All Films

Gino: Full Story and Pics

1984 • 31 min

A hoodlum is turned into a celebrity when he steals a cab and subsequent events are blown out of proportion by the media.

Summer Switch

1984 • 46 min • United States of America

Father and son magically switch personalities with comical results.

The Bear

1984 • 58 min • Germany

One day the landlord Smirnov demands the widow Popova to pay an old debt which her husband left. She has no money at home and begs Smirnov to wait. The polite conversation turns quickly into an argument. Popova fetches the pistols. Smirnov realizes now that he’s in love with Popova. He confesses his love.

Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember

1984 • 44 min • United States of America

A holiday musical special with Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers based around their best-selling album "Once Upon a Christmas."

The Joe Piscopo Special

1984 • 60 min

This is an HBO Special in which Joe Piscopo has 60 minutes to try to do many of his famous impressions. He has mostly his Saturday Night Live friends to help do small skits on the Special.

Cabbage Patch Kids: First Christmas

1984 • 23 min • United States of America

The Cabbage Patch Kids have their first Christmas adventure!

Magasinet Special: Chess 1984

1984 • 49 min

A documentary about the recording of the CHESS concept album by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.

The Right Side of My Brain

1984 • 23 min • United States of America

Lydia Lunch and Richard Kern's first collaborative effort, The Right Side of My Brain, is a glimpse into the world of unsatiable female lust, narrated by Lydia Lunch. The film was initially dismissed and dismayed by critics such as J. Hoberman, but the criticism of The Right Side of My Brain received only pushed the two to go one step further with Fingered (1986).

The Princess and the Pea

1984 • 53 min • United States of America

A bored prince realizes he would like a wife. His mother searches through all the kingdoms far and wide for a "suitable" princess. In the meantime, a charming and witty young lady, who claims to be a princess, shows up at the castle doorstep with a sprained ankle and is shown hospitality by the prince and his best friend the Fool.

Merton: A Film Biography

1984 • 57 min

In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27 years he was a monk of the austere Trappist order, where he became an eloquent spiritual writer and mystic as well as an anti-war advocate and witness to peace. Merton: A Film Biography provides the first comprehensive look at this remarkable 20th century religious philosopher who wrote, in addition to his immensely popular autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, over 60 books on some of the most pressing social issues of our time, some of which are excerpted here. Merton offers an engaging profile of a man whose presence in the world touched millions of people and whose words and thoughts continue to have a profound impact and relevance today.

Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name

1984 • 25 min

Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name chronicles Strawberry Shortcake's annual summer camping trip, where she and her friends encounter a monster in the woods. The Peculiar Purple Pie Man and Sour Grapes attempt to capture it to become rich and famous.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1984 • 54 min • United States of America

Snow White must flee from her evil stepmother. She's taken in by the lovable seven dwarves. Will the wicked queen be able to get rid of her rival?

Pearl Diver

1984 • 5 min

PEARL DIVER is about the frustration of communication between two women who try to tell each other "I love you" underwater making humorous a very wet situation. Filmed in Super 8 in Baja, California and rephotographed in 16mm to emphasize the quality of light underwater and the dual nature of living in both air and water reflective of the female experience of living in a man's world.

Which Witch is Which?

1984 • 30 min • United States of America

The Ranger is throwing a big Halloween party and Buttons and Rusty wanna come, but instead they gotta thwart the evil plans of two criminals camping out in the park.

The Wandering Company

1984 • 50 min • United Kingdom

Documentary about Merchant Ivory Productions, including interviews with the principals of the film production company and actors which have appeared in their films.

A House for Kuzka

1984 • 17 min • Soviet Union

An underage house spirit named Kuzka finds his way into a typical Soviet flat and turns the life of a little girl Natasha into a fairy tale.

Weather Report Live In Tokyo

1984 • 60 min

Weather Report recorded live in Tokyo, Japan on September 27, 1984 - Joe Zawinul (keyboards) / Wayne Shorter (sax, tenor sax) / Victor Bailey (bass) / Mino Cinelu (percussion) / Omar Hakim (drums)

All The Kids Do It

1984 • 49 min

High school diving champion Buddy Elder (Scott Baio) can't seem to stop drinking and driving.

Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra

1984 • 28 min • Canada

Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra is a 1985 Canadian short documentary film directed by Larry Weinstein. A small-town orchestra and choir are the focus of this loving and humorous portrait. The film unveils the musician's passion for performance, their imaginative fund-raising methods and collective will to survive. This film includes a colorful cast of characters ranging from students to seniors, from business executives to hog farmers. Holding it all together is the outrageously flamboyant conductor who inspires everyone with his endless enthusiasm. Making Overtures reveals how an entire community us enriched by its orchestra. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Round Vernian Vifam: A Letter From Katue

1984 • 51 min • Japan

Summary of the first half of the Round Vernian Vifam series.

Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia

1984 • 46 min • United States of America

13-year-old Brian has problems reading, which his teachers attribute to laziness. It is later discovered that he has Dyslexia.

Sekkusumeido: Osouji no Atode

1984 • 51 min • Japan

Ding dong. Who’s that! Why its the new maid. She cooks and cleans and gives extra special sexual service to members of the household. But the poor girl can’t seem to get any satisfaction.

Round Vernian Vifam: 13 Meet Again

1984 • 56 min • Japan

Summary of the second half of the Round Vernian Vifam series.

An Audience with Mel Brooks

1984 • 55 min • United Kingdom

Mel Brooks delivers an enjoyable hour of comic diversion with his lovely actress-wife Anne Bancroft, writer comedian Ronny Graham and British Shakespearean actor Jonathan Pryce. Brooks Spontaneous humor, social commentaries and zany sketches leave the audience rolling in the aisles and will leave you wanting more of Mel!