Showing posts with label 1985. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1985. Show all posts

Friday, June 27, 2025

On this day in music history - Call of the Wild, by Lee Aaron (1985):


Call of the Wild

Album by Lee Aaron,
released June 27, 1985.

Credits:

Rock Me All Over; Runnin’ from the Fire; Champion; Barely Holdin’ on; Burnin’ Love; Line of Fire; Beat ‘Em Up; Paradise; Evil Game; Danger Zone; Hot to Be Rocked.

On this day in movie history - Pale Rider (1985):


Pale Rider

directed by Clint Eastwood,
written by Michael Butler and Dennis Shryack,
was released in the United States on June 27, 1985.
Music by Lennie Niehaus.


Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny, Richard Kiel, Doug McGrath, John Russell, Charles Hallahan, Marvin J. McIntyre, Fran Ryan, Billy Drago, Richard Hamilton, Graham Paul, Chuck Lafont, Jeffrey Weissman, Allen Keller, Randy Oglesby, Herman Poppe, Kathleen Wygle, Terrence Evans, Jim Hitson, Loren Adkins, Thomas H. Friedkin, S.A. Griffin, Jack Radosta, Robert Winley, Jeffrey Josephson, John Dennis Johnston, Michael Adams, Clay M. Lilley, Gene Hartline, R.L. Tolbert, Clifford Happy, Ross Loney, Larry Randles, Mike H. McGaughy, Jerry Gatlin, Lloyd Nelson, Jay K. Fishburn, George Orrison, Milton Murrill, Mike Munsey, Keith Dillin, Buddy Van Horn, Fritz Manes, Glenn Wright, Kate Britton.

Saturday, June 21, 2025

On this day in music history - Heart, by Heart (1985):


Heart

Album by Heart,
released June 21, 1985.

Track list:

If Looks Could Kill; What About Love; Never; These Dreams; The Wolf; All Eyes; Nobody Home; Nothin’ At All; What He Don’t Know; Shell Shock.

Saturday, June 14, 2025

On this day in movie history - Prizzi’s Honor (1985):


Prizzi’s Honor

directed by John Huston,
written by Richard Condon and Janet Roach,
based on the novel by Richard Condon,
was released in the United States on June 14, 1985.
Music by Alex North.

Cast:

Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, John Randolph, William Hickey, Lee Richardson, Michael Lombard, C. C. H. Pounder, George Santopietro, Ann Selepegno, Lawrence Tierney, Vic Polizos, Dick O'Neil, Sully Boyar, Raymond Heller, Joseph Ruskin, Seth Allen, Dominic Barto, Stanley Tucci.

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Recommended reading - Drawing the Film (1988):


Drawing the Film

By Nicole Van Goethem.

Published 1988.
ISBN 10: 9063032528
ISBN 13: 9789063032524

The book of the movie: A Greek Tragedy. Original title: Een griekse tragedie (1985).


A 7-minute short comedy film, written, directed, and animated by Nicole Van Goethem.

IMDB synopsis:

Three scantily-clad female figures struggle to hold up the crumbling remains of an ancient Greek temple.

Awards:

Grand Prix at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France (1985).

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (1987).

Thursday, May 22, 2025

On this day in movie history - Brewster’s Millions (1985):


Brewster’s Millions

directed by Walter Hill,
written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod,
based on the novel by George Barr McCutcheon,
was released in the United States on May 22, 1985.
Music by Ry Cooder.


Cast:

Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, Jerry Orbach, Pat Hingle, Tovah Feldshuh, Hume Cronyn, Joe Grifasi, Peter Jason, David White, Jerome Dempsey, David Wohl, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Milt Kogan, Carmine Caridi, Yakov Smirnoff, Rick Moranis, Gloria Charles, Yana Nirvana, Grand L. Bush, Conrad Janis, Rosetta LeNoire, Joseph Leon, Robert Ellenstein, Reni Santoni, Alan Autry, Joseph G. Medalis, Malachy McCourt, Roger Til, Allan Miller, Mike Hagerty, Kelly Yaegermann, Regina Hooks, Allan Graf, Archie Hahn, Jeffrey Mylett, Richard Hochberg, R.D. Call, Frank Slaten, Lin Shaye, Wesley Thompson, Strawn Bovee, Matt Landers, Kip Waldo, Shaka Cumbuka, Brad Sanders, Bill McConnell, Margot Rose, Joel Weiss, Candee Jennings, Bennie E. Dobbins, Gary Alexander, Joey Banks, Steven Benson, Mike Paciorek, Ken Medlock, Robbie T. Robinson, Ken Knighten, Hank Robinson, Art Reichle, Marina Anderson, Jack Couch, Ken DuMain, Ronald E. Giles, Bob Harks, Freeman Love, Naylon Mitchell, Danny Nero, Arnie Scheer.

Saturday, May 10, 2025

On this day in movie history - Détective (1985):


Détective

directed by Jean-Luc Godard,
written by Jean-Luc Godard, Alain Sarde, Anne-Marie Miéville and Philippe Setbon,
was released at the Cannes Film Festival, in France, on May 10, 1985.
Music by Emmanuel Chabrier, Frédéric Chopin, Ornette Coleman, Arthur Honegger,
Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert and Jean Schwarz.


Cast:

Laurent Terzieff, Aurelle Doazan, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Baye, Claude Brasseur, Johnny Hallyday, Alain Cuny, Xavier Saint-Macary, Pierre Bertin, Alexandra Garijo, Stéphane Ferrara, Emmanuelle Seigner, Eugène Berthier, Julie Delpy, Cyrille Dajinckourt, Ann-Gisel Glass, Cyrille Autin, Erich von Stroheim.