Thu, Jul 29, 1982
Clint Eastwood has been one of the most popular movie stars for the past decade. At the same time he has fulfilled a less prominent role behind the camera as director of eight films. lain Johnstone talks to Eastwood about his recent work as actor/director and observes him on location with his latest film Firefox in Vienna, in post-production at the Eastwood headquarters in Hollywood. and at the world premiere in Washington DC. With extracts from Firefox, Any Which Way You Can, Bronco Billy.
Mon, Sep 27, 1982
Including regular reviews of current releases and up-to-the-minute news of the latest films in production and the personalities involved. A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982): Woody Allen's turn-of-the-century tale of sexual frolics at a weekend house party, with Mia Farrow and Mary Steenburgen. Cat People (1982): Nastassia Kinski stars in this remake of a classic 40s horror movie about a young girl's nightmarish experiences.
Mon, Oct 4, 1982
Including regular reviews of current releases and up-to-the-minute news of the latest films. Hanky Panky (1982): Gene Wilder teams up with the comedienne Gilda Radner in this knockabout, romantic thriller. The Entity (1982): in this story, based on fact, Barbara Hershey plays a woman frightened by a bizarre series of unexplained events. The Jigsaw Man (1983): Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier were to star in this spy story which ran out of money during shooting. David Thomas spent a day on location with them, and later talked to Caine about the film's collapse.
Mon, Oct 11, 1982
Including regular reviews of current releases and up-to-the-minute news of the latest films in production and the personalities involved. Deathtrap (1982): Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve and Dyan Cannon star in this film adaptation of the long-running comedy thriller on both the London and Broadway stages. Hammett (1982): Dashiel Hammett, author of The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, comes out of retirement to solve another case in Wim Wenders' fictional tribute.
Mon, Oct 18, 1982
Including regular reviews of current releases and up-to-the-minute news of the latest films in production and the personalities involved. The Plague Dogs (1982): an animated feature adapted from Richard Adams' novel about the adventures of two dogs who escape from an experimental lab and cause havoc in the countryside. Deathtrap: following the studio interview with Christopher Reeve, a review of his new film in which he co-stars with Michael Caine.
Mon, Oct 25, 1982
Including regular reviews of current releases and up-to-the-minute news of the latest films in production and the personalities involved. Tron (1982): in this futuristic adventure, Jeff Bridges plays a computer programmer who lives in the real world but enters an electronic one. Five Days One Summer (1982): the Swiss Alps provide the background to director Fred Zinnemann's triangular love story, starring Sean Connery.
Mon, Nov 1, 1982
Including regular reviews of current releases. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982): starring Dolly Parton as the madam of the notorious brothel and Burt Reynolds as the county sheriff in this adaptation of the Broadway musical. Amityville II: The Possession (1982): a return visit to the haunted house in Long Island that came to fame in The Amityville Horror.
Mon, Nov 8, 1982
A report on the 26th London Film Festival, including two British productions - Scrubbers (1982), directed by Mal Zetterling, and The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), starring Janet Suzman and Anthony Higgins which will be shown at the opening night gala.
Mon, Nov 15, 1982
Including regular reviews of current releases and up-to-the-minute news of the latest films. Richard Attenborough talks about his role as director of Gandhi - an epic project which has taken him 20 years to bring to fruition. Diner: it is 1959 in Baltimore and five young men hang out together at the local diner. The film takes an affectionate and amused look at their friendship and experiences.
Mon, Nov 22, 1982
Including regular reviews of current releases and up-to-the-minute news of the latest films in production and the personalities involved. Creepshow (1982): director George A. Romero has created a live action horror comic with a new story on every page. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982): Steve Martin stars as the private eye in this comedy thriller which splices together footage from classic 40s films with new black and white scenes. Steve Martin and director Carl Reiner are in the studio to talk about their film.
Mon, Dec 6, 1982
Including a round-up of current releases and up-to-the-minute news of the latest films in production and the personalities involved. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).: a review of director Steven Spielberg's fairy tale blockbuster which has its charity royal premiere on Thursday. Gandhi (1982): Ben Kingsley portrays the renowned Indian leader in this three-hour epic. In addition David Thomas talks to him on the set of his latest film Betrayal (1983) in which he plays opposite Jeremy Irons and Patricia Hodge.
Mon, Jan 24, 1983
Including regular reviews of current releases and up-to-the-minute news of the personalities involved. Richard Gere plays an elite air corps cadet and Debra Winger, the girl who dreams of marrying a flyer, in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). The first passenger space shuttle produces a mixture of disaster and comedy in Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) to the successful Airplane! (1980).
Mon, Jan 31, 1983
Privates on Parade (1983) - John Cleese and Denis Quilley star in this film adaptation of Peter Nichols' long-running stage play - a musical satire set in Singapore during the Communist uprising. Young Doctors in Love (1982) - a knock-about comedy that parodies the old-style hospital movies. The Jigsaw Man (1983) - on location at Windsor Safari Park during the filming of some action sequences on this spy thriller in which Michael Caine plays a double agent.
Mon, Feb 7, 1983
Including regular reviews of current releases and up-to-the-minute news of the latest films in production and the personalities involved. Monsignor (1982): Christopher Reeve and Genevleve Bujold star in a story of behind-the-scenes intrigue in the Vatican. Yellowbeard (1983): a location report from Rye where Graham Chapman, Peter Cook and Michael Hordern were shooting sequences for this pirate romp.
Mon, Feb 14, 1983
Including regular reviews of current releases and up-to-the-minute news of the latest films in production and the personalities involved. The Executioner's Song (1982): the true story of Gary Gilmore, the first man to be executed in America after a ten-year gap. Tommy Lee Jones, who stars as the murderer, and Lawrence Schiller, the director and confidant of Gilmore, talk to Barry Norman in the studio. The Dark Crystal (1982): a mythical adventure set in the Dark Ages, created by Jim Henson, the man who invented The Muppets.
Mon, Feb 21, 1983
Including regular reviews of current releases and up-to-the-minute news of the latest films. My Favorite Year (1982): set in 1954, the year of the title, Peter O'Toole plays an ageing swashbuckling movie star who is invited to appear on a live television comedy show, with chaotic results. Plus an update on current Australian cinema, including Peter Weir's latest film, The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), which stars Mel Gibson and Slgourney Weaver; and The Man from Snowy River (1982), starring Kirk Douglas in a dual role.
Mon, Feb 28, 1983
Including regular reviews of current releases and up-to-the-minute news of the latest films in production and the personalities involved. Paul Newman plays a down-and-out lawyer who opposes James Mason on a case which he must win to save his career in The Verdict (1982). Michael Palin plays a naive clergy-man sent to save fallen women in the East End of London at the turn of the century in The Missionary (1982).
Mon, Mar 7, 1983
Including regular reviews of current releases and news of the latest films. Local Hero: Burt Lancaster is the star, Bill Forsvth the director and David Putnam the producer of this comedy about a Texas oil company's attempts to buy a Scottish village for redevelopment. Enigma: Martin Sheen plays a CIA agent and Sam Nelll his KGB adversary in an espionage adventure set in East Berlin.
Mon, Mar 14, 1983
The World According to Garp (1982) follows the tumultuous progress of T. S. Garp's life from infancy to manhood, with Robin Williams in the title role of this comedy directed by George Roy Hill. Educating Rita (1983): on location in Dublin, with Michael Caine as a disillusioned university professor who reluctantly agrees to educate a young working-class girl, played by Julie Walters, in the screen version of Willy Russell's hit play.
Mon, Mar 28, 1983
Including regular reviews of current releases and news of the latest films in production and the personalities involved. Lovesick (1983): Dudley Moore plays a successful psychiatrist who commits the cardinal sin of falling in love with one of his patients, played by Elizabeth McGovern. 48 Hrs. (1982): Nick Nolte , as a tough American cop, teams up with a street-wise convict who has been sprung from prison to catch his former gang. Invitation to the Wedding (1983): John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson are interviewed on the location of their latest film, in which Gielgud plays an American evangelist and Richardson a leather-clad vicar.
Mon, Apr 25, 1983
Including regular reviews of current releases and news of the latest films in production and the personalities involved. Tootsie: following his recent studio interview with Dustin Hoffman, Barry Norman gives his opinion of this award-winning film. Fanny and Alexander: Swedish director Ingmar Bergman has said that this will be his last feature film, and in it he sets out to show his love of life by departing from his usual, more serious style.
Mon, Jun 6, 1983
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983): the saga continues in the third film of the Star Wars series. Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher reunite for a further space adventure. David Bowie comes under the spell of The Hunger (1983) - Catherine Deneuve, a woman with the power to bestow the gift of everlasting life on the ones she loves. In the last of the current run, a look at some films opening over the summer months, including, Superman III (1983) and Psycho II (1983).