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Britannia Hospital
Britannia Hospital (1982) on 3 november 1982
, 1h56
Directed by Lindsay Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Malcolm McDowell, Leonard Rossiter, Fulton Mackay, Joan Plowright, John Moffatt, Robin Askwith
Rating62% 3.101353.101353.101353.101353.10135
A new wing at Britannia Hospital is to be opened, and the Queen Mother – referred to as HRH – is due to arrive. The administrator of the hospital, Potter (Leonard Rossiter), is confronted with demonstrators protesting against an African dictator who is a VIP patient, striking ancillary workers (opposed to the exotic gastronomic demands of the hospital's private patients) and a less-than-cooperative Professor Millar (Graham Crowden), the head of the new wing. Rather than cancel the royal visit, Potter decides to go out and reason with the protestors. He strikes a deal with the protest leader — the private patients of Britannia Hospital are to be ejected and, in return, the protestors allow a number of ambulances into the hospital. However, unbeknown to the protestors, these ambulances actually contain the Queen Mother and her entourage.
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1982) on 5 november 1982
, 1h48
Directed by Peter Werner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Dennis Christopher, Susan Saint James, Roger Aaron Brown, Robert Englund, James Withmore Jr., Lisa Lu
Rating66% 3.3350353.3350353.3350353.3350353.335035
The story centers around Brian Anderson (played by actor Dennis Christopher), a soldier who is only out for his own neck, who ends up drawn into taking care of orphans in a nearby orphanage, keeping a promise to a friend who was killed in action. At first, he views the task with a degree of annoyance, then slowly begins to warm up to the orphans, risking his life and his career to protect them. Robert Englund (pre-dating his more-well-known role of Freddy Krueger) played the role of Tripper. Susan Saint James played a doctor and the love interest to Brian Anderson.
The Man Who Saved the World
The Man Who Saved the World (1982) on 4 november 1982
, 1h31
Directed by Çetin İnanç
Origin Turquie
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Space opera
Actors Cüneyt Arkın
Rating44% 2.2044552.2044552.2044552.2044552.204455
The film follows the adventures of Murat (Arkın) and Ali (Akkaya), whose spaceships crash on a desert planet following a battle, shown by using footage from Star Wars as well as Soviet and American space program newsreel clips. While hiking across the desert, they speculate that the planet is inhabited only by women. Ali does his wolf whistle, which he uses on attractive women. However, he blows the wrong whistle and they are attacked by skeletons on horseback, which they defeat in hand-to-hand combat. The main villain soon shows up and captures the heroes, bringing them to his gladiatorial arena so they can fight. The villain tells them he is actually from Earth and is a 1,000-year-old wizard. He tried to defeat Earth, but was always repelled by a shield of concentrated human brain molecules, which looks like the Death Star from Star Wars. The only way he can bypass this impenetrable defense is to use a human brain against it. The heroes escape and hide in a cave full of refugees who already fled the villain's tyrannical rule. Murat develops a romantic connection with the only woman there (Uçar), who looks after the children. (The romance is shown through many long eye-contacts and smiles from the girl, but nothing more.) Zombies of the dark lord attack the cave and turn several of the children into zombies, their blood used to renew the evil wizard's immortality. The three then flee the cave and find a local bar, lifted directly from Star Wars (the Mos Eisley Cantina). The two men quickly get into a bar brawl, but the villain suddenly appears and captures them again.
Time Walker
Time Walker (1982) on 1 november 1982
, 1h23
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Ben Murphy, Nina Axelrod, James Karen, Austin Stoker, Robert Random, Darwin Joston
Rating37% 1.86211.86211.86211.86211.8621
While California University of the Sciences professor Douglas McCadden (Ben Murphy) explores the tomb of the ancient Egyptian king Tutankhamun, an earthquake causes a wall in the tomb to collapse, revealing a hidden chamber. Inside, McCadden finds a mummy in a sarcophagus. Unbeknownst to McCadden, the "mummy" is not the body of a dead Egyptian, but an extraterrestrial alien in suspended animation, being wrapped up and buried alive thousands of years before and covered with a dormant, green fungus.
Lonely Hearts
Lonely Hearts (1982) on 1 november 1982
, 1h35
Directed by Paul Cox
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye, Jon Finlayson, Chris Haywood, Julia Blake, Jonathan Hardy
Rating67% 3.383353.383353.383353.383353.38335
A middle-aged man, Peter, goes to a dating agency in search of a companion. He is introduced to a shy bank clerk Patricia.
The Man from Snowy River
The Man from Snowy River (1982) on 5 november 1982
, 1h42
Directed by George Trumbull Miller
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Poésie, Transport films, Films about horses, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Kirk Douglas, Jack Thompson, Terence Donovan, Tommy Dysart
Rating71% 3.5970953.5970953.5970953.5970953.597095
When Jim Craig and his father Henry are discussing their finances, a herd of wild horses called the Brumby Mob passes by, and Henry wants to shoot the black stallion leader—but Jim convinces his father to capture and sell them. The next morning the mob reappears and Henry is accidentally killed. Before Jim can inherit the station, a group of mountain men tell him that he must first earn the right – and to do so he must go to the lowlands and work.
The Missionary
The Missionary (1982) on 2 november 1982
, 1h30
Directed by Richard Loncraine
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, Denholm Elliott, Michael Hordern, Graham Crowden
Rating61% 3.096873.096873.096873.096873.09687
Church of England Reverend Charles Fortescue (Palin) works as a missionary in Africa for ten years, then returns to England in the spring of 1906. As the ship docks, a fellow passenger, later identified as Lady Isabel Ames (Smith), bumps into him by accident.
To The Stars By Hard Ways
To The Stars By Hard Ways (1981) on 1 november 1982
, 2h28
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about music and musicians, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Musical films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Alexander Lazarev, Aleksandr Yakovlevich Mikhailov, Igor Ledogorov, Gleb Strizhenov
Rating58% 2.9447752.9447752.9447752.9447752.944775
In the 23rd century a reconnaissance starship discovers a dead alien spaceship of unknown origin in deep space. The crew are found to be humanoid bodies, made by an advanced cloning process. One humanoid woman appears to be alive but has memory loss and is brought back to Earth. Scientist Sergei Lebedev settles her in his own house and names her Niya.
Piranha II: The Spawning
Piranha II: The Spawning (1982) on 5 november 1982
, 1h34
Directed by James Cameron, Ovidio G. Assonitis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors Tricia O'Neil, Lance Henriksen, Carole Davis, Leslie Graves, Ricky Paull Goldin
Rating38% 1.908421.908421.908421.908421.90842
Sometime after the first film, off the coast of a Caribbean island, a young couple flee a hotel to have sex in the sea. But they swim into a sunken wreck which is also a piranha lair and they are both killed and eaten by the unseen piranha.
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978) on 5 november 1982
, 1h38
Directed by Yuen Woo-ping
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Martial arts
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Sports films, Films about the labor movement, Martial arts films, L'enfance marginalisée, Kung fu films, Harcèlement au travail
Actors Jackie Chan, Hwang Jang-lee, Dean Shek, Roy Horan, Chiu Chi Ling
Rating72% 3.6489653.6489653.6489653.6489653.648965
Chien Fu (Jackie Chan), an orphan adopted by a kung fu school, is overworked as their janitor and abused by the kung fu teachers as a walking punching-bag, with the school's cook, Ah-Wu (Tino Wong), being his only sympathizer. Chien befriends an old beggar (Yuen Siu Tien) by offering him a meal and a place to stay. Unknown to Chien, the old beggar is actually Pai Cheng-Tien, one of the last surviving masters of the Snake-style of kung fu. Pai is on the run from the Eagle Claw clan, which is viciously killing off all of the rival Snake-stylng spot, but is ambushed by Eagle Claw student Su Chen and an assassin masquerading as a Christian missionary (Roy Horan), and is injured. After being abused once more, Chien later finds him, helping him recover. Pai agrees to give him more lessons, on the condition that he does not call him "sifu" ("master"), since they are friends. The real reason, however, is to keep Chien's connection with him secret from his pursuers.
Nightbeast
Nightbeast (1982) on 1 november 1982
, 1h30
Directed by Don Dohler
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Don Dohler
Rating42% 2.107642.107642.107642.107642.10764
A small alien spaceship is cruising around the solar system. When it reaches the vicinity of Earth, it is struck by an asteroid and crashes at night in the small town of Perry Hall. Some hunters hear the impact and alert County Sheriff Cinder. When they go investigating on their own, however, the pilot emerges and kills them with a disintegrator ray. The beast also attacks a couple in their home, and a family out for a drive.