Favorite Films
1980's
Somewhere in Time
1980
Jane Seymour, Christopher Reeve
(man who falls in love with a 70 year old
painting and
goes back in time. Set in Mackinac Island.)
The Gods Must Be Crazy
1981
Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo
(Bushman finds coke bottle dropped from
airplane
and tries to take it to the end of the Earth to get rid of it)
Tempest
1982
John Cassavetes, Gina Rowlands, Susan Sarandon
(Shakespeare's play in modern setting on Greek island.)
A Christmas Story
1983
Peter Billingsley
(Nine year old Ralphie dreams of perfect
Christmas present,
"Red Ryder Carbine Action Two-hundred shot Lightening Loader Range Model Air
Rifle".)
Amadeus
1984
Ton Hulse, Elizabeth Berridge, Jeffrey Jones
(Mozart's life as seen by his rival, Salieri)
Out of Africa
1985
Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
(life of Karen Blixen who came to Africa and fell in love.)
Witness
1985
Harrison Ford
(Young Amish woman and her son caught up in
a murder.
Harrison Ford, as a cop, hides away in Amish country)
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