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Doctor Detroit (1983) on 6 may 1983
, 1h30Directed by Michael Pressman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Spy films
Actors Dan Aykroyd, Parley Baer, Howard Hesseman, Fran Drescher, Blackie Dammett, Donna Dixon
Rating52%
A introverted geek, Clifford Skridlow (Dan Aykroyd), is a professor of comparative literature at the financially strapped (fictional) Monroe College in Chicago.
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973) on 6 may 1983
, 2h4Directed by Wojciech Has
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Jan Nowicki, Gustaw Holoubek, Jerzy Przybylski, Ludwik Benoit, Jerzy Trela, Tadeusz Schmidt
Rating74%
Joseph (Jan Nowicki) travels through a dream-like world, taking a dilapidated train to visit his dying father, Jacob, in a sanatorium. When he arrives at the hospital, he finds the entire facility is going to ruin and no one seems to be in charge or even caring for the patients. Time appears to behave in unpredictable ways, reanimating the past in an elaborate artificial caprice.
Still Smokin (1983) on 6 may 1983
, 1h31Directed by Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Shireen Strooker, Linnea Quigley, Kees Prins
Rating54%
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong play versions of themselves being invited to Amsterdam for a film festival devoted to Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton. When Reynolds and Parton do not show up to the festival, the promoter goes to Cheech and Chong for help and the duo volunteers to give a live performance (even though they had not performed their live act for several years). For much of the film, they do versions of many of their recorded characters (with the exception of Pedro and the Man, whom they had already portrayed on film in Up in Smoke) and several new skits. The second half of the movie features their live performance, climaxing with a version of their infamous "Ralph And Herbie" routine.
The White Rose (1982) on 6 may 1983
, 2h3Directed by Michael Verhoeven
Origin German
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Political films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Lena Stolze, Werner Stocker, Ulrich Tukur, Martin Benrath, Hans-Jürgen Schatz, Jörg Hube
Rating71%
Munich 1942. Le groupe d'étudiants La Rose blanche, parmi lesquels Hans et Sophie Scholl, appellent par des tracts à la résistance à Hitler et son régime. C'est au risque de leur vie qu'ils apportent des tracts dans d'autres villes et écrivent de nuit sur les murs des slogans comme « À bas Hitler » (Nieder mit Hitler). Tandis que le piège de la Gestapo les enserre toujours plus étroitement, ils entrent en contact avec d'autres groupes de la résistance et même des officiers militaires supérieurs. Au début de 1943 la Gestapo frappe : Hans et Sophie Scholl sont arrêtés dans la cour de l'Université de Munich. Le tribunal du peuple (Volksgerichtshof) sous la présidence de Roland Freisler les condamne à mort. La sentence est exécutée le 22 février 1943.
Legs (1983) on 2 may 1983
, 2hDirected by Jerrold Freedman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Shanna Reed, Deborah Geffner, Maureen Teefy, Gwen Verdon, David Marshall Grant, John Heard
Rating63%
The film follows three women, Lisa (Shanna Reed), Terry (Deborah Geffner), and Melissa (Maureen Teefy), who are auditioning in front of chroegrapher Maureen Comly (Gwen Verdon) hoping to fill the one open spot in the chorus line of the famous US precision dance company, The Radio City Music Hall Rockettes.
The Wild Pony (1983) on 7 may 1983
, 1h30Directed by Kevin Sullivan
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Marilyn Lightstone, Art Hindle, Josh Byrne
Rating66%
To save her ranch after the accidental death of her husband, Sarah Fellows (Marilyn Lightstone) marries Frank Chase (Art Hindle), the man responsible for the mishap. She and her children move into Frank’s house, but Sarah makes it clear that it is only a “marriage of convenience”. Deeply resenting the situation, her twelve-year-old son Christopher (Josh Byrne) becomes withdrawn and increasingly obsessed with a renegade black pony that runs unfettered through the valley. Frank realizes that Christopher needs the pony and buys it for him, despite Sarah’s strong objections. Surprisingly, it is through Christopher’s adventure-filled relationship with his pony that the family discovers the true meaning of devotion.