MFB: February 1987

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly FilmBulletin

February 1987

Vol. 54 No. 637

½ Mensch

(aka: ½ Man)

Japan - 1985 - 55m - col and bw

Doublevision

D: Sogo Ishii

Back to School

USA - 1986 - 97m - col

Rank (15)

D: Alan Metter
Dolby Stereo

Boy Soldier

Milwr Bychan

UK - 1986 - 100m - col

The Other Cinema (15)

D: Karl Francis

Cactus

Australia - 1986 - 96m - col

Blue Dolphin (PG)

D: Paul Cox

Castaway

UK - 1986 - 120m - col

Columbia-Cannon-Warner (15)

D: Nicolas Roeg
Dolby Stereo

Children of a Lesser God

USA - 1986 - 119m - col

UIP (15)

D: Randa Haines

The Color of Money

USA - 1986 - 119m - col

20th Century Fox (15)

D: Martin Scorsese
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Series: The Hustler (1961, Dec/1961 + Feb/1986).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

The Fantasist

Ireland - 1986 - 98m - col

Blue Dolphin (18)

D: Robin Hardy
Dolby Stereo

The Fly

USA - 1986 - 100m - col

20th Century Fox (18)

D: David Cronenberg
Followed by: The Fly II (1989, Oct/1989).
Dolby Stereo

The Golden Child

USA - 1986 - 94m - col

UIP (PG)

D: Michael Ritchie
Dolby Stereo

Gothic

UK - 1986 - 87m - col

Virgin (18)

D: Ken Russell
Dolby Stereo

Heartburn

USA - 1986 - 109m - col

UIP (15)

D: Mike Nichols

The Holy Innocents

Los santos inocentes

Spain - 1984 - 105m - col

Blue Dolphin

D: Mario Camus

The Name of the Rose

Jingcha gushi

[see: Police Story]

A Judgement in Stone

Canada - 1985 - 100m - bw

Virgin (15)

D: Ousama Rawi

The Mosquito Coast

USA - 1986 - 119m - col

UIP (PG)

D: Peter Weir
Dolby Stereo

The Name of the Rose

Der name der rose

W.Germany/Italy/France - 1986 - 131m - col

Rank (18)

D: Jean-Jacques Annaud
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Peggy Sue Got Married

USA - 1986 - 103m - col

Columbia-Cannon-Warner (15)

D: Francis Ford Coppola

Police Story

警察故事

(aka: Jackie Chan’s Police Force)

Hong Kong - 1985 - 100m - col / scope

Palace (15)

D: Jackie Chan
Followed by: Police Story Part II (警察故事續集, 1988), Police Story III - Super Cop (警察故事III超級警察, 1992), First Strike (1996, Oct/1997), New Police Story (2004, Jan/2007), Police Story 2013 (警察故事, 2013).

Rate It X

USA - 1985 - 93m - col and bw

ICA (18)

D: Paula de Koenigsberg, Lucy Winer

Raw Deal

USA - 1986 - 105m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (18)

D: John Irvin
Dolby Stereo

Salomé

France/Italy - 1985 - 95m - col / scope

Cannon (18)

D: Claude d’Anna

Soul Man

USA - 1986 - 105m - col

Entertainment (PG) (cut)

D: Steve Miner
Dolby Stereo

The Toxic Avenger

USA - 1984 - 90m - col

Blue Dolphin (18)

D: Michael Herz, Samuel Weill
Followed by: The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989), The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989), Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000).

Tribute to Her Majesty

UK - 1986 - 62m - col

ITC (U)

D: Kenneth F. Rowles

When the Wind Blows

UK - 1986 - 84m - col

Recorded Releasing (PG)

D: Jimmy T. Murakami
Dolby Stereo