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1984
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1984
Contains CD featuring top hits from 1984 including Pat Benatar, Hot Chocolate and Talking Heads.
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Pegasus Torchlight [1984]
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Prism Leisure Corporation Deathstalker [1984]
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Adventures Of Pinocchio [1984]
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20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT Romancing The Stone [1984]
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Universal Pictures Video Into The Night [1984]
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Network The Bill - The Complete Series 2 [1984]
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Buena Vista Splash [1984]
<I>Splash</I> was big news in 1984. It was the sole reason for a renewed Disney Studios forming its Touchstone Pictures subsidiary. This was so they could get away with displaying Daryl Hannah's nude bottom! It was also big news for launching the film career of Tom Hanks, who immediately became a massive box-office comedy draw in the 80s. For Ron Howard, it was the breakaway success that guaranteed he'd be able to pursue as diverse a directorial career path as he wanted to. It's a simple romance tale, spiced up by making the female lead a mermaid. The stroke of brilliance in the script was in making the comedy happen around the two leads, while letting them believably convey they are hopelessly lost in love. The comedy comes from the ever-reliable John Candy as a larger-than-life womanising older brother, and Eugene Levy as a scatty scientist. Although New York looks a little different today, the movie has hardly aged at all. Which is just as well since it boldly begins This morning. <p> <B>On the DVD:</B> <I>Splash</I> offers a transfer that has some defects, but colours and dark areas seem just about right. We're spoiled for extras, with a warmly nostalgic Howard joining a key production crew commentary in reminiscing on how much fun they had making the movie. There's a half-hour documentary (Making a Splash) interviewing everyone involved, including some archival footage of the late Candy. Best of all are the original Audition Tapes for Hanks and Hannah, which reveal the consummate professionals these once-hungry stars really are. --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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SONY PICTURES HOME ENT. UK Starman [1984]
<I>Starman</I> is easily director John Carpenter's warmest and most beguiling film, and the only one that ever earned him an Oscar nomination. While most movie buffs are likely to call <I>Halloween</I> the best movie from Carpenter, die-hard romantics and anyone who cried while watching <I>E.T.</I> will vote in favour of the director's 1984 hit. <p> Jeff Bridges is the alien visitor to Earth who is knocked off course and must take an interstate road trip to rendezvous with a mothership from his home planet. To complete this journey he assumes the physical form of the dead husband of a Wisconsin widow (Karen Allen) who responds first with fear, then sympathy, and finally love. Carpenter's graceful strategy is to switch the focus of this <I>E.T.</I>-like film from science fiction to a gentle road-movie love story, made believable by the memorable performances of Bridges and Allen. It's a bit heavy-handed with tenacious government agents who view the Starman as an alien threat (don't they always?), but Carpenter handles the action with intelligent flair, sensitivity and lighthearted humour. If you're not choked up during the final scene, well, you just might not be human. --<I>Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com</I> <p> <B>On the DVD:</B> <I>Starman</I> on disc is presented in anamorphic widescreen transferred from NTSC and letterboxed at 2.35.1. The picture is clear and sharp with very little grain. The soundtrack is crisp, perfectly complementing the romantic nature of this film. The overriding reason to shell out on this special edition is the commentary from John Carpenter and Jeff Bridges, in which director and actor show a genuine affection for the film. Other extras are a featurette filmed around the original release in 1884, a music video starring Bridges and costar Karen Allen covering The Everly Brothers classic All I Have to Do is Dream, and a trailer for <I>Close Encounters of the Third Kind</I>. --<I>Kristen Bowditch</I>
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1984
author: ; publisher: WEA
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Metrodome Distribution Wagner [1984]
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1984 (Digitally Remastered)
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21 Singles 1984 - 1998
Jesus And Mary Chain
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COLUMBIA TRI-STAR HOME VIDEO 3 Stuck On You [1984]
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Time Of Your Life, The - 1984
Exclusive documentary footage, containing top news and events from around the globe, coverage of leading personalities and performers and the real life stories that change the way we live. The programme is designed to provide a unique flavour of what it was like to live in 1984. A new, super user-friendly computer has been launched by Apple Computer of California. The "Macintosh" is the first computer to feature a graphical user interface, and a "mouse" to control it's functions. The British National Coal Board's decision to close 20 further pits, prompts Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, to declare a national strike.
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Christmas Carol, A
Critically acclaimed version of Charles Dickens' classic in which a man discovers the true meaning of Christmas. Ebenezer Scrooge is a miser whose sole purpose in life is to make money. But his pursuit of financial success has not made him happy, only bitter and lonely. On Christmas Eve the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future show him the error of his ways and he becomes a changed man.
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FA Cup Final 1984 - Everton V Watford
Full coverage of the 1984 Final with some marvellous football from Everton and goals by Sharp and Grey.
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1984 (DVD)
George Orwell's terrifying vision of a future totalitarian state where all forms of pleasure are illegal is the setting for a dramatic story of impossible love and tragic betrayal. This was to be Burton's last film in which he gave an excellent portrayal of chief inquisitor O'Brien.
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Hawkwind - Solstice At Stonehenge 1984
Live performance from 21st June, 1984 on the Stonehenge site. Tracklist includes: Ghost Dance, Angels Of Death, Born To Go, Watching The Grass Grow, Night Of The Hawk, Utopia, Social Alliance, Motorway City, Ejection, Uncle Sams On Mars, Brainstorm, Sonic Attack, On The Right Stuff, Dawn and In The Morning.
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John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances - 1960/1984
Collection of performances from John Lee Hooker, between 1960 and 1984. Tracks include: Boom Boom, Come Back Baby, Hobo Blues, I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive, I'm Leaving, It Serves Me Right To Suffer, It's My Own Fault, Maudie, One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, So Cold In Chicago, Tupelo, Mississippi and You Looking Good Again Tonight.
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Open Championship - 1984 The Official Film
Official review of the 1984 Open Golf Championship, held at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The tournament was dominated by Tom Watson and Severiano Ballesteros, who battled it out in a very close race for the match.
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Comfort And Joy
Alan 'Dicky' Bird (Bill Paterson) thinks he has a pretty good life. He is Glasgow's top DJ, with a nice apartment and girlfriend Maddy. But when Maddy decides to leave Alan, he suddenly realises how much she was a part of his life. Feeling lost and bewildered he is advised by a friend to find himself a new girlfriend. After following a beautiful girl into the suburbs he stumbles across a furious rivalry between two Italian ice-cream families. Caught in the middle and looking to take his life more seriously he embarks on settling the dispute between these feuding families himself.
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John Lee Hooker - Rare Performances - 1984/1992
Collection of rare performances from John Lee Hooker and friends between 1984 and 1992. Guests include: Albert Collins, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Rait and Robert Cray.
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Licence To Kill
The Peterson's idyllic life is shattered when their eldest daughter is killed by a drunk driver. Mr Peterson throws all his energy into seeing that the man responsible for his daughter's death is brought to justice. But when the hard-pressed district attorney assigned to his daughter's case seems unable to contend with the tactics of the driver's attorney, Mr Peterson becomes increasingly frustrated. When the judge is forced to rule time, will he bring justice to a grieving family?
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Calamity Jane
Tv movie remake of the classic western. The Old West's biggest, bounciest tomboy tries to trade in her six-shooter for silks and satins to win the heart of Wild Bill Hickok, but finds that old habits die hard.
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Class of 1984
This genre classic predicted today's epidemic of violence in schools... Class of 1984 follows mild-mannered music teacher Andy Norris (Perry King) who makes the mistake of standing up to the thugs at notorious 'Lincoln High', a school overrun with delinquents. Tough kid, Peter will stop at nothing to protect his turf, run drugs, pimp girls and keep the school living in fear. As the battle between teachers and students intensifies someone is going to be taught a lesson they will never forget... As raw and offensive as 'Warriors' and as violent and vengeful as Straw Dogs.
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ODYSSEY VIDEO Amy [1984]
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Second Sight Films Ltd. Chocky [1984]
First transmitted in 1984, <I>Chocky</I> is a six-part TV adaptation of John Wyndham's clever novel. Matthew, an apparently normal 12-year-old boy, starts talking to an invisible presence called Chocky, who quizzes him on a wide variety of subjects as if unfamiliar with life on Earth. Over the course of the serial it is suggested that Chocky is an alternate personality or, after Matthew has been helped by Chocky to rescue his sister from drowning, a guardian angel. But we realise early on that this non-imaginary friend is in fact an alien who has made exploratory contact with the boy. Though Chocky manifests as a swirl of blue light, this is a rare piece of TV science fiction that sticks to the domestic arena, exploring ideas rather than playing with special effects. <p> Wyndham's very 1950s-styled novel is updated by making the kids less well-spoken, and throwing in Rubik's cubes and space invaders video games, but adaptor Anthony Read's script preserves the virtues of the novel. Young Andrew Ellams is fine in a demanding role, and there's good-quality puzzled concern from dad James Hazeldine and 80s TV's resident sexy mum Carol Drinkwater. Apart from a few eye-abusing 1984 fashions--Jeremy Bulloch's huge glasses and blinding white jeans in a cameo as a psychiatrist--and the general leisurely pace, which is no bad thing in such a careful piece of drama, this has dated little. Those who remember its first broadcast will find it lives up to the memory, and those who weren't born then should still find it an entertaining watch. <p> <B>On the DVD:</B> <I>Chocky</I> on disc can be accessed as a marathon two-and-a-half-hour watch or as six individual episodes (the latter is recommended). Print quality is fine given the techniques of its production. A nice extra is a 20-minute, in-depth chat with writer Anthony Read. --<I>Kim Newman</I>
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Prism Leisure Corporation The Evil That Men Do [1984]
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Pegasus The Quiet Earth [1984]
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Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
Codes of Practice A-F (s.60(1)(a), S.60A(1) and S.66(1)) author: ; publisher: Stationery Office Books
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MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) This Is Spinal Tap [1984]
The comedic genius of <I>This Is Spinal Tap</I> is confirmed by the fact that a majority of studio executives were utterly clueless about its brilliance. As a first-time director and cowriter, Rob Reiner must have felt simultaneously frustrated and elated, knowing that the obtuseness of movie executives was a clue to his debut project's potential greatness. Now, of course, the clarity of hindsight and the rarity of superior satire have turned <I>This Is Spinal Tap</I> into one of the funniest documentary spoofs of all time. Reiner and the members of Tap (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer) couldn't have picked a better target for their satire, because heavy metal music in the early 1980s was already a borderline case of self-parody. From the bizarre, premature deaths of the band's drummers to the backstage squabbles over sexist cover art and meddling groupies, this movie scores about a hundred comedic bull's-eyes for lampooning every possible aspect of rock pomposity in the age of Kiss. It's a virtual bible of rock & roll irreverence, so accurate in its observations that it's become a tour-bus classic for real bands around the world. On the one-to-ten scale of satirical inspiration, <I>This Is Spinal Tap</I> is like the modified amplifiers that Christopher Guest so hilariously demonstrates: this one goes to 11. <I>--Jeff Shannon</I>
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Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd. No End [1984]
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Playback The A-Team - Vol. 2 [1984]
Initially one of NBC network's most successful series, <I>The A-Team</I> ran for 90 one-hour episodes (with a few feature-length specials thrown in) from 1983 to 1987. The premise of the series was certainly different. A group of US operatives is sent to rob the Bank of Hanoi during the Vietnam War in an attempt to destabilise the country's economy, but the bigwig who organises the raid is killed, leaving no indication that the mission was officially sanctioned. Returning home, Smith (George Peppard), BA (it stood for Bad Attitude) Baracus (Mr T), Face (Dirk Benedict) and that crazy foo Murdoch (Dwight Schultz) suddenly find themselves accused of criminal activity, obliging them to set up as benevolent mercenaries. They tear around the country in what looks like a delivery van, generally do-gooding while keeping one step ahead of the inept military police. <P>Snappy, witty and fast paced, the series began as a spoof of the action-thriller genre. It wasn't until the later episodes that an element of seriousness crept in, which may have caused the decline in audience figures eventually resulting in the show's cancellation. On video and DVD though, it remains a feast for fans of classic cult TV.<I>--Roger Thomas</I>
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WARNER HOME VIDEO Gremlins [1984]
When his absent-minded father gives young Billy Pelzer (Zach Galligan) a new pet, he warns him to abide by three rules. The rules get broken, of course, and the pet--a cute Mogwai named Gizmo--unwittingly gives birth to the vicious Gremlins who proceed to terrorise the town. <p> Although the long shadow of Producer Steven Spielberg hangs over Joe Dante's 1984 comedy <I>Gremlins</I> almost as much as it did over Tobe Hooper's <I>Poltergeist</I> (1982), Dante doesn't allow it to overwhelm his own quirky style too much. Glimpses of Robbie the Robot and The Time Machine (which promptly disappears) at an inventors' convention reveal his passion for old-movie references (which culminated with <I>Matinee</I>, 1993). Aided and abetted by Spielberg's guidance and a script by Chris Columbus (who would go on to direct and produce the <I>Home Alone</I> franchise) and a music score by Jerry Goldsmith, Dante had all the help he needed to make the biggest hit of his career. <p> Much of the humour derives from Dante's playful handling of the setting in Smallsville, USA, whose inhabitants are as much the target of his satire as they are of the Gremlins' unwanted solicitations. The xenophobic neighbour who warns prophetically of gremlins in foreign cars and machinery provides a subtext for the attack on homely American values, as does showing <I>Invasion of the Body Snatchers</I> on TV while the wicked Gremlins hatch. The sight of the little tykes cavorting in a bar, getting drunk and even dancing in pink leggings looks suspiciously like a satirical dig at the whole 1980's culture of selfishness: with their destructive impulses and overindulgences the Gremlins are the ultimate egotistical yuppies. As with many Spielberg projects, the bland hero saves the day for nostalgic, old-fashioned values, but there are plenty of laughs along the way--for example in the now-classic scene when the hero's mother fights off Gremlins in the kitchen by stuffing them in the blender and microwave. Dante's 1990 sequel is even more satirically pointed, and he effectively remade the original with <I>Small Soldiers</I> (1998), replacing Gremlins with toys. <p> <B>On the DVD</B>: Disappointingly, there are no extra features at all here, aside from subtitles and interactive menus--which simply means there is an onscreen menu and it works. --<I>Mark Walker</I>
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Five Star Entertainment Double Trouble [1984]
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Paramount Home Entertainment (UK) Footloose: DVD & Soundtrack (1984)
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Warner Music Vision Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea -- Glyndebourne [1984]
Peter Hall's lavishly staged <I>L'Incoronazione di Poppea</I> celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Glyndebourne in 1984 with a performance of Monteverdi's most celebrated and also most controversial opera. The score is conductor Raymond Leppard's enhanced edition, which he had premiered at Glyndebourne back in 1962, fully scored for a large orchestra. Much debate circles around the forces appropriate for performing Monteverdi's decidedly minimalist work, but one thing at least is certain: it didn't sound anything like this in the 17th century! Never mind, however inauthentic it may be, Leppard's big and beefy orchestral updating--including a fulsome continuo group with pairs of harpsichords, organs and cellos, as well as lute, guitar and harp--supports the weighty melodrama nicely. <p> The singers, too, are full-bodied, led by a fruity Maria Ewing as Poppea (in various revealing outfits) sounding suitably seductive, and Dennis Bailey, oddly lovely of voice as Nero (one of the opera's controversial aspects is the heroic central role accorded to these two thoroughly wicked characters). Perhaps best of all is Robert Lloyd as Seneca, who not only boasts a profound, reverberant bass, but also looks the part under beard and toga. With an onstage chorus to lament him, Seneca's death scene is the most moving in the opera. Peter Hall's clever staging keeps the Olympians--Love, Fortune and Virtue--permanently watching from above as the venal humans below act out this tragedy of poisoned love. The no-frills DVD has subtitles in English, French, German and Spanish. --<I>Mark Walker</I>
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Paramount Home Entertainment (UK) Footloose Flashdance [1984]
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Warner Music Vision R. Strauss: Arabella -- GlyndebourneHaitink [1984]
Richard Strauss's elegantly playful opera <I>Arabella</I> (sometimes close to operetta in style) gets a polished, light-hearted, but also serious production at the Glyndebourne Festival. Ashley Putnam gives a glowing performance in the title role and she has a strong supporting cast. John Cox's stage direction and Julia Trevelyan Oman's design create a convincing atmosphere of 19th-century Vienna (not without a dark side to provoke dramatic interest) and Bernard Haitink's conducting of the London Philharmonic is splendidly idiomatic, in the dramatic music as well as the waltz and folk dance melodies that brighten the score. <p> <I>Arabella</I> is the last libretto written for Strauss by Hugo von Hofmannsthal before his untimely death, and it has the high literary value found in all his work, although he did not live to revise Acts II and III. The story focuses on a Viennese family--Count Waldemar, his wife Adelaide and two daughters, Arabella and Zdenka. They are living in genteel poverty and hoping that Arabella, who has several suitors, will marry well and recoup their fortune. They are so poor that Zdenka has been raised as a boy because the family cannot afford to bring out two daughters in Viennese society. A properly rich suitor, Mandryka, shows up and it is love at first sight, until Zdenka confuses the situation. She is in love with one of Arabella's suitors, Matteo, sends him love letters under Arabella's name and seduces him in a darkened bedroom under the pretence that she is Arabella. Mandrkya learns of the seduction but not of Zdenka's deception, and breaks off his engagement to Arabella. There is, of course, a happy ending. <p> Putnam is sweet and troubled in stage presence, silvery in tone and totally charming. John Brocheler is an ardent, impetuous Mandryka and Gianna Rolandi is convincing in the rather difficult role of Zdenka. Gwendolyn Bradley makes an impressive appearance as Fiakermilli, the belle of the coachmen's ball in Act II, one of the opera's favourite features with Viennese audiences. <I>--Joe McLellan</I>
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Prism Leisure Corporation Morecambe And Wise - Night Train To Murder [1984]
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Paramount Home Entertainment (UK) Star Trek 3 - The Search For Spock [1984]
The name says it all--<I>Star Trek III: The Search for Spock</I>--so you didn't think Mr. Spock was <I>really</I> dead, did you? When Spock's casket landed on the surface of the Genesis planet at the end of <I>Star Trek II</I>, we had already been told that Genesis had the power to bring life from lifelessness. So it's no surprise that this energetic but somewhat hokey sequel gives Spock a new lease of life, beginning with his rebirth and rapid growth as the Genesis planet literally shakes itself apart in a series of tumultuous geological spasms. As Kirk is getting to know his estranged son (Merritt Butrick), he must also do battle with the fiendish Klingon Kruge (Christopher Lloyd), who is determined to seize the power of Genesis from the Federation. Meanwhile, the regenerated Spock returns to his home planet, and <I>Star Trek III</I> gains considerable interest by exploring the ceremonial (and, of course, highly logical) traditions of Vulcan society. The movie's a minor disappointment compared to <I>Star Trek II</I>, but it's a--well, logical--sequel that successfully restores Spock (and first-time film director Leonard Nimoy) to the phenomenal <I>Trek</I> franchise ... as if he were ever really gone. With Kirk's wilful destruction of the USS Enterprise and Robin Curtis replacing the departing Kirstie Alley as Vulcan Lt Saavik, this was clearly a transitional film in the series, clearing the way for the highly popular <I>Star Trek IV</I>. --<I>Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com</I>
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Metrodome Distribution Transformers - Season 3 & 4 [1984]
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MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) The Falcon And The Snowman [1984]
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Pegasus Bad Manners [1984]
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20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT Johnny Dangerously [1984]
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Paramount Home Entertainment (UK) Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock -- Two Disc Special Edition [1984]
With hindsight, <I>Star Trek III: The Search for Spock</I> is the satisfactory middle instalment of a well-rounded trilogy that began with <I>The Wrath of Kahn</I> and ended with <I>The Voyage Home</I> (after which this crew really should have retired gracefully). But on its first release, few fans knew what to expect and initial impressions were disappointing. The biggest talking points were that the film was Leonard Nimoy's directorial debut and that his name wasn't in the opening credits. Naturally, the biggest question was just how would the loss of Spock affect the franchise? That question was neatly dodged and what audiences got instead was a tale of team-spiritedness, sacrifice and rebellion that ended on a question mark. In other words it was a fun ride without many answers. The centrepiece of the movie has to be stealing The Enterprise, a beautifully conceived sequence that remains at the heart of classic <I>Trek</I>'s filmic storyline: sacrificing all for the sake of friendship, Kirk and co. set out to rescue their lost companion; this single action defines everything the characters had ever meant to each other, and has an effect on everything that followed. And if the loss of Spock had left audiences eager for more, that was as nothing compared to the loss of The Enterprise. <p> <B>On the DVD:</B> <I>Star Trek III</I> on disc does not come in a new transfer as the previous two special edition DVDs, and you won't find any deleted or new scenes either. The extras package is fascinating, nonetheless, especially with the contributions from Nimoy. His fond reminiscences in the commentary track are priceless, with good support from writer-producer Harve Bennett, director of photography Charles Correll, and Robin Curtis (Saavik). The text commentary from the Okudas isn't as involving as the others, sadly, but this is made up for by the trivia dished out in documentaries covering: model-making, costume design, the science of Terraforming, and how to speak Klingon. The best inclusion is Captain's Log featuring interviews with an enthusiastic Nimoy, a sarcastic Shatner, an appreciative Curtis and the rarely seen Christopher Lloyd. --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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SONY PICTURES HOME ENT. UK The Karate Kid The Karate Kid 2 The Karate Kid 3 The Next Karate Kid [1984]
Release Date: 2005-10-31, Rating Suitable for 15 years and over,
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WARNER HOME VIDEO The Right Stuff (Special Edition) [1984]
Based on Tom Wolfe's novel of the same name, <I>The Right Stuff</I> is a spectacular and thrilling epic that chronicles the fledgling years of the American space programme, from breaking the sound barrier to putting the first man into orbit. Rather than focusing on the technological advances that made this possible, writer-director Philip Kaufman pays tribute to the daring and heroic air-force test-pilots, most notably Chuck Yeager, John Glenn and Gordo Cooper , whose competitive desire to be the fastest and the highest drives them to keep pushing the outside of the envelope. Despite its grand historical scale, the movie is grounded in the emotional highs and lows of these men and their long-suffering wives, delicately balancing their personal achievements and failures with the invasive media frenzy surrounding NASA's attempts to better the rival Soviet space effort. <p> <I>The Right Stuff</I> has a coherence and pace that belies its sprawling plot, wide array of main characters and a running time of over three hours. This is thanks to an exciting script, a superb cast, Caleb Deschanel's stunning cinematography and--given the dramatic subject matter--a surprisingly humorous edge. Parts of the gruelling astronaut selection process make complete monkeys of the pilots, NASA's unsuccessful first attempts to launch a rocket are shown in all their explosive glory, and Jeff Goldblum and Harry Shearer steal the show as two oddball recruitment officials. <p> <B>On the DVD:</B> <I>The Right Stuff Special Edition</I> comes with a sizeable, if somewhat superficial, second disc of extra features. There are two separate commentary tracks pieced together from a selection of soundbites--one from the cast (including an introduction from technical advisor Yeager) and the other from the production team. Both are played out over an identical, 25-minute sequence of scenes from the film, but only refer occasionally to the action on screen and yield little insight into the film's production. <p> There are also four separate documentaries. The largest of these is <I>John Glenn: American Hero</I>, a 90-minute PBS special charting the legendary astronaut's life and including some great documentary footage of his appearance on <I>Name That Tune</I> (recreated in the film). <I>Realising the Right Stuff</I> (21 mins) and <I>T-20 Years and Counting</I> (10 mins) are both standard selections of cast and crew interviews. <I>The Real Men with the Right Stuff</I> (15 mins) features documentary footage and interviews with the surviving members of the Mercury team (Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpenter and Walter Schirra). Deleted scenes, the theatrical trailer and an Interactive Timeline to Space make up the remainder. --<I>Paul Philpott</I>
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Second Sight Films Ltd. Chocky's Challenge [1984]
Release Date: 2003-04-21, Rating Universal, suitable for all,
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Network Ever Decreasing Circles - Series 1 [1984]
Release Date: 2002-02-25, Rating Universal, suitable for all,
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Uca Catalogue Christine [1984]
She can't (and won't) drive 55.... Stephen King's novel about the twisted love affair between a boy and his car gets transferred to the screen, courtesy of suspense master John Carpenter. Although lacking some of the more outré supernatural elements of the source material, this high-octane cinematic tune-up more than delivers the goods, horror-wise (Christine's midnight rampages will never be forgotten)--as well as being a sly exposé of the random cruelties within the high-school pecking order. Keith Gordon (who has gone on to become a stellar director in his own right, with films such as <I>A Midnight Clear</I> and <I>Mother Night</I> to his credit) gives a wonderfully controlled central performance. Carpenter's atmospheric original score is backed up by a well-chosen collection of rock classics, including George Thorogood's Bad to the Bone (the titular character's all-too-apt theme song). --<I>Andrew Wright, Amazon.com</I>
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Granada Ventures Ltd Educating Rita [1984]
Michael Caine and the knockout Julie Walters deliver a pair of wonderful performances in this endearingly bittersweet tale of a boozily burnt-out professor's tutoring of (and subsequent tutoring <I>by</I>) a free-spirited hairdresser determined to improve her lot in life. The basic plot won't exactly surprise anyone who's ever seen a movie before but the ace cast (particularly Caine, who's rarely this subtle) continually finds new directions to spin off from the rather rote path. Although the end result is perhaps just a little too convinced of its own adorability to attain classic status, this remains a rarity in the genre--a feel-good film that earns its emotions honestly. A nice change of pace for director Lewis Gilbert, who is perhaps better known for his contributions to the James Bond series. <I>--Andrew Wright</I>
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SONY PICTURES HOME ENT. UK Karate Kid, The The Karate Kid 2 The Karate Kid 3 [1984]
<I>The Karate Kid</I> was a hugely popular 1984 drama by John G Avildsen who had also directed the original fighting classic <I>Rocky</I>. The new kid in town (Ralph Macchio), targeted by karate-kicking bullies, gets himself a mentor in the form of the Japanese handyman (Pat Morita) from his apartment building. The mentor teaches him self-confidence, fighting skills and the art of karate. The screen partnership of Macchio's motor-mouth character and Morita's reserved father figure works well and the script allows for the younger man to develop sympathy for the painful memories of his teacher. But the film's real engine is the fighting, and there's plenty of that. The film went on to breed many Karate Kid wannabes in the mid-80s. <p>Literally picking up about five minutes after the conclusion of the original, the 1986 sequel <I>The Karate Kid 2</I> sends Ralph Macchio's and Pat Morita's characters to the latter's home turf in Japan, where the older man is confronted by an old rival, and Macchio's newly confident fighter gets a tougher challenge than the punks back home. Sillier than its predecessor, this follow-up at least has some distracting soap opera elements as Morita comes to terms with an old flame, while Macchio woos a lovely local girl. Ironically, it's the action that evokes laughter, particularly a climactic fight that gets over the top quickly. --<I>Tom Keogh, Amazon.com</I><p>I n a vain effort not to let a good thing die, director John G Avildsen attempted once more to revive the action and popularity of the original <I>Karate Kid</I> with the 1989 adventure, the third and final instalment. More silly and absurd than either of its predecessors <I>Karate Kid 3</I> marked the final outing for the Kid Macchio (who was now 27) and his mentor, as the youth audience of the day moved away from the desire to be Karate Kids and toward the need to be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles instead. --<I>Nikki Disney</I>
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4 Front Video Airwolf - Vol. 1 [1984]
<I>Airwolf</I> appeared only two years after <I>Knight Rider</I> and, perplexingly, the same year as the short-lived <I>Blue Thunder</I> series. However, creator Donald P Bellisario had spent more than a little time in fully conceptualising this series. Although the format allowed for stories-of-the-week, a B-plot always ran as background motivation for the individual tales. This was a trick Bellisario would also use to good effect later in <I>Magnum P.I.</I> and <I>Quantum Leap</I>. The hook that sustains the audience here is an extremely bitter sub-plot: Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent) is a peculiar anti-hero to root for since he is effectively being held to ransom and doing the same in return. His brother St. John is held captive somewhere and until his release the Airwolf chopper is Hawke's to keep hidden and use under the covert instructions of Archangel. His best friend Dominic Santini (the ever-appealing Ernest Borgnine) is a surrogate father figure caught up in the family history. All this pre-determined angst means this is never a show that plays itself for laughs. Very specific character flaws are upfront from the beginning. We are hammered over the head with the idea of Hawke being a tortured intellectual; hence the cello, log cabin retreat and inability to smile. Of course the real star is the spurious technology showcased in the Mach One helicopter armed to the teeth and able to defy the laws of physics on a regular basis. As the mid-80s looked increasingly to the lighter side in most television successes, <I>Airwolf</I> is a rare display of aggression. Justice is fought, but dig only a little way and the moral motivations are often in question. Toward the end of its third season things began to lose coherence and after a year's pause the show was magically resurrected with an all-new cast. It didn't last. --<I>Paul Tonks</I>
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MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) Missing in Action [1984]
Release Date: 2000-09-18, Rating Suitable for 15 years and over,
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MOMENTUM PICTURES HOME ENT The Cotton Club [1984]
<I>The Cotton Club</I> is routinely eclipsed by the controversies that surrounded its tumultuous production, but the film itself offers abundant pleasures that should not be overlooked. If <I> Apocalypse Now</I> represents the triumph of director Francis Coppola's perilous ambition, then <I>The Cotton Club</I> represents the ungainly glory of uncontrolled genius, as brilliant as it is out of its depth. As an upscale homage to classic gangster films it's frequently astonishing, cramming a thick novel's worth of plot and characters into 129 minutes, gloriously serviced by impeccable production design, elegant cinematography, and stylistic flourishes that show Coppola at the top of his game.<p> What <I>The Cotton Club</I> lacks is cohesion. Written by Coppola and novelist William Kennedy (then enjoying the peak of his critical acclaim), the film struggles to exceed the narrative scope of <I >The Godfather</I>, but its multiple early-'30s plotlines fail to form any strong connective tissue. It's three (or four) movies in one, with cornet player Dixie Dwyer (Richard Gere, playing his own jazzy solos) drifting from one story to the next--loving a young, ambitious vamp (Diane Lane, with whom Gere shares precious little chemistry), enjoying the success of a hot-shot hoofer (Gregory Hines), and protect |
