Transcript Document 7114777

1980’s Movies
1980 Openings
Ordinary People: Donald
Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore,
Timothy Hutton
 Coal Miner’s Daughter: Sissy
Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones
 The Elephant Man: Anthony
Hopkins, John Hurt
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Ordinary People
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Teen-aged brothers and best friends Buck and Conrad Jarrett
were involved in a boating accident which claimed Buck's life.
Shortly thereafter, Conrad tried to commit suicide. After a four
month hospitalization, Conrad is back in his upper middle class
suburban Chicago home with his parents, Calvin and Beth
Jarrett. The Jarretts collectively are publicly trying to get on
with their lives, Conrad who is back at high school in his senior
year partaking in his old activities such as the swim team and
choir. But things in the Jarrett household are not all right.
Although stating he is unsure why he decides to do so, Conrad
restarts his psychiatric therapy outside of the hospital with a Dr.
Berger. This therapy may be able to uncover the reasons for the
Jarrett's collective unhappiness, and leads each to examine not
only the overall family dynamic but the individual relationships
with each of the other two. Written by Huggo
Coal Miner’s Daughter
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At only thirteen years of age, Loretta Webb
marries Doolittle Lynn and is soon responsible
for a sizeable family. Loretta appears destined
to a life of homemaking, but Doolittle
recognizes his wife's musical talent, and buys
her a guitar as an anniversary present one
year. This gift sets Loretta Lynn on the
grueling, tumultuous path to country music
greatness.
The Elephant Man
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Based on the true story of Joseph
Merrick, a 19th-century Englishman
afflicted with a disfiguring congenital
disease. With the help of kindly Dr.
Frederick Treves, Merrick attempts to
regain the dignity he lost after years
spent as a side-show freak. Written by
Scott Renshaw
Raging Bull: Robert De Niro
 The Empire Strikes Back: Mark
Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison
Ford, Billy Dee Williams
 Urban Cowboy: John Travolta,
Debra Winger
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Urban Cowboy

Bud Davis is a country boy who moves to the city to
visit his uncle. He starts hanging out at Gilley's,
owned by Mickey Gilley himself. He takes a job at the
refinery where his uncle works. He also meets Sissy,
a cowgirl, and they fall in love and suddenly get
married. And then their marriage is shattered when
Bud sees Sissy allegedly seeing con man Wes, who
teaches her how to ride the mechanical bull...and
plans to rob Gilley's. When a bull-riding contest is
announced, Bud decides to sign up. Can he win the
contest and save his marriage to Sissy?
Raging Bull
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When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and
obliterates his opponent, he's a prizefighter. But when
he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a
ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment.
Though LaMotta wants his family's love, something
always seems to come between them. Perhaps it's his
violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of
rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he
winds up in the ring alone. Written by alfiehitchie
The Empire Strikes Back
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Fleeing the evil Galactic Empire, the rebels
abandon their new base on Hoth. Princess
Leia, Han Solo and the droids R2-D2 and C3P0 escape in the damaged Millenium Falcon,
but are later captured by Lord Darth Vader on
Bespin. Skywalker, meanwhile, follows Ben
Kenobi's posthumous command and receives
Jedi training by Yoda on Dagobah. Will
Skywalker manage to rescue his friends from
the dark lord? Written by James Pearce
Private Benjamin: Goldie Hawn,
Eileen Brennan
 Airplane: Lloyd Bridges, Peter
Graves
 The Shining: Jack Nicholson,
Shelley Duvall
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Private Benjamin
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When her husband dies in the wedding night
Judy decides to join the army. What looks like
a bad decision at first, turns out not so bad at
all. That is, until her superior makes sexual
advances. She is transferred to NATO
headquarters in Europe and (re)meets the
Frenchman Henri. Judy and Henri decide to
marry, but will they ? Written by Berend
Meijer
Airplane

This is a spoof of the airport disaster movies.
When the crew of an airplane are struck by
some form of virus, the fate of the
passengers depends on an ex-war pilot who
is the only one able to land the plane safely!
The passengers represent a selection of
interesting wacky characters who seem to
take every word for its literal meaning.
Written by Sami Al-Taher
The Shining
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A novelist - Jack Torrance take a job interview as winter
caretaker of the isolated, old, huge and beautiful Overlook
Hotel. In the interview, Jack is told by the manager himself, that
the previous caretaker - Grady, chopped his family and later
killed himself with a shotgun. Ignoring the story, Jack brings his
wife - Wendy and his son Danny. It happens that Danny, has a
mysterious power known as "The Shining" that shows him
things from the past and future. Some of the visions come from
Tony - "the little boy who lives in Danny's mouth". Danny meets
Hallorann - the hotel cook in their first day arriving at the
Overlook, who also has this "Shining" and he warns him about
the hotel and the sinister Room 237. As the days go by, Danny
has visions of previous guests and employees who died at the
hotel years before, meanwhile Jack starts driving into insanity,
turning more and more aggressive, at the point that Danny and
Wendy gets convinced that Jack might try to do the same thing,
Grady did. Written by matheus marchetti
Top Box Office Stars

Burt Reynolds, Robert Redford,
Clint Eastwood, Jane Fonda,
Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta,
Sally Field, Sissy Spacek, Barbra
Streisand, Steve Martin
1981 Openings
Chariots of Fire: Ben Cross, Ian
Charleson
 Reds: Diane Keaton, Warren
Beatty, Jack Nicholson
 On Golden Pond: Henry Fonda,
Katherine Hepburn, Jane Fonda

Raiders of the Lost Ark:
Harrison Ford, Karen Allen
 Arthur: Dudley Moore, Liza
Minnelli, John Gielgud
 Superman II: Christopher
Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot
Kidder
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Chariots of Fire

The story, told in flashback, of two young British sprinters
competing for fame in the 1924 Olympics. Eric, a devout
Scottish missionary runs because he knows it must please God.
Harold, the son of a newly rich Jew runs to prove his place in
Cambridge society. In a warmup 100 meter race, Eric defeats
Harold, who hires a pro trainer to prepare him. Eric, whose
qualifying heat is scheduled for a Sunday, refuses to run despite
pressure from the Olympic committee. A compromise is reached
when a nobleman allows Eric to compete in his 400 meter slot.
Eric and Harold win their respective races and go on to achieve
fame as missionary and businessman/athletic advocate,
respectively. Written by Joe Jurca
Arthur

Arthur is a happy drunk with no pretensions
at any ambition. He is also the heir to a vast
fortune which he is told will only be his if he
marries Susan. He does not love Susan, but
she will make something of him the family
expects. Arthur proposes but then meets a
girl with no money who he could easily fall in
love with. Written by John Vogel
Superman II

Picking up where "Superman: The Movie" left
off, three criminals from the planet Krypton
are released from the Phantom Zone by a
nuclear explosion in space. They descend
upon Earth where they could finally rule.
Superman, meanwhile, is in love with Lois
Lane, who finds out who he really is. Lex
Luthor escapes from prison and is determined
to destroy Superman by joining forces with
the three criminals. Written by Keith Howley
Top Box Office Stars

Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood,
Dudley Moore, Dolly Parton,
Jane Fonda, Harrison Ford, Alan
Alda, Bo Derek, Goldie Hawn,
Bill Murray
1982 Openings
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Gandhi: Ben Kingsley, John
Gielgud
Tootsie: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica
Lange
The Verdict: Paul Newman
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Henry
Thomas, Drew Barrymore
Gandhi

Biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the
lawyer who became the famed leader of
the Indian revolts against the British
through his philosophy of non-violent
protest
E.T.

Elliot is your normal boy, until one day, when
he meets a little lost alien. Elliot decides to
keep the alien, in which he gives the name
E.T. Elliot works with E.T. in trying to find him
a way to get back home. Elliot must make the
difficult sacrifice. Whether to help his new
friend or to lose him? Whatever the decision
is, Elliot must keep him hidden, as someone
else is out to look for him. Written by simon
The Verdict

Frank Galvin is a down-on-his luck lawyer, reduced to
drinking and ambulance chasing. Former associate
Mickey Morrissey reminds him of his obligations in a
medical malpractice suit that he himself served to
Galvin on a silver platter: all parties willing to settle
out of court. Blundering his way through the
preliminaries, he suddenly realizes that perhaps after
all the case should go to court: to punish the guilty,
to get a decent settlement for his clients, and to
restore his standing as a lawyer. Written by Murray
Chapman
Tootsie

Michael Dorsey is an unemployed actor with an
impossible reputation. In order to find work and fund
his friend's play he dresses as a woman, Dorothy
Michaels, and lands the part in a daytime drama.
Dorsey loses himself in this woman role and
essentially becomes Dorothy Michaels, captivating
women all around the city and inspiring them to
break free from the control of men and become more
like Dorsey's initial identity. This newfound role,
however, lands Dorsey in a hot spot between a
female friend/'lover,' a female co-star he falls in love
with, that co-star's father who falls in love with him,
and a male co-star who yearns for his affection.
Written by Bryan Kuniyoshi
Victor/Victoria: Julie Andrews,
James Garner, Robert Preston
 An Officer and a Gentleman:
Richard Gere, Debra Winger
 Poltergeist: JoBeth Williams,
Heather O-Rourke
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An Officer and a Gentleman
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Zack Mayo is a young man who has
signed up for Navy Flight School. He is
a Navy brat who has a bad attitude
problem. GySgt Foley is there to train
and evaluate him and will clearly find
Zack wanting. Zack meets Paula, a girl
who has little beyond family and must
decide what it is he wants to do with
his life. Written by John Vogel
Sophie’s Choice: Meryl Streep
and Kevin Kline
 Star Trek II: The Wrath of
Khan: William Shatner, Leonard
Nimoy
 48 Hours: Eddie Murphy and
Nick Nolte
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Sophie’s Choice

Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration
camps, who has found a reason to live in
Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew
obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend
Stingo, the movie's narrator, a young
American writer new to New York City. But
the happiness of Sophie and Nathan is
endangered by her ghosts and his
obsessions. Written by Reid Gagle
Conan the Barbarian: Arnold
Schwarzeneggar
 Rocky III: Sylvester Stallone,
Mr. T
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Rocky III

Boxer Rocky Balboa enjoys the wealth he has
as world-champion. He only fights against
easy opponents. Then he is challenged by the
arrogant Clubber Lang. Rocky accepts the
challenge to proove once more that there is
only one world-champion. But Lang wins and
becomes the new champion. Nobody believes
in Rocky anymore, except one man: former
world-champion Appolo Creed. And Creed
tries to the stimulate his fighting spirit and
get Rocky back in top-form. Written by R.
Kessen
Top Box Office Stars

Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood,
Sylvester Stallone, Dudley
Moore, Richard Pryor, Dolly
Parton, Jane Fonda, Richard
Gere, Paul Newman, Harrison
Ford
1983
Terms of Endearment: Shirley
MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack
Nicholson
 The Big Chill: Tom Berenger,
Glenn Close, William Hurt, Kevin
Kline, JoBeth Williams, Jeff
Goldblum
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Terms of Endearment
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Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter
who march to different drummers. Beginning
with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how
difficult and loving she can be. The movie
covers several years of their lives as each
finds different reasons to go on living and
find joy. Aurora's interludes with Garrett
Breedlove, retired astronaut and next door
neighbor are quite striking. In the end,
different people show their love in very
different ways. Written by John Vogel
The Big Chill
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A seminal Thirty-Something movie in which a group
of old college friends who are now all grown up and
hardened by the big wide world come together for
the funeral of Alex, a barely glimpsed corpse, who
was at one time the brightest and the best of them,
and yet who never managed to achieve half as much
as any of the others. The friends use the occasion to
reacquaint themselves with each other and to
speculate as to what happened to their idealism
which had been abundant when they were younger.
Written by Mark Thompson
Return of the Jedi: Mark
Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie
Fisher
 Flashdance: Jennifer Beals
 Mr. Mom: Michael Keaton
 Yentl: Barbra Streisand, Mandy
Patinkin
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Flashdance

Alex Owens is a female dynamo: steel
worker by day, exotic dancer by night.
Her dream is to get into a real dance
company, though, and with
encouragement from her
boss/boyfriend, she may get her
chance. The city of Pittsburgh co-stars.
What a feeling! Written by Stewart M.
Clamen
Mr. Mom
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Jack and Caroline are a couple making
a decent living When Jack suddenly
loses his job. They agree that he should
stay at home and look after the house
while Caroline works. It's just that he's
never done it before, and really doesn't
have a clue... Written by Murray
Chapman
Return of the Jedi
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Darth Vader and the Empire are building a new,
indestructible Death Star. Meanwhile, Han Solo has
been imprisoned, and Luke Skywalker has sent R2D2
and C3PO to try and free him. Princess Leia disguised as a bounty hunter - and Chewbacca go
along as well. The final battle takes place on the
moon of Endor, with its natural inhabitants, the
Ewoks, lending a hand to the rebels. Will Darth Vader
and the dark side overcome the rebels and take over
the universe ? Written by Colin Tinto
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War Games: Matthew Broderick
War Games
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A young computer whizz kid accidentally
connects into a top secret super-computer
which has complete control over the U.S.
nuclear arsenal. It challenges him to a game
between America and Russia, and he
innocently starts the countdown to World War
3. Can he convince the computer he wanted
to play a game and not the real thing ?
Written by Colin Tinto
Top Box Office Stars

Clint Eastwood, Eddie Murphy,
Sylvester Stallone, Burt
Reynolds, John Travolta, Dustin
Hoffman, Harrison Ford, Richard
Gere, Chevy Chase, Tom Cruise
1984 Openings
Amadeus: F. Murray Abraham,
Tom Hulce
 The Killing Fields: Sam
Waterston, Haing S Ngor
 Places in the Heart: Sally Field,
John Malkovich
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Amadeus

Antonio Salieri believes that Mozart's music is
divine. He wishes he was himself as good a
musician as Mozart so that he can praise the
Lord through composing. But he can't
understand why God favored Mozart, such a
vulgar creature, to be his instrument. Salieri's
envy has made him an enemy of God whose
greatness was evident in Mozart. He is set to
take revenge. Written by Khaled Salem
Places in the Heart
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Edna Spalding finds herself alone and broke
on a small farm in the midst of the Great
Depression when her husband the Sheriff is
killed in an accident. A wandering black man,
Moses, helps her to plant cotten to try and
keep her farm and her kids together. She also
takes on a blind border, Mr. Will, who lost his
sight in the first World War. She must endure
storms and harsh labor to try and make her
mortage payment on time. Written by Susan
Southall
Beverly Hills Cop: Eddie
Murphy
 Ghostbusters: Bill Murray, Dan
Aykroyd
 Indiana Jones and the Temple
of Doom: Harrison Ford
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Beverly Hills Cop
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Axel Foley is a Detroit cop who after the
murder of his friend travels to California to
investigate and track down the killer, who he
believes operate an arts dealership as a cover
in Beverly Hills. He teams up with two
reluctant detectives from the Beverly Hills
police force who were supposed to keep a
watch on him, especially after seeing Foley's
different approach to tackling the situations
which is not acceptable by the chief of the
local police. Written by Sami Al-Taher
Ghostbusters
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Three odd-ball scientists get kicked out of
their cushy positions at a university in New
York City where they studied the occult. They
decide to set up shop in an old firehouse and
become Ghostbusters, trapping pesky ghosts,
spirits, haunts, and poltergeists for money.
They wise-crack their way through the city,
and stumble upon a gateway to another
dimension, one which will release untold evil
upon the city. The Ghostbusters are called on
to save the Big Apple. Written by Greg Bole
Indiana Jones and the Temple
of Doom
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Set in 1935, a professor, archaeologist, and legendary hero by
the name of Indiana Jones is back in action in his newest
adventure. But this time he teams up with a night club singer
named Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott and a twelve-year-old boy
named Short Round. They end up in an Indian small distressed
village, where the people believe that evil spirits have taken all
their children away after a sacred precious stone was stolen!
They also discovered the great mysterious terror surrounding a
booby-trapped temple known as the Temple of Doom! Thuggee
is beginning to attempt to rise once more, believing that with
the power of all five Sankara stones they can rule the world!
Now, it's all up to Indiana to put an end to the Thuggee
campaign, rescue the lost children, win the girl and conquer the
Temple of Doom. Written by Anthony Pereyra
The Natural: Robert Redford
 Romancing the Stone: Michael
Douglas, Kathleen Turner
 The Terminator: Arnold
Schwarzeneggar
 The Karate Kid: Ralph Macchio,
Noriyuki (Pat) Morita
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The Natural
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An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy
Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of
nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team
to the top of the league in this magical sports
fantasy. With the aid of a bat cut from a
lightning struck tree, Hobbs lives the fame he
should have had earlier when, as a rising
pitcher, he is inexplicably shot by a young
woman. Written by Keith Loh
The Terminator
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A cyborg is sent from the future on a deadly
mission. He has to kill Sarah Connor, a young
woman whose life will have a great
significance in years to come. Sarah has only
one protector - Kyle Reese - also sent from
the future. The Terminator uses his
exceptional intelligence and strength to find
Sarah, but is there any way to stop the
seemingly indestructible cyborg ? Written by
Colin Tinto
The Karate Kid
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Daniel and his mother move from New Jersy to California. She
has a wonderful new job but Daniel discovers that a dark haired
Italian boy with a Jersey accent doesn't fit into the blond surfer
crowd, especially when he tries to date one of their girl friends.
Daniel manages to talk his way out of some fights but is finally
cornered by several who belong to the same karate school. As
Daniel is passing out from the beating he sees Miyagi, the
elderly gardner leap into the fray and save him by outfighting a
half dozen teenagers. Miyagi and Daniel find the real motivator
behind the boys' violent attitude is the their karate teacher.
Miyagi promises to teach Daniel to fight and arranges a fight at
a karate contest some months off. When his training begins,
Daniel can't understand what he is being shown. Miyagi seems
more interested in having Daniel paint fences and wax cars than
teaching him Karate. Written by John Vogel
Top Box Office Stars
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Clint Eastwood, Bill Murray,
Harrison Ford, Eddie Murphy,
Sally Field, Burt Reynolds,
Robert Redford, Prince, Dan
Aykroyd, Meryle Streep
1985
Out of Africa: Robert Redford,
Meryl Streep
 The Color Purple: Whoopi
Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey
 Prizzi’s Honor: Jack Nicholson,
Kathleen Turner
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Out of Africa
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Karen Blixen, a Danish woman, marries a friend for
the title of Baroness and they move to Africa and
start a coffee plantation. Things unfold when her
husband begins cheating on her and is away on
business often, so she's at home alone, working on
the farm and bonding with two men she met in her
first day in Africa. She eventually falls in love with the
one, Denys Finch-Hatton and goes on safari and
whatnot with him. Later, she begins to want more
from him than the simple friendship/relationship they
have and pushes marriage, but Denys still wants his
freedom. By the end, she's gained a much better
understanding and respect for the African culture
than when she came. Written by KKaliforniApril22
The Color Purple
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This film follows the life of Celie, a
young black girl growing up in the early
1900's. The first time we see Celie, she
is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We
stay with her for the next 30 years of
her tough life... Written by Colin Tinto
Prizzi’s Honor
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Charley Partanna is a hit-man who works for
the Prizzis, one of the richest crime syndicate
families in the country. Unbeknownst to
Charley,the Prizzis just hired Irene Walker, a
free-lance killer, to eliminate someone who
double-crossed them. When Irene and
Charley fall in love their jobs become
complicated. Their jobs become impossible
when each is given a contract that neither
can go through with. Written by Tiff Banks
Witness: Harrison Ford, Kelly
McGillis
 Back to the Future: Michael J.
Fox
 Cocoon: Con Ameche, Jessica
Tandy, Hume Cronyn
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Witness
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Young Amish widow Rachel Lapp is taking her young son
Samuel to Philadelphia for the first time. While in a washroom
at the train station, Samuel sees two men savagely murder a
third. The detective assigned to the homicide case is Det. John
Book who informs them that the murdered man was a police
officer. It isn't long before the young boy fingers Philadelphia
narcotics officer McFee as the murderer. Book soon discovers
that McFee was involved in the theft of something called P2P, an
ingredient used in the making of methamphetamine. Shortly
after Book tells his boss this information, McFee comes after
Book and wounds him in a shootout. Book determines that the
best way to avoid detection is to blend in with the Amish
community, which he does, working with them on their farms
and helping with building a new barn. But the corrupt cops Book
has exposed are determined to keep their dirty work a secret,
and they come looking for Book & Samuel to silence them for
good.... Written by Derek O'Cain
Back to the Future
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It is the year 1985. Marty McFly, a mild-mannered
high school student, stopped by Dr. Emmett L.
Brown's laboratory to play around with an amplifier.
Then he receives a message from Doc that he needs
help from him for Doc's latest invention, a time
machine made out of a DeLorean sports car that can
travel through time instantaneously when it reaches a
speed velocity of 88 MPH. Then, Doc was gunned
down by Libyan Nationalists, Marty makes an effort to
escape from the Lybians by using the time machine.
Then Marty accidentally warps himself into 1955.
Where he meets both of his parents when they were
teenagers, then Marty unintentionally interrupts his
parent's first meeting together, he then finds a
younger version of Doc and together they try to find
a way to get Marty's parents-to-be back together, and
to get Marty back to 1985. Written by John Wiggins
Cocoon
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Meet Art, Ben and Joe. Three simple, aging senior
citizens who like to swim in an unguarded swimming
pool next door from the old folks home they live in.
So one day when they go swimming, they feel
energized and "ready to take on the world!" What
they don't know is that the pool was recently bought
by four alien Antereans incognito as humans. Art,
Ben, Joe and their friends soon discover this and
offer to help the Antereans return the cocoons back
to Antarea and as a reward, they offer something
magnificent. Written by Dylan Self
Rambo: First Blood Part II:
Sylvester Stallone
 The Breakfast Club: Molly
Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall
 Desperately Seeking Susan:
Rosanna Arquette, Madonna
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Rambo: First Blood Part II
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John Rambo is removed from prison by his former superior,
Colonel Samuel Troutman, for a top-secret operation to bring
back POW's still held in Vietnam. Rambo's assignment is to only
take pictures of where the POWs are being held, but Rambo
wants to get the POWs out of Vietnam. Teamed up with female
Vietnamese freedom fighter Co Bao, Rambo embarks on a
mission to rescue the POWs, who are being held by sadistic
Vietnamese Captain Vinh and his Russian comrade, Lieutenant
Colonel Padovsky. Rambo falls in love with Co Bao, and when Co
Bao is killed by Captain Vinh, Rambo wants revenge, so he
starts killing every enemy in sight while still focusing on his
intentions to rescue the POWs. There are also corrupt American
officials involved in the mission, including Marshall Murdock, one
of Rambo's superiors. Written by Todd Baldridge
The Breakfast Club
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The plot follows five students at fictional Shermer High School
in the widely used John Hughes setting of Shermer, Illinois (a
fictitious suburb of Chicago based on Hughes' hometown of
Northbrook, Illinois, which was originally called Shermerville;
Shermer is a street in Northbrook, and the school in Northbrook,
Glenbrook North High School is on Shermer), as they report for
Saturday detention on March 24, 1984. While not complete
strangers, the five teenagers are all from a different clique or
social group: John Bender (Judd Nelson) "The Criminal"; Claire
Standish (Molly Ringwald) "The Princess"; Brian Johnson
(Anthony Michael Hall) "The Brain"; Andy Clark (Emilio Estévez)
"The Athlete"; and Allison Reynolds (Ally Sheedy) "The Basket
Case".
Top Box Office Stars
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Sylvester Stallone, Eddie
Murphy, Clint Eastwood, Michael
J. Fox, Chevy Chase, Arnold
Schwarneggar, Chuck Norris,
Harrison Ford, Michael Douglas,
Meryl Streep
1986
Platoon: Tom Berenger, Willem
Dafoe
 A Room with a View: Maggie
Smith, Denholm Elliott
 Hannah and Her Sisters: Mia
Farrow, Woody Allen, Dianne
Wiest, Michael Caine
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Platoon
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Chris Taylor is a young, naive American who gives up college
and volunteers for combat in Vietnam. Upon arrival, he quickly
discovers that his presence is quite nonessential, and is
considered insignificant to the other soldiers, as he has not
fought for as long as the rest of them and felt the effects of
combat. Chris has two commanding officers, the ill-tempered
and indestructible Staff Sergeant Robert Barnes and the more
pleasant and cooperative Sergeant Elias Grodin. A line is drawn
between the two officers and a number of men in the platoon
when an illegal killing occurs during a village raid. As the war
continues, Chris himself draws towards psychological meltdown.
And as he struggles for survival, he soon realizes he is fighting
two battles, the conflict with the enemy and the conflict
between the men within his platoon. Written by Jeremy
Thomson
Hannah and Her Sisters
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During a Thanksgiving Day party we make aquaintance with a
numerous and problematic family. The leading characters are
three sisters: Lee, the woman of Frederick, an old misanthrope
painter; Holly, who dreams of becoming a writer, or an actress,
or who knows who...; Hannah, famous actress, beautiful,
intelligent, good mother, good wife, good sister, in short perfect,
the pivot of the family. The balance begins to break up when
Hannah's husband, Elliot, falls in love with Lee, who leaves
Frederick. Holly goes through a deep crisis and meets Mickey,
the former husband of Hannah, a hypochondriac TV producer.
The affairs evolve and at the last Thanksgiving ... Written by
Maurizio Semolic
A Room with a View

Lucy Honeychurch, a young Englishwoman,
makes her first visit to Florence, Italy in the
early 1900's. There, she meets a quiet yet
eccentric young man named George
Emerson. Upon her return to England, Lucy
must decide whether to follow through with
her marriage to her stotic fiance, Cecil, or
follow her heart and her growing attraction to
George. Written by Liza Esser
Children of a Lesser God:
Marlee Matlin, William Hurt
 The Color of Money: Paul
Newman, Tom Cruise
 Peggy Sue Got Married:
Kathleen Turner

Children of a Lesser God

James is a new speech teacher at a
school for the deaf. He falls for Sarah, a
pupil who decided to stay on at the
school rather than venture into the big
bad world. She shuns him at first,
refusing to read his lips and only using
signs. Will her feelings change over
time? Written by Colin Tinto
The Color of Money

Pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson finds the young,
promising pool player Vincent in a local bar and he
sees in him a younger version of himself. To try and
make it as in the old days, Eddie offers to teach
Vincent how to be a hustler. After some hesitations
Vincent accepts and Eddie takes him and Vincent's
girlfriend Carmen on a tour through the country to
work the pool halls. However, Vincent's tendency to
show off his talent and by doing so warning off the
players and losing money, soon leads to a
confrontation with Eddie. Written by Leon Wolters
Peggy Sue Got Married

Peggy Sue was one of the most popular girls in high school,
enjoying life with her friends and her boyfriend Charlie. It was
the typical high school dream, until she finds herself married to
Charlie and becomming a young mother. However, her life takes
a serious turn, leaving her depressed and facing divorce when
Charlie runs off with another woman. At her high school
reunion, Peggy Sue faints and wakes up back in high school.
Despite her confusion about what has happened and how to get
back to her own time, Peggy realizes that she has a chance to
start her life over, to avoid her depression and her marriage to
Charlie. However, just because she knows the future, does that
mean she can really avoid it? Written by Lex
Aliens: Sigourney Weaver
 Crimes of the Heart: Jessica
Lange, Sissy Spacek, Diane
Keaton
 Ruthless People: Bette Midler,
Danny DeVito

Aliens

After colonist, Ellen Ripley survived her disastrous
ordeal. Nobody believed her story about the "Aliens"
being on the planet LV-426. However, approximately
50 years later, the colony on LV-426 was completely
destroyed. The government has decided to send
Ripley out of cryostasis and to aid a team of tough,
rugged space marines into the desolate planet to find
out if there are aliens, or survivors. But, what Ripley
will begin to realize that her worst nightmare is about
to come true. Written by John Wiggins
Crimes of the Heart

Three sisters with quite different personalities
and lives reunite when the youngest of them,
Babe, has just shot her husband. The oldest
sister, Lenny, takes care of their grandfather
and is turning into an old maid, while Meg,
who tries to make it in Hollywood as a
singer/actress, has had a wild life filled with
many men. Their reunion causes much joy,
but also many tensions. Written by Leon
Wolters
Crocodile Dundee: Paul Hogan
 Top Gun: Tom Cruise, Kelly
McGillis
 Stand by Me: Wil Wheaton,
River Phoenix

Crocodile Dundee

Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee is an Australian
crocodile hunter who lives in the Australian outback
and runs a safari business with his trusted friend and
mentor Walter Reilly. After surviving a crocodile
attack, a New York journalist named Sue arrives to
interview Mick about how he survived and learns
more about the crocodile hunter. After saving Sue
from a crocodile, Sue invites Mick to visit New York
City, since Mick has never been to a city. Mick finds
the culture and life in New York City a lot different
than his home and he finds himself falling in love
with Sue. Written by Daniel Williamson
Top Gun

Maverick is a hot pilot. When he encounters a pair of
MiGs over the Persian Gulf, his wingman is clearly
outflown and freaks. On almost no fuel, Maverick is
able to talk him back down to the Carrier. When his
wingman turns in his wings, Maverick is moved up in
the standings and sent to the Top Gun Naval Flying
School. There he fights the attitudes of the other
pilots and an old story of his father's death in combat
that killed others due to his father's error. Maverick
struggles to be the best pilot, stepping on the toes of
his other students and in a different way to Charlie, a
civilian instructor to whom he is strongly attracted.
Written by John Vogel
Stand By Me

Based on Stephen King's Short story "The
Body", "Stand By Me" tells the tale of Gordie
Lachance, a writer who looks back on his
preteen days when he and three close friends
went on their own adventure to find the body
of a kid their age who had gone missing and
presumed dead. The stakes are upped when
the bad kids in town are closely tailing - and
it becomes a race to see who'll be able to
recover the body first. Written by Dismal
Angel
Top Box Office Stars

Tom Cruise, Eddie Murphy, Paul
Hogan, Rodney Dangerfield,
Bette Midler, Sylvester Stallone,
Clint Eastwood, Whoopi
Goldberg, Kathleen Turner, Paul
Newman
1987 Openings
The Last Emperor: John Lone
 Fatal Attraction: Michael
Douglas, Glenn Close
 Moonstruck: Cher, Nicholas
Cage
 Wall Street: Michael Douglas,
Charlie Sheen

The Last Emperor

A biography of Aisin-Gioro "Henry" Pu Yi, who
at the age of three was named the Emperor
of China, and dies as a gardener at the
Botanical Gardens of Peking. Told in an
interesting flashback/flashforward style, we
learn of Pu Yi's childhood, the time he spent
imprisoned in the Forbidden City, his term as
the emperor of Japans Manchuguo, and his
eventual release back to public life in 1959.
Written by Colin Tinto
Fatal Attraction

Happily married New York lawyer Dan
Callagher has an affair with his
colleague Alex, and the two enjoy a
love weekend while Dan's wife and kid
are away. But Alex will not let go of
him, and she will stop at nothing to
have him for herself. Just how far will
she go to get what she wants?. Written
by Sami Al-Taher
Moonstruck

Loretta Castorini, a Brooklyn bookkeeper in her late 30s whose
husband died several years earlier in a bus accident, decides it's time
to get married again. So she accepts the proposal of a nice, middleaged fellow named Johnny Cammareri. Loretta is convinced her first
marriage was cursed because she and her husband had gotten married
at City Hall; this time, she's determined to do things right, even as she
admits to her mother, Rose, that she's not really in love with Johnny.
(To which Rose replies: "Good. When you love them, they drive you
crazy, 'cause they know they can." Rose speaks from rueful experience;
she suspects, with good reason, that her husband, Cosmo, is cheating
on her.) Loretta is convinced that marrying Johnny is the safe and sure
thing to do - until she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, who
tends the ovens in a neighborhood bakery. Loretta discovers that in
startling contrast to the pleasant, mild-mannered Johnny, Ronny is
moody and passionate; what follow are complications worthy of a
comic opera. Written by Eugene Kim
Wall Street

Bud Fox is a Wall Street stockbroker in early 1980's New York
with a strong desire to get to the top. Working for his firm
during the day, he spends his spare time working an on angle
with the high-powered, extremely successful (but ruthless and
greedy) broker Gordon Gekko. Fox finally meets with Gekko,
who takes the youth under his wing and explains his philosophy
that "Greed is Good". Taking the advice and working closely
with Gekko, Fox soon finds himself swept into a world of
"yuppies", shady business deals, the "good life", fast money,
and fast women; something which is at odds with his family
including his estranged father and the blue-collared way Fox
was brought up. Written by Murray Chapman
Good Morning, Vietnam: Robin
Williams
 The Untouchables: Kevin
Costner, Sean Connery
 Baby Boom: Diane Keaton
 Three Men and a Baby: Tom
Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted
Danson

Good Morning, Vietnam

A new Disc Jockey is shipped from Crete to
Vietnam to bring humor to Armed Forces
Radio. He turns the studio on it's ear and
becomes wildly popular with the troops but
runs afoul of the middle management who
think he isn't G.I. enough. While he is off the
air, he tries to meet Vietnamese especially
girls, and begins to have brushes with the
real war that never appears on the radio.
Written by John Vogel
The Untouchables

Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago
and is deternimed to take down Al Capone but he
learns that it's not going to be easy, because Capone
has the police in his pocket. But Ness meets Jimmy
Malone a veteran patrolman and probably the most
honorable one in the force. He asks Malone to help
him get Capone but Malone warns him that if he goes
after Capone, he is going to war. They recruit
academy cadet, George Stone and Treasury agent
Oscar Wallace, who is also an accountant, who wants
to prosecute Capone for tax evasion. When they
make headway, Capone tries to get them but they
are untouchable. Written by rcs0411
Three Men and a Baby

Three bachelor friends - architect Peter, artist
Michael, and actor Jack are sharing an
apartment in Manhattan. After Jack goes
filming in Turkey his two flatmates find his
baby daughter - which Jack doesn't know
about - left outside their door. The two are
left to look after the baby, and realise how
difficult this can be. How would this baby
change the life style of these confirmed
bachelors? Written by Sami Al-Taher
Baby Boom

J.C. Wiatt is a successful New York business woman known around
town as the "tiger lady." She gets news of an inheritance from a
relative from another country and off the bat she suspects it's money.
Well it's not money, it's a baby girl. At first she doesn't accept until the
lady that gives the baby to her has to catch her flight. J.C. is now stuck
with an annoying baby girl. Her boyfriend doesn't like the idea of a
baby living with them and he leaves her. J.C. has enough of it and
takes her to meet a family ready to adopt her. She leaves but hears the
baby cry while walking away and has to go back. The baby is too
attached to her now and won't let her go. Later, her baby gets into
mischief which causes her to get fired. Now, she sets her eyes on an
old two story cottage in Vermont to get out of the New York life. When
she arrives, the house needs more help than originally thought. She
gets bored one snowy day and decides to make apple sauce. Her baby
loves it and she decides to sell it. Pretty soon everyone wants some of
the baby apple sauce. J.C. hits it big and falls in love with a local
veterinarian. Was this fate or destiny? Written by Kyle
Top Box Office Stars

Eddie Murphy, Michael Douglas,
Michael J. Fox, Arnold
Schwarzeneggar, Paul Hogan,
Tom Cruise, Glenn Close,
Sylvester Stallone, Cher, Mel
Gibson
1988
Gorillas in the Mist: Sigourney
Weaver
 Mississippi Burning: Gene
Hackman, Willem Defoe
 Big: Tom Hanks
 Who Framed Roger Rabbit?:
Bob Hoskins

Gorillas in the Mist

Sigourney Weaver stars as Dian Fossey,
in this true story about Fossey's study
of gorillas, and her efforts to stop the
decimation of the endangered apes.
Written by Ray Hamel {
Mississippi Burning

In 1964, three civil rights workers from the North disappear in a
small Mississippi town and the FBI are sent to investigate. Agent
in charge Alan Ward does everything by the book. Agent Rupert
Anderson however was a Sheriff in Mississippi before joining the
FBI and understands the local culture. He's also prepared to
bend the rules a bit if it will help in the investigation. They focus
on the Sheriff's office and Deputy Clinton Pell in particular as
they think he may be the weakest link in the conspiracy. As the
investigation intensifies however, the KKK launch a series of
attacks against the local African-American population. With no
one on either side prepared to talk, Ward agrees to Anderson
using his own unorthodox methods to learn what happened that
night and who killed the three men. Written by garykmcd
Big

A young boy named Josh Baskin, wished one day
from an old machine to be big, despite the fact that
he does not believe it is going to work. He is very
surprised, therefore, to find himself the next day- to
be big. Now he looks like a 30 year old guy, but he
still behaves like a twelve year old boy. He decides to
go with his best friend to New York, to find the
machine that can fix his wish. In New York he gets a
job in a toy company, and develops a relationship
with a woman. He must learn to get used to the
adult world he always wanted to be part of. Would he
still like to remain an adult?
Rainman: Dustin Hoffman, Tom
Cruise
 Bull Durham: Susan Sarandon,
Kevin Costner
 Working Girl: Melanie Griffith,
Harrison Ford, Sigourney
Weaver

Rainman

Charlie is a hustler. He's been on his own long enough to know
how to work people and situations. He finds that the father who
threw him out as a teen ager has died. He's left him a now
antique convertible and something more important, a previously
unknown brother, Raymond. Raymond is autistic, but is able to
calculate complicated mathematical problems in his head with
great speed and accuracy. Their father has left his fortune to
Raymond who doesn't even understand what money is for.
Charlie is enraged by what has happened and by his father
keeping Raymond's existence from him for his entire life. He
kidnaps Raymond from his residential home but then finds that
Raymond will only fly Qantas. The two begin a long road trip
that will lead them to an understanding of each other. Written
by John Vogel
Bull Durham

Veteran minor-league catcher Crash
Davis is assigned to the Class A Durham
Bulls to handle the team's star rookie,
wild pitcher "Nuke" LaLoosh. Team
groupie Annie Savoy romances both
players, creating a comic triangle.
Written by Scott Renshaw
Working Girl

Tess McGill is a hard working young woman who is determined
to reach the top of the stockmarket world by hard work but as
she turns 30 she is stuck in secretarial work so when she starts
working for Katherine Parker she is glad that Katherine is willing
to accept input and ideas from her. However when Katherine
goes on holiday and breaks her leg she asks Tess to look after
things and this causes Tess to discover that Katherine is going
to pinch her big idea that would save a large company from a a
foreign takeover. Enraged that her boyfriend is also cheating on
her, Tess sets out to do a deal by using her idea herself while
Katherine is away. She teams up with Jack Trainer to close the
deal before Katherine's return and the two slowly fall in love
little knowing that Jack is Katherine's boyfriend... Written by Lee
Horton

Die Hard: Bruce Willis
Die Hard

New York cop John McClane flies to Los
Angeles on Christmas eve to spend the
holidays with his family. He arrives at the
Nakatomi corp. building for his wife's office
party. International terrorists take over the
building and hold every one as hostage to
steel $600 million of bonds from the vaults of
the building. Now its up to McCLane to face
the terrorists and save his wife and the other
hostages. Written by Sami Al-Taher
Box Office Stars

Tom Cruise, Eddie Murphy, Tom
Hanks, Arnold, Paul Hogan,
Danny DeVito, Bette Midler,
Robin Williams, Tom Selleck,
Dustin Hoffman
1989
Born on the Fourth of July:
Tom Cruise
 Field of Dreams: Kevin Costner,
James Earl Jones, Burt
Lancaster
 When Harry Met Sally: Billy
Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher

Born on the Fourth of July

The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed
in the Vietnam war, he becomes an
anti-war and pro-human rights political
activist after feeling betrayed by the
country he fought for. Written by
Murray Chapman
Field of Dreams

Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice in his corn
field tell him, "If you build it, he will come." He
interprets this message as an instruction to build a
baseball field on his farm, upon which appear the
ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven
Chicago White Sox players banned from the game for
throwing the 1919 World Series. When the voices
continue, Ray seeks out a reclusive author to help
him understand the meaning of the messages and
the purpose for his field. Written by Scott Renshaw
When Harry Met Sally

Harry and Sally meet when she gives him a
ride to New York after they both graduate
from the University of Chicago. The film
jumps through their lives as they both search
for love, but fail, bumping into each other
time and time again. Finally a close friendship
blooms between them, and they both like
having a friend of the opposite sex. But then
they are confronted with the problem: "Can a
man and a woman be friends, without sex
getting in the way?" Written by Greg Bole
Glory: Matthew Broderick,
Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes,
Morgan Fleeman
 Driving Miss Daisy: Morgan
Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan
Aykroyd

Glory

Based on the letters of Colonel Robert G.
Shaw. Shaw was an officer in the Federal
Army during the American Civil War who
volunteered to lead the first company of black
soldiers. Shaw was forced to deal with the
prejudices of both the enemy (who had
orders to kill commanding officers of blacks),
and of his own fellow officers. Written by
Murray Chapman
Driving Miss Daisy

An elderly Jewish widow living in Atlanta can no
longer drive. Her son insists she allow him to hire a
driver, which in the 1950s meant a black man. She
resists any change in her life but, Hoke, the driver is
hired by her son. She refuses to allow him to drive
her anywhere at first, but Hoke slowly wins her over
with his native good graces. The movie is directly
taken from a stage play and does show it. It covers
over twenty years of the pair's life together as they
slowly build a relationship that transcends their
differences. Written by John Vogel
Dead Poet’s Society: Robin
Williams
 Batman: Michael Keaton, Jack
Nicholson
 The Little Mermaid

Dead Poet’s Society

Painfully shy Todd Anderson has been sent to the
school where his popular older brother was
valedictorian. His room-mate, Neil, although
exceedingly bright and popular, is very much under
the thumb of his overbearing father. The two, along
with their other friends, meet Professor Keating, their
new English teacher, who tells them of the Dead
Poets Society, and encourages them to go against the
status quo. Each, in their own way, does this, and are
changed for life. Written by Liz Jordan
Batman

Gotham City: dark, dangerous, 'protected' only by a mostly
corrupt police department. Despite the best efforts of D.A.
Harvey Dent and police commissioner Jim Gordon, the city
becomes increasingly unsafe...until a Dark Knight arises. We all
know criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot...so his disguise
must be able to strike terror into their hearts. He becomes a
bat. Enter Vicky Vale, a prize-winning photo journalist who
wants to uncover the secret of the mysterious "bat-man". And
enter Jack Napier, one-time enforcer for Boss Grissom, horribly
disfigured after a firefight in a chemical factory...who, devoid of
the last vestiges of sanity, seizes control of Gotham's
underworld as the psychotic, unpredictable Clown Prince of
Crime...the Joker. Gotham's only hope, it seems, lies in this
dark, brooding vigilante. And just how does billionaire playboy
Bruce Wayne fit into all of this? Written by Gregory A. Sheets
The Little Mermaid

This is the story of a little mermaid
named Ariel, who dreams of going on
land. When her father, King Triton,
Forbids her to go on land, Ariel visits
Ursula who her father had banished.
Even though she helps her get to land,
what Ariel doesn't know is that Ursula
has plans to destroy her to get revenge
on her father.
Sea of Love: Al Pacino, Ellen
Barkin
 Indiana Jones and the Last
Crusade: Harrison Ford, Sean
Connery
 The War of the Roses:
Kathleen Turner, Michael
Douglas, Danny DeVito

Sea of Love

Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is
unsettled - he has done twenty years on the
force and could retire, and he hasn't come to
terms with his wife leaving him for a
colleague. Joining up with an officer from
another part of town to investigate a series of
murders linked by the lonely hearts columns
he finds he is getting seriously and possibly
dangerously involved with Helen, one of the
main suspects. Written by Jeremy Perkins
Indiana Jones and the Last
Crusade

Three years after he recovered The Ark of the
Covenant. Jones recovered an artifact that he found
as a kid, the Cross of Francisco De Coronado from
treasure hunters. Now, Jones discovers the history of
another biblical artifact called "The Holy Grail". He
was also informed that his father, Henry Jones is
missing. Jones has to find his father who is looking
for the Grail. However, Jones will become involved in
the search of the Holy Grail along with his father, as
well as fighting the Nazis to reach it. Written by John
Wiggins
The War of the Roses

The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as
a married couple. Then she starts to wonder
what life would be like without Oliver, and
likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the
house, and so they begin a campaign to force
each other to leave. In the middle of the
fighting is D'Amato, the divorce lawyer. He
gets to see how far both will go to get rid of
the other, and boy do they go far.. Written by
Rob Hartill
Top Box Office Stars

Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise,
Robin Williams, Michael
Douglas, Tom Hanks, Michael J.
Fox, Eddie Murphy, Mel Gibson,
Sean Connery, Kathleen Turner