The 80s Movie Podcast

In this episode, we take a look back at Empire Pictures, one of the more successful independent film distributors of the 1980s, responsible for two classic adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft stories, Re-Animator and From Beyond, the Gremlins ripoff Ghoulies (that wasn't actually a ripoff of Gremlins), and some of the most titillating movie titles to ever exist.----more---- Barbara Crampton in a scene from Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator The titles discussed during this episode include: The Alchemist (1985, Charles Band) Breeders (1986, Tim Kincaid) Crawlspace (1986, David Schmoeller) Creepozoids (1987, David DeCoteau) Dolls (1987, Stuart Gordon) Dreamaniac (1986, David DeCoteau) Dungeonmaster (1984, Dave Allen and Charles Band and John Carl Buechler and Steven Ford and Peter Manoogian and Ted Nicolaou and Rosemarie Turko) Eliminators (1986, Peter Manoogian) From Beyond (1986, Stuart Gordon) The original theatrical one-sheet for From Beyond Ghoulies (1985, Luca Bercovici) Ghoulies II (1987, Albert Band) The Princess Academy (1987, Bruce Block) Psychos in Love (1987, Gorman Bechard) Rawhead Rex (1987, George Pavlou) Re-Animator (1985, Stuart Gordon) The original theatrical one-sheet for Re-Animator Savage Island (1985, Ted Nicolaou) Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity (1987, Ken Dixon) The original theatrical one sheet for Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity Terrorvision (1986, Ted Nicolaou) Trancers (1985, Charles Band) Transmutations (1986, George Pavlou) Troll (1986, John Carl Buechler) Walking the Edge (1985, Norbert Meisel) White Slave (1985, Mario Gariazzo [under the name Roy Garrett]) Wicked Lips (1986, Albert Pyun) Zone Troopers (1985, Danny Bilson)

Today's episode takes a look back at Emilio Estevez's 1986 directorial debut, Wisdom. Twenty-three when he started production, Estevez would become the youngest person to write, direct and star in a studio feature film. The modern would-be Bonnie and Clyde action drama would also star Demi Moore (who was also engaged to Mr. Estevez at the time of production), Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright and William Allen Young. ----more---- The original 1986 theatrical one-sheet for Wisdom Press photos from the press kit

This week's episode takes a look back at the spectacular train wreck that was Joel Schumacher's 1985 hit film. St. Elmo's Fire. ----more---- Original 1985 Theatrical One-Sheet for St. Elmo's Fire Demi Moore Joel Schumacher directing Rob Lowe on the set of St. Elmo's Fire

On this episode, we take a look back at the 1988 Oliver Stone drama Talk Radio, the first time the writer and director would direct a screenplay from material created by someone else. That someone else was Eric Bogosian, the writer and star of the off-Broadway play the movie would be adapting. ----more---- The original 1988 Theatrical One-Sheet for Talk Radio Eric Bogosian as radio talk show host Barry Champlain (foreground), and John Pankow and Alec Baldwin (background) Writer/Star Eric Bogosian

We continue our miniseries on British film producer David Puttnam and the films he would make or acquire during his brief run as the head of Columbia Pictures, by taking a look at the movies Puttnam would approve or acquire that were released between July 1989 and March 1990, as well as a summary of several Puttnam-developed films that would never get made or released, Puttnam's life after the studio, and a personal commentary on the state of cinema today, and the continual mistreatment of the Puttnam films, thirty-three years later. ----more---- David Puttnam, in an undated photo, during his time as the head of Columbia Pictures, 1986-1987 The titles discussed during this episode include: Bad Karma (Producer: Deborah Blum, Never Made) The Big Picture (Christopher Guest, September 1989) Blind Luck (Producer: Craig Zadan, Never Made) Bloodhounds of Broadway (Howard Brookner, November 1989) Eat a Bowl of Tea (Wayne Wang, July 1989) The Far Side (Alan Rudolph, Never Made) 40 - Just Like America (Director Unknown, Never Released) Flying Blind (Vince DePersio, July 1990) Me and Him (Doris Dörrie, August 1989) Napoli (Writers: Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenias, Never Made) Old Gringo (Luis Puenzo, October 1989) Time of the Gypsies (Emir Kusturica, February 1990) To Kill a Priest (Angieszka Holland, October 1989) Toys (Barry Levinson, December 1992 from 20th Century Fox) Untitled Richard Brooks DeMille/Mankiewicz Drama (Never Made) Untitled Stanley Kramer Chernobyl Drama (Never Made) Lord David Puttnam, in recent times The original 1989 Theatrical One-Sheet for Christopher Guest's The Big Picture The original 1989 Theatrical One-Sheet for Doris Dorrie's Me and Him

We continue our miniseries on British film producer David Puttnam and the films he would make or acquire during his brief run as the head of Columbia Pictures, by taking a look at the movies Puttnam would approve or acquire that were released between July 1988 and March 1989. ----more---- Uma Thurman in a scene from Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ----more---- The titles discussed during this episode include: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Terry Gilliam, March 1989) The Beast (Kevin Reynolds, September 1988) Hanussen (István Szabó, March 1989) The New Adventures of Pippi Longstalking (Ken Annakin, July 1988) Physical Evidence (Michael Crichton, January 1989) Punchline (David Seltzer, September 1988) Rocket Gibraltar (Daniel Petrie, September 1988) Things Change (David Mamet, October 1988) True Believer (Joseph Ruben, February 1989) Vibes (Ken Kwapis, August 1988) The 1988 Theatrical One-Sheet for Kevin Reynolds' The Beast (aka The Beast of War)

We continue our miniseries on British film producer David Puttnam and the films he would make or acquire during his brief run as the head of Columbia Pictures, by taking a look at the first batch of 16 movies Puttnam would approve or acquire, released between September 1987 and June 1988. ----more---- Original 1988 Theatrical One-Sheet for Spike Lee's School Daze The titles discussed during this episode include: The Big Easy (Jim McBride, August 1987) The Big Town (Ben Bolt, September 1987) Hope and Glory (John Boorman, October 1987) Housekeeping (Bill Forsyth, November 1987) The Last Emperor (Bernardo Bertolucci, November 1987) Leonard Part 6 (Paul Weiland, December 1987) Little Nikita (Richard Benjamin, March 1988) Pulse (Paul Golding, March 1988) School Daze (Spike Lee, February 1988) Someone to Watch Over Me (Ridley Scott, October 1987) Stars and Bars (Pat O'Connor, March 1988) The Stranger (Adolfo Aristarian, December 1987) A Time of Destiny (Gregory Nava, April 1988) Vice Versa (Brian Gilbert, March 1988) White Mischief (Michael Radford, April 1988) Zelly and Me (Tina Rathborne, April 1988) Spike Lee, Giancarlo Esposito, Larry Fishburne and the cast of School Daze Original 1988 Theatrical One-Sheet for Pat O'Connor's Stars and Bars

We begin our miniseries on British film producer David Puttnam and the films he would make or acquire during his brief run as the head of Columbia Pictures by taking a look at the man himself, and how he was able to build a career in filmmaking that would lead him to become the last major filmmaker to head a major studio. ----more---- David Puttnam receives the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing Chariots of Fire from Hollywood legend Loretta Young, March 29, 1982 Producer David Puttnam with film cans listing some of the titles he produced during his career.

On this episode, we take a look back at the 1981 Kiss album that was supposed to launch a global entertainment juggernaut, with a movie, a soundtrack album, a tour to support the movie and soundtrack album, a sequel movie, a sequel soundtrack and a sequel tour to support the sequel movie and sequel soundtrack. Music from "The Elder." ----more---- The Cover of "Music from 'The Elder'" Who is that unmasked man? This was supposed to help listeners understand this nonsense better?

Today's episode talks about the Management Company Entertainment Group, or MCEG, who would only release four films over the course of nineteen months, while also producing one of the biggest hits of 1989. ----more---- The movies discussed during this episode: Boris and Natasha (1992, Charles Martin Smith) Breaking the Rules (1992, Neal Israel) Catch Me If You Can (1989, Stephen Sommers) Chains of Gold (1991, Rob Holcolm) The Chocolate War (1988, Keith Gordon) C.H.U.D. 2: Bud the Chud (1990, John Irving) Cold Heaven (1992, Nicolas Roeg) Convicts (1990, Peter Masterson) Fatal Charm (1992, Fritz Kiersch [as Alan Smithee]) The Fourth War (1990, John Frankenheimer) Getting It Right (1989, Randal Kleiser) Home Movies (1980, Brian De Palma) Limit Up (1990, Richard Martini) Look Who's Talking (1989, Amy Heckerling) Look Who's Talking Too (1990, Amy Heckerling) Slipping Into Darkness (1988, Eleanor Gaver) Without You, I'm Nothing (1990, John Boskovich)

On this third and final part of a three part series, host Edward Havens continues to discuss favorite 80s movies, the state of streaming services today, religion, books, movie theatres, wrestling and so much more with his brother-in-law, Ph. D. student Michael Hourigan. ----more---- Man Facing Southeast (FilmDallas, 1988) Amongst the movies discussed during this episode: Birdy (1984, Alan Parker) The Breakfast Club (1985, John Hughes) The Chocolate War (1988, Keith Gordon) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986, John Hughes) Home Alone (1990, Chris Columbus) Man Facing Southeast (1986, Eliseo Subiela) Out of Bounds (1986, Richard Tuggle) The Princess Bride (1987, Rob Reiner) Popeye (1980, Robert Altman) Saved! (2004, Brian Dannelly) Sixteen Candles (1984, John Hughes) Starman (1984, John Carpenter) Uncle Buck (1989, John Hughes) Used Cars (1980, Robert Zemeckis)

On this second part of a three part series, host Edward Havens continues to discuss favorite 80s movies, the state of streaming services today, religion, books, movie theatres, wrestling and so much more with his brother-in-law, Ph. D. student Michael Hourigan. ----more---- Amongst the movies discussed during this episode: Blade Runner (1982, Ridley Scott) Blade Runner 2049 (2017, Denis Villeneuve) The Breakfast Club (1985, John Hughes) Bull Durham (1988, Ron Shelton) The Color of Money (1986, Martin Scorsese) Diner (1982, Barry Levinson) The Empire Strikes Back (1980, Irvin Kershner) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986, John Hughes) Garden State (2004, Zack Braff) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008, Steven Spielberg) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984, Steven Spielberg) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015, George Miller) Mission: Impossible 2 (2000, John Woo) Pineapple Express (2008, David Gordon Green) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, Steven Spielberg) St. Elmo's Fire (1985, Joel Schumacher) Star Wars (1977, George Lucas) Untitled Furiosa Prequel (2023, George Miller) Used Cars (1980, Robert Zemeckis)

On this first part of a three part series, host Edward Havens discusses favorite 80s movies, the state of streaming services today, religion, books, movie theatres and so much more with his brother-in-law, Ph. D. student Michael Hourigan. ----more---- Amongst the movies discussed during this episodes are: Aloha (2016, Cameron Crowe) Back to the Future (1985, Robert Zemeckis) Back to the Future 2 (1989, Robert Zemeckis) Back to the Future 3 (1990, Robert Zemeckis) The Blues Brothers (1980, John Landis) Brazil (1985, Terry Gilliam) Death Becomes Her (1992, Robert Zemeckis) Dune (1984, David Lynch) Field of Dreams (1989, Phil Alden Robinson) Forrest Gump (1994, Robert Zemeckis) Fury Road (2015, George Miller) The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009, Terry Gilliam) The Irishman (2019, Martin Scorsese) The Last Temptation of Christ (1988, Martin Scorsese) Local Hero (1983, Bill Forsyth) The Natural (1984, Barry Levinson) My Neighbor Totoro (1988, Hayao Miyazaki) Raider of the Lost Ark (1981, Steven Spielberg) Raging Bull (1980, Martin Scorsese) Romancing the Stone (1984, Robert Zemeckis) The Road Warrior (1982, George Miller) The Right Stuff (1983, Philip Kaufman) Say Anything... (1989, Cameron Crowe) Silence (2016, Martin Scorsese) TRON (1982, Steven Lisberger) The Untouchables (1987, Brian De Palma) Wings of Desire (1988, Wim Wenders)

This episode takes a look at creation, production and release of Phil Joanou's underrated 1987 teen comedy Three O'Clock High, produced (and then unproduced) by Steven Spielberg and his Amblin Entertainment. ----more---- Original 1987 Theatrical One-Sheet for Three O'Clock High

This episode takes a look at creation, production and release of the classic 1985 action thriller To Live and Die in L.A. ----more----

This episode takes a look at the 1980s theatrical releases for New York City-based independent production company and distributor Troma Films, including the 1980s horror-comedy classic The Toxic Avenger. ----more---- The movies discussed during this episode: Class of Nuke Em High (Lloyd Kaufman [as Samuel Weil] and Richard W. Haines, December 1986) Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid! (John Golden, September 1986) The First Turn-On (Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman [as Samuel Weil], October 1984) Lust for Freedom (Eric Louzil, February 1988) Monster in the Closet (Bob Dahlin, January 1987) Mother's Day (Charles Kaufman, September 1980) Splatter University (Richard W. Haines, July 1984) Squeeze Play (Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman [as Samuel Weil], May 1981) Stuck on You!! (Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman [as Samuel Weil], October 1983) Student Confidential (Richard Horian, December 1987) Surf Nazis Must Die (Peter George, July 1987) The Toxic Avenger (Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman [as Samuel Weil], April 1986) The Toxic Avenger Part II (Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman, February 1989) The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman, November 1989) Troma's War ((Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman [as Samuel Weil], December 1987) Waitress! (Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman [as Samuel Weil], September 1982) When Nature Calls (Charles Kaufman, September 1985)

This episode takes a look at the Chiodo Brothers' 1988 cult horror-comedy classic Killer Klowns from Outer Space, featuring a remembrance from my best friend and former FilmJerk contributor Dick Hollywood on his one day as a Killer Klown during shooting. ----more---- Original 1988 KKFOS Theatrical Poster Bronco (left) and Dick Hollywood (right) as Killer Klowns

In today's episode, we take a look at the debut films of five filmmakers who got their start as musicians. ----more---- Forbidden Zone (Richard Elfman, March 1982) Home of the Brave (Laurie Anderson, April 1986) True Stories (David Byrne, October 1986) Under the Cherry Moon (Prince, July 1986) Yentl (Barbra Streisand, December 1983)

Today's episode talks about the DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group, born from the ashes of Embassy Pictures in the fall of 1985, only to spectacularly flame out after two years, but able to make one true masterpiece and several modern classics in such a short amount of time. ----more---- The movies discussed during this episode: The Bedroom Window (January 1987, Curtis Hanson) Blue Velvet (September 1986, David Lynch) Crimes of the Heart (December 1986, Bruce Beresford) Date with an Angel (November 1987, Tom McLaughlin) Evil Dead II (March 1987, Sam Raimi) From the Hip (February 1987, Bob Clark) Hiding Out (November 1987, Bob Giraldi) King Kong Lives (December 1986, John Guillerman) Manhunter (August 1986, Michael Mann) Maximum Overdrive (July 1986, Stephen King) Million Dollar Mystery (June 1987, Richard Fleischer) My Little Pony: The Movie (June 1986, Michael Joens) Near Dark (October 1987, Kathryn Bigelow) Raw Deal (June 1986, John Irvin) The Transformers: The Movie (August 1986, Nelson Shin) Radioactive Dreams (September 1986, Albert Pyun) Tai-Pan (November 1986, Daryl Duke) Trick or Treat (October 1986, Charles Martin Smith) The Trouble with Spies (December 1987, Burt Kennedy) Weeds (October 1987, John Hancock)

This episode takes a look at the under-appreciated 1988 comedy Tapeheads, starring John Cusack and Tim Robbins. ----more----

This episode takes a look at the Weintraub Entertainment Group, which would release only six movies in less than a year before going bankrupt. ----more---- Those films were: The Big Blue (Luc Besson, August 1988) Fresh Horses (David Anspaugh, November 1988) Listen to Me (Douglas Day Stewart, May 1989) She's Out of Control (Stan Dragoti, April 1989) My Stepmother is an Alien (Richard Benjamin, December 1988) Troop Beverly Hills (Jeff Kanew, March 1989)

This episode is the third and final part of an occasionally personal journey through one of the better summers for films during the 1980s: the summer of 1986. ----more---- This episode covers the following movies first released in August of 1986 (unless otherwise noted): Armed and Dangerous (Mark L. Lester) Black Joy (Anthony Simmons) Born American (Renny Harlin) The Boy Who Could Fly (Nick Castle) Bullies (Paul Lynch) Caravaggio (Derek Jarmin) Choke Canyon (Chuck Ball) The Dirt Bike Kid (Hoite C. Caston, November 1985) Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (Emir Kusturica) Extremities (Robert M. Young) 50/50 (Uwe Brandner) A Fine Mess (Blake Edwards) The Fly (David Cronenberg) Friday the 13th Part 6: Jason Lives (Tom McLoughlin) Good to Go (Blaine Novak) Hard Travelling (Dan Bessie) Howard the Duck (Willard Huyck) L’Amour En Douce (Edouard Molinaro, never officially released in the United States) The Liberation of Auschwitz (Irmgard von zur Muhlen) A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (Claude Lelouch) Manhunter (Michael Mann) My American Cousin (Sandy Wilson) Night of the Creeps (Fred Dekker) Next Summer (Nadine Trintignant) No Surrender (Peter Smith) One Crazy Summer (Savage Steve Holland) Reform School Girls (Tom DeSimone) A Room With a View (James Ivory, April 1986) Shanghai Surprise (Jim Goddard) She's Gotta Have It (Spike Lee) Stand By Me (Rob Reiner) Steaming (Joseph Losey) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Tobe Hooper) Thrashin' (David Winters) Touch and Go (Robert Mandel) The Transformers: The Movie (Nelson Shin) Twist and Shout (Bille August) Weekend (Eric Rohmer)

This episode is the second part of a three-part, occasionally personal, journey through one of the better summers for films during the 1980s: the summer of 1986. ----more---- This episode covers the following movies released in July of 1986: About Last Night (Ed Zwick) Aliens (James Cameron) The Assam Garden (Mary McMurray) Big Trouble in Little China (John Carpenter) Club Paradise (Harold Ramis) Echo Park (Robert Dornhelm) The Flight of the Navigator (Randall Kleiser) The Girl in the Picture (Cary Parker) The Great Mouse Detective (Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, Dave Michener, John Musker) Haunted Honeymoon (Gene Wilder) Heartburn (Mike Nichols) Heaven, Earth, Man (Laurens C. Postma) Lamb (Colin Gregg) Malcolm (Nadia Tass) Maximum Overdrive (Stephen King) Meantime (Mike Leigh) Men (Doris Dörrie) Miracles (Jim Kouf) Nothing in Common (Garry Marshall) Out of Bounds (Richard Tuggle) The Patriot (Frank Harris) Psycho III (Anthony Perkins) Pirates (Roman Polanski) Rainy Day Friends (Gary Kent) Roller Blade (Donald G. Jackson) Robotech: The Movie (Noboru Ishiguro and Carl Macek) Sacred Hearts (Barbara Rennie) Saving Grace (Robert M. Young) She’ll Be Wearing Pink Pajamas (John Goldschmidt) Sincerely Charlotte (Caroline Huppert) Under the Cherry Moon (Prince) Vamp (Richard Wenk) Walter and June (Stephen Frears) Zina (Ken McMullen)

This episode is the first part of a three-part, occasionally personal, journey through one of the better summers for films during the 1980s: the summer of 1986. This episode covers the following movies released in May and June of 1986, except otherwise noted: American Anthem (Albert Magnoli) Back to School (Alan Metter) Belizaire the Cajun (Glen Pitre) Big Trouble (John Cassavetes) Cobra (George P. Cosmatos) The Cosmic Eye (Faith Hubley) Crawlspace (David Schmoeller) Dangerously Close (Albert Pyun) Death of a Soldier (Phillipe Mora) Demons (Lamberto Bava) The Eyes of the Bird (Gabriel Auer) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes) Fire with Fire (Duncan Gibbons) Floodstage (David Dawkins) French Quarter Undercover (Joe Catalanotto and Patrick C. Poole) Funny Dirty Little War (Hector Olivera) Gone in 60 Seconds (July 1974, H.B. Halicki) A Great Wall (Peter Wang) Hard Choices (Rick King) Home of the Brave (Laurie Anderson) In Nome Del Papa Re (Luigi Magni) In the Shadows of Kilimanjaro (Raju Patel) Invaders from Mars (Tobe Hooper) Jake Speed (Andrew Lane) The Karate Kid Part 2 (John G. Avildsen) Killer Party (William Freut) Labyrinth (Jim Henson) Legal Eagles (Ivan Reitman) The Manhattan Project (Marshall Brickman) Mona Lisa (Neil Jordan) My Little Pony: The Movie (Michael Joens) Never Too Young to Die (Gil Bettman) Not Quite Paradise (Lewis Gilbert) On the Edge (Rob Nilsson) Poltergeist II: The Other Side (Brian Gibson) Raw Deal (John Irvin) Ronja Robbersdaughter (Tage Danielsson) Running Scared (Peter Hyams) Ruthless People (David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker) Say Yes (Larry Yust) Sex Appeal (Chuck Vincent) Short Circuit (John Badham) Signal 7 (Rob Nilsson) Space Camp (Harry Winer) Spring Symphony (Peter Schamoni) Sweet Liberty (Alan Alda) Tea in the Harem (Mehdi Charef) Top Gun (Tony Scott) Vagabond (Agnes Varda) Vamp (Richard Wenk) Whatever Happened to Kerouac? (Richard Lerner and Lewis McAdams)

This episode completes a mini-series of episodes on Orion Pictures, perhaps the best independent distributor not just of the 1980s but of all time. ----more---- This episode covers the following Orion movies released during 1989: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (Stephen Herek) Camille Claudel (Bruno Nuytten) Chocolat (Clare Denis) Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen) Erik the Viking (Terry Jones) Farewell to the King (John Milius) Field of Honor (Jean-Pierre Denis) Great Balls of Fire! (Jim McBride) Heart of Dixie (Martin Davidson) Lost Angels (Hugh Hudson) Murmur of the Heart (Louis Malle) The Music Teacher (Gerard Corbiau) Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch) The Package (Andrew Davis) Prancer (John Hancock) She-Devil (Susan Seidelman) The Reader (Michel Deville) Rude Awakening (David Greenwalt and Aaron Russo) Speed Zone (Jim Drake) UHF (Jim Levey) Valmont (Milos Forman) Additionally, we discuss the fortunes of the company in the 1990s, including Dances with Wolves (1990, Kevin Costner) and Silence of the Lambs (1991, Jonathan Demme), and beyond...

Today's episode takes a look at the films playing in theatres on May 23rd, 1980, a very special weekend for movies, with not one but two inarguable classics being released the same week. The movies discussed this episode: All That Jazz (1979, Bob Fosse) American Gigolo (1980, Paul Schrader) Apocalypse Now (1979, Francis Ford Coppola) Being There (1979, Hal Ashby) Best Boy (1979, Ira Wohl) The Black Stallion (1979, Carroll Ballard) Blood Feud (1978, Lina Wertmüller) Charles et Lucie (1980, Nelly Kaplan) Coal Miner's Daughter (1980, Michael Apted) Die Laughing (1980, Jeff Werner) The Empire Strikes Back (1980, Irvin Kirshner) The Europeans (1979, James Ivory) Fame (1980, Alan Parker) Fantasia (1941, multiple directors) Friday the 13th (1980, Sean S. Cunningham) The Gong Show Movie (1980, Chuck Barris) The Hollywood Knights (1980, Floyd Mutrux) Home Movies (1980, Brian De Palma) Kill or Be Killed (1976, Ivan Hall) Knife in the Head (1978, Reinhard Hauff) Kramer vs. Kramer (1979, Robert Benton) La Cage Aux Folles (1978, Edouard Molinaro) Lady and the Tramp (1955, multiple directors) Little Darlings (1980, Ronald F. Maxwell) The Long Riders (1980, Walter Hill) The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978, Rainer Werner Fassbinder) Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979, Peter Brook) My Brilliant Career (1979, Gillian Armstrong) Norma Rae (1979, Martin Ritt) The Nude Bomb (1980, Clive Donner) On the Nickel (1980, Ralph Waite) The Shining (1980, Stanley Kubrick) Soupçon (1979, Jean-Charles Tacchella) 'Til Marriage Do Us Part (1974, Luigi Comencini) The Tin Drum (1979, Volker Schlöndorff) Tom Horn (1980, William Wiard) Where the Buffalo Roam (1980, Art Linson) Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977, Sylvio Narizzano) Winds of Change [aka Metamorphoses] (1978, Takashi Masunaga)

This episode continues a mini-series of episodes on Orion Pictures, perhaps the best independent distributor not just of the 1980s but of all time. This episode covers the following Orion movies released during 1987 and 1988: Another Woman (1988, Woody Allen) Au Revior, Les Enfants (1987, Louis Malle) Babette's Feast (1988, Gabriel Axel) The Believers (1987, John Schlesinger) Best Seller (1987, John Flynn) Boyfriends and Girlfriends (1988, Eric Rohmer) Bull Durham (1988, Ron Shelton) Cherry 2000 (1987, Steve De Jarnatt) Colors (1988, Dennis Hopper) The Couch Trip (1988, Michael Ritchie) Devil in the Flesh (1987, Marco Bellochio) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988, Frank Oz) Dominick and Eugene (1988, Robert M. Young) Eight Men Out (1988, John Sayles) End of the Line (1987, Jay Russell) Hey Babu Riba (1987, Jovan Acin) Hotel Colonial (1987, Cinzia Torrini) House of Cards (1987, David Mamet) The House on Carroll Street (1988, Peter Yates) The In Crowd (1988, Mark Rosenthal) Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring (1987, Claude Berri) Johnny Be Good (1988, Bud Smith) Lionheart (1987, Franklin J. Shaffner) Loose Connections (1988, Richard Eyre) Mac and Me (1988, Stewart Raffill) Making Mr. Right (1987, Susan Seidelman) Malone (1987, Harvey Cokliss) Married to the Mob (1988, Jonathan Demme) Mississippi Burning (1988, Alan Parker) Monkey Shines (1988, George A. Romero) A Month in the Country (1987, Pat O'Connor) No Man's Land (1987, Peter Werner) No Way Out (1987, Roger Donaldson) One Woman or Two (1987, Daniel Vigne) Radio Days (1987, Woody Allen) Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987, Alan Clarke) Robocop (1987, Paul Verhoeven) September (1987, Woody Allen) Throw Momma From the Train (1987, Danny DeVito) The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988, Philip Kaufman) Wings of Desire (1988, Wim Wenders) Without a Clue (1988, Thom Eberhardt) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988, Pedro Almodovar)

This episode continues a mini-series of episodes on Orion Pictures, perhaps the best independent distributor not just of the 1980s but of all time. ----more---- This episode covers the following Orion movies released during 1985 and 1986: Absolute Beginners (1986, Julien Temple) A.K. (1986, Chris Marker) At Close Range (1986, James Foley) Back to School (1986, Alan Metter) The Bay Boy (1985, Daniel Petrie) Beer (1985, Patrick Kelly) Came a Hot Friday (1985, Ian Mune) Code of Silence (1985, Andrew Davis) Colonel Redl (1985, István Szabó) Desperately Seeking Susan (1985, Susan Seidelman) Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985, Wayne Wang) The Falcon and the Snowman (1985, John Schlesinger) Flesh and Blood (1985, Paul Verhoeven) Foreign Body (1986, Ronald Neame) F/X (1986, Robert Mandel) A Great Wall (1986, Peter Wang) The Green Ray [aka Summer] (1986, Eric Rohmer) Hannah and Her Sisters (1986, Woody Allen) Haunted Honeymoon (1986, Gene Wilder) The Heavenly Kid (1985, Cary Medoway) Henry IV (1985, Marco Bellochio) Hoosiers (1986, David Anspaugh) Just Between Friends (1986, Allan Burns) The Longshot (1986, Paul Bartel) MacArthur's Children (1985, Masahiro Shinoda) Maxie (1985, Paul Aaron) The Mean Season (1985, Phillip Borsos) Miracles (1986, Jim Kouf) My Beautiful Laundrette (1986, Stephen Frears) My New Partner (1985, Claude Zidi) Opposing Force [aka Hellcamp] (1986, Eric Karson) The Piece Maker (1986, Brian De Palma [never made]) Platoon (1986, Oliver Stone) The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985, Woody Allen) Ran (1985, Akira Kurosawa) Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985, Guy Hamilton) Restless Natives (1986, Michael Hoffman) Return of the Living Dead (1985, Dan O'Bannon) The Sacrifice (1986, Andrei Tarkovsky) Secret Admirer (1985, David Greenwalt) Something Wild (1986, Jonathan Demme) ¡Three Amigos! (1986, John Landis) Where the Green Ants Dream (1985, Werner Herzog)

This episode continues a mini-series of episodes on Orion Pictures, perhaps the best independent distributor not just of the 1980s but of all time. This episode covers the following Orion movies released during 1983 and 1984: Amadeus (1984, Miloš Forman) Amityville 3-D (1983, Richard Fleischer) Another Country (1984, Marek Kanievska) Beat Street (1984, Stan Lathan) The Bounty (1984, Roger Donaldson) Breathless (1983, Jim McBride) Broadway Danny Rose (1984, Woody Allen) Carmen (1984, Carlos Saura) Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984, Tommy Chong) Class (1983, Lewis John Carlino) The Cotton Club (1984, Francis Ford Coppola) Easy Money (1983, James Signorelli) Full Moon in Paris (1984, Eric Rohmer) Gorky Park (1983, Michael Apted) Harry and Son (1984, Paul Newman) Heartbreakers (1984, Bobby Roth) The Hotel New Hampshire (1984, Tony Richardson) Lone Wolf McQuade (1983, Steve Carver) Old Enough (1984, Marisa Silver) Pauline at the Beach (1983, Eric Rohmer) Privates on Parade (1984, Michael Blakemore) Scandalous (1984, Rob Cohen) Scrubbers (1984, Mai Zetterling) Strange Invaders (1983, Michael Laughlin) Strangers Kiss (1984, Matthew Chapman) Sugar Cane Alley (1984, Euzhan Palcy) Swann in Love (1984, Volker Schlöndorff) The Terminator (1984, James Cameron) Under Fire (1983, Roger Spottiswoode) Up the Creek (1984, Robert Butler) The Woman in Red (1984, Gene Wilder) Yellowbeard (1983, Mel Damski) Zelig (1983, Woody Allen)

This episode starts a mini-series of episodes on Orion Pictures, perhaps the best independent distributor not just of the 1980s but of all time. This episode will cover the first five years of their history (1978-1982), as well as some backstory going all the way back to 1951 in order to set their success story up. ----more---- The movies discussed during this episode: Amityville II: The Possession (1982, Damiano Damiani) Arthur (1981, Steve Gordon) The Awakening (1980, Mike Newell) Caddyshack (1980, Harold Ramis) Die Laughing (1980, Jeff Werner) The Escape Artist (1982, Caleb Deschanel) Excalibur (1981, John Boorman) The Fiendish Plot of Fu Manchu (1980, Piers Haggard) First Blood (1982, Ted Kotcheff) The Great Santini (1979, Lewis Jon Carlino) Hammett (1982, Wim Wenders) The Hand (1981, Oliver Stone) Heartbeat (1980, John Bynum) A Little Romance (1979, George Roy Hill) A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982, Woody Allen) Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979, Terry Jones) Over the Edge (1979, Jonathan Kaplan) Prince in the City (1981, Sidney Lumet) Promises in the Dark (1979, Jerome Hellman) Rollover (1981, Alan J. Pakula) Sharky's Machine (1981, Burt Reynolds) Simon (1980, Marshall Brickman) Sphinx (1981, Franklin J. Schaffner) Split Image (1982, Ted Kotcheff) 10 (1979, Blake Edwards) Time After Time (1979, Nicholas Meyer) Under the Rainbow (1981, Steve Rash) The Wanderers (1979, Philip Kaufman) Wolfen (1981, Michael Wadleigh)

This episode takes a look at Hemdale Films, an outfit that started in 1967 and is better known as the production company behind The Terminator, Platoon and The Last Emperor, whose turn to theatrical exhibition was mired by a plethora of lawsuits and yielded one true masterpiece and one classic weird movie. ----more---- The movies discussed during this episode: Blood Red (1989, Peter Masterson) The Boost (1988, Harold Becker) Burke and Wills (1987, Graeme Clifford) Buster (1988, David Green) Cohen and Tate (1989, Eric Red) Criminal Law (1989, Martin Campbell) Defence of the Realm (1986, David Drury) The Everlasting Secret Family (1989, Michael Thornhill) Ha-Holmim/Once We Were Dreamers/Unsettled Land (1989, Uri Barbash) High Season (1988, Clare Peploe) The Howling 2 (1985, Phillipe Mora) Inside Out (1987, Robert Taicher) A Killing Affair (1988, Richard C. Sarafian) The Last Emperor (1987, Bernardo Bertolucci) Love at Stake (1987, John Moffitt) Made in USA (1987, Ken Friedman) Miracle Mile (1989, Steve De Jarnatt) My Little Girl (1987, Connie Kaiserman) Out Cold (1989, Malcolm Mowbray) River's Edge (1987, Tim Hunter) Salvador (1986, Oliver Stone) Scenes from the Goldmine (1987, Marc Rocco) Shag: The Movie (1989, Zelda Barron) Staying Together (1989, Lee Grant) Supergrass (1988, Peter Richardson) The Tale of Ruby Rose (1988, Roger Scholes) The Terminator (1984, James Cameron) The Time Guardian (1989, Brian Hannant) Vampire's Kiss (1989, Robert Bierman) War Party (1988, Franc Roddam) The Whistle Blower (1987, Simon Langton)

This episode, we're doing something a little different, taking a look at the history of the record company International Record Syndicate, or IRS Records, one of the best record labels of the 80s. Yes, we still talk about movies, one from 1982 that features live performances by some of the best punk and new wave bands from England and the US. The original 1982 theatrical one-sheet for Urgh! A Music War The LP cover for the movie's soundtrack Klaus Nomi in a scene from the movie The Go-Go's pose after performing for the cameras

The FilmJerk Podcast is a regular podcast, covering a wide variety of aspects of 1980s cinema. This episode takes a look at the history of Associated Film Distribution, a short-lived theatrical distribution company who, as we are starting to notice, was able to have one big hit film during their very brief tenure as a theatrical distributor. A movie that asks the burning question of the day: why are there so many songs about rainbows?

The FilmJerk Podcast is a regular podcast, covering a wide variety of aspects of 1980s cinema. This episode takes a short look at the life and career of Don Simpson, one of the most successful producers of the 1980s.

The FilmJerk Podcast is a regular podcast, covering a wide variety of aspects of 1980s cinema. This episode takes a look at the 1980s films written and/or produced by Steven Spielberg.

The FilmJerk Podcast is a regular podcast, covering a wide variety of aspects of 1980s cinema. This episode takes a look at the films that make an impact on a certain teenager during an important year of personal change.

The FilmJerk Podcast is a regular podcast, covering a wide variety of aspects of 1980s cinema. This episode takes a look at the 1980s films directed by Steven Spielberg.

The FilmJerk Podcast is a regular podcast, covering a wide variety of aspects of 1980s cinema. This episode takes a look at the films of 1980s distributor Jensen/Farley Pictures, who primarily specialized, oddly enough for a company run by Mormons, in teen sex comedies and horror films.

This week's episode takes a look at the 1980s films of writer, producer and director John Hughes, who passed away ten years ago this week.