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5Oct2017

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Beverly Hills Cop | 1984 | Japanese B2

Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 film directed by Martin Brest. It was produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. The screenplay and story were written by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr. The film stars Eddie Murphy in the lead role playing Axel Foley, who is a street-smart Detroit police officer who heads to Beverly Hills following the murder of his friend. Supporting roles are played by Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff and Jonathan Banks. The first in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise further propelled Eddie Murphy to international fame following the film Trading Places. Eddie Murphy was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Beverly Hills Cop was also nominated for an Academy Awards for Best Screenplay, Golden Globe f...

Nightmare On Elm Street | 1984 | Montage Style | Japanese B2

16Jun2017

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Nightmare On Elm Street | 1984 | Montage Style | Japanese B2

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 film directed by Wes Craven. It was produced by Robert Shaye with the screenplay being written by Wes Craven. The film stars John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, Nick Corri, Johnny Depp and Robert Englund. A Nightmare on Elm Street provided Johnny Depp with his acting debut film. The storyline follows several teenagers who are stalked and killed in their dreams (and thus killed in reality) by Freddy Krueger. The teenagers are unaware of the cause of this strange phenomenon, but their parents hold a dark secret from long ago. A Nightmare on Elm Street is credited with carrying on many tropes found in low-budget horror films of the 70s and 80s which started in John Carpenter's 1978 horror film Halloween. It highlights the moral...

9Jun2017

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UK Movie Posters, UK Quad

Police Academy | 1984 | UK Quad

Police Academy is a 1984 film directed by Hugh Wilson. It was produced by Paul Maslansky with the screenplay being written by Hugh Wilson based on the original story by Neal Israel and Pat Proft. The film stars Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, G.W. Bailey, Bubba Smith, Donovan Scott, George Gaynes, David Graf, Leslie Easterbrook, Michael Winslow and Bruce Mahler. The storyline for Police Academy follows a decision made by the Mayoress to remove set personal criteria from the requirements to joins the police force. No longer is sex, weight, height and orientation a factor which allows for an insurgence of people applying. Following a select group of Police Academy misfits in their quest to become policemen and women. The main focus is on a petty criminal called Carey Mahoney who was buste...

Caravan of Courage | 1984 | Style B | US One Sheet

17Apr2017

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Caravan of Courage | 1984 | Style B | US One Sheet

Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (also known as The Ewok Adventure) is a 1984 film based on the Star Wars series. It was directed by John Korty and it was co-produced by Thomas G. Smith and Patricia Rose Duignan with George Lucas working as an Executive Producer. The screenplay was written by Bob Carrau based on a story by George Lucas. It stars Eric Walker, Warwick Davis, Fionnula Flanagan, Guy Boyd and Aubree Miller. The film is based on the struggles of a brother and sister, Mace and Cindel, who are stranded on Endor and are trying to locate their parents, Jeremitt and Catarine, who has been kidnapped by a monster known as the Gorax. Set in a timeframe between the A New Hope and Return of the Jedi and is the first of two spin-off films featuring Ewok from Return of the Jedi T...

Caravan of Courage | 1984 | Style A | US One Sheet

15Apr2017

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Caravan of Courage | 1984 | Style A | US One Sheet

Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (also known as The Ewok Adventure) is a 1984 film based on the Star Wars series. It was directed by John Korty and it was co-produced by Thomas G. Smith and Patricia Rose Duignan with George Lucas working as an Executive Producer. The screenplay was written by Bob Carrau based on a story by George Lucas. It stars Eric Walker, Warwick Davis, Fionnula Flanagan, Guy Boyd and Aubree Miller. The film is based on the struggles of a brother and sister, Mace and Cindel, who are stranded on Endor and are trying to locate their parents, Jeremitt and Catarine, who has been kidnapped by a monster known as the Gorax. Set in a timeframe between the A New Hope and Return of the Jedi and is the first of two spin-off films featuring Ewok from Return of the Jedi T...

13Apr2017

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Beverly Hills Cop | 1984 | US One Sheet

Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 film directed by Martin Brest. It was produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. The screenplay and story were written by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr. The film stars Eddie Murphy in the lead role playing Axel Foley, who is a street-smart Detroit police officer who heads to Beverly Hills following the murder of his friend. Supporting roles are played by Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff and Jonathan Banks. The first in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise further propelled Eddie Murphy to international fame following the film Trading Places. Eddie Murphy was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Beverly Hills Cop was also nominated for an Academy Awards for Best Screenplay, Golden Globe f...

27Mar2017

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UK Movie Posters, UK Quad

Beverly Hills Cop | 1984 | UK Quad

Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 film directed by Martin Brest. It was produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. The screenplay and story were written by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr. The film stars Eddie Murphy in the lead role playing Axel Foley, who is a street-smart Detroit police officer who heads to Beverly Hills following the murder of his friend. Supporting roles are played by Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff and Jonathan Banks. The first in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise further propelled Eddie Murphy to international fame following the film Trading Places. Eddie Murphy was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Beverly Hills Cop was also nominated for an Academy Awards for Best Screenplay, Golden Globe f...

Romancing the Stone | 1984 | Final | UK Quad

13Jan2017

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Romancing the Stone | 1984 | Final | UK Quad

Romancing the Stone is a 1984 film directed by Robert Zemeckis. It was produced by Michael Douglas with Diane Thomas writing the screenplay. The film stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Alfonso Arau and Manuel Ojeda. The film helped to propel Kathleen Turner’s film career and helped to cement Michael Douglas as a capable leading man. Romancing the Stone was Robert Zemeckis 3rd feature film and started a frequent collaboration with Alan Silvestri who produced the movie soundtrack. Principal filming took place in Veracruz and Huasca de Ocampo both in Mexico. Upon its release, it was inevitably compared to Raiders of the Lost Ark with Time magazine calling it a “Raiders rip-off”. However, the screenplay was actually written 5 years prior to the release of the film by D...

Cannonball Run II | 1984 | Final | UK Quad

13Jan2017

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Cannonball Run II | 1984 | Final | UK Quad

Cannonball Run II (also known as Cannonball Run 2) is a 1984 film directed by Hal Needham, produced by Albert S. Ruddy and written by Harvey Miller and Hal Needham. It stars Burt Reynolds and an all-star cast, released by Warner Bros. and Golden Harvest. Like the original film Cannonball Run, Cannonball Run II is based around an illegal cross-country race. This was the last of the "formula" comedies for Reynolds. It is also marked the final feature film appearances of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. Their appearances, coupled with those of Sammy Davis, Jr. and Shirley MacLaine, marked the final on-screen appearance of the old Rat Pack team. The storyline follows The Sheik who competed at the last Cannonball Run, but is berated by his father for not winning it. So he tells him to go an...

2010: The Year We Make Contact | 1984 | Advance | UK Quad

13Oct2016

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2010: The Year We Make Contact | 1984 | Advance | UK Quad

2010 (also known as 2010: The Year We Make Contact) is a 1984 science fiction film written, produced, shot and directed by Peter Hyams. It is a direct sequel to Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey, releaed in 1968 and is based on the novel 2010: Odyssey Two written by Arthur C. Clarke. The film stars Roy Scheider who replaces William Sylvester as Dr. Heywood Floyd from the original film, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban and John Lithgow, along with Keir Dullea (as Dr. David Bowman) and Douglas Rain (as the voice of HAL 9000) from the cast of the previous film. In this sequel the storyline follows a joint American- Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to discover what went wrong with the U.S.S. Discovery against a backdrop of growing global tensions. Among the mysteries the expedition...

2010: The Year We Make Contact | 1984 | Final | UK Quad

26Sep2016

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2010: The Year We Make Contact | 1984 | Final | UK Quad

2010 (also known as 2010: The Year We Make Contact) is a 1984 science fiction film written, produced, shot and directed by Peter Hyams. It is a direct sequel to Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey, releaed in 1968 and is based on the novel 2010: Odyssey Two written by Arthur C. Clarke. The film stars Roy Scheider who replaces William Sylvester as Dr. Heywood Floyd from the original film, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban and John Lithgow, along with Keir Dullea (as Dr. David Bowman) and Douglas Rain (as the voice of HAL 9000) from the cast of the previous film. In this sequel the storyline follows a joint American- Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to discover what went wrong with the U.S.S. Discovery against a backdrop of growing global tensions. Among the mysteries the expedition...