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Porridge / Rising Damp | 1980 | Double Bill | UK Quad
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Porridge / Rising Damp | 1980 | Double Bill | UK Quad

Porridge was released in 1979 and is based on the British TV series Porridge which aired between 1974 and 1977. It was directed by Dick Clement and produced by Ian La Frenais. The screenplay was co-written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Porridge is set a year before the final episode of the TV series and includes one of the last appearances by Richard Beckinsale. The actor who played Lennie Godber died in March 1979, a few weeks after its completion. When Porridge was released in the USA it was titled Doing Time. In the film all the warders and inmates from the original TV series appear in the film, with the notable exceptions of Lukewarm, Blanco, Heslop and Harris. There is also a different governor, played by Geoffrey Bayldon rather than series regular Michael Barrington. The ...
Mad Max | 1979 | German A1
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Mad Max | 1979 | German A1

Mad Max is a 1979 film directed by George Miller and was produced by Byron Kennedy. The screenplay was co-written by James McCausland and George Miller based on the story written by Byron Kennedy and George Miller. Mad Max stars Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns and Roger Ward. Originally, Rosie Bailey was cast as Max's wife but four days into filming she was injured in a bike accident and replaced by Joanne Samuel. The storyline is set in a dystopian Australia and tells the story of a highway patrolman cruises the squalid back roads that have become the breeding ground of criminals foraging for gasoline and scraps. When his wife and child meet a grisly end at the hands of a motorcycle gang, Max sets out across the barren wastelands in search of reveng...