All Films

Roman Numeral: V

1980 • 3 min

An imagery sharp as stars and hard as the thought-universe (turning back upon itself) absorbed in gentle patterns of contemplation. – S.B.

Little and Large Christmas Special 1980

1980 • 50 min • United Kingdom

A special full of Syd and Eddie's daft sketches, including Christmas in Dallas, and "Syddy's House of Horror". Guests on the show are two Scottish singers, who Syd tries to impress - but can he stop Eddie from doing Scottish stereotypes?

Lynda Carter: Encore!

1980 • 50 min • United States of America

Lynda Carter's second musical TV special.

Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century

1980 • 6 min • United States of America

Duck Dodgers finds Marvin Martian's hideout.

Eu Carrego um Sertão Dentro de Mim

1980 • 15 min • Brazil

A Vampire in High-Rise

1980 • 60 min • Czechoslovakia

Lada is a little boy who likes to read fiction and has a great imagination. He figures out that his sister Eva's boyfriend is a vampire, and so he and his brother put him through various tests that, in effect, cause Eva and her boyfriend to break up for real.

Last of the Red-Hot Dragons

1980 • 30 min

When the animals on their way to Noah's Ark find themselves stranded at the North Pole, an old dragon that has lost its ability to breathe fire sets out to help them.

What Are Friends For?

1980 • 60 min • United States of America

Two 12-year-old girls going through a divorce make a pact never to divorce their friendship.

The Flintstones' New Neighbors

1980 • 30 min • United States of America

Fred is annoyed when an eerie new house is built next door, inhabited by the Frankenstone family.

Psycho Wimp

1980 • 24 min

A student film from 1980 with some bad language and cheesy violence.

Pink Panther in Olym-pinks

1980 • 30 min • United States of America

The Pink Panther tries his paw at various winter sports, getting ready for the Lake Placid Olympic Games

Citizen Shaw

1980 • 52 min • France

A French TV documentary from 1980 directed by Maurice Frydland, in which Sir Run Run Shaw gives an all-access tour of the Shaw Brothers backlot (including behind-the-scenes footage from Return to the 36th Chamber.

Arena: Dire Straits

1980 • 58 min

Arena cameras were on hand to film the return of Dire Straits from their triumphant 1980 Brothers in Arms world tour. The film features a superb concert they played at The Rainbow, and band members talk about their music and the pressures and the consequences of success.

Boo!

1980 • 45 min • Canada

A comedy variety show TV special featuring Universal Monsters. Originally broadcast on the CBC in 1980.

Rest Energy

1980 • 4 min • Netherlands, United States of America

Ulay and Abramovic draw a large bow and arrow, one holding each side. The arrowhead is pointing at Abramovic's heart. The slightest movement could be fatal. Microphones on their clothes pick up their quickening heart beats and Ulay's irregular breathing

The Strongest Man in the World

1980 • 30 min

This film tells the bittersweet story of strongman and magician Mike Swistun who, for thirty days in 1923, was the strongman with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Born in Olha, Manitoba, Swistun was a Ukrainian farm boy, who, for a short moment in time, achieved fame and fortune only to lose it. Narrated by the Ukrainian Hollywood actor Jack Palance, this film won the prestigious Genie Award.

The Nocturnal Immaculation

1980 • 22 min • United States of America

Two men, two women, one God and many devils. Add a pinch of vengeance and a dash of mental illness, let simmer with high ideals, then take a mouthful and hang over the railing.

Some of My Best Friends

1980 • 30 min

A farm in the Cotswolds is a far cry from the bagel-strewn Stepney of Natalie's childhood. It smells of manure, the cows frighten her and her neighbours find her rather ' foreign'. A visit from the ladies of her old Jewish girls' club is not going to help matters.

Child's Play

1980 • 28 min

A neighborhood boy might have the solution to his problems, though. For two silver candlesticks, he promises to give Conrad a rare, vicious, growling and cunning animal with supernatural abilities, which supposedly was coveted in the past by Egyptian pharaohs, Borneo pirates and even Napoleon Bonaparte himself. Eventually the trade is made, Conrad gets the creature.

Il resto del Pap'occhio

1980 • 55 min

Ghost in the Shed

1980 • 9 min

The spirit of a murdered salesman tries to get a family to find his body buried in their backyard shed.

'That Crazy Woman'

1980 • 60 min • United Kingdom

In 1960, at the age of 56, Dr. Barbara Moore became a national hero by walking from John O'Groats to Land's End. One of the last great English eccentrics, even though she was Russian.

Two Coffins of Dynamite

1980 • 58 min • Yugoslavia

After getting into conflict with the head of the construction company, the party secretary and even majority of his fellow workers who took the management’s side, Perisa writes a letter to the Central Committee asking for his labor rights. Just before the arrival of the press, an accident occurs.

Only for Two

1980 • 55 min • Yugoslavia

The director of the company gives up his New Year's prize trip to the Balearic Islands to a deserving clerk, Milorad Petrović. The trip is for two people, but Milorad is separating from his wife, has no friends, and has never taken a vacation, which leads to his problems. He also fails to notice a female colleague who likes him as a woman. The story gains a special charm as it unfolds in the atmosphere of the New Year's festivities.