Movie List for "usa 2"

Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980)

Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old. Year 1980.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: James Ivory
Writer: Jane Austen (libretto Sir Charles Grandison), Samuel Richardson (libretto Sir Charles Grandison), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Jane Austen (text Sir Charles Grandison, or The Happy Man)
Actors: Anne Baxter, Robert Powell, Michael Wager, Tim Choate

Just Tell Me What You Want (1980)

A TV producer who is the mistress of her boss, tries to have him make their relationship more permanent, and begins a relationship with a younger man. When her boss hears of this, he tries … Year 1980.

Generes: Comedy, Romance
Director: Sidney Lumet
Writer: Jay Presson Allen (novel), Jay Presson Allen (screenplay)
Actors: Ali MacGraw, Alan King, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn

In God We Trust (or Gimme That Prime Time Religion) (1980)

Raised in a Trappist monastery, the innocent Brother Ambrose sets out to find money to save the bankrupt monastery. His education in worldliness is provided by a hooker. He eventually … Year 1980.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Marty Feldman
Writer: Marty Feldman, Chris Allen
Actors: Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Louise Lasser, Richard Pryor

Toxic Zombies (1980)

After drug crops are sprayed with a chemical by a passing airplane, the growers of the crop are poisoned by the chemical and turn into zombie-like mutants. Year 1980.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Charles McCrann
Writer: Charles McCrann
Actors: Charles McCrann, Beverly Shapiro, Dennis Helfend, Kevin Hanlon

Poto and Cabengo (1980)

Two young twins in the USA have invented their own shared language. Scientists are wanting to study the language but social workers are trying to get the twins to leave their secret … Year 1980.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Jean-Pierre Gorin
Writer: Jean-Pierre Gorin
Actors: Jean-Pierre Gorin

Alligator (1980)

A baby alligator is flushed down a Chicago toilet and survives by eating discarded laboratory rats injected with growth hormones. The small reptile grows gigantic, escapes the city sewers, and goes on a rampage. Year 1980.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Lewis Teague
Writer: John Sayles (screenplay), John Sayles (story), Frank Ray Perilli (story)
Actors: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo, Dean Jagger

Altered States (1980)

A Harvard scientist conducts experiments on himself with a hallucinatory drug and an isolation chamber that may be causing him to regress genetically. Year 1980.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Ken Russell
Writer: Paddy Chayefsky (written for the screen by), Paddy Chayefsky (novel)
Actors: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid

Animalympics (1980)

The animal kingdom stages its own olympic games. Year 1980.

Generes: Animation, Comedy, Family, Sport
Director: Steven Lisberger
Writer: Steven Lisberger (character development), Roger Allers (character development), John Norton (character development), Steven Lisberger (story), Roger Allers (story), John Norton (story), Michael Fremer, Steven Lisberger
Actors: Gilda Radner, Billy Crystal, Harry Shearer, Michael Fremer

Blank Generation (1980)

Nada, a beautiful French journalist on assignment in New York, records the life and work of an up and coming punk rock star, Billy. Soon she enters into a volatile relationship with him and… Year 1980.

Generes: Music, Drama
Director: Ulli Lommel
Writer: Ulli Lommel (story), Ulli Lommel (screenplay), Richard Hell (screenplay), Robert Madero (screenplay), Peter Muller (screenplay)
Actors: Carole Bouquet, Richard Hell, Ulli Lommel, Suzanna Love

Demented (1980)

After being gang raped and institutionalized, a woman suffers nightmares while under the care of her unfaithful husband, and finally snaps when a group of masked youths decide to invade her house. Year 1980.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Director: Arthur Jeffreys
Writer: Alex Rebar
Actors: Sallee Young, Harry Reems, Deborah Alter, Kathryn Clayton

Savage Hunt (1980)

Movie Year 1980.

Generes: Action, Thriller
Director: Romano Scavolini
Writer: Maxine Julius (adaptation), Romano Scavolini
Actors: George Ayer, Mairi Hronopoulou, Joanne Jackal, Mary Mark

Squeeze Play (1979)

A male softball team is challenged by a female softball team to see who is best. Year 1979.

Generes: Comedy
Director: Lloyd Kaufman
Writer: Charles Kaufman, Haim Pekelis
Actors: Jim Harris, Jennifer Hetrick, Richard Gitlin, Helen Campitelli

The Psychotronic Man (1979)

A man discovers that he has psychotronic powers–the ability to will people to die. He begins exercising that power. Year 1979.

Generes: Horror, Sci-Fi
Director: Jack M. Sell
Writer: Phil Lanier, Jack M. Sell, Peter Spelson
Actors: Peter Spelson, Chris Carbis, Curt Colbert, Robin Newton

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader. Year 1980.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director: Irvin Kershner
Writer: Leigh Brackett (screenplay by), Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay by), George Lucas (story by)
Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams

A Plague on Our Children (1979)

Dioxins, PCBs and profit v. public health. A hard-hitting investigation of dioxins and PCBs, with a clear scientific explanation of why they are the most poisonous man-made substances in … Year 1979.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Robert Richter
Writer: Robert Richter
Actors: N/A

Screams of a Winter Night (1979)

10 college students go camping, when they get there, they tell scary stories to each other. Year 1979.

Generes: Horror, Mystery
Director: James L. Wilson
Writer: Richard H. Wadsack (original screenplay)
Actors: Matt Borel, Gil Glasgow, Patrick Byers, Mary Agen Cox