Movies 1980 Page 42

Aliens from another dimension cross space and time to come to Earth. A scientist tries to discover what their motives are.

“In 1979-80, I was teaching in the Media Studies Department at the State University of New York at Buffalo, filling in for Woody and Steina...

Chung Yao, a martial arts expert, has long been on the run from his stepbrother, who he caught trying to rape his wife on their wedding night. His...

A parody of the theatre world. The same piece is played out in a few different theatre styles: opera, avant garde, children's theatre, vaudeville etc.

Frequent Seas is a lyrical experimental film. It combines live action with hand-drawn animated mattes to create an abstract, sometimes disturbing...

A man decides to take revenge against a businessman for ruining his life. He decides to cheat his daughter by pretending to be in love with her, but...

Beaty, a prostitute, and Emory, a lighting/sound technician, fall in love while working at the same London cabaret, but their relationship isn't easy.

The horse Gay Future is at the centre of an Irish betting syndicate in 1974 which saw trainer Antony Collins present a poor performing horse at his...

A psychiatrist involved in a radical new therapy comes under suspicion when his patients are murdered, each according to their individual phobias.

Docudrama that shows life and country games in Uruguay at the beginning of the last century, through the adventures of a child. With country and...

During the Cultural Revolution, the distinguished Marshal He Long is denounced and persecuted.

The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.

Record of the Corpus Christi celebration in the city of Cusco.

The son of a wealthy man suffers from a condition whereby he cannot stand the sight of fire as he has a violent outburst every time. A caring doctor...

Edith and Wolfgang have led a fairly harmonious family life for many years, together with their son Danilo. Edith has long since got over Wolfgang's...

During the rising of nazism, Sylvia, a rich but sterile woman, needs an heir to inherit her father's money. So she bribes Irene, a Jewish girl, to...

With a keen sense of visual beauty, director Markku Lehmuskallio has created a thought-provoking, aesthetic film about a married couple and an old...

Abstract geometric diagrams come to life.

Follows the development of Canadair's super-executive jet. A totally new type of aircraft, it is faster, cheaper to fly, and more comfortable than...

A look at society's response to ageing, particularly with regard to older women.

a man is made redundant by computers taking over his job

An alienated high school senior feels apprehensive about the future.

W.O. Mitchell recounts Newton's Law of Falling Backhouses, a story based on the youthful pranks of his prairie childhood.

The story of a champion sled dog named Kavik who survives a plane crash in the wilds of Alaska and is found and cared for by a young boy named Andy...

A madman kidnaps an innocent child and only an ex-race car driver can deliver the ransom, a fortune in gold, in time.

After Mark d'Oliveira and Bill Jarcho met each other while attending Emerson College, they collaborated on a nine-minute animated film, "The Taming",...

In order to avoid the closure of a bar the owner and some friends organize a wet T-shirt competition to attract new customers and their money.

Steve Martin's second NBC special was made up entirely of sketches. Highlights include: Marty Robbins' "El Paso" with monkeys; "The Death Of...

Documents Joni Mitchell's historic 1979 tour backed by an all-star band of jazz-fusion musicians. Filmed at Santa Barbara County Bowl and intercut...

A clip-show music video for the album of the same name and vintage. Includes 5 songs from the album ("Mousetrap", "Disco Mickey Mouse", "Watch Out...

Jackie McLean is a true jazz master and one of the few true authorities of the bebop era still in business, but at the time of this film his main gig...

Three bad girls go good in this Southern-fried treat from 1980. When Margo, Carol and Maria get released from prison, they set their sights on R&B...

Using the phenomenon of inverted (or negative) video feedback, this work constructs a one-to-one correspondence between recited text and image. Black...

She was innocent, but in control of their devious plans. As a spy, he was in a perfect position on campus. As an activist, everything had to be...

An adaptation of “The Courier for Hell” (“Meido no Hikyaku”) by Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725).

John Schneider stars in a musical tribute to his home state of Georgia with guest stars Ray Charles and Barbara Mandrell.

Friday Fried mixes sound images in a strictly procedural manner based upon a relationship with the picture track which itself is structured around a...