MFB: April 1985

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

April 1985

Vol. 52 No. 615

Brazil

UK - 1985 - 142m/132m/94m - col

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Terry Gilliam
Dolby Stereo

Broken Mirrors

Gebroken spiegels

Netherlands - 1984 - 116m - col

Thorn EMI (18)

D: Marleen Gorris

Choose Me

USA - 1984 - 106m - col

Tartan (15)

D: Alan Rudolph

Country

USA - 1984 - 109m - col

Touchstone (PG)

D: Richard Pearce
Dolby Stereo

The Falcon and the Snowman

USA - 1984 - 131m - col

Rank (15)

D: John Schlesinger
Dolby Stereo

Fast Talking

Australia - 1983 - 95m - col

Merchant Ivory / Filmtrax (18)

D: Ken Cameron
Dolby Stereo

Les fleurs sauvages

Canada - 1981 - 153m - col and bw

Cinegate

D: Pierre Lefebvre

Frank and I
Lady Libertine

France/USA/Canada - 1983 - 83m - col
Cannon (18) (cut)
D: Gérard Kikoïne

Ghoulies

USA - 1984 - 84m - col

Entertainment (15)

D: Luca Bercovici
Followed by: Ghoulies II (1988), Ghoulies Go to College (1990), Ghoulies IV (1993).

Hitler’s SS: Portrait in Evil

USA (TV) - 1985 - 147m - col

Cannon (15)

D: Jim Goddard

The Keep

USA - 1983 - 97m - col / scope

V: CIC (18)

D: Michael Mann
Dolby Stereo

Majdhar

UK - 1984 - 76m - col

Retake Film and Video Collective

D: Ahmed A. Jamal

Manifestations of Shiva

USA - 1980 - 60m - col

Orient (U)

D: Malcolm Leigh

Missing in Action

USA - 1984 - 101m - col

Cannon (15)

D: Joseph Zito
Followed by: Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1984, Aug/1986), Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988, Sep/1988).

The Muppets Take Manhattan

USA - 1984 - 94m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (U)

D: Frank Oz
Series: The Muppet Movie (1979, Jul/1979).

My Best Friend's Girl

La femme de mon pote

France - 1983 - 100m - col / scope

Cannon / Gala (15)

D: Bertrand Blier

The NeverEnding Story

Die unendliche Geschichte

W.Germany - 1984 - 94m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (U)

D: Wolfgang Petersen
Followed by: The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter (1989, Dec/1990), The Neverending Story III (1994, Jan/1995).
Dolby Stereo

Not Quite Jerusalem

(USA: Not Quite Paradise)

UK - 1984 - 114m - col

Rank (15)

D: Lewis Gilbert
Dolby Stereo

Number One

UK - 1984 - 106m - col

VideoForm (15)

D: Les Blair

A Passage to India

UK - 1984 - 163m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (PG)

D: David Lean
Dolby Stereo

The Return of Captain Invincible

(aka: Legend in Leotards)

Australia - 1982 - 91m - col / scope

Media (PG)

D: Philippe Mora
Dolby Stereo

The River

USA - 1984 - 124m - col

UIP (PG)

D: Mark Rydell
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Scream for Help

USA - 1984 - 90m - col

VideoForm / Miracle (18)

D: Michael Winner

Terror in the Aisles

USA - 1984 - 83m - col

Palace (18) (cut)

D: Andrew J. Kuehn

The Times of Harvey Milk

USA - 1984 - 86m - col and bw

Contemporary (15)

D: Robert Epstein

Trial Run

New Zealand - 1984 - 89m - col

Miracle (15)

D: Melanie Read

Venus

(aka: Venus on Fire)

France - 1983 - 87m - col / scope / 3-D

GTO (18)

D: Peter Hollison

Winter Kills

USA - 1979 - 96m - col / scope

ICA (18)

D: William Richert

A Woman in Flames

Die flambierte Frau

W.Germany - 1983 - 105m - col

Cannon / Gala (18)

D: Robert van Ackeren