MFB: December 1987

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

December 1987

Vol. 54 No. 647

The Adventures of Mark Twain

(aka: Comet Quest: The Adventures of Mark Twain)

USA - 1985 - 83m - col

Entertainment (U)

D: Will Vinton

Best Seller

USA - 1987 - 95m - col

Rank (18)

D: John Flynn

Bigfoot and the Hendersons
Harry and the Hendersons

USA - 1987 - 111m - col
UIP (PG)
D: William Dear
Dolby Stereo

The Black Cannon Incident

黑炮事件

China/W.Germany - 1985 - 99m - col

ICA (PG)

D: Huang Jianxin
Followed by: The Stand In (錯位, 1986).

Cry From the Mountain

USA - 1985 - 78m - col

International (PG)

D: James F. Collier

Dancers

USA - 1987 - 99m - col

Cannon (PG)

D: Herbert Ross
Dolby Stereo

The Dead

UK/USA - 1987 - 83m - col

Vestron (U)

D: John Huston
Dolby Stereo

Heipao shijian

[see: Black Cannon Incident, The]

House of Games

USA - 1987 - 102m - col

Rank (15)

D: David Mamet

Innerspace

USA - 1987 - 120m - col

Columbia-Cannon-Warner (PG)

D: Joe Dante
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo SR

Ishtar

USA - 1987 - 107m - col

Columbia-Cannon-Warner (PG) (cut)

D: Elaine May

Ivan the Terrible Part I

Иван Грозный

USSR - 1944 - 99m - bw

Soviet Film Agency (A) (cut)

D: Sergei Eisenstein
Followed by: Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1946, Mar/1960 + below).
Also reviewed: Sep 1946

Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars’ Plot

Иван Грозный

USSR - 1946 - 88m - bw and col

Contemporary (U)

D: Sergei Eisenstein
Though completed in 1946, this film wasn’t screened until 1958.
Series: Ivan the Terrible Part I (1944, Sep/1946 + above).
Also reviewed: Mar 1960

Little Dorrit

UK - 1987 - 357m - 2 episodes - col

Curzon (U)

D: Christine Edzard
Dolby Stereo

Masters of the Universe

USA - 1987 - 106m - col

Cannon (PG)

D: Gary Goddard
Dolby Stereo

A Month in the Country

UK - 1987 - 96m - col

Columbia-Cannon-Warner (PG)

D: Pat O’Connor

November Moon

Novembermond

W.Germany/France - 1984 - 107m - col

Cinema of Women (15)

D: Alexandra von Grote

Sitting in Limbo

Canada - 1986 - 95m - col

The Other Cinema (15)

D: John N. Smith

Slam Dance

USA - 1987 - 101m - col

Palace (15)

D: Wayne Wang
Ultra-Stereo

Spaceballs

USA - 1987 - 96m - col

UIP (PG) (cut)

D: Mel Brooks
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Surrender

USA - 1987 - 95m - col

Cannon (PG)

D: Jerry Belson

Wise Guys

USA - 1986 - 91m - col

V: MGM/UA (15)

D: Brian De Palma

Wish You Were Here

UK - 1987 - 92m - col

Palace (15)

D: David Leland