ‘heaven-sent’ mission to spread God’s word.

Stir Crazy (1980)

Friday, July 25th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Wilder, Gene | Pryor, Richard | Brown, Georg Stanford | Miguel Ángel Suárez | Nelson, Craig T. | Corbin, Barry | Weldon, Charles | Coster, Nicolas | Brooks, Joel | Banks, Jonathan | van Lidth, Erland | Van Bergen, Lewis | Ajaye, Franklyn | Looney, Peter | Hardman, Cedrick
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Skip and Harry are framed for a bank robery and end up in a western prison. The two eastern boys are having difficulty adjusting to the new life until the warden finds that Skip has a natural tallent for riding broncos with the inter-prison rodeo coming up.

Motel Hell (1980)

Friday, July 25th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Calhoun, Rory | Linke, Paul | Jack, Wolfman | Beagle, E. Hampton | Creach, Everett | Melvin, Michael | Ratzenberger, John | Silver, Marc | Richards, Gwil | Curtis, Dick | Agee, Tony | Farrier, Rob
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Farmer Vincent kidnaps unsuspecting travellers and is burying them in his garden. Unfortunately for his victims, they are not dead. He feeds his victims to prepare them for his roadside stand. His motto is: It takes all kinds of critters…to make Farmer Vincents fritters. The movie is gory, but is also a parody of slasher movies like Last House on the Left.