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Gorp

1980

Gorp

1980
3.3
Pranksters cause trouble at a summer camp for rich kids.
The Oldest Living Graduate

1980

The Oldest Living Graduate

1980
Henry Fonda stars as Col. J. C. Kincaid, crusty patriarch of a Texas family. Kincaid's weak-willed son Floyd (George Grizzard) wants to get into the old man's good graces so that he can develop the Colonel's vast land ownings. Floyd arranges a city-wide celebration lauding Kincaid as the oldest living graduate of a nearby military academy. The festivities serve only to make the already sour Kincaid even more truculent and miserable. Adapted from Preston Jones' 1974 play and originally telecast live from Dallas' Southern Methodist University on April 7, 1980.
The Ninth Configuration

1980

The Ninth Configuration

1980
6.5
Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.
Cafè Express

1980

Cafè Express

1980
7
An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples night train.
Hardhat & Legs

1980

Hardhat & Legs

1980
4.5
A sex education teacher falls for a construction worker with a gambling problem.
Animalympics

1980

Animalympics

1980
6.1
Animalympics is all about the Animal Olympics Contest where all the animals around the world gather to take part in everything from skiing in North America to the very long marathon race in humid conditions.
Buffet Froid

1979

Buffet Froid

1979
7
An absurd black comedy that cunningly reverses the conventions of the crime thriller to comment on the alienating and dehumanizing effects of contemporary urban life. Alphonse Tram is unwittingly involved in several murders despite having no memory of committing the crimes. His confusion lead him to confess to his neighbour, Inspector Morvandieu. Alphonse and Morvandieu become the axis around which murders occur.
Gas Pump Girls

1979

Gas Pump Girls

1979
4.9
June and her friends take over a service station formerly run by her uncle. They perform every trick in the book to attract the customers.
Assassination on the Tiber

1979

Assassination on the Tiber

1979
6.1
A black-out occurs during the meeting of a gang of criminals. When the light is back one of them is found killed with a stab on his back and all the clues point to a penniless man who had an argument with the victim a short time before the murder.
Something Short of Paradise

1979

Something Short of Paradise

1979
3
A young couple in New York are having problems with their relationship.
Life of Brian

1979

Life of Brian

1979
7.8
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.
Supersonic Man

1979

Supersonic Man

1979
3.7
Kronos, hero of a distant galaxy, tangles with mad scientist Gulik over the fate of mankind.
Sleeping Fist

1979

Sleeping Fist

1979
6.6
A plainclothes policeman, Chin Tai Ba, is seriously wounded in a fight with some ruffians but is helped to safety by a young wiseguy, Cub. Here he is taught the art of Sleeping Fist by Cub's master Chung Yiu, and the trio march to the Shang Wei martial arts school to take revenge on the thugs. However, in a last desperate attempt to get even, the gang call on Eagle Claw master Kao to sort out the snoozers.
Escape to Athena

1979

Escape to Athena

1979
5.7
During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the summit of the island's mountain.
Manhattan

1979

Manhattan

1979
7.7
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Rock 'n' Roll High School

1979

Rock 'n' Roll High School

1979
6.3
A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
Canned Laughter

1979

Canned Laughter

1979
6.2
Robert Box asks his colleague Lorraine out for a date. They go to a restaurant where Dave Perry tries to break it as a stand-up comedian.
Disco Music Fever

1979

Disco Music Fever

1979
Every Saturday a bunch of youths use to meet at a disco in Milano. Among them soon love and passion explode between a dance contest and another.
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

1979

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

1979
5.5
To salvage his job and the circulation of his magazine, an editor decides to publish an expose revealing the inside story of the famed cheerleading squad and plants his reporter/girlfriend among the girls.
Bolo

1979

Bolo

1979
7
The super human Beast from the East takes on all comers!