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Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1987) on 11 march 1987
, 1h27
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Rating74% 3.718143.718143.718143.718143.71814
On a summer night in Detroit, two white unemployed autoworkers fatally beat Vincent Chin, a 27-year-old Chinese engineer, with a baseball bat. The film tracks the incident from the initial eye-witness accounts through the trial and its repercussions for the families involved, and the American justice system at large. After an outcry from the Asian American community led by Vincent's mother Lily Chin, the case becomes a civil rights Supreme Court case. The case ends with tried killer Ronald Ebens let go with a suspended sentence and a small fee.
Pretty Smart
Pretty Smart (1987) on 13 march 1987
, 1h35
Directed by Dimitri Logothetis, Dimitri Logothetis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Tricia Leigh Fisher, Patricia Arquette, Joely Fisher, Dennis Cole, Julie K. Smith, Michael Giannatos
Rating46% 2.320072.320072.320072.320072.32007
In an effort to curb her wild antics, the parents of Zig (Fisher) send her to the Ogilvy Academy, an elite boarding school in Greece, along with her well-behaved sister Jennifer (Lisa Lörient). Determined to be expelled at the earliest opportunity, Zig will go to extreme lengths to have her way.
Heat
Heat (1986) on 13 march 1987
, 1h41
Directed by Jerry Jameson, Dick Richards
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Burt Reynolds, Karen Young, Peter MacNicol, Howard Hesseman, Neill Barry, Joseph Mascolo
Rating56% 2.8040752.8040752.8040752.8040752.804075
A woman in a Las Vegas bar is annoyed by a flirtatious drunk (Burt Reynolds). Her date, a milquetoast named Osgood (Wendell Burton), wants to do something about it. The woman, D.D. (Deborah Rush), begs him not to, but when the drunk turns mean, Osgood challenges him to step outside. To D.D.'s astonishment, Osgood wins the fight and even gets the tough-looking drunk to apologize. Next morning, it turns out that the drunk is Nick Escalante, known to his friends as Mex, who has been hired to make Osgood look tough in his lady's eyes.
The Elm Chanted Forest
The Elm Chanted Forest (1986) on 13 march 1987
, 1h23
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Emil Glad, Sven Lasta
Rating79% 3.9824253.9824253.9824253.9824253.982425
After an artist named Peter Palette takes a nap under an enchanted elm tree, he discovers that he now has the ability to communicate with the animals of the forest, and that his paintbrush now has magical powers. To help his new friends survive, he must use his abilities to stop the evil Cactus King from turning the forest into a desert.
Night of the Pencils
Night of the Pencils (1986) on 14 march 1987
, 1h45
Directed by Héctor Olivera
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Leonardo Sbaraglia, Lorenzo Quinteros
Rating72% 3.640773.640773.640773.640773.64077
During a time of economic and political unrest and State-sponsored terrorism in Argentina in the mid-1970s, the students want reduced bus fares, so they take to the streets and protest in support of the boleto estudiantil: the students' ticket. At first, under Isabel Martínez de Perón's government they succeed, but their protests draw hostile attention from the ensuing military regime led by Jorge Rafael Videla, which overthrows Perón on March 24, 1976.
Evil Dead II
Evil Dead II (1987) on 13 march 1987
, 1h25
Directed by Sam Raimi
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Films based on works by H. P. Lovecraft, Demons in film, Ghost films, Giant monster films, Zombie films, Films about disabilities, Comedy horror films
Actors Bruce Campbell, Dan Hicks, Kassie DePaiva, Ted Raimi, Sam Raimi, Sarah Uriarte Berry
Rating76% 3.8486553.8486553.8486553.8486553.848655
The film begins with a new beginning similar to the first film. Ash Williams and his girlfriend, Linda, take a romantic vacation to a seemingly abandoned cabin in the woods. While there, Ash plays a tape recorder from the cabin's previous inhabitant Professor Knowby. The tape features Knowby reciting passages from the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (or Book of the Dead), which he has discovered during an archaeological dig. However, the recorded incantation unleashes an evil force which kills and later possesses Linda, forcing Ash to decapitate his girlfriend with a shovel when she attacks him, he then buries her.
Kangaroo
Kangaroo (1986) on 13 march 1987
, 1h50
Directed by Tim Burstall
Genres Drama
Actors Colin Friels, Judy Davis, John Walton, Julie Nihill, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Peter Hehir
Rating61% 3.097433.097433.097433.097433.09743
In 1922, an English writer (Colin Friels) migrates to Australia with his wife (Judy Davis). There he resists joining both a paramilitary group and a socialist group, is caught in a riot, sees a death and loses love and friendship.