Mar 23, 2024
Tim Rossovich in Night Shift (1982)
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Tim Rossovich in Night Shift (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)
Nightshift, US lobby card #6. 1982
Looker (1981)
Looker (1981)
Looker was (and is) one of my favorite sci-fi/thriller movie back when I was a kid. It’s amazing to know that this was written and directed by Michael Crichton. That guy’s multi-talented. Anyway, one of the reasons I would watch this on HBO is so that I can see Albert Finney kick Tim Rossovich on the balls. Priorities. Seriously, I love everything about the movie. The plot. The fantasy science. The music. Everything. This was Black Mirror, if Black Mirror was produced in the ‘80s. Now I’m in a future where I can loop that ballbusting scene via animated GIF! Whoa! (Though I’d like a future that would at least allow 5MB of animated GIF.) :P
Tim Rossovich, actor and former NFL player, dies at 72
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tim Rossovich, a consensus All-America defensive end at Southern California who played in the NFL before going on to an acting career, has died. He was 72. Tim Rossovich, actor and former NFL player, dies at 72
Baywatch # 034
Spectacular action and two good stories. One very romantic in a mature and adult way.
Two action sequences bookend the episode, and both are extremely well-filmed. First we see a bull running wild on the beach, with quite a lot of people in his path. It actually looks quite spectacular. And dangerous. Likewise, the climax of the episode - which has Tim Rossovich buried up to his neck as the tide comes in - looks amazing on camera, as the water pounds Rossovich’s head repeatedly.
Eddie finds a baby, with leads to some genuinely sweet and charming scenes. Billy Warlock and Erika Eleniak have fabulous chemistry.
Speaking of good chemistry, this story brings the magnificent Wendie Malick back to the show, for a lovely storyline with David Hasselhoff. And it’s a really great tale. A story of adults who love each other, but can’t figure it out or make it work. It’s the sort of script you’d expect to see on THIRTYSOMETHING, and exactly the sort of script BAYWATCH rarely gets credit for delivering. But deliver them they did.
I also love the fact that Mitch is proud of his choice to remain a lifeguard, despite some incredulity from his former classmates. Knowing who you are making choices you can be happy with is one of the recurring messages of BAYWATCH and it’s one of my favourite things about the show.
10/10