Films of the Eighties and Eighties Revisited by Ebert
Roger Ebert surveys a slate of films from 1978 to 1986 including About Last Night, The Boy Who Could Fly, Crocodile Dundee, Deadly Friend, Heavy Metal, JumpinJack Flash, Legal Eagles, The Men s Club, National Lampoon s Animal House, Peggy Sue Got Married, Playing for Keeps, Ruthless People, Stand by Me, That s Life, Top Gun and Tough Guys. He rates and critiques each title noting chemistry, tone, and narrative strengths or flaws.
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Roger Ebert
Rob Lowe
Demi Moore
Chicago
Jay Underwood
Paul Hogan
New York
Outback
Hogan
Linda Koslowski
National Lampoon
John Belushi
Kathleen Turner
Francis Coppola
Turner
Danny DeVito
Bette Midler
Judge Reinhold
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Jack Flash
Whoopi Goldberg
Penny Marshall
Laverne and
Shirley
Robert Redford
Debra Winger
Daryl Hannah
Hannah
Redford
Winger
Berkeley
Richard Jordan
Roy Scheider
Harvey Keitel
Frank Langella
David Dukes
Treat Williams
Craig Wasson
Stockard Channing
Stephen King
Oregon
Jack Lemmon
Julie Andrews
Blake Edwards
Malibu
Tom Cruise
Kelly McGillis
Burt Lancaster
Kirk Douglas
Gardenheatre and Video Centre
10Th St. Marion
Legal Eagles
Sun
William Hurt
Marlee Matlin
Marilyn Beck
Chicago Tribune Syndicate
Peter Travers
People Magazine
Paramount Pictures
Burt Sugarman
Aranda Tlaines
Piper Laurie
Philip Bosco
Hesper Anderson
Mark Medoff
Patrick Palmer
Randa Haines
Ana
Paramount Picture
Eastown Cinemas
Milani Twrmen
James Orr
Jim Cruick
Touchstone Pictures Presents
Ssacatoe
New Shiver Screen Partners
Joe Wizan
Jeff Kanew
Hashimoto
Jana Sue Memel Shank
Pamaplex
Paraverson
DE Lue
Buena Vesta Distribution Corp
Louchstone Pictures
K-Mart West
Nis
Laman
TOP Gun
Zed Cinemas
America
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