MFB: February 1985

Introduction for newcomers

Heimat

Monthly Film Bulletin

February 1985

Vol. 52 No. 613

The Act

USA - 1982 - 94m - col

Entertainment (15)

D: Sig Shore

Caravan of Courage
The Ewok Adventure

USA (TV) - 1983 - 97m - col
20th Century Fox (U)
D: John Korty
Followed by: Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985).

C.H.U.D.

USA - 1984 - 110m - col

Medusa / Premier (18)

D: Douglas Cheek
Followed by: C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1988).

Committed

USA - 1983 - 79m - bw

COW Films

D: Sheila McLaughlin, Lynne Tillman

Dead Kids

(USA: Strange Behavior)

(aka: Small Town Massacre)

New Zealand/Australia - 1981 - 99m - col / scope

V: Iver Film Services (pre-VRA)

D: Michael Laughlin

The Dogs

Les chiens

France/Tahiti - 1978 - 99m - col

Connoisseur (15)

D: Alain Jessua

Dune

USA - 1984 - 137m - col / scope

UIP (PG) (cut)

D: David Lynch
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Followed by: Children of Dune (2003).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Edith and Marcel

Édith et Marcel

France - 1983 - 162m - col

Cannon / Gala (PG)

D: Claude Lelouch
Dolby Stereo

Heimat

Heimat: Eine deutsche Chronik

(UK: Homeland)

W.Germany (TV) - 1984 - 924m - 11 episodes - col and bw

Artificial Eye (15)

D: Edgar Reitz
Followed by: The Second Heimat: Chronicle of a Generation in 13 Films (Die zweite Heimat: Chronik einer Jugend, 1992), Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings (2004, May/2005 + Jun/2005), Heimat Fragments: The Women (Heimat-Fragmente: Die Frauen, 2006), Home From Home: Chronicle of a Vision (2013, Jun/2015).

Hercules

Ercole

Italy/USA - 1983 - 99m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (PG)

D: Luigi Cozzi [as: Lewis Coates]
Followed by: The Adventures of Hercules (Le avventure dell'incredibile Ercole, 1985).

Irreconcilable Differences

USA - 1984 - 113m - col

Guild (15)

D: Charles Shyer

The Key

La chiave

Italy - 1983 - 116m - col

Enterprise (18) (cut)

D: Tinto Brass

Ladies on the Rocks

Koks i kulissen

Denmark - 1984 - 110m - col

Artificial Eye (18)

D: Christian Braad Thomsen

A Man Like Eva

Ein Mann wie EVA

W.Germany - 1983 - 89m - col

Blue Dolphin (18)

D: Radu Gabrea

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

UK/Spain - 1984 - 77m - col

Mainline

D: Celestino Coronado

Peppermint Freedom

Peppermint-Frieden

W.Germany - 1984 - 112m - bw and col

The Other Cinema (PG)

D: Marianne S.W. Rosenbaum

Razorback

Australia - 1983 - 95m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (18)

D: Russell Mulcahy
Dolby Stereo

Hercules

Road Movie

UK - 1984 - 59m - bw and col

Contemporary

D: Richard Philpott

Schlock

(aka: The Banana Monster)

USA - 1971 - 80m - col

V: Astra (pre-VRA)

D: John Landis

The Shooting Party

UK - 1984 - 96m - col

Curzon (15)

D: Alan Bridges

Suburbia
The Wild Side

(aka: Rebel Streets)
USA - 1983 - 93m - col
V: Vestron (pre-VRA) (cut)
D: Penelope Spheeris

Swordkill

(aka: Ghost Warrior)

USA - 1984 - 81m - col

Entertainment (15) (cut)

D: Larry Carroll

Teachers

USA - 1984 - 106m - col

UIP (15)

D: Arthur Hiller
Dolby Stereo

The Terminator

USA - 1984 - 107m - col

Rank (18)

D: James Cameron
Followed by: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991, Sep/1991), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003, Oct/2003), Terminator: Salvation (2009, Jul/2009), Terminator: Genisys (2015, Sep/2015).

Trancers

USA - 1984 - 76m - col

Entertainment (15)

D: Charles Band
Followed by: Pulse Pounders (1988), Trancers II (1990), Trancers III (1992), Trancers 4: Jack of Swords (1993), Trancers 5: Sudden Deth (1994), Trancers 6 (2002).
Ultra-Stereo

Utu

New Zealand - 1983 - 104m - col

Miracle (15)

D: Geoff Murphy
Dolby Stereo