Movies I Have Seen - 1980s (23 movies) (and counting)

The Warriors. 1979, Starring Roger Hill, David Patrick Kelly, Thomas G. Waites, Dorsey Wright, Lynne Thigpen, Michael Beck, James Remar, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Mercedes Ruehl and Tom McKitterick. Television by myself, c.1981.

Death Weekend. Starring Brenda Vaccarro. Television by myself, c.1981.

Mischief. Starring ??? VHS with a rented video player, c.1981.

Return of the Jedi. Starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford. Theatre in Moose Jaw with my wife, Connie Luther, 1981.

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. 1982, Starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore and Peter Coyote. Theatre in Moose Jaw, SK with my wife, Connie Luther and my cousins, Grant and Cheryl Jordison. c.1982.

Firefox. Starring Clint Eastwood. Theatre in Moose Jaw, SK with my wife, Connie Luther and my cousins, Grant and Cheryl Jordison. c.1982.

The Nude Bomb. Starring Don Adams. Theatre in Moose Jaw, SK with my wife, Connie Luther and my cousins, Grant and Cheryl Jordison. c.1982.

The Entity. 1982, Starring Barbara Hershey as Carla Moran, Ron Silver as Dr. Phil Sneiderman, David Labiosa as Billy Moran, George Coe as Dr. Weber, Margaret Blye as Cindy Nash, Jacqueline Brookes as Dr. Elizabeth Cooley, Michael Alldredge as George Nash, Alex Rocco as Jerry Anderson, Allan Rich as Dr. Walcott, Richard Brestoff as Gene Kraft, Raymond Singer as Joe Mehan, Natasha Ryan as Julie, Melanie Gaffin as Kim, Sully Boyar as Mr. Reisz, Tom Stern as Woody Browne, Curt Lowens as Dr. Wilkes, Paula Victor as Dr. Chevalier, Lee Wilkof as Dr. L. Hose, Deborah Stevenson as Intern, Mark Weiner as Intern, Lisa Marie Gurley as Receptionist, Chris Howell as Guard, John Branagan as Student, Daniel Furie as Student, Amy Kirkpatrick as Student, Todd Kutches as Student, Pauline Lomas as Student and Renee Neimark as Nurse. Theatre in Saskatoon, SK, winter of 1983. Music by Charles Bernstein. Soundtrack: "Saturday Nite's All Right For Fighting" - Performed by Elton John, Courtesy of This Record Co., Ltd.; "Tou Can't Have Me" - Performed by Risky Shift; "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" - Performed by Linda Ronstadt. Trivia: It is an American horror film directed by Sidney J. Furie, written by Frank De Felitta, and based on his novel of the same name. It stars Barbara Hershey as a woman who is raped and tormented by an invisible assailant. Despite being filmed and planned for a release in 1981, the movie was not released in worldwide theaters until September 1982 and February 1983 in the United States. Like the novel, the film is based on the 1974 Doris Bither case. Filming locations: Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, California, USA (When the ghost takes control of the car); Laird International Studio - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA (studio) (as Kings Point Corporation, Laird International Studios). Spoofed in: Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984) - Pamela Stephenson has sex with an invisible entity; Scary Movie 2 (2001); A Haunted House (2013) - The rape scenes are a spoof of The Entity, as well as Kisha wearing a perfume called "Entity".

Chariots of Fire. 1981, Starring Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers, Daniel Gerroll, Ian Holm, Sir John Gielgud, Lindsay Anderson, Nigel Davenport, Cheryl Campbell, Alice Krige, Dennis Christopher, Brad Davis, Peter Egan, Struan Rodger, David Yelland, Yves Beneyton and Patrick Magee. Theatre with my wife, Connie Luther. On Golden Pond. 1981, Starring Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Katherine Hepburn and Dabney Coleman. Theatre with my wife. c.1983. Both movies on same evening in different theatres, just around the corner from each other. Theatre for On Golden Pond was full of seniors, and the sound was cranked so high, it was hurting my ears.

Terms of Endearment. Starring Debra Winger and Shirley McLaine. Theatre in Moose Jaw, SK with my wife. c.1983.

Cocoon. 1985, Starring Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Herta Ware, Tahnee Welch, and Linda Harrison. Theatre in Moose Jaw, SK with Frances Luther and Connie Luther, July 1, 1985, the evening before my second daughter, Bethany, is born.

48 Hrs. 1982, Starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy.

All of Me. 1984, Starring Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin.

The Terminator. 1984, Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn and Paul Winfield. VHS with Ron Ubell. 

Dune. 1984, Starring Kyle MacLaughlin, Virginia Madsen and Sting. VHS with Beth Finlay and Connie Luther. 

Ferris Bueller's Day Off. 1986, Starring Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey, Candy Pickett, Lyman Ward, Edie McClurg, Ben Stein, Charlie Sheen and Alan Ruck. VHS with Connie, Charity, Bethany and John Luther.

Lawrence of Arabia. 1962, Starring Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif. Television.

Cujo. 1983. Starring Dee Wallace, Daniel Hugh-Kelly, Christopher Stone, Ed Lauter and Danny Pintauro. Television. c.1987.

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962, Starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Television.

Platoon. 1986, Starring Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger and John C. McGinley. Theatre with Bill Luther, Ron Ubell and Linda Hadfield. c. 1986.

The Secret of My Success. 1987, Starring Michael J. Fox and Helen Slater. Theatre in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan with Connie Luther. 1987.

Stakeout. 1987, Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Madeleine Stowe, Emilio Estevez and Aidan Quinn.

The Four Seasons. 1981, Starring Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Len Cariou, Sandy Dennis, Rita Morena, Jack Weston and Elizabeth Alda. VHS.