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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
Cloak and Dagger was officially released on August 10 1984. Though technically, it did have a special limited run double bill with the Last Starfighter starting on July 13th. It co-starred Henry Thomas (ET) as Davey Osborne and Dabbney Coleman as both his pilot father and as his imaginary friend super spy Jack Flack. Davey Osborne had a very vivid imagination and was a latch key kid since his father was a pilot so was gone a lot. One day he and his friend Kim Gardner (Christina Nigra) were put in deadly peril when he got a hold of an Atari game that contained secret information. Of course, adults believed this was just Davey's imagination getting away with him. Atari modified a game they were developing called Agent X to use for the movie and made it into Cloak & Dagger. The game mostly appeared in the arcade version form as the home game was sunk by the infamous video game market crash of the mid-80's. ("Cloak & Dagger" Movie, Event)
White Nights (1985). A Russian American ballet dancer's airplane is forced to land in USSR, where he's "repatriated". He stays with an American man married to a Russian. Will the American help him flee USSR?
This movie is ?? Insane ?? Yet it kinda works! I think a huge part of that goes towards its terrific cast and some really affecting sequences that merge the Cold War thriller elements with the post-Vietnam War trauma and, well, the power of dance. If that sounds wild, that's because overall it is, and its a testament to Taylor Hackford's skill as a director. Just a surprise from start to finish (complimentary). 7/10.
Greatest film of all time.
Preliminary Round, Group 8
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
The Candidate (1972)
Annie Hall (1977)
Coming Home (1978)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Top two vote-getters will move on to the next round. See pinned post for all groups!
WATCHLIST 2022: Slap Shot
GRYFFINDOR:
"REGGIE DUNLOP: All right, let's show 'em what we got, guys! Get out there on the ice and let 'em know you're there. Get that fuckin' stick in their side. Let 'em know you're there! Get that lumber in his teeth. Let 'em know you're there! NED BRADEN: Bleed all over 'em. Let 'em know you're there."
--Nancy Dowd (Slap Shot)