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Disney's The Kid (1980)
- A man about to turn 40, gets to meet himself as an eight year old kid.
- Bruce Willis
- Jean Smart
- Lilly Tomlin
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Looker (1981)
- Michael Crichton's Sci-Fi Thriller about women too beautiful to be real. Another movie way ahead of its time. Watch for the Looker gun.
- James Coburn
- Susan Dey
- Albert Finney
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Savannah Smiles (1982)
- Mark Miller, "Alvie" (also the writer)
- Donovan Scott, "Boots" (or "Bootsie", as called by Savannah)
- Bridgette Andersen (1975-1997), "Savannah"
- Savannah Miller (daugher of writer Miller, played Savannah's cousin)
- Peter Graves
- Chris Robinson
- Pat Morita
- A bitter sweet movie, about mistakes made on all sides (the good guys and the bad guys), and a couple of bumbling crooks (failures even at crime) who are tamed by a little girl with her own set of problems.
- Ironically, the true story of Andersen's life is a greater tragedy.
- Bridgette Andersen Info
- (shown here are Bridgette Andersen-top, and Savannah Miller-bottom).
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Cannery Row (1982)
- Nick Nolte
- Debra Winger
- M. Emmet Walsh
- Audra Lindley
- Frank McRae
- Sunshine Parker
- Narrated by John Huston
- Based on the 1945 classic novel by John Steinbeck
- A marine biologist has an unlikely romance with a drifter in seedy California coastal town.
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TRON (1982)
- Jeff Bridges, Flynn
- Bruce Boxlietner, Tron
- David Warner, Master Control
- Excellent special effects
- A hacker is literally abducted into the world of a computer and forced to fight to free himself.
- Another movie way, way ahead of its time.
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A Christmas Story (1983)
- Peter Billingsley (Ralphy)
- Darren McGavin
- Story about a boy who wants only one thing for Christmas...a Red Ryder Carbine Action, 200 Shot, Range Model Air Rifle.
- "My father wove a tapestry of profanity which to this day is still hovering somewhere over Lake Michigan"
- "My little brother had not eaten voluntarily in over three years."
- sound clip, "Tires"...
- sound clip, "Oh fudge..."
- Movie Info
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Against All Odds (1984)
- Rachel Ward
- Jeff Bridges
- James Woods (one of the best 'bad guys' there is)
- Richard Widmark
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Better Off Dead (1985)
- John Cusack
- Curtis Armstrong
- David Ogden Stiers
- "Gee, I'm real sorry your mom blew up, Ricky"
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Turk 182 (1985)
- Timothy Hutton
- Robert Urich
- Kim Cattrall
- Robert Culp
- Darren McGavin
- Paul Sorvino
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Weird Science (1985)
- Anthony Michael Hall
- Ilan Mitchell-Smith
- Kelly LeBrock
- Bill Paxton
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Directed by John Hughes
- "If you can't get a date, make one!"
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
- A high school student skips school with friends, and make the best of their day.
- The museum sequence, with: Ferris Bueller, Cameron Frey, Sloane Peterson. No verbage, none needed.
- <- movie clip goes there
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Hoosiers (1986)
- Gene Hackman
- Dennis Hopper
- Barbara Hershy
- Probably the greatest basketball/sports movie of all time
- <- sound clip goes there
- Movie Info
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Runaway Train (1986)
- John Voight, "Manny"
- Eric Roberts, "Buck"
- Rebecca De Mornay, "Sara"
- Kenneth MacMillan
- "Once it starts, nothing can stop it"
- Extraordinary acting parts for all three actors, all are out of place. Yet the three together are probably one of the best casting accomplishments ever for this hair-raising story.
- Roger Ebert's review
- Unofficial Runaway Train page
- (This film is in no way connected to the song by Soul Asylem titled "Runaway Train"
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Crossing Delancey (1988)
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They Live (1988)
- Roddy Piper, "John Nada"
- Keith David, "Frank"
- Meg Foster, "Holly"
- Director John Carpenter's masterpiece thriller
- "I've come here to chew buble gum and kick ass, and I'm all outta bubble gum!"
- We live amoung a hidden race of extradimensional beings. While we sleep, They Live!
- They Live unofficial web site, probably the best movie tribute web page I've seen. Pictures shown here are from this site. Thanks Creed!
- Link to the official John Carpenter They Live web site. Very good also.
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BIG (1988)
- A young man is forced to grow up, but is still a child.
- Tom Hanks
- Elizabeth Perkins
- Robert Logia
- Directed by Penny Marshal
- <- sound clip goes there
- Movie Info
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