Mon, Dec 3, 1984
Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray are the university scientists who set up as the Ghostbusters (1984) in this comedy of the paranormal. David Puttnam's new production, The Killing Fields (1984), tells the true story of an American journalist, Sam Waterston, and his Cambodian interpreter, caught up in the horror of the fall of Phnom Penh. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984), a musical search for lost recording tapes.
Wed, Dec 19, 1984
Dune (1984): Sting, Francesca Annis and newcomer Kyle MacLachlan star in an adaptation of Frank Herbert's science-fiction story about a civilisation on a planet threatened by giant sand worms. The Last Starfighter (1984): the Intergalactic Space League takes the unusual step of recruiting Lance Guest to them in their struggle against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada. Only he can save the galaxy. Water (1985): Michael Caine and Valerie Perrine talk on location about their roles in a new comedy by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.
Sat, Dec 22, 1984
A personal choice by Barry Norman From the 230 films which have been released over the past year - including Splash (1983), The Right Stuff (1983), Broadway Danny Rose (1984), The Killing Fields (1984), Romancing the Stone (1984) - Barry selects his 12 favourites and reviews the year in the cinema. Some of the turkeys get a roasting. Stars' Choice: Rupert Everett, Helen Mirren, Tom Conti, John Hurt are among the stars who talk about the movies they've enjoyed in 1984.
Tue, Mar 19, 1985
David Lean's film adaptation of A Passage to India (1984) has garnered 11 Academy Award nominations. Set in India during the Raj, it stars Judy Davis, Peggy Ashcroft and Victor Banerjee. Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones wrote and star in Morons from Outer Space (1985) which is mainly about.... morons from outer space. Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek star as husband and wife in The River (1984). Set in Tennessee, it tells the story of a small town fighting to save its farms from flooding to make way for a hydroelectric scheme.
Tue, Apr 2, 1985
Not Quite Jerusalem, adapted from the stage play, tells of the experiences of a group of young volunteers on an Israeli kibbutz. Joanna Pacula is the kibbutznik detailed to look after them. Terror in the Aisles is a compilation of all the most horrific moments from 60 different films from Psycho to The Shining. Marilu Henner, best known for her role in Taxi, and Michael Keaton talk on set in Hollywood about their new film Johnny Dangerously, an affectionate homage to James Cagney.
Tue, Apr 23, 1985
20th Century Fox celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The studio produced such diverse films as The Grapes of Wrath (1940), The Sound of Music (1965) and Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), and its contract stars included Shirley Temple, Marilyn Monroe, Henry Fonda and Gregory Peck. Tab Hunter, teen idol of the 50s, has recently produced and stars in Lust in the Dust (1984), a spoof Western. He talks in Hollywood about his career and his new film. Peter Richardson directs The Comic Strip's first feature The Supergrass (1985). Nigel Planer, Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders and Robbie Coltrane talk about their new venture.
Tue, May 14, 1985
Michael Keaton and Marilu Henner star in Johnny Dangerously, an affectionate spoof of 30s gangster movies. Sylvia Kristel plays the title role of the oriental femme fatale in Mata Hari. Deborah Kerr talks on location in South Wales about her new film, The Assam Garden, and her return to the big screen after an absence of 14 years.
Tue, May 28, 1985
An attempt to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison is the modest objective of the Wild Geese II, led by Edward Fox, Scott Glenn and Barbara Carrera. Laurence Olivier plays Hess. Vanessa Redgrave and Sarah Miles lead an all-women cast in Steaming, an adaptation of Nell Dunn's stage hit and the last film to be completed by both director Joseph Losey and co-star Diana Dors. Roger Moore talks on location in Sussex about playing James Bond for the seventh time in A View to a Kill. Tanya Roberts is his new leading lady and Christopher Walken his adversary.