With Yesterday hitting shelves
this coming Tuesday, sadly it's time to wrap up my nostalgic
musings on the 80s. But first, here's the concluding post
about music from 1980-1985.
People's relationship to music was very different
pre-Internet and as a teenager I haunted my local record
stores to browse and purchase new music. Better still was
when I could travel to downtown Toronto to hang out in Sam
the Record Man, with its vast collection of offerings (I've
never stopped missing Sam's!). I also spent alot of time—more
than most people I knew—listening to the radio and
watching MuchMusic and the video shows that preceeded it.
The 80s was a terrifically dynamic time for
music and I think many people would agree that pop music
doesn't get any more angsty than Morrissey singing:
"There's a club if you'd like to
go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go and you stand on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home and you cry
And you want to die."
The 80s just wouldn't have been the eighties
without the edgy ache of new wave. I still ache when I hear
songs like How Soon is Now, Yazoo's Nobody's Diary,
Depeche Mode's Somebody, Tears for Fears' Mad
World or Bronski Beat's Smalltown Boy. How could
anyone not?
There's a naked honesty in these songs—a
depth of emotion that I have wonder if we've almost become
afraid of in this age bent on cynicism and obsessed with
superficialities. Not that 80s music consisted solely of
opening up an emotional vein and bleeding onto the vinyl,
to be sure. The first half of the decade (since that what's
I'm concentrating on in this series) is also chock full
of damn fine lighter fare too, songs full of sunshine and
optimism or even ones that didn't have much to say but just
made you want to dance or punch the air. Remember these
fantastic tunes?
The Go-Go's, We Got The Beat:
Banarama, Shy Boy
Duran Duran, Is There Something I Should
Know
Howard Jones, Things Can Only Get Better
The Belle Stars, Sign of the Times
In a Big Country, Big Country
Haircut One Hundred, Love Plus One
If you've already read Yesterday you'll
remember that early on main character Freya becomes friends
with a couple of new wave kids who stick out in the school
hallways. During 1985, as I lived, it there were very visible
groups of new wavers at school—diehard fans of bands
like The Smiths, Depeche Mode, The Cure, The Psychedic Furs,
and Echo and The Bunnymen who emulated the style of such
bands. But the new wavers weren't the only hardcore music
fans at my high school—there was a second group that
was equally passionate about hard rock and heavy metal bands.
At that time, teens ins Southern Ontario referred to this
group as "rock-ons." While the new wavers generally
wore pale makeup, dyed their hair black and dressed in
dark clothing, the "rock-ons" had their own distinct
style which consisted mainly of mullets and Kodiak boots
(perpetually untied). Although overall I enjoyed new wave
music more than hard rock I never fully committed to either
camp and bought music from across the spectrum (all my babysitting
music went on tapes, vinyl and concert tickets). Here are
a few of my favourite hard rock songs from the early 80s:
Scorpions, Still Loving You
Saga, Scratching the Surface
Def Leppard, Photograph
AC/DC, You Shook Me All Night Long
Marillion, Kayleigh
Van Halen, I'll Wait
Twisted Sister, We're Not Gonna Take It
Finally, although the 80s isn't generally
regarded as a sexy time like the free love era of the sixties
(which Freya visits in virtual reality) there were some
pretty hot songs. Here are some of my personal favourites
from 1980-85.
Modern English, I Melt With You
INXS, The One Thing
Adam and the Ants, Physical THIS ONE IS
HEAT FACTOR 10. Proceed with caution!
Romeo Void, Never Say Never
'You Shook Me All Night Long' by AC/DC (embedded
earlier in the page! Scroll up)
Bryan Ferry, Slave to Love
Bryan Ferry, Windswept
Blondie, Call Me
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, I Love
Rock N' Roll
The Rolling Stones, Start Me Up
Sheena Easton, For Your Eyes Only
There's nothing like music to hurl you back
in time and in a way that means I visit the 80s not infrequently,
but I'm happy to have had a longer stay in the past thanks
to Yesterday. If you read the book I hope you'll
also enjoy the trip.
The best music is both a pathway to the past
and timeless and I'm going to close this entry on a song
that is both those things a tune I consider to be one of
the most inspirational songs from the 80s from British band
Talk Talk.
With the release of Yesterday just
a week away (gasp!) I still have one final 80s post to
write. I'm planning to put up my 80s music entry on the
weekend but today want to point people in the direction
of YA
Reads where they're giving away 3 copies of the book.
You still have 11 more days to enter the contest and there's
also a new
interview with me there.
If you want to read more about Yesterday,
I hope you'll also catch up with the blog tour which begins
this Sunday. I was lucky to work with a great group of
Canadian bloggers on this tour who all had fantastic questions
and ideas for guest posts. You'll find plenty of Canadian
content!
From November 5th - 9th I'll be at Random Buzzers answering questions so would be happy to see
you there too. In between times I expect to be pretty
quiet as I work on other projects. I'm applying for an
Ontario Arts Council WIP grant which is due October 15th
and need to have forty pages of a sparkling new book ready
for that. I know some writers could whip forty pages up
in no time, but I write at a snail's pace. Anyway, it's
much too early to talk about that book yet but here's
the first line as proof of its existence:
"Who can really explain why a certain
piece of straw is the one that breaks a camel's back?"
After I hand the grant application in, I'm
simultaneously moving on to rewrites for my agent and
returning to work on yet another YA project. Having taken
a writing break for the Toronto International Film Festival
earlier in the month I feel like I need to be extra
on the ball in order to get everything done but I'm in
a bit of a TIFF withdrawal funk and today's rain isn't
helping. Is it weird to even miss the movie line-ups?
I guess they help raise the thrill of anticipation, plus
they give you the chance to hear everyone else's cool
TIFF stories!
Anyway, I was lucky to have the chance to
sing Happy Birthday to Colin Firth again this year
(this last happened to me two years ago when he was here
for The King's Speech gala on his birthday) at
the premiere of Arthur Newman. Colin Firth''s a
total class-act and was very eloquent in answering his
questions about the film. He even brought screenwriter,
Becky Johnston, who was equally insightful, up on stage
to speak about it. Emily Blunt, who has to be one of my
favourite female actors, co-stars as the charismatic 'Mike'
and was also at the screening.
The most ambitious flick I saw at the festival
was the much anticipated Cloud Atlas.
The critic's response to the film was markedly
fractured and prompted the following Movie Line article:
I think the article makes an extremely important
point here: "one critic's disaster is another's transcendent
cinematic opus." For the record, while I didn't think
Cloud Atlas was perfect I greatly admired its scope
and aspirations and found it a thrilling watch.
Meanwhile if I were handing out awards for
most positive TIFF film The Sessions——based
on the true story of Mark O'Brien (played by John Hawkes),
a poet paralyzed from the neck down since childhood, who
embarks on a voyage to lose his virginity—would have
my vote.
I was already a John Hawkes fan——he's
what drew me to this movie—and his portrayal of
Mark O'Brien is so full of light and warmth that I'm hoping
he wins an Oscar for his stunner of a performance. Helen
Hunt is outstanding as the sex therapist who helps him
too. I loved what she had to say about the film in her
interview with The
Toronto Star: "For me, the take-away is this
sex-positive message that I wish so badly 15-year-olds
and 16-year-olds would see (in) this movie…I would
so want any young adult that I cared about, along with
all the other (sexual) images that they're going to see,
to see this." Hear, hear!
Finally, the film that provoked the strongest
emotional response from me was Mr. Pip starring
Hugh Laurie and Xzannjah, and directed and written by
Andrew Adamson, based on the Lloyd Jones novel. I went
into the movie knowing little about it but expecting the
story of a schoolteacher and young girl who form a friendship
based on their shared love of Great Expectations during
the Papua New Guinean civil war. What I actually discovered
was so much more—a brutality, depth and passionate
respect for truth and love that had me thinking about
the film for the rest of the evening.
Now you know what I've been up to and what
I'll be doing through the fall so I hope you'll forgive
me if I'm not around much. Don't forget to check back
for my 80s music post this weekend!
So far in my blog series on the early 80s,
I've written a post introducing the period and covered my favourite movies
and television
shows. But the 80s wouldn't have been without the 80s
without the popular technology and toys of the time. With
that in my mind here's a list of my favourite tech and
toys from 1980-1985:
VCRs.
Before there was Netflix, before DVDs and even before
Blockbuster Video was born (the first store opened in
Dallax, Texas in late 1985) VCRs were making their
way
into homes and changing the way people watched movies
and television. The two big formats at the time were Betamax
(considered the superior technology) and VHS (the format
that won the war despite Betamax's better quality). My
family were late-ish in acquiring our first VCR in 1986,
but even beforehand we rented machines or occasionally
borrowed them from my dad's school over the weekends.
The summer I was fourteen we rented a top loading VHS
VCR along with the Duran Duran video album and a couple
of movies while away at the cottage for a couple of weeks.
I was so excited at the thrill of being able to repeatedly
watch even the most obscure Duran Duran videos, that it's
a wonder my head didn't explode and burn down the cottage.
Watching what you wanted exactly when you wanted to watch
it was revolutionary and when our own VCR arrived a couple
of years later it was pretty awesome to be able to tape
General Hospital, Late Night with David Letterman
Merlin
In 1980 and 81 (possibly even 1982!) I was pretty much
inseparable from my Merlin, a handheld device the size
of a mutant phone that contained 6 different games. I
can't imagine how many batteries I must've gone through
or remember whatever happened to my Merlin, but I'd love
to stumble across one of these again and see if I still
remember how to play the tune Molly Malone on it
in electronic chirps.
Rubik's Cube
You
knew that was coming, right? I think everyone who lived
through this period probably had a Rubik's cube in their
hands at some time during the early 80s. Its runaway popularity
led to a sort of 3D handheld puzzle fad and I probably
had ten different games inspired by the Rubik's Cube at
one point. But the Rubik's Cube was my first and favourite.
I became sort of obsessed by it and worked on it for hours
at a time, until I finally figured out how to solve it.
I still can't explain the process in words and don't know
exactly how I can do it but a part of my brain
recognizes the patterns that come up while you're shifting
the cube and also knows how to turn the various sides
accordingly until the six sides each show a solid colour.
There was a time during the early 80s when I could do
the cube in 2 minutes but when I tried about five years
ago it took much longer.
Pac-Man (arcade game)
The 80s was a hot time for arcades and before Atari really
took off the best way to get your Pacman fix was to throw
a quarter in the machine. This and Burgertime were my
favourite arcade games of the time.
Burgertime (arcade game)
You can check out what Burgertime was like
at Shockingly
Fun! Games. And if you ask me what I found so compelling
about a game centering on a tiny chef who must assemble
burgers by walking the length of buns, meat patties, tomatoes,
etc.), while being hunted by an egg, hot dog and pickle,
I confess that I have no idea, but then, most arcade games
didn't make much sense! Better not to apply logic to them.
MTV
You may wonder if I should've stuck this
under TV shows but the idea of a channel dedicated solely
to pop music felt like a technological breakthrough too.
As did the newly popular artistic medium of music videos
and their role in selling music.
MuchMusic (1984 and onwards)
Canada's very own version of MuchMusic hit
airwaves in the summer of 1984. After the free trial of
the channel was over my main birthday gift the following
December was a subscription to MuchMusic.
Atari
The first mainstream videogame console!
Obviously the thrill wasn't dependent on cool graphics.
Those didn't exist yet. So the sense of fun in Atari games
like Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Pitfall! and Missile Command
was more along the lines of what you'd experience playing
something like pinball. You can see a list of top-selling
Atari Games here.
I never played RiverRaid or Atlantis but most of the other
titles are familiar and I can't tell you exactly how many
times I saved E.T. by sending him home during the early
80s but for awhile saving E.T. was kinda one of my hobbies.
Smurfs
The Smurf craze was at its height when I
was in seventh grade.All us Smurf fans taking
part would bring our Smurf collections ins and sit them
on our desks and, no, the teachers didn't tell us to put
them away. I was much less a fan of the show than I was
of collecting the toy smurfs but I watched them on TV
too and although there was seemingly only one female Smurf—Smurfette—I
actually had several female smurfs. I believe my Smurf
collection still exists, intact but well-worn, in a box
somewhere in my storage locker.
Sony
Walkman
As a music format, tapes sucked— they'd
get tangled up and warped if you listened to them too
many times (as a result I had to throw out most of the
favourite albums that I'd purchase on tape from this time).
But the coolest thing about tapes was that they allowed
you to carry your music with you. Portability! From the
moment I got a Walkman my favourite music went everywhere
with me (Goodbye, Merlin). Bliss!
Just one more eighties post left. Drop back
in next week and read my fav music from 1980-85 entry.
Before I get down to my movie list I wanted
to shout a quick but loud hurray! Yesterday is YA
Reads Book of the Month. Head on over to read
their review. I'll also be guest blogging there during
the month.
Continuing on with my 80s series (see previous
posts on 80s TV
and intro to the 80s) today I want to focus on my favourite movies from
the first half of the decade. My family bought their first
VCR in 1986 and while we were fairly late in getting a machine
there were plenty of other people who didn't have a videocassette
recorder until then either. In the early 80s people usually
watched movies in a theatre or on TV (full of commercials
and usually quite awhile after a movie would've finished
its theatre run). Theatre runs were also longer than they
are today, probably because there was less competition from
other types of entertainment which had yet to develop (videogames
were in their infancy, the Internet as we know it today
wouldn't be born for years to come and in Canada dedicated
movie channels were brand new and had few subscribers in
the early 80s).
Top 20 + personal film favs from 1980-1985
in no particular order:
E.T. (1982, directed by Steven Spielberg,
starring Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore) This is a movie
that totally wears its heart on its sleeve. I went to see
the tale of a lost, Reese's Pieces loving alien at the theatre
numerous times when it was originally released and I cried
at E.T.'s demise on every occasion.
Gorky Park (1983, directed by Michael
Apted, starring William Hurt, Joanna Pacula, Brian Dennehy,
Lee Marvin and Ian Bannen) /The Big Chill (1983,
directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring William Hurt, Kevin
Kline, Jeff Goldblum, Meg Tilly, JoBeth Williams and Tom
Berenger)/Body Heat (1981, directed by Lawrence Kasdan,
starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner)/Altered States
(1980, directed by Ken Russell, starring William Hurt
and Blair Brown). You can see by this William Hurt grouping
I was a big fan and if Children of a Lesser God had
been made a year earlier I would've squeezed it in here
too. In Gorky Park Hurt plays a Moscow police detective
investigating a triple homicide. The Big Chill centres
on a large group of college friends reunited for the weekend
by the death of one of their friends. Body Heat sees
Hurt paired with Kathleen Turner who wants him to murder
her husband. The film was considered super hot in its day.
Altered States, where Hurt plays a scientist conducting
experiments that cause him to regress genetically was every
bit as trippy as Body Heat was sexy. But personally
I like it best when Hurt plays angst which puts Gorky
Park at the head of the pack.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, directed
by Steven Spielberg, starring Harrison Ford and Karen Allen).
Snakes, Nazi bad guys, the Ark of the Covenant and Harrison
Ford as our archeologist hero, but then, I don't really
need to tell you about this movie, do I? In my opinion it
remains one of the best adventure films ever made.
After Hours (1985, directed by Martin
Scorsese, starring Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Teri
Garr and John Heard). Griffin Dunne plays a word-processor
unlucky enough to run into Rosanne Arquette in a coffee
shop one evening. Soon he's having the worst night of his
life in an after-hours New York not unlike an adult version
of Alice's 'Wonderland.'
Blade Runner (1982, directed by Ridley
Scott, Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer and Sean Young).
It's bizarre to think this wasn't the runaway hit it should've
been (a victim of bad timing, it seems, as it was released
the week after E.T.) but this sci-fi thriller only looks
and feels better as time goes by. Rutger Hauer, as the replicant
Roy is mesmirizing, but then so is everyone in this movie,
which carries with it an aura as thick as smoke but cool
as granite. I'm dying to see what Ridley Scott does with
the coming sequel.
The Empire Strikes Back (1980, directed
by Irvin Kershner, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and
Carrie Fisher)/Return of the Jedi (1983, directed
by Richard Marquand starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford
and Carrie Fisher) My favourite Star Wars movie remains
The Empire Strikes Back. Ending on that dark note,
with victory uncertain, left us all wanting more. But who
can frown at celebrating Ewoks? So I couldn't leave Jedi
off the list.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982,
directed by Amy Heckerling, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold and Phoebe Cates). Most 80s teen
movies were so gentle that this one about a group of California
young people seems comparatively hard-edged and realistic.
Sean Penn is highly entertaining as stoner Jeff Spicoli
but it's Jennifer Jason Leigh's naturalistic performance
that you can't take your eyes off.
Letter to Brezhnev (1985, directed
by Chris Bernard, starring Peter Firth, Tracy Marshak-Nash
and Alfred Molina). Endearing British romantic comedy about
a working class girl who falls in love with a Soviet sailer
during his one night in Liverpool. Unable to forget him
she writes to Soviet leader Brezhnev asking for help in
allowing them to be together.
Poltergeist (1982, directed by Tobe
Hooper, starring Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams and Heather
O'Rourke). I first went to see this film about a family
terrorized by ghostswith my own family while we
were visiting California and I couldn't stop thinking about
the tree behind my bedroom while lying in bed that night.
And who would ever give a kid a toy clown? That's just cruel.
They're creepy as hell.
This is Spinal Tap (1984, directed
by Rob Reiner, starring Michael McKean, Christopher Guest
and Harry Shearer). Mock documentary about a hard rock band
that inspires genuine fondness for the characters while
offering up classic "this one goes to eleven"
moments.
The Breakfast Club (1985, directed
by John Hughes, starring Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald,
Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall). If,
like me, you were a teenager in the 80s there's ZERO possibility
you haven't see The Breakfast Club, Pretty in
Pink and Sixteen Candles. But The Breakfast
Club remains the best of the bunch. The five stereotypes
the film throws together for morning detention may not have
been as clearcut in real life but they're not total fabrications
either.
Restless Natives (1985, directed by
Michael Hoffman, starring Vincent Friell and Joe Mullaney).
Two Scottish friends commit colourful, non-violent hold
ups of tourist coaches in the highlands and become folk
heroes and tourist attractions in the process. Loveable
and highly entertaining.
Reckless (1984, directed by James Foley,
starring Aidan Quinn and Daryl Hannah)/Desperately Seeking
Susan (1985, directed by Susan Seidelman, starring Rosanna
Arquette, Madonna and Aidan Quinn). The Aidan Quinn grouping!
I actually did an entire blog entry on Reckless in August 09) but if you want the short
version it's this: High school student Tracy (Darly Hannah)
falls for Rourke (Quinn) a guy from the wrong side of the
tracks. Desperately Seeking Susan sees a married
suburban woman (Arquette) falling into Susan's (played by
Madonna) crazy life when a conk on the head gives her amnesia.
Lucky for Arquette, Madonna's life comes with an attachment
to cool projectionist Dez (Quinn).
Until September (1984, directed by
Richard Marquand, starring Karen Allen and Thierry Lhermitte).
I haven't seen this film in yonks but at the time found
the romance between exceptionally blue eyed but married
Frenchman Thierry and loveable but single Karen Allen extremely
charming. I'm kinda surprised they haven't remade it yet.
The Terminator (1984, directed by James
Cameron, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton
and Michael Biehn). With all the sequels its spawned the
Terminator plot needs no explanation. While this first film
now feels dated it's still a damn cool idea and the spark
between Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn feels genuine.
The romance is my favourite aspect of this movie.
Legend (1985, directed by Ridley Scott,
starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara and Tim Curry). It's been
so long since I've seen Legend that I'm damned if
I can remember what it was about. Some fantasy whimsy about
a demons, a unicorn and a fairy princess. It had a terrific
vibe about it.
Little Darlings (1980, directed byRonald
F. Maxwell, starring Kristy McNichol, Tatum O'Neal and Matt
Dillon). Fifteen-year-olds Kirsty McNichol and Tatum O'Neal
compete to lose their virginity first while at summer camp
and end up feeling differently about it than they expected.
What impressed me watching this as a young person was that
it didn't feel as if the movie was being didactive, although
it definitely has a message. Neither was it sensationlist.
The Company of Wolves (1984, directed
by Neil Jordan, starring Angela Lansbury and David Warner).
These interwoven tales of wolves are a visual feast and
delightfully heaven on atmosphere.
Heaven Help Us (1985, directed by Michael
Dinner, starring Andrew McCarthy, John Heard, Mary Stuart
Masterson and Donald Sutherland)/St. Elmo's Fire
(1985, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Demi Moore,
Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson,
Ally Sheedy and Mare Winningham/ Class (1983, directed
by, starring Rob Lowe, Jacqueline Bisset and Andrew McCarthy).
The Andrew MCarthy grouping. Like with William Hurt, I prefer
Andrew McCarthy when he's playing angsty which he does frequently
in these movies about 1) a boy's prep school 2) a group
of fresh-out-of-college friends and 3) an innocent prep
school boy who falls into an affair with a sophisticated
older woman who just happens to be his roommate's mother.
Romancing the Stone (1984, directed
by Robert Zemeckis, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen
Turner) The chemistry between the two leads makes this picture
about a romance writer drawn to Columbia where she meets
rough around the edges Douglas. Pure fluff, but plenty enjoyable.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across
the 8th Dimension (1984, directed by W.D. Richter, starring
Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin and Jeff Goldblum)/Firstborn
(1984, directed by Michael Apted, starring Peter Weller,
Teri Garr, Christopher Collet and Cory Haim)/Of Unknown
Origin (1983, directed by George P. Cosmatos, starring
Peter Weller and Jennifer Dale)/Shoot the Moon (1982, directed
by Alan Parker, starring Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Karen
Allen, Peter Weller). The Peter Weller group! These three
films have nothing in common aside from Weller's coolness.
He's at his coolest as Buckaroo Banzai, an almost Doctor
Who like figure that battles evil alien invaders. In Of
Unknown Origin he fights a different foe, rats that
infest his townhouse. But in Firstborn it's Weller
who's the bad guy, dragging Teri Garr into a destructive
lifestyle and forcing her young son to take action.
The World According to Garp (1982,
directed by George Roy Hill, starring Robin Williams, Glenn
Close, Mary Beth Hurt and John Lithgow). My first introduction
to John Irving's writing was via this film where Robin Williams
offers a wonderful performance as the gentle but flawed
Garp, son of one-of-a-kind nurse Jenny. The World According
to Garp has such a warmth and perceptiveness about people
that I couldn't grasp in its entirety when I first saw the
movie, being as young as I was. But I knew enough to know
I loved it.
White Nights (1985, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Isabella Rossellini and Helen Mirren). When a plane mulfunction lands expat Russian dancer Baryshnikov back in the Soviet Union he plots an escape, watched over by Gregory Hines, an American tap dancer who defected to Russia years earlier. The dance scenes make the movie.
The Sure Thing (1985, directed by Rob Reiner, starring John Cusack. Daphne Zuniga, Anthony Ewards & Nicollette Sheridan). Sort of an 80s remake of classic screwball comedy It Happened One Night with opposites Cusack and Zuniga finding themselves on a college road trip together. The chemistry works and it's a very gentle comedy with Cusack at the height of his boyish charm.
Other notable movies from 1980-85:
Gandhi (1982), Back to the Future
(1985), Witness (1985), The Right Stuff (1983),
Ghostbusters (1984), The Road Warrior (1981),
Tron (1982), Footloose (1984), Flashdance
(1983), Fame (1980), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Gremlins (1984), Time
Bandits (1981) Superman II (1980), War Games
(1984), Excalibur (1981), The Jewel of the
Nile (1985), Blue Lagoon (1980), The Shining
(1980), National Lampoons Vacation (1983), A Nightmare
on Elm Street (1984), Amadeus (1984), The
Color Purple (1985), Ordinary People (1980),
Tootise (1982), The Killing Fields (1984),
Out of Africa (1985), Scarface (1983), The
Outsiders (1983), Gregory's Girl (1981), An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), A Christmas Story (1983), Ladyhawke (1985), My Bodyguard (1980), Starman (1984)
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