MFB: August 1984

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

August 1984

Vol. 51 No. 607

Benvenuta

Belgium/France/Italy - 1983 - 106m - col

Artificial Eye (15)

D: André Delvaux

Bitter Cane

USA - 1983 - 74m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Jacques Arcelin

The Bounty

UK - 1984 - 133m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (15)

D: Roger Donaldson
Dolby Stereo

Children of the Corn

USA - 1984 - 92m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (18)

D: Fritz Kiersch
Followed by: Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992), Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1994), Children of the Corn: The Gathering (1996), Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998), Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return (1999), Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001), Children of the Corn: Genesis (2011).

Comfort and Joy

UK - 1984 - 106m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (PG)

D: Bill Forsyth

The Evil That Men Do

USA - 1983 - 90m - col

ITC (18) (cut)

D: J. Lee Thompson

Fire and Ice

USA - 1982 - 82m - col

Thorn EMI (PG)

D: Ralph Bakshi
Dolby Stereo

The Fourth Man

De vierde man

Netherlands - 1983 - 102m - col

Mainline (18) (cut)

D: Paul Verhoeven

Getting It On

USA - 1983 - 96m - col

Premier (18)

D: William Olsen

The Highest Honour

(aka: Southern Cross)

Australia/Japan - 1982 - 143m/105m - col

Enterprise (15)

D: Peter Maxwell, Seiji Maruyama
Dolby Stereo

Highway to Hell
Running Hot

(aka: Makin' It)
USA - 1983 - 95m - col
Anglo-American (18)
D: Mark Griffiths

The Hit

UK - 1984 - 98m - col

Palace (18)

D: Stephen Frears

Hundra

Spain/USA - 1983 - 109m - col / scope

GTO (18)

D: Matt Cimber
Dolby Stereo

The King and Mister Bird

Le roi et l’oiseau

(USA: The King and the Mockingbird)

(aka: Mr. Bird to the Rescue)

France - 1980 - 82m - col

Entertainment (PG)

D: Paul Grimault

The Last Battle

Le dernier combat

France - 1983 - 92m - bw / scope

ICA (15)

D: Luc Besson
Dolby Stereo

Laughter House

UK - 1984 - 93m - col

Palace (PG)

D: Richard Eyre

Licking Hitler

UK (TV) - 1977 - 64m - col

BFI

D: David Hare

Lolita

UK - 1961 - 153m - bw

MGM (X)

D: Stanley Kubrick
Also reviewed: Oct 1962.

Mantrap

(USA: ABC Mantrap)

UK - 1983 - 55m - col

Polygram

D: Julien Temple

Paris, Texas

W.Germany/France - 1984 - 148m - col

Palace (15)

D: Wim Wenders

Paths of Glory

USA - 1957 - 86m - bw

United Artists (A) (cut)

D: Stanley Kubrick
Also reviewed: Feb 1958.

The Power

USA - 1983 - 84m - col

Entertainment (18)

D: Jeffrey Obrow, Stephen Carpenter

Racing With the Moon

USA - 1984 - 108m - col

UIP (15)

D: Richard Benjamin

Real Life

UK - 1983 - 93m - col

Entertainment (PG)

D: Francis Megahy

Romancing the Stone

USA - 1984 - 106m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (PG) (cut)

D: Robert Zemeckis
Followed by: The Jewel of the Nile (1985, May/1986).
Dolby Stereo

Spartacus

USA - 1960 - 196m - col / Super Technirama 70

Rank / Universal-International (A) (cut)

D: Stanley Kubrick
Also reviewed: Jan 1961.
6-channel stereo

Stuck on You!

USA - 1982 - 82m - col

Premier (18)

D: Michael Herz, Samuel Weill

A Sunday in the Country

Un dimanche à la campagne

France - 1984 - 94m - col

Artificial Eye (PG)

D: Bertrand Tavernier

The Terry Fox Story

Canada (TV) - 1983 - 97m - col

ITC (PG)

D: Ralph L. Thomas

Unfaithfully Yours

USA - 1983 - 96m - col

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Howard Zieff

What Makes David Run?

Qu’est-ce qui fait courir David?

France - 1982 - 99m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (15)

D: Élie Chouraqui

Where the Boys Are

USA - 1984 - 94m - col

ITC (15)

D: Hy Averback
Dolby Stereo