Showing posts with label 1985. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1985. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME - FILE #0072: THE LEGEND OF THE STARDUST BROTHERS (1985)

 


Written & Directed By: Makoto Teduka

Music written By: Haruo Chikada

Cinematography: Eiichi Osawa 

Editor: Mari Kishi and Makoto Teduka 


Cast: Shingo Kubota, Kazuhiro Takagi, Issay, Kyoko Togawa, Kiyohiko Ozaki, Kiyoshi Kurosawa 

In 1985, Makoto Tezuka, the son of manga genius Osamu Tezuka, was still a film student with a few experimental shorts to his credit and who was entrusted with the mission to turn an album by Haruo Chikada into a musical film.

Saturday, July 15, 2023

DEATH WISH 3 (1985)

 


Directed By: Michael Winner  Written by: Dan Jakoby  Based on characters created by: Brian Garfield  Cinematography: John Stainer  Editor: Arnold Crust 


Cast: Charles Bronson, Ed Lauter, Martin Balsam, Deborah Raffin, Gavin O’Herlihy, Kirk Taylor, Alex Winter, Tony Spiridakis, Marina Sirtis


Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.


Friday, August 12, 2022

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME - FILE #0069 - D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)

 



Directed By: Simon Wincer  Written By: David Ambrose, Allan Scott & Jeffrey Ellis  Cinematography: Frank Watts 


Cast: Barret Oliver, Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Danny Corkill, Amy Linker, Kathryn Walker, Colleen Camp, Josef Sommer, Ron Frazier, Steve Ryan, Hardy Rawls 

A young boy is found wandering without any memory of who he is. A family takes him in and begin to look for clues to help him find his way home. In the meantime, they notice that the boy seems to have certain special abilities, not usually found in kids his age, or even fully-grown adults.

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

AVENGING ANGEL (1985)

 


Directed By: Robert Vincent O’Neil Written By: Robert Vincent O’Neil & Joseph M. Cala Cinematography: Peter Lyons Collister  Editor: John R. Bowey

Cast: Betsy Russell, Rory Calhoun, Susan Tyrell, Ossie Davis, Robert F. Lyons, Steven M. Porter, Paul Lambert, Barry Pearl, Frank Doubleday

Molly, the former prostitute, has managed to leave her street life with help from Lt. Andrews. She studies law and leads a normal life. When Andrews is killed by a brutal gang, she returns to the streets as Angel to find his killers.

Thursday, May 6, 2021

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME - FILE #0066: WEIRD SCIENCE (1985)

 



Written & Directed by: John Hughes  Cinematography: Matthew F. leonetti Editor: Chris Lebenzon, Scott Wallace & Mark Warner 

Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly Lebrock, Bill Paxton, Robert Downey Jr. Robert Rusler, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson, Vernon wells, Michael Berryman, Britt Leach, Wallace Langham

Two high school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, but she turns their lives upside down.

Saturday, September 12, 2020

SMOOTH TALK (1985)

 



Directed by: Joyce Chopra  Written By: Tom Cole Based on the short story “Where are you going, Where have you been” By: Joyce Carol Oates  Cinematography: James Glennon  Editor: Patrick Dodd 

Cast: Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place, Levon Helm, Elizabeth Berridge, Margaret Welsh, William Ragsdale 

A free-spirited 15-year-old girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the Northern California suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and traumatic consequences.

Friday, December 7, 2018

STICK (1985)



Directed By: Burt Reynolds 
Written By: Elmore Leonard & Joseph C. Stinson 
Based on the novel By: Elmore Leonard 
Cinematography By: Nick McLean 
Editor: William Gordean 


Cast: Burt Reynolds, Candice Bergen, George Segal, Dar Robinson, Jose Perez, Alex Rocco, Richard Lawson, Tricia Leigh Fisher 


Ernest 'Stick' Stickley returns from prison, and very soon he gets involved with his old friend in a drug-running deal that goes sour. Hired by a rich investor, he tries to walk the line, but trouble follows him throughout as he tries to collect a debt and make up for lost time with his daughter. Stick also finds a new flame with a financial wiz and gets set to enjoy a new life, but Chucky and Nestor, the two hoods who owe him the debt, have other plans for Stick.

Sunday, May 13, 2018

GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN (1985)



Directed By: Alan Metter 
Written By: Amy Spies 
Cinematography By: Thomas E. Ackerman 
Editor: Donald Rawlins & Lorenzo DeStefano 


Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Helen Hunt, Shannen Doherty, Jonathan Silverman, Ed Lauter, Biff Yaeger, Ian Giatti, Holly Gagnier 


Janey is new in town, and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general, and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announced to find a new Dance TV regular couple, Janey and Lynne are determined to audition. The only problem is that Janey's father doesn't approve of that kind of thing.

Sunday, April 3, 2016

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0045: COME & SEE (1985)




Directed By: Elem Klimov 
Written By: Ales Adamovich & Elem Klimov 
Story By: Ales Adamovich 
Cinematography By: Aleksei Rodionov 
Editor: Valeriya Belova 
Production Design, Art Direction and Set Decoration By: Viktor Petrov 


Cast: Aleksey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomaris Laucevicius, Vladas Bagdonas

Saturday, October 18, 2014

THE BRIDE (1985)



Directed By: Franc Roddam 
Written By: Lloyd Fonviele 
Cinematography By: Stephen H. Burum 
Editor: Michael Ellis 
Music By: Maurice Jarre 


Cast: Sting, Jennifer Beals, Clancy Brown, Anthony Higgins, David Rappaport, Geraldine Page, Quentin Crisp, Cary Elwes, Timothy Spall, Guy Rolfe

Thursday, February 7, 2013

BLAST FROM THE PAST: NOSTALGIA REVIEWS: SECRET ADMIERER (1985)

Directed By: David Greenwalt Written By: David Greenwalt & Jim Kouf Cinematography By: Victor J. Kemper Editor: Dennis Virkler Cast: C. Thomas Howell, Kelly Preston, Lori Loughlin, Cliff De Young, Courtney Gains, Dee Wallace, Leigh Taylor-Young, Fred Ward, Corey Haim, Doug Savant, Casey Siemaszko

Sunday, January 20, 2013

CRIMEWAVE (1985)

Directed By: Sam Raimi Written By: Sam Raimi, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Cinematography By: Robert Primes Editor: Michael Kelly & Kathie Weaver Cast: Brion James, Paul L. Smith, Louise Lasser, Sheree J. Wilson, Edward R. Pressman, Antonio Fargas, Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi

Thursday, December 8, 2011

MY LIFE AS A DOG (Mitt lliv som hund) (1985)


Directed By: Lasse Hallstrom
Written By: Lasse Hallstrom, Reidar Jonsson, Brasse Brannstrom & Per Berglund
Based on the novel by: Reidar Jonsson
Cinematography By: Jorgen Persson
Editor: Christer Furubrand & Susanne Linmann

Cast: Anton Granzelius, Tomas Von Bromssen, Melinda Kinnaman, Leif Ericsson


Saturday, October 29, 2011

FRIDAY THE 13TH: PART 5 - A NEW BEGINNING (1985)


Cast: Shavar Ross, Miguel Nunez Jr., Anthony Barrie, Todd Bryant

Directed By: Danny Steinman
Written By: Danny Steinman & Martin Kitrosser & David Cohen
Story By: Martin Kitrosser & David Cohen
Cinematography By: Steven L. Posey
Editor: Bruce Green


Sunday, October 9, 2011

MAX MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (1985)


Directed By: George Miller & George Ogilve
Written By: Terry Hayes & George Miller
Cinematography By: Dean Semler
Editor: Richard Francis-Bruce

CAST: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

JUST ONE OF THE GUYS (1985) by jeff


Directed By: Lisa Gottlieb
Written By: Dennis Feldman & Jeff Franklin
Story By: Dennis Feldman
Cinematography By: John McPherson
Editor: Tony Lombardo

Cast: Joyce Heyser, Sherilyn Fenn, Billy Jacoby, Clayton Rohner, Ayre Gross, William Zabka, Toni Hudson, Leigh McCloskey, Deborah Goodrich,