
An Englishman, John Morgan, lives 30 years as a Sioux named Man Called Horse. In 1874, gold is discovered in the Black Hills, on tribal land guaranteed to the Sioux in the Laramie Treaty of 1868. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
The Idolmaker (1980) Taylor Hackford, Ray Sharkey, Tovah Feldshuh, Peter Gallagher, Biography, Drama, Music, Romance

Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
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Danton (1983) Andrzej Wajda, Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Anne Alvaro, Biography, Drama, History

Action opens in November of 1793, with Danton returning to Paris from his country retreat upon learning that the Committee for Public Safety, under Robespierre’s incitement Read More »
The Lady and the Highwayman (1989) John Hough, Emma Samms, Oliver Reed, Claire Bloom, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance

The young lady Panthea Vyne falls in love with the handsome highwayman who saves her from her brutal husband. Read More »
The Bay Boy (1984) Daniel Petrie, Liv Ullmann, Kiefer Sutherland, Peter Donat, Drama

A Roman Catholic teenage boy in Nova Scotia during the 1930s faces various growing-up problems: Should he become a priest? Read More »
Het dak van de Walvis / On Top of the Whale (1982) Raoul Ruiz, Jean Badin, Fernando Bordeu, Herbert Curiel, Fantasy

A parody of anthropology, linguistics, and cultural imperialism. The film follows an unlikely team of linguists into the wilds of an ersatz Patagonia Read More »
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988) Robert Altman, Eric Bogosian, Jeff Daniels, Brad Davis, Drama, War

A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel “The Caine Mutiny”. Read More »
Le livre de Marie / The Book of Mary (1985) Anne-Marie Miéville, Bruno Cremer, Aurore Clément, Rebecca Hampton, Short, Drama

Marie, eleven years old, is experiencing difficult times. His parents will separate. The perception of his universe is profoundly disturbed. Read More »
Black Moon Rising (1986) Harley Cokeliss, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Robert Vaughn, Action, Thriller

A professional thief is hired by the FBI to steal a data tape from a company under investigation. Read More »
The Jigsaw (1983) Terence Young, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Susan George, Thriller

Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. Read More »