MFB: November 1989

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

November 1989

Vol. 56 No. 670

The Abyss

USA - 1989 - 140m/171m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (12) (cut)

D: James Cameron
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Also reviewed: Aug 1993.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

A Chorus of Disapproval

UK - 1988 - 99m - col

Hobo / Curzon (PG)

D: Michael Winner

Cookie

USA - 1989 - 93m - col

Warner (15)

D: Susan Seidelman
Dolby Stereo

The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover

UK/France - 1989 - 124m - col / scope

Palace (18)

D: Peter Greenaway
Dolby Stereo

Critters 2

USA - 1988 - 86m - col

Palace (15)

D: Mick Garris
Series: Critters (1986, Dec/1986).
Ultra-Stereo

Dead Calm

Australia - 1988 - 96m - col / scope

Warner (15)

D: Phillip Noyce
Dolby Stereo SR

Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam

USA (TV) - 1987 - 87m - col and bw

V: RCA/Columbia (PG)

D: Bill Couturie
Dolby Stereo

Driving Me Crazy

UK - 1988 - 81m - col

Virgin (15)

D: Nick Broomfield

Gleaming the Cube

USA - 1988 - 105m - col

Rank (PG) (cut)

D: Graeme Clifford
Dolby Stereo

The Hanoi Hilton

USA - 1987 - 126m - col

V: Warner (15)

D: Lionel Chetwynd

I’m Gonna Git You Sucka

USA - 1988 - 89m - col

UIP (15)

D: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Ultra-Stereo

Jakarta

Indonesia/USA - 1988 - 95m - col

Medusa (18) (cut)

D: Charles Kaufman
Ultra-Stereo

Life and Nothing But

La vie et rien d’autre

France - 1989 - 134m - col / scope

Artificial Eye (PG)

D: Bertrand Tavernier

Major League

USA - 1989 - 106m - col

Braveworld / 20th Century Fox (15)

D: David S. Ward
Followed by: Major League II (1994, Nov/1994), Major League: Back to the Minors (1998).
Dolby Stereo

Millennium

USA - 1989 - 105m - col

Rank (PG)

D: Michael Anderson
Dolby Stereo

My First 40 Years

I miei prima 40 anni

Italy - 1987 - 107m - col

Columbia TriStar (18)

D: Carlo Vanzina
Dolby Stereo

New York Stories

USA - 1989 - 124m - col

Warner (15)

D: Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen

Pet Sematary

USA - 1989 - 103m - col

UIP (18)

D: Mary Lambert
Followed by: Pet Sematary II (1992).
Dolby Stereo

Play Me Something

UK - 1989 - 72m - col and bw

BFI (15)

D: Timothy Neat

The Rachel Papers

UK - 1989 - 95m - col

Virgin (18)

D: Damian Harris
Dolby Stereo

Road House

USA - 1989 - 114m - col / scope

UIP (18) (cut)

D: Rowdy Herrington
Followed by: Road House 2 (2006).
Dolby Stereo SR

Shirley Valentine

UK/USA - 1989 - 108m - col

UIP (15)

D: Lewis Gilbert
Dolby Stereo

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

USA - 1989 - 107m - col / scope

UIP (PG)

D: William Shatner
35mm and 70mm release prints.
Series: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979, Feb/1980).
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo SR

Wilt

(USA: The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt)

UK - 1989 - 93m - col

Rank (15)

D: Michael Tuchner
Dolby Stereo