Prototype (1983)
An intelligent android (Michael) constructed by a research team is taken outdoors and successfully passed off as human in a trial run. When the government hears of this, they order…
Right of Way (1983)
Miniature Dwyer is named after her mother, who was making miniature doll houses when Minnie was born. Minnie, too, has built doll houses for years, and when she learns that…
A Caribbean Mystery (1983)
Aging Major Palgrave, an idiosyncratic but charming mystery writer, reveals to Miss Marple that one of the guests at a luxurious Caribbean resort they’re staying at is a Bluebeard-type wife…
The Terry Fox Story (1983)
The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research.
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn’t Land (1983)
Starflight One, a commercial aircraft that can whisk passengers around the globe in a matter of hours, embarks on its maiden voyage. The trip goes horribly awry, however, when the…
The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
Fr. Hugh O’Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His diplomatic status in a Catholic country…
Cocaine and Blue Eyes (1983)
Michael Brennen, a San Francisco private eye gets dragged into a drug-smuggling operation while searching for the girlfriend of a deal client, leading Brennen to a politically prominent family.
Style Wars (1983)
Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant’s PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)
When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they…
Falcon’s Gold (1982)
An archaeologist travels to Mexico to investigate rumors of the discovery of the ancient statue of a fertility goddess.
Don’t Go to Sleep (1982)
One year after a young girl dies in a car accident, her sister begins seeing visions of her, while the family home is plagued by strange happenings.
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as…
Carlin at Carnegie (1982)
Recorded at Carnegie Hall, New York City in 1982, released in 1983. Most of the material comes from his A Place for My Stuff, the album released earlier that same…
The Shadow Riders (1982)
After starring in “The Sacketts”, Tom Selleck and Sam Elliott team up again but this time as Mac and Dal Traven, in a movie based on a classic Louis L’Amour…
Five-Minute Films: Afternoon (1982)
A couple of old friends drown their sorrows together while reveling in the naivety of a young newly-wed.
Five-Minute Films: Probation (1982)
A boy goes to see his probation officer.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame’s cathedral meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimodo’s guardian, the archdeacon of the cathedral, and…
Senior Trip (1981)
A group of graduating students from a midwestern high school comes to New York City on a trip to celebrate the impending end of school. The students include: Roger Ellis,…