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

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.

Friday, April 18, 2025

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


Legend

directed by Ridley Scott,
written by William Hjortsberg,
was released in the United States on April 18, 1986.
Music by Jerry Goldsmith and Tangerine Dream.


Cast:

Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert, Peter O'Farrell, Kiran Shah, Annabelle Lanyon, Robert Picardo, Tina Martin, Ian Longmur, Michael Crane, Liz Gilbert, Eddie Powell, Ian Stewart, Jeff Davies, Sally Dewhurst, Jane Devonshire, Amanda Rose, Joey Baxter, Sharon Brown, Nicky Dewhurst, Debbie Greenwell, Helene Holland, Anna Kipling, Samantha Newbury, Belinda Payne, Gabriel Piatrowski, Jerome Sax, Mike Edmonds.