MFB: August 1982

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

August 1982

Vol. 49 No. 583

Annie

USA - 1981 - 128m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (U)

D: John Huston
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Followed by: Annie 2: A Royal Adventure! (1995).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Bang the Drum Slowly

USA - 1973 - 98m - col

V: Guild (pre-VRA)

D: John D. Hancock

Burning an Illusion

UK - 1981 - 111m - col

BFI (AA)

D: Menelik Shabazz

Cat People

USA - 1982 - 118m - col

UIP (X)

D: Paul Schrader
Dolby Stereo

Charles and Lucie

Charles et Lucie

France - 1979 - 98m - col

Avon (A)

D: Nelly Kaplan

Comin’ at Ya!

(aka: The Devil Rider)

Italy - 1981 - 101m - col / scope / 3-D

GTO (X)

D: Ferdinando Baldi
Dolby Stereo

Conan the Barbarian

USA - 1981 - 129m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (AA) (cut)

D: John Milius
Followed by: Conan the Destroyer (1984, Oct/1984).

Death Valley

USA - 1981 - 87m - col

CIC (X)

D: Dick Richards

Erotic Passion

Ερωτικό Πάθος

(USA: Blue Passion)

Greece - 1982 - 96m - col

Golden Era (X) (cut)

D: Ilias Mylonakos

Firefox

USA - 1982 - 136m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Clint Eastwood
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Grease 2

USA - 1982 - 114m - col / scope

UIP (A)

D: Patricia Birch
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Series: Grease (1978, Sep/1978).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

In the Best Interests of the Children

USA - 1977 - 51m - col

COW Films

D: Elizabeth Stevens, Cathy Zheutlin, Frances Reid

The Last House on the Left

(aka: Krug and Company)

USA - 1972 - 91m - col

V: Replay (pre-VRA)

D: Wes Craven
Rejected three times by the BBFC in 1974, 2000 (both for cinema) and 2001 (video). Meantime, the film was released on video by Replay in 1982 (pre-VRA). Subsequently passed with cuts for video in 2002; the uncut version was finally 'approved' in 2008.

Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography

Canada - 1981 - 68m - col

Contemporary (X) (cut)

D: Bonnie Sherr Klein

Pakeezah

पाक़ीज़ा

(aka: Pure Heart)

(aka: Pure One)

India - 1972 - 150m - col / scope

Anglo-Overseas

D: Kamal Amrohi

Pink Floyd: The Wall

UK - 1982 - 95m - col / scope

UIP (AA)

D: Alan Parker
35mm and 70mm release prints.
5.1-channel Dolby Stereo

Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip

USA - 1982 - 81m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (X)

D: Joe Layton

Rocky III

USA - 1982 - 99m - col

UIP (A)

D: Sylvester Stallone
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Series: Rocky (1976, Apr/1977).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Rollover

USA - 1981 - 115m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Alan J. Pakula

The Secret of NIMH

USA - 1982 - 82m - col

UIP (U)

D: Don Bluth
Followed by: The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998).
Dolby Stereo

Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

(aka: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)

USA - 1982 - 114m - col / scope

UIP (A) (cut)

D: Nicholas Meyer
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Series: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979, Feb/1980).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

The Thing

USA - 1982 - 109m - col / scope

UIP (X)

D: John Carpenter
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

The Wild Party

USA - 1974 - 100m - col

Seven Keys (AA) (cut)

D: James Ivory
Also reviewed: Sep 1975.