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13Dec2017

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The Beastmaster | 1982 | UK Quad

The Beastmaster is a 1982 film directed by Don Coscarelli. It was co-produced by Paul Pepperman, Donald P. Borchers and Sylvio Tabet with Don Coscarelli and Paul Pepperman writing the screenplay. The screenplay was based on Andre Norton's 1959 novel The Beast Master. The Beastmaster stars Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn, John Amos, Josh Milrad, Rod Loomis, Vanna Bonta, Ben Hammer, Ralph Strait, Billy Jacoby, Tony Epper and Paul Reynolds. The storyline follows a child who is stolen from his mother's womb by a witch. The child grows into Dar, who has the ability to communicate telepathically with animals. Dar grows up in a village where he learns to do battle. But the village is destroyed by a race of beast-like warriors under the control of the sorcerer Maax. Dar vows revenge and tr...

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | UK Quad

7Dec2017

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | UK Quad

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 film directed by Steven Spielberg who co-produced the film with Kathleen Kennedy. The screenplay was written by Melissa Mathison. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial stars Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote and Pat Welsh. The storyline follows Elliott, a lonely boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, dubbed E.T., who is stranded on Earth. Elliott and his siblings help E.T. return to his home planet while attempting to keep him hidden from their mother and the government. The concept for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was based on an imaginary alien friend Steven Spielberg created after his parents' divorce in 1960. He said that the imaginary alien was "a friend who could be the brother I never had and a father that I did...

19Jul2017

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The Final Option | 1982 | US One Sheet

The Final Option (known as Who Dares Wins in the UK) is a 1982 film directed by Ian Sharp. It was produced by Chris Chrisafis, Euan Lloyd and Raymond Menmuir with Reginald Rose writing the screenplay. It stars Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Richard Widmark, Tony Doyle, John Duttine, Kenneth Griffith, Rosalind Lloyd, Ingrid Pitt, Norman Rodway, Edward Woodward and Robert Webber. The title for the film, Who Dares Wins, is the motto of the elite UK Special Air Service (SAS). The plot for Who Dares Wins is inspired by the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980, where the UK’s SAS dramatically stormed the building to rescue those being held hostage inside. Euan Lloyd got the idea for making the film watching the Siege of the Iranian Embassy in London (he lived half a mile from the Embassy and watched som...

The Sword and the Sorcerer | 1982 | UK Quad

17May2017

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The Sword and the Sorcerer | 1982 | UK Quad

The Sword and the Sorcerer is a 1982 film directed by Albert Pyun. It was produced by Robert S. Bremson, Brandon Chase and Marianne Chase. The screenplay was written by Albert Pyun, Tom Karnowski and John V. Stuckmeyer. The film stars Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, Simon MacCorkindale, George Maharis and Richard Lynch. The storyline follows a mercenary, played by Lee Horsley, who armed with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage when he is recruited to help a princess foil the plans of a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer in conquering a land. When The Sword and the Sorcerer was released it received negative reviews. Variety magazine's review criticised its lacklustre script, the non-too-talented performers and fast paced, "atrocity-a-minute" action scenes. The New Yor...

11Apr2017

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Blade Runner | 1982 | Japan B2

Blade Runner is a 1982 film directed by Ridley Scott. It was produced by Michael Deeley. The screenplay was co-written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples based on an adaptation of the 1968 book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick. The film stars Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young and Edward James Olmos. The film is based in a dystopian Los Angeles. Genetically engineered replicants, indistinguishable from human are made by Tyrell Corporation. However, the use of replicants is banned on Earth and they are utilised in dangerous or metal work in other world colonies. Replicants who defy the ban and return to Earth are hunted and are retired by special police operatives known as Blade Runners. The plot is based on a group of escaped replicants led by Roy Batty (R...

7Feb2017

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48 Hrs | 1982 | UK One Sheet

48 Hrs. is a 1982 action comedy film directed by Walter Hill and produced by Lawrence Gordon and Joel Silver, his first film as a producer. The screenplay was written by Roger Spottiswoode, Walter Hill, Larry Gross and Steven E. de Souza. 48 Hrs stars Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy in his film debut and Annette O'Toole. The storlyine follows an oddball but tough San Francisco PD officer, Inspector Jack Cates who is the only survivor of a bloody shoot-out in a cheap hotel. With the back to the wall and in order to hunt down the murderer, the armed-and-dangerous escaped convict, Albert Ganz he releases Reggie Hammond, the fugitive's former partner from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help and the killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have nothing in ...

8Jan2017

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Who Dares Wins | 1982 | UK Lobby Card

Who Dares Wins (known as The Final Option in the USA) is a 1982 film directed by Ian Sharp. It was produced by Chris Chrisafis, Euan Lloyd and Raymond Menmuir with Reginald Rose writing the screenplay. It stars Lewis Collins, Judy Davis, Richard Widmark, Tony Doyle, John Duttine, Kenneth Griffith, Rosalind Lloyd, Ingrid Pitt, Norman Rodway, Edward Woodward and Robert Webber. The title for the film, Who Dares Wins, is the motto of the elite UK Special Air Service (SAS). The plot for Who Dares Wins is inspired by the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980, where the UK’s SAS dramatically stormed the building to rescue those being held hostage inside. Euan Lloyd got the idea for making the film watching the Siege of the Iranian Embassy in London (he lived half a mile from the Embassy and watched so...

Clockwork Orange | 1971 | R1982 | US One Sheet

21Nov2016

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Clockwork Orange | 1971 | R1982 | US One Sheet

A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 film adapted, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is based on Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel, A Clockwork Orange. It employs disturbing, violent images to comment on psychiatry, juvenile delinquency, youth gangs, and other social, political and economic subjects in a dystopian near-future Britain. The storyline is set in a near-futuristic society, late teen Alex DeLarge is the leader of a gang of thugs - his "droogs" - who commit acts of ultra-violence, often with sexual components, without any regard for their victims, and purely because it strikes their collective fancies. These acts are largely fuelled by drug use. Alex is a lover of music, especially that of Ludwig van Beethoven, which, when he listens to it during these acts, intensifies his...

19Sep2016

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First Blood | 1982 | Final | UK Quad

First Blood (also known as Rambo: First Blood) is a 1982 action adventure film directed by Ted Kotcheff. It was produced by Buzz Feitshans with the screenplay being written by Michael Kozoll, William Sackheim, Sylvester Stallone based on the novel First Blood by David Morrell and is the first instalment of the Rambo franchise. First Blood stars Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney, Jack Starrett, Michael Talbott, Chris Mulkey, John McLiam, Alf Humphreys and David Caruso. The storyline follows John Rambo, a much troubled and often misunderstood Vietnam war veteran. Rambo is travelling by foot to visit an old comrade, who unbeknown to him had passed away the previous year. As he continues his travels he arrives in the small town of Hope, Washington. After being...

First Blood | 1982 | Bike Style | Japanese B2

24Aug2016

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First Blood | 1982 | Bike Style | Japanese B2

First Blood (also known as Rambo: First Blood) is a 1982 action adventure film directed by Ted Kotcheff. It was produced by Buzz Feitshans with the screenplay being written by Michael Kozoll, William Sackheim, Sylvester Stallone based on the novel First Blood by David Morrell and is the first instalment of the Rambo franchise. First Blood stars Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney, Jack Starrett, Michael Talbott, Chris Mulkey, John McLiam, Alf Humphreys and David Caruso. The storyline follows John Rambo, a much troubled and often misunderstood Vietnam war veteran. Rambo is travelling by foot to visit an old comrade, who unbeknown to him had passed away the previous year. As he continues his travels he arrives in the small town of Hope, Washington. After being...

19Aug2016

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48 Hrs | 1982 | Final | US One Sheet

48 Hrs. is a 1982 action comedy film directed by Walter Hill and produced by Lawrence Gordon and Joel Silver, his first film as a producer. The screenplay was written by Roger Spottiswoode, Walter Hill, Larry Gross and Steven E. de Souza. 48 Hrs stars Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy in his film debut and Annette O'Toole. The storlyine follows an oddball but tough San Francisco PD officer, Inspector Jack Cates who is the only survivor of a bloody shoot-out in a cheap hotel. With the back to the wall and in order to hunt down the murderer, the armed-and-dangerous escaped convict, Albert Ganz he releases Reggie Hammond, the fugitive's former partner from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help and the killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have nothing in ...