Mon, Nov 21, 1983
The London evening newspaper The Standard held their British Film Awards in the West End last night. This has been an especially exciting year for the film industry in this country and these are the only awards which put exclusively British films in contention with each other. Film 83 was there to cover the proceedings. Among the eligible films: Betrayal, Local Hero (1983), Gandhi, The Ploughman's Lunch (1983).
Thu, Dec 22, 1983
New films under review are Trading Places (1983), Jaws 3-D (1983), Krull (1983), and Brainstorm (1983). Barry also discusses the Universal Studios tour; Cary Grant's impending 80th birthday, which the BBC are celebrating with a season of his films; the new video releases of several Children's Film Foundation adventures. He also gives a preview of what to expect on our screens at the beginning of 1984.
Mon, Jan 30, 1984
Sudden Impact (1983): Clint Eastwood returns to the screen as Dirty Harry Callahan , the tough San Francisco cop, after a gap of seven years. Gorky Park (1983): William Hurt stars as a Moscow detective obsessed with solving a triple murder, and Lee Marvin plays his American adversary, in this film adaptation of the best selling thriller. The Dresser (1983): Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay talk on location in Bradford about their roles in director Peter Yates 's film version of the award-winning play, chosen for this year's Royal Film Performance.
Mon, Feb 6, 1984
Scarface (1983): Al Pacino plays the Cuban who begins a spectacular rise to power from a refugee camp in America to become a ruthless gangster, in this remake of the 1932 classic. Including a rare interview with Pacino. Daniel (1983) : Timothy Hutton stars as the child of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, an American couple sentenced to death for spying for the Russians, in this drama, directed by Sydney Lumet, loosely based on the true story of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg who were executed in 1953. The Virgin Story: a report on the move into feature film production by Virgin, the record company headed by entrepreneur Richard Branson.
Mon, Feb 13, 1984
Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy star in Under Fire (1983) as American journalists caught up in the revolutionary war in Nicaragua. Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft talk about To Be or Not to Be (1983), a comedy set in Poland during the Second World War, in which they star together for the first time.
Mon, Feb 20, 1984
New films discussed are To Be or Not to Be (1983), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), The Big Chill (1983), Almonds and Raisins (1984) and Barry ends the show with a tribute to the late Ethel Merman.
Mon, Feb 27, 1984
Rumble Fish (1983): Francis Ford Coppola 's adaptation of S. E. Hinton 's novel about teenage alienation, starring Matt Dillon and Mickey Rourke as the two misfits. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) - on location with director Hugh Hudson 's new interpretation of Edgar Rice Burroughs 's much-filmed story. Newcomer Christopher Lambert plays the title role.
Mon, Mar 5, 1984
Champions: John Hurt stars as Bob Champion , the top steeplechase jockey, who at the height of his career discovered he had cancer and despite all odds overcame his illness to win the Grand National in 1981. Over the Brooklyn Bridge: Elliott Gould and Margaux Hemingway play an ill-matched couple, battling against family opposition to their romance. On location with award-winning Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski on his new film, Success is the Best Revenge, starring Michael York.
Mon, Mar 12, 1984
Including regular reviews of current releases and news of the latest films in production and the personalities involved. Vertigo: James Stewart stars as the detective with a fear of heights and Kim Novak is the girl who leads a double life in this classic Hitchcock thriller. Risky Business: Tom Cruise stars in this comedy about a college boy who finds that all his teenage fantasies come true.
Mon, Mar 19, 1984
Including regular reviews of current releases and news of the latest films in production and the personalities involved. Terms of Endearment (1983): this drama-comedy explores the stormy relationship between Shirley MacLaine, a domineering mother, and Debra Winger as her defiant daughter. Including an interview with Debra Winger, who has been nominated for an Oscar as best actress for her role in this film. Never Cry Wolf: the true story of a young biologist whose lonely trek through the Arctic to live among the wolf-packs leads to alarming discoveries.
Thu, Jun 7, 1984
Steven Spielberg talks to Barry Norman. At the age of 36, STEVEN SPIELBERG is the most commercially successful film director in the world with such hits as Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark and E.T. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) opens next week and seems likely to break all box office records this summer. Spielberg talks about his new film and his love affair with cinema: 'When I go to the movies and put a barrel of popcorn between my legs, I want to see something that overwhelms me emotionally as well as visually stimulates me.'