Films spotlighted in the Cinema Snob's 1984 in Film episode
Here are the films that were spotlighted in the Cinema Snob's 1984 in Film episode.
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- DirectorRobert Vincent O'NeilStarsCliff GormanSusan TyrrellDick ShawnMolly, a high schooler, secretly earns her living as Angel, a street prostitute whose only family and friends are the ones she works with on the streets. She has to survive against a serial killer who is targeting people of her profession.
- DirectorPeter MarkleStarsDavid NaughtonPatrick HouserTracy SmithHarkin Banks heads to skiing championships in California. A teen runaway tags along as he parties and competes with friends and foes.
- DirectorRichard CannistraroStarsJ.C. QuinnJohn HeardDaniel BalinAn actress in New York City goes against a group of gangsters who are abusing her "party girl" friends.
- DirectorJean-Claude LordStarsJeff ConawayIrena FerrisCathie ShirriffA moderately successful fashion model meets a wealthy entrepreneur who's determined to make her a superstar by controlling every aspect of her personal and professional life, but she's strong-minded and resistant to his methods.
- DirectorRandall M. BadatStarsEddie DeezenLinda KerridgeTerry KiserA disgruntled nerd, who was bullied in high school, creates Buzz Cola, a soft drink that turns surfers into mindless zombies.
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsRichard DreyfussSusan SarandonNancy AllenA quiet school truant officer, Joe, uncovers a young boy's attempt to fake a residential address, and subsequently gets involved romantically with the boy's mother. The truant officer waffles between a sadistic relationship with his on-again, off-again girlfriend and the mother. When one of the officer's inventions takes off, he chooses the girl and shatters the friendship with the boy and his mother. Only at the last possible moment does he figure out what he's sacrificed, and attempts to get it back.
- DirectorRob CohenStarsRobert HaysRon TravisM. Emmet WalshAn investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London and gets involved with murder, scam artists and rock concerts.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenMia FarrowNick Apollo ForteA hapless talent agent attempts to reconcile a lounge singer with his mistress.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsSteve MartinCharles GrodinJudith IveyA writer for a greeting card company discovers the struggles and tribulations of living alone after breaking up with his unfaithful girlfriend.
- DirectorGregory NavaStarsZaide Silvia GutiérrezDavid VillalpandoErnesto Gómez CruzAfter their family is killed in a government massacre, siblings Enrique and Rosa flee Guatemala and embark on a perilous journey to "El Norte": the United States.
- DirectorKathryn BigelowMonty MontgomeryStarsWillem DafoeJ. Don FergusonRobert GordonTrouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona.
- DirectorDiane KurysStarsMiou-MiouIsabelle HuppertGuy MarchandA Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him.
- DirectorTerry BedfordStarsPeter CoyoteMel SmithBillie WhitelawThieves run over a child while escaping after a robbery. A deadly hitman who likes to taunt his targets is hired to track them down. Stone moves to England, but the assassin follows. Loosely based on Donald Westlake's cult crime novel.
- DirectorMatthew ChapmanStarsPeter CoyoteVictoria TennantBlaine NovakHollywood mogul funds low-budget film to boost girlfriend's confidence. First-time producer/director duo create promising project despite constraints. Actress develops chemistry with unknown male lead during filming.
- DirectorJames FoleyStarsAidan QuinnDaryl HannahKenneth McMillanA motorbike riding loner rebel on the high school football team wins a date with a cute, rich cheerleader. At the high school dance, her boyfriend's behavior leads to a breakup - opening doors.
- DirectorLawrence BassoffStarsPatrick HouserChip McAllisterD.W. BrownThree rookie sailors who have just completed basic training are out on their first weekend pass. As they hit one bar after another, they soon forget everything the Navy ever taught them.
- DirectorHoward ZieffStarsDudley MooreNastassja KinskiArmand AssanteA composer who suspects his wife of cheating plots to kill her and frame her lover.
- DirectorMichael ElliotStarsSally KirklandLynn BanashekSean MastersonAthletes at a sports academy are getting systematically killed by a mysterious javelin thrower.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsMichael CaineMichelle JohnsonDemi MooreBest friends and their daughters vacation in Rio de Janeiro only for one to fall for the other's daughter.
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsDonald SutherlandJack WardenSean PennReduced to minding the counter at a crusty pawn shop, Weslake tumbles onto a scheme by some disgruntled misfit clients to rob the place. Rather than blow the whistle, however, he insinuates himself as the heist's mastermind.
- DirectorHerbert RossStarsKevin BaconLori SingerJohn LithgowA city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
- DirectorRoger YoungStarsTom SelleckJane SeymourLauren HuttonA handsome jewel thief is arrested and in order to avoid prison, must break into the heavily guarded German Embassy to steal millions in gems.
- DirectorMai ZetterlingStarsAmanda YorkChrissie CotterillElizabeth EdmondsA film in feminist reading of the vulgar genre of the 'women's prison film', which without voyeurism tells of violence among women and their relationships with each other.
- DirectorHoward BrooknerStarsWilliam S. BurroughsAllen GinsbergHerbert HunckeBurroughs: The Movie explores the life and times of controversial Naked Lunch author William S. Burroughs, with an intimacy never before seen and never repeated. The film charts the development of Burroughs' unique literary style and his wildly unconventional life, including his travels from the American Midwest to North Africa and several personal tragedies. Burroughs: The Movie is the first and only feature length documentary to be made with and about Burroughs. The film was directed by the late Howard Brookner. It was begun in 1978 as Brookner's senior thesis at NYU film school and then expanded into a feature which was completed 5 years later in 1983. Sound was recorded by Jim Jarmusch and the film was shot by Tom DiCillo, fellow NYU classmates and both very close friends of Brookner's.
- DirectorAntonio MargheritiStarsDavid WarbeckTisa FarrowTony KingDuring the Vietnam war, an American soldier gets trapped behind enemy lines. A squad of his buddies sets out to rescue him.