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84 From ’84: Alphabet City
A New York City drug dealer decides to get out of the business, but has to flee from mobsters. Cast: 1984 memories I’m pretty sure this movie never played in my towns theater. I’ve never CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Amadeus
A The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart’s talent and claimed to have murdered him. Cast: 1984 memories 🎵Amadeus, CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: The Warrior and the Sorceress
A fearsome swordsman, Kain, crosses the barren wastelands and comes upon a town where two arch enemies fight incessantly for control of the town’s only well. Cast: 1984 memories When I was a kid we’d CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Hot Dog…The Movie
Hot Dog…The Movie Harkin Banks heads to skiing championships in California. A teen runaway tags along as he parties and competes with friends and foes. Cast: 1984 viewing This one was a staple on HBO CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Cannonball Run II
Cannonball Run II When a sheik decides to sponsor a cross-country race in hope of winning, racer J.J. McLure enters the competition along with his friend Victor. They aspire to claim the $1 million prize CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Purple Hearts
Purple Hearts In middle of the Vietnam War, a Navy surgeon and a nurse fall in love. Their affection for one another provides a striking contrast to the violence of warfare Cast: 1984 viewing When CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Night Patrol
Night Patrol A hapless police officer is transferred to the night shift even as he clandestinely pursues a career as a stand up comedian. Cast: 1984 viewing Never heard of this movie before I started CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Tightrope
Tightrope New Orleans single dad and cop Wes Block goes after a serial rapist-killer, but when he gets too close the hunter suddenly becomes the hunted. Cast: 1984 viewing I’d never get in the theater CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Best Defense
Best Defense A military weapons engineer struggles to do his job responsibly, while a hapless tank commander has to live with the consequences in combat years later. Cast: 1984 viewing I didn’t see this movie CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: The Lonely Guy
The Lonely Guy A writer for a greeting card company discovers the struggles and tribulations of living alone after breaking up with his unfaithful girlfriend. Cast: 1984 viewing Steve Martin was banned in my house, CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Johnny Dangerously
Johnny Dangerously Set in the 1930s, an honest, good-hearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother’s sky-rocketing medical bills. Cast: 1984 viewing I saw this movie once… CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Oh, God! You Devil
Oh, God! You Devil George Burns returns as God, and as Satan. They battle over the soul of a young rock star who is willing to sell his soul to the devil. Cast: 1984 viewing CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: Top Secret!
Top Secret! An American rock and roll singer is invited to a cultural festival in East Germany in order to distract from a plot to destroy NATO submarines, but he accidentally becomes involved in a CONTINUE READING…
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Happy 5th Anniversary Retro Network!
On June 1st, 2019 The Retro Network went live online. Via a collaborative idea of founders Jason Gross (of Rediscover the 80s) and Mickey Yarber (of Retro Ramblings), the Network launched as a place to CONTINUE READING…
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84 From ’84: The Natural
Every Friday on our 84 From ‘84 journey will be dedicated to the highest grossing movies of the year. There are 14 Fridays before this ends so we’ll countdown the top 14 from 1984. We’re CONTINUE READING…
