"to deliver on the critical expectations surrounding it"", it remained ""a deeply interesting, if flawed, attempt to harness the contemporary musical in the services of politics and social equality"". Absolute Beginners (film) Absolute Beginners is a 1986 British musical film adapted from Colin MacInnes' book of the same name about life in late 1950s London. The film is directed by Julien Temple and stars Eddie O' Connell, Patsy Kensit (in one of her first mainstream roles), James Fox, Edward Tudor-Pole, Anita Morris and David Bowie, with featured appearances by Sade Adu, Ray Davies, and Steven Berkoff. The film was screened"
"Eddie O'Connell. Patsy Kensit played Crêpe Suzette and David Bowie appeared as advertising man Vendice Partners. Bowie also wrote and performed the title song, which reached number 2 in the UK singles chart in March 1986. The film used many of the characters of the book, but changed a lot of their motivations and the story's ending. It also made more use of the idea of older characters exploiting the young, which was merely hinted at in the novel. The novel was republished by Penguin Books to tie in with the film's release. The cover showed O'Connell and Kensit in"
"Trick or Treat (1986 film) Trick or Treat (also known as Ragman and Death at 33 RPM in foreign markets) is a 1986 American supernatural horror film by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, starring Marc Price and Tony Fields, with special appearances by Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne. The film centers around a teenager who is haunted by the ghost of his rock hero. It is the directorial debut of actor Charles Martin Smith, who co-stars in the film. High school outcast Eddie Weinbauer (Marc Price) is writing a letter to his hero, heavy metal musician Sammi Curr (Tony Fields). A"
"the way to a victorious finish. In his May 2, 1986 ""Chicago Sun-Times"" review, critic Roger Ebert awarded the film three-and-a-half out of a possible four stars, singling out Bruce Dern ""in one of his best performances."" On the Edge (1986 film) On the Edge is a 1986 American drama film directed by Rob Nilsson and written by Roy Kissin and Rob Nilsson. The film stars Bruce Dern, Pam Grier, Bill Bailey, Jim Haynie, John Marley and Marty Liquori. The film was released on May 2, 1986, by Skouras Pictures. The competition depicted in the film is based on the"
"top comedy talent at the time. On 21 January 1986, it was announced the film would be released in cinemas by Christmas 1986, with Murray Ball as director, while John Barnett and Pat Cox would produce it through a company called Magpie Productions Ltd. Dave Dobbyn, who was living in Sydney at the time, was invited to compose the music. On 28 March 1986, it was announced that John Clarke would play Wal Footrot. Peter Rowley was cast as Dog, Rawiri Paratene as Rangi, Fiona Samuel as Cheeky Hobson and Pongo, Peter Hayden as Irish Murphy and Cooch Windgrass, Dorothy"
"of these that Steve Wooley, co-owner of Palace Films, and director Julien Temple offered Patsy Kensit the role of 'Crepe Suzette' in their 1986 movie musical ""Absolute Beginners"". Eighth Wonder contributed a song to the soundtrack. In April 1985, Eighth Wonder was signed by CBS Records and began recording in London, working around Patsy Kensit's filming on ""Absolute Beginners"". In October 1985, with the filming completed, Eighth Wonder's first single ""Stay With Me"" was released and achieved success in Japan and Italy reaching #1 (it charted only at No. 65 in the UK Singles Chart). Shortly after, Lewis and Walters"
"critical acclaim for her performance. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: As of December 2018, the film holds a rating of 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 20 reviews. Sweet Dreams (1985 film) Sweet Dreams is a 1985 American biographical film which tells the story of country music singer Patsy Cline. The film was written by Robert Getchell and directed by Karel Reisz. It stars Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth, David Clennon, James Staley, Gary Basaraba, John Goodman, and P. J. Soles. The film was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress (Jessica Lange)."
"Phoenix (""Stand by Me"") Best On-screen Hookup of 1986: Mallory and Nick on ""Family Ties"" Biggest Boob of 1986: Geraldo Rivera and the opening of Al Capone's vault on live TV Hot Moms of 1986: Cindy Pickett (""Ferris Bueller's Day Off""), Deidre Hall (""Our House""), Judith Light (""Who's the Boss?"") Pop culture Term of 1986: Poser (noun) Guilty/Not Guilty of 1986: Don Johnson for his song and video ""Heartbeat"" End Credit video is Stacey Q's ""Two of Hearts"" Movies of 1987: ""Roxanne"", ""Three Men and a Baby"", ""Ishtar"" Teen Idols of 1987: Patrick Dempsey, Kirk Cameron, Johnny Depp Best On-screen"
"Edition"" on May 31, 2011. With the exception of the 2002 DVD-ROM features, this disc carries over all the content from the DVD, including the Jerry Goldsmith-scored ""Director's Cut"" and the Tangerine Dream-scored theatrical version. 20th Century Fox, the international rights holder, has released a Blu-ray issue for Region 2 of both the 94-minute European version and the 113-minute Director's Cut, both with Jerry Goldsmith's music. Legend (1985 film) Legend is a 1985 American dark fantasy adventure film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert, and Annabelle"
"Eye of the Tiger (film) Eye of the Tiger is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Richard C. Sarafian, and stars Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto, Denise Galik, Seymour Cassel, William Smith and Judith Barsi. After serving time in prison, Buck Matthews (Gary Busey), a Vietnam War veteran, returns to his hometown to start his life over with his wife Christie (Denise Galik) and their five-year-old daughter Jennifer (Judith Barsi). However, he learns that the small town where he grew up is overrun by a large motorcycle gang which rides through the town in large numbers, harassing various citizens."
"movie script, Cline and Lynn never toured together. Cline also never owned a bus, though she had planned to buy one before her death, and stars during her time usually traveled in caravans and limousines. In 1985, HBO/Tri Star Pictures released ""Sweet Dreams: The Life and Times of Patsy Cline"", starring Jessica Lange in the lead role with Ed Harris and Ann Wedgeworth as her husband Charlie Dick and her mother Hilda Hensley, respectively. The film was based on research by Bernard Schwartz. Lange lip-synched to Cline's original recordings. The film depicted Cline's marriage to Dick as abusive, portraying Cline"
"script as ""an endless barrage of stale revenge-film cliches"". Shout! Factory announced they would release ""Eye of the Tiger"" as part of a four-film ""Action-Packed Movie Marathon"" DVD set on March 19, 2013. Eye of the Tiger (film) Eye of the Tiger is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Richard C. Sarafian, and stars Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto, Denise Galik, Seymour Cassel, William Smith and Judith Barsi. After serving time in prison, Buck Matthews (Gary Busey), a Vietnam War veteran, returns to his hometown to start his life over with his wife Christie (Denise Galik) and their five-year-old"
"Man with Two Brains"" · 1983 ""Uncommon Valor"" · 1983 ""D. C. Cab"" · 1984 ""Rhinestone"" · 1985 ""Sweet Dreams"" · 1986 ""Wildcats"" · 1986 ""Nothing in Common"" · 1986 ""The Golden Child"" · 1987 ""Beverly Hills Cop II"" · 1987 ""Eddie Murphy: Raw"" · 1988 ""Sunset"" · 1988 ""Big Top Pee-wee"" · 1989 ""Police Academy 6: City Under Siege"" · 1989 ""Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"" · 1989 ""Black Rain"" · 1989 ""Harlem Nights"" · 1990 ""Another 48 Hrs."" · 1991 ""Soapdish"" · 1991 ""Other People's Money"" · 1992 ""Boomerang"" · 1993 ""Point of No Return"" · 1993"
"received positive critical reaction when released in 1986. Film critic Roger Ebert wrote of the two main characters ""The relationship of their characters in the film is interesting, because both people, for personal reasons, have developed a style that doesn't reveal very much."" However, Vincent Canby, writing for ""The New York Times"", dismissed the film as ""classy kitsch."" ""Halliwell's Film Guide"" argued ""only this actor could make a hit of this unsavoury yarn, with its highlights of sex and violence. But he did."" Bob Hoskins was praised for his performance and was awarded the Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, Prix"
"Eighth Wonder Eighth Wonder were an English pop band, formed in 1983 in London. The band were composed of singer (future model and actress) Patsy Kensit, her brother Jamie Kensit, Steve Grantley and Geoff Beauchamp. The band enjoyed number-one singles in Japan and Italy between 1985 and 1987, as well as hit singles in the UK and across Europe in 1988. Eighth Wonder's roots are with a band called Spice. In 1983, Jamie Kensit auditioned his sister Patsy Kensit, then aged 16, for the vacant job of lead singer in his new band. The line-up consisted of her on vocals,"
"director who had previously adapted ""An Ideal Husband"" by Wilde, made the 2002 film; it stars Colin Firth (Jack), Rupert Everett (Algy), Judi Dench (Lady Bracknell), Reese Witherspoon (Cecily), Frances O'Connor (Gwendolen), Anna Massey (Miss Prism), and Tom Wilkinson (Canon Chasuble). Parker's adaptation includes the dunning solicitor Mr. Gribsby who pursues ""Ernest"" to Hertfordshire (present in Wilde's original draft, but cut at the behest of the play's first producer). Algernon too is pursued by a group of creditors in the opening scene. In 1960, ""Ernest in Love"" was staged Off-Broadway. The Japanese all-female musical theatre troupe Takarazuka Revue staged this"
"only got to number 65 in the UK Singles Chart. They had one more hit in Japan with ""Use Me"" in 1989 and shortly after this, the band parted ways and Patsy Kensit began to focus solely on her acting career. Eighth Wonder Eighth Wonder were an English pop band, formed in 1983 in London. The band were composed of singer (future model and actress) Patsy Kensit, her brother Jamie Kensit, Steve Grantley and Geoff Beauchamp. The band enjoyed number-one singles in Japan and Italy between 1985 and 1987, as well as hit singles in the UK and across Europe"
"Loch Ness (film) Loch Ness is a 1996 family drama film starring Ted Danson and Joely Richardson. It was written by John Fusco and directed by Jon Henderson. At Loch Ness, Scotland, scientist Dr. Abernathy is killed by slipping off some rocks, after seeing something in the loch and taking a single photograph of it. Months later, American zoologist and freshman college tutor, Dr. John Dempsey, is asked to replace Abernathy and dispel the myth of the Loch Ness Monster. Dempsey is reluctant to do so, having ruined his career by trying to prove the existence of the Sasquatch. He"
"a superstar during the mid-1960s, leading to her appearing with the real Elvis in ""Viva Las Vegas"" (1964). In 2006, the film was ranked number 38 on ""Entertainment Weekly""'s list of the 50 Best High School Movies. Conrad Birdie (Jesse Pearson), a popular rock and roll star, receives an Army draft notice, devastating his teenage fans across the nation. Albert Peterson (Dick Van Dyke) is an unsuccessful songwriter, and music is the family business, although he has a doctorate in biochemistry. He schemes with his secretary and long-suffering girlfriend Rosie DeLeon (Janet Leigh) to have Conrad sing a song Albert"
"his life over, Lansky responds, ""I wouldn't change a thing."" ""Lansky"" received a rating of 5.0/10 at the IMDb. It received mixed reviews. Lansky (film) Lansky is a 1999 American made-for-television crime drama film directed by John McNaughton and starring Richard Dreyfuss as the famous gangster Meyer Lansky, Eric Roberts as Bugsy Siegel, and Ryan Merriman as the young Lansky. The movie circuits around flashbacks of Lansky's life, first showing Lansky as an old man looking for a rock to put on his grandfather's grave in Jerusalem. Upon seeing soldiers of the Israeli Defense Force, Lansky expresses regret that his"
"appeared in a string of hit movies in the late 1970,s including ""Every Which Way But Loose"", ""Hair"", and ""Coal Miner's Daughter"", the last earning her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Patsy Cline. She won a Country Music Association award for Album of the Year. Her biggest break came in 1983 starring with Chevy Chase in ""National Lampoon's Vacation"" in the role of Ellen Griswold. She reprised this role in four ""Vacation"" sequels and a short film between 1985 and 2015. In the 1980s she starred in many other major comedy films; in"
"Murphy's Law (film) Murphy's Law is a 1986 American thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Gail Morgan Hickman. It was released by Cannon Films to the United States on April 18, 1986. The film stars Charles Bronson and Kathleen Wilhoite in lead roles with a supporting cast that includes Carrie Snodgress, Robert F. Lyons, and Richard Romanus. The movie marks the sixth collaboration between Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson (following 1976's ""St. Ives"", 1977's ""The White Buffalo"", 1980's ""Caboblanco"", 1983's ""10 to Midnight"", and 1984's ""The Evil That Men Do""). Jack Murphy (Bronson), a"
"Right Moves"" and ""Risky Business"", which has been described as ""A Generation X classic, and a career-maker for Tom Cruise"", and which, along with 1986's ""Top Gun"", cemented his status as a superstar. Cruise also played the male lead in the Ridley Scott film ""Legend"", released in 1985. Cruise followed up ""Top Gun"" with ""The Color of Money"", which came out the same year, and which paired him with Paul Newman. 1988 saw him star in ""Cocktail"", which earned him a nomination for the Razzie Award for Worst Actor. Later that year he starred with Dustin Hoffman in ""Rain Man"","
"In a series of gun battles, Pelgidium (also played by Robert McRay), whittles them down until just two of them support Blade against the man with the disfigured face and mysterious past. Legend of the Phantom Rider Legend of the Phantom Rider is a 2000 western fantasy film directed and produced by Alex Erkiletian and stars Denise Crosby and Robert McRay. It was made in the area of Old Tucson, Arizona. Its budget was estimated to be $1.6 million. A woman, (Denise Crosby) is raped and her husband and son murdered by 'Blade' (Robert McRay) and his men on the"
"the third and last film that Cagney and Bogart made together. The other two were ""Angels with Dirty Faces"" (1938) and ""The Oklahoma Kid"" (1939). Three men meet in a foxhole during the waning days of World War I: Eddie Bartlett, George Hally and Lloyd Hart, and experience trials and tribulations from the Armistice through the passage of the 18th Amendment leading to the Prohibition period of the 1920s and the violence which erupted due to it, all the way through the 1929 stock market crash to its conclusion at the end of 1933, only days after the 21st Amendment"
"Mona Lisa (1986 film) Mona Lisa is a 1986 British neo-noir crime drama film about an ex-convict who becomes entangled in the dangerous life of a high-class call girl. The film was written by Neil Jordan and David Leland, and directed by Jordan. It was produced by HandMade Films and stars Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, and Michael Caine. The film was nominated for multiple awards, and Bob Hoskins was nominated for several awards for his performance (including the Academy Award for Best Actor), winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and BAFTA Award for Best"
"on the film adaptation of ""A Little Night Music"". Down worked as leading lady in film, and starred opposite Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, and Donald Sutherland in various films. Her major roles were in ""The Betsy"" (1978), ""The First Great Train Robbery"" (1979), ""Hanover Street"" (1979), ""Rough Cut"" (1980), and her box-office bomb ""Sphinx"" (1981). Down has appeared on stage in ""Hamlet"" and a musical version of ""Great Expectations"". Down has played number of leading roles in made-for-television movies and miniseries. She starred in 1978 British drama ""The One and Only Phyllis Dixey"" as Phyllis Dixey."
"on the evil drug-dealing triad. Then romance develops and the sparks fly as the trio generates its own special kind of heat. Three Kinds of Heat Three Kinds of Heat is a 1987 American action film written and directed by Leslie Stevens and starring Robert Ginty, Victoria Barrett, Shakti Chen, Jeannie Brown, Leslie Clark and Malcolm Connell. It was released on December 4, 1987, by The Cannon Group, Inc. Two tall policewomen are assigned by Interpol to U.S. Secret Agent Elliott Cromwell to help him to find the elusive 'Founder' of a vicious international crime syndicate. From London to New"
"Legend (1985 film) Legend is a 1985 American dark fantasy adventure film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert, and Annabelle Lanyon. The film revolves around Jack, a pure being who must stop The Lord of Darkness' plan to cover the world with eternal night. It is often described as a dark fairy tale and as a return to more original and sometimes disturbing fables originating from the oral tradition of ancient times before reading and writing were widespread. Although not a commercial success when first released,"
"film was photographed by Alex Phillips Jr. ""Murphy's Law"" includes music by Marc Donahue and Valentine McCallum. Murphy's Law (film) Murphy's Law is a 1986 American thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Gail Morgan Hickman. It was released by Cannon Films to the United States on April 18, 1986. The film stars Charles Bronson and Kathleen Wilhoite in lead roles with a supporting cast that includes Carrie Snodgress, Robert F. Lyons, and Richard Romanus. The movie marks the sixth collaboration between Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson (following 1976's ""St. Ives"", 1977's ""The White Buffalo"","
"Frankie Muniz, Lee Press-On Nails and VH1 End Credit Video is Tears for Fears' ""Shout"" Makeout songs of 1986: Berlin- ""Take My Breath Away"", Peter Cetera & Amy Grant - ""The Next Time I Fall"", Atlantic Starr - ""Secret Lovers"" Babes of 1986: Susanna Hoffs, Kim Basinger, Stevie Nicks, Bette Midler and the Statue of Liberty Hunks: Tom Cruise, Walter Payton, Paul Hogan, Keith Hernandez and Howard the Duck PSA of 1986: ""Vote With A Friend. Make It Count More"" with Quincy Jones and James Ingram Mr. & Ms. 1986: Mike Tyson & Oprah Winfrey Born in 1986: Mary-Kate &"
"a heart attack in 1971. O'Connor overcame alcoholism after being hospitalized for three months after collapsing in 1978. His career had a boost when he hosted the Academy Awards, which earned him two Primetime Emmy nominations. He appeared as a gaslight-era entertainer in the 1981 film ""Ragtime"", notable for similar encore performances by James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. It was his first feature film role in 16 years. O'Connor appeared in the short-lived ""Bring Back Birdie"" on Broadway in 1981 and continued to make film and television appearances into the 1990s, including the Robin Williams film ""Toys"" as the president"
"book was drastically rewritten for a second film version, also by Paramount, released in 1956. This movie again starred Bing Crosby (whose character was renamed) and Donald O'Connor. The female leads were Zizi Jeanmaire and Mitzi Gaynor. The script departed significantly from the original story and was written by Sidney Sheldon. The lesser-known Porter songs were cut, and new songs, written by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn, were substituted. In 1954, Ethel Merman, at the age of forty-six, reprised her role as Reno in a specially adapted live television version of the musical, co-starring Frank Sinatra as the hero,"