A period of movies ranging from the year 1980 to 1989
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Why the discrepancy between the sound levels of dialogue and music in older movies?
I'm new to this community so I apologise if this type of question isn't permitted here.
I've been watching a lot of older films lately (older, in this instance reads "circa 80's and 70's" and mainly ...
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Please help identify this 80's anime movie
I have a memory of watching a movie on TV when I was a kid. I wasn't familiar with anime at the time, but looking back I believe it was anime. I would have watched it sometime between 1982 and 1986 on ...
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What is the name of this Vietnam War-related movie?
I am looking for a name of a movie that takes place in Vietnam or is related to Vietnam War (a movie describing someone's memories from the Vietnam War). I remember that the plot was focused on a man ...
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Is Peter Venkman from ghostbusters a narcissist?
In Ghostbusters I scientist Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) has a very interesting personality, he is always flirting with female clients and is more laid back it seems than the other Ghostbusters. While ...
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1980s sci-fi show about a family transported through a pyramid?
I saw part of a show sometime in the 80s (early or late, I couldn't say) that I have been trying to remember for some time. Figured I never would, because no Google search I ever tried had ever ...
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Looking for the title of an 80s or early 90s spy movie or thriller [closed]
I'm looking for the title of a movie I've seen in the 80s or early 90s. But all I remember of it are the following sequences:-
There was some sort of laser beam or beacon at night.
A man and a ...
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Who was the boss?
In the TV show "Who's the Boss?", was the answer to the title ever mentioned in the show itself? Was there ever any mention from the writers of the answer to this. Usually a title is said in the pilot ...
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Eighties movie featuring a destruction derby-scene, with a Darth Vader “doll” on roof of car (?)
Has anyone seen a movie featuring a scene with a destruction derby and a car with a life size
Darth Vader doll on the roof? I may be mistaken, but I am wondering if there's a scene with an airplane ...
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80's Yakuza Film
I'm trying to remember the name of a film I haven't seen years.
Here are the bits I can remember (its been a long time since I seen it so the details are lacking)
It involves the Japanese Yakuza ...
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Stripper assassin and a ghetto-blaster
The scene I remember is what looks like an older businessman is sitting behind a desk when a tall, statuesque blonde comes in and puts down a ghetto-blaster. She starts dancing/stripping to the music ...
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Which audience was targeted by “Scarecrow and Mrs. King”?
"Scarecrow and Mrs. King" told the story of a divorced mom who accidentally meets a hunky secret agent and -- unbeknownst to her family and friends -- joins the secret agent on many spy adventures.
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Tobasco ice-cream and air warriors in an (Anime?) animated movie?
When I was a child, we rented a children's movie one day from Jumbo Video during the 1980's. My mother slept through it, but my sister and I watched it. It was definitely animated, and may have been ...
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Identify a kids' movie or TV show [closed]
I'm looking for an american movie or TV show with a scene where a kid (possibly 9-13 years) uses his computer to develop a simple game (similar to Space Invaders). In that game the player shoots at a ...
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“Rock TV” animated/live action series from the early to mid 80s
Riffling through my memory on another question, I was reminded of a series that aired in the States on broadcast (NBC, I think, though it may have been syndicated), probably Saturday mornings. I seem ...
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old anime/mecha movie 80's/90's?
I was wondering if someone could help me? Im looking for an old anime that i watched as a kid. It was a movie on our local tv so I can point you in that direction. But all I can remember is that the ...
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Identify this movie: Dystopia, Revenge, 1980s
Movie I am thinking of came out in the 1980s, and was on HBO when I saw it in 86 or 87; takes place during some sort of war in the present-day or near future US, one that features rival gangs or ...
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What movie had the quote, “It's not that I Hate my father, I just feel better when he's not around”?
I am trying to remember/find the movie that had the quote that went something like this:
It's not that I hate my father, it's just that I feel better when he's not around.
I must have the quote ...
