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Tess was released December 12th 1980 The first film from director Roman Polanski after his self imposed exile from the United States Writer John Brownjohn has worked several times with director Roman Polanski, this was their first collaboration Asked about director Roman Polanski star Nastassja Kinski “As a director, he was 10 times more wonderful [...]
Terror Train was released October 3rd 1980 The first directorial effort for Roger Spottiswoode who went on to direct Turner & Hooch and the HBO film And the Band Played On Writer T.Y Drake did not work for 10 years after Terror Train and only once after that Actor Ben Johnson also appeared in [...]
Tell Me A Riddle was released December 15th 1980 Director Lee Grant is an Oscar winning actress having won the Best Supporting Actress for 1976′s Shampoo First script for writer Joyce Eliason whose gone on to a long career in TV Writing The only script in the career of writer Alev Lytle Star Melvyn Douglas [...]
Christmas Evil was released in December of 1980 The only film in the career of Director Lewis Jackson, though he is credited for a story adapted in 1950 called The Mystery of the Snakeskin Belt Star Brandon Maggert also appeared in the 1980 movie Dressed to Kill Maggert is the father of singer Fiona [...]
Maniac was released December 26th 1980 The first feature film for director William Lustig under his own name, he had directed a pair of films under the name Billy Bagg Lustig followed up Maniac later in his career with Maniac Cop 1 & 2 Lustig cameos in Maniac as a hotel manager named Al [...]
Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back opened May 21st 1980 Directo Irvin Kershner was George Lucas’s instructor at USC Film School Kershner followed up The Empire Strikes Back with the James Bond movie Never Say Never Again Final screenplay in the career of writer Leigh Brackett who passed away two years before the film [...]
The Stunt Man was released June 27th 1980 Hailed by some critics as the first great film of the 80′s Director Richard Rush made one more movie after The Stunt Man, 1994′s The Color of Night and then he simply walked away. Rush’s last credit is a documentary on the making of and seeming [...]
Stir Crazy was released December 12th 1980 Stir Crazy was for a time the highest grossing movie ever made by a black filmmaker, it was directed by legendary Oscar winning actor Sydney Poitier First full screenplay credit for writer Bruce Jay Friedman who has a story credit on Neil Simon’s The Heartbreak Kid Star Gene [...]
Stardust Memories was released October 26th 1980 This was writer/director Woody Allen’s follow up to the hit movie Manhattan Actor Daniel Stern also appeared in the 1980 movies A Small Circle of Friends, It’s My Turn and One Trick Pony Actress Sharon Stone and Star Trek actor Brent Spiner made their feature film debuts [...]
Somewhere in Time was released October 3rd 1980 Director Jeannot Szwarc went on to direct Supergirl and may be developing the remake. Star Christopher Reeve also appeared in the 1980 hit sequel Superman 2 Richard Matheson adapted his own novel for the script of Somewhere in Time Star Jane Seymour also appeared in the [...]
August 31, 2010
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