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Animalympics (1980) on 1 february 1980
, 1h15Directed by Steven Lisberger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about the Olympic Games, Children's films
Actors Billy Crystal, Gilda Radner, Harry Shearer
Rating67%
The film is a series of vignettes presented as the broadcast of the first animal Olympic Games through the fictional ZOO television network. The Games combine summer and winter Olympic events.
Police Python 357 (1976) on 1 february 1980
, 2hDirected by Alain Corneau, Jacques Santi
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Yves Montand, François Périer, Simone Signoret, Stefania Sandrelli, Vadim Glowna, Mathieu Carrière
Rating68%
Orléans, 1975. Les services de police de la ville sont dirigés par le commissaire divisionnaire Ganay. Son principal collaborateur est l'inspecteur Marc Ferrot, un célibataire taiseux, loup solitaire aux méthodes peu orthodoxes, excellent tireur constamment armé d'un Colt Python 357 qu'il porte dans un étui accroché à sa ceinture. Il y a aussi le jeune inspecteur Ménard. Le commissaire Ganay est marié à une femme infirme en fauteuil roulant, héritière d'une grande famille bourgeoise de la région (les Cléry) et le couple mène grand train avec hôtel particulier, manoir à la campagne, voitures de luxe, chauffeur...
For the Matches (1980) on 2 february 1980
, 1h34Directed by Leonid Gaïdaï, Risto Orko
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Historical, Musical
Actors Evgueni Leonov, Rita Polster, Vyacheslav Nevinny, Georgy Vitsin, Ritva Valkama, Sergueï Filippov
Rating67%
Antti Ihalaynen (Yevgeny Leonov) lives happily on the farm with his wife Anna-Lisa (Rita Polster). Once, when the house ran out of matches and the Ihalaynens had nothing to make a fire for cooking coffee so loved by the Finns, Anna-Lisa sent her husband to a neighbor Hyuvyarinen (Sergei Filippov) for matches.
Cardiac Arrest (1980) on 28 january 1980
, 1h25Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Romance
Actors Max Gail, Garry Goodrow, Fred Ward, Michael Paul Chan, Nancy Fish, Terence McGovern
Rating41%
The city of San Francisco is pushed into a state of terror and fear as a deranged murderer stalks the city. The police are baffled by the case and are led to extremes by a lunatic whose victims all have something in common: their hearts have been skillfully and surgically removed. Meanwhile, across town, a man must make a difficult decision regarding his wife, who needs a transplant.
Simon (1980) on 1 february 1980
, 1h37Directed by Marshall Brickman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Political films
Actors Alan Arkin, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton, Wallace Shawn, Judy Graubart, Fred Gwynne
Rating62%
The Institute for Advanced Concepts, a group of scientists with an unlimited budget and a propensity for elaborate pranks, brainwash a psychology professor named Simon Mendelssohn who was abandoned at birth and manage to convince him, and the rest of the world, that he is of extraterrestrial origin. Simon escapes and attempts to reform American culture by overriding TV signals with a high-powered TV transmitter, becoming a national celebrity in the process.
Fatso (1980) on 1 february 1980
, 1h33Directed by Anne Bancroft
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Dom DeLuise, Anne Bancroft, Ron Carey, Candice Azzara, Robert Costanzo, Estelle Reiner
Rating61%
As the DiNapoli siblings -- Antoinette (Bancroft), Dominic (DeLuise), and Frank Jr. (Carey) - are growing up, whenever young Dom became upset by something, the one thing his mother did to comfort him and make him feel cared for was to feed him. This included giving him a cannoli after being urinated on by his baby brother as the baby's diaper is being changed. Because of this, Dom grew up with a love of food, a trait shared by his equally obese cousin, Salvatore (Sal).
To All a Goodnight (1980) on 30 january 1980
, 1h30Directed by David Hess
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Christmas films
Actors Jennifer Runyon, Jennifer Howard, Harry Reems
Rating46%
Two years after a child is killed during a prank, a group of sorority girls at the Calvin Finishing School secretly smuggle in their boyfriends for a late night Christmas party, and are murdered by a mysterious killer in a Santa Claus outfit.