The 80s Movie Podcast
By Edward Havens
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Episodes: 139
Description
Step into a neon-lit time machine and crank the volume! The 80s Movie Podcast is your ultimate throwback ride through the most iconic decade in film. From explosive blockbusters and cult classics to hidden gems you forgot you loved, each episode dives deep into the stories, stars, soundtracks, and behind-the-scenes magic that defined the era.
Expect bold opinions, nostalgic deep dives, and plenty of laughs as we revisit the movies that shaped a generation, whether it’s high school hijinks, sci-fi adventures, action-packed showdowns, or unforgettable coming-of-age moments. If it had big hair, bigger explosions, and a killer synth score, it’s fair game.
Whether you lived the 80s or just wish you had, this podcast brings the decade back to life, one reel at a time. Press play and let’s rewind.
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Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980): Inside Cannon Films’ Forgotten Shelved Horror-Comedy - The 80s Movie Podcast
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May 13, 2026 |
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Host Update Of Why The 80s Movie Podcast Was Paused 8 Months (Apology & Thanks)
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May 01, 2026 |
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The Brotherhood of Justice (1986): Young Keanu Reeves, Kiefer Sutherland and a True Story Vigilante Movie - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Brat Pack Movies at 40: History, True Members, and the Ultimate 1980s Teen Film - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Making Mr. Right (1987): Inside Susan Seidelman and John Malkovich's Cult Sci-Fi Android Rom-Com - The 80s Movie Podcast
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May 12, 2025 |
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Top 5 Fantasy Films of the 1980s with Author Todd Downing - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Collision Course (1987): Inside Jay Leno and Pat Morita's Forgotten Buddy Cop Action-Comedy - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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The 1980s Films of Susan Seidelman: Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Brat Pack Documentary: Andrew McCarthy & the June 1985 New York Magazine Article's Impact on Careers - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Smithereens (1982): Susan Seidelman, Richard Hell and a Punk Rock New York Masterpiece - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Crimewave (1986): Sam Raimi, the Coen Brothers, and Their Cult Comedy Disaster - The 80s Movie Podcast
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May 27, 2024 |
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Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983): The Lost Jackie Gleason Version, Burt Reynolds’ Exit, and a Franchise in Trouble - The 80s Movie Podcast
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May 13, 2024 |
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Threads (1984): The 80s Nuclear Holocaust Movie That Still Haunts Viewers More Than Forty Years Later - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988): History & Animation Magic - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Deep in the Heart (1984): Tony Garnett’s Lost Film Rediscovered - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984): George Kennedy, Joe Namath and the Forgotten Train Comedy Disaster - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Produced and Abandoned - Cindy Williams, Fred Ward, Harry Dean Stanton and the Forgotten UFO Comedy: UFOria (Release Year Debated)
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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The Orphans #6 – Mother Lode, Heartbreaker, and Hells Angels Forever | One-Off Distribution Company Film Discussion
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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The Orphans #5 – The Last Fight, The Howling III, and Cold River | One-Off Distribution Company Film Discussion
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Motion Picture Marketing and the Repackaging of ’70s European Horror in the Early 1980s
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Miramax Films Part Five (1989): How sex, lies, and videotape Made Miramax a Powerhouse
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Miramax Films, Part Four: 1988, Miramax Is Here. Get Used To It.
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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William Friedkin’s Forgotten Serial Killer Thriller: Rampage (1987/1992)
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Aug 12, 2023 |
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Miramax Films Part Three - 1987: Working Girls, Indie Cinema & Miramax’s Rise
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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The Lost 1980s Movie Nobody Could Find For Years: Oklahoma Smugglers (1987)
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Miramax Films Part Two: The Early Rise of an Indie Film Empire (1984–1986)
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Miramax Films Part One: How It All Began (1980–1983)
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Martha Coolidge’s Forgotten Undercover High School Comedy: Plain Clothes (1988)
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Val Kilmer, Martha Coolidge & an Underrated 80s Sci-Fi Comedy: Real Genius (1985)
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May 18, 2023 |
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Martha Coolidge’s Forgotten (and Infamous) 80s Sex Comedy: Joy of Sex (1984)
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May 05, 2023 |
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Nicolas Cage, Martha Coolidge & the Ultimate 80s Teen Romance: Valley Girl (1983)
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer & John Landis’ Underrated Cult Thriller: Into the Night (1985)
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Robert Downey Sr., Ralph Macchio & Mad Magazine’s Forgotten Comedy: Up the Academy (1980)
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Robert Altman’s Strangest and Most Forgotten Comedy: O.C. and Stiggs (1987)
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Vestron Pictures - Part Three: The Fall of the Studio Behind Dirty Dancing (1989–1990)
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Vestron Pictures - Part Two: Dirty Dancing Success, Horror Films & 1988 Releases
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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Vestron Pictures - Part One: The Rise of the 1980s Distributor Behind Dirty Dancing
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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The Lost Marvel Movies of the 1980s: Spider-Man, Howard the Duck & Cannon Films
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Inside the Brutal Behind-the-Scenes History of James Cameron’s Sci-Fi Masterpiece: The Abyss (1989)
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Escape to Victory
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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The Jazz Singer
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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The War of the Roses
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Michael Jackson's Thriller (1982): The Music Video That Changed Everything
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Less Than Zero
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Bright Lights, Big City
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Round Midnight
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Positive I.D.
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Generation Gap: The A Nightmare on Elm Street series
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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A Brief History of the Nightmare on Elm Street series
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Amos Poe Is Our Friend and Needs Our Help
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Prince of Darkness
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Walker
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Straight to Hell
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Sid and Nancy
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Silent Night, Deadly Night: Part 2
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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The Cineplex Beverly Center
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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Ross Melnick
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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The 80s Movie Podcast Trailer
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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The Assassination Game
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Young Einstein
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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Happy Together
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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A Brief History of the First Blood Movies
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May 23, 2022 |
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This Podcast is Rated PG-13
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May 09, 2022 |
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American Cinema Releasing
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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The 3-D Movie Craze of the 1980s
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Baseball Movies of the 1980s
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Peter Bogdanovich and They All Laughed
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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The Orphans #4 – Out of the Blue | One-Off Distribution Company Film Discussion
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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John Sayles in the 1980s: Part 2
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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John Sayles in the 1980s: Part 1
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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The Orphans #3 – Union City, Head-On, Wired to Kill | One-Off Distribution Company Film Discussion
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Christmas 1981 at the Movies
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Dec 25, 2021 |
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The Orphans #2 – The Texas Godfather, Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter, Willy/Milly | One-Off Distribution Company Film Discussion
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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The Orphans #1 – Caligula, and Twice in a Lifetime | One-Off Distribution Company Film Discussion
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Who in the Hell Was Alan Smithee, and Why Did He Make So Many Bad Movies
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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A Brief History of the Halloween Movies
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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The Films of Bill Forsyth
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Dollar Houses
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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The United Film Distribution Company and Taurus Entertainment: Part Three
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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The United Film Distribution Company and Taurus Entertainment: Part Two
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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The United Film Distribution Company and Taurus Entertainment: Part One
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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The Grounded Genre of 80s Movies: Part 2
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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The Grounded Genre of 80s Movies - Part 1
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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FilmDallas Pictures
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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Blue Thunder and WarGames
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May 21, 2021 |
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Raging Bull
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May 13, 2021 |
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The King of Comedy
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May 05, 2021 |
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After Hours
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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The Last Temptation of Christ
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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The Color of Money
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Albert Brooks and Lost in America
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Ralph Bakshi and American Pop
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Some Kind of Wonderful
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Scotti Brothers Pictures
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Barry Levinson in the 1980s
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Sigourney Weaver
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Empire Pictures: Part Three
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Empire Pictures: Part Two
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Empire Pictures: Part One
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Wisdom (1986): Emilio Estevez's Robin Hood Crime Drama, and a Very 80s Ending
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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St. Elmo’s Fire
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Talk Radio
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Columbia Pictures After David Puttnam, Part 4: Fallout, Reassessment, and the End of an Experiment
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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David Puttnam After Columbia Pictures, Part 3: The 1988 Slate and the Studio Under Strain
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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David Puttnam at Columbia Pictures, Part 2: The Films Taking Shape Inside a Changing Studio
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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David Puttnam at Columbia Pictures, Part 1: The British Outsider Who Tried to Rewire Hollywood
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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KISS and The Elder: The Movie Concept Album That Almost Broke the Band
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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The Management Company Entertainment Group
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Top 80s Movies With Michael Hourigan: Part 3
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Top 80s Movies With Michael Hourigan: Part 2
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Top 80s Movies with Michael Hourigan: Part 1
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Three O’Clock High
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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To Live and Die in L.A. (1985): Counterfeiters, Car Chases, and Pure 1980s Neo-Noir
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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Troma Films in the 1980s
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Musician Filmmakers
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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De Laurentiis Entertainment Group: The Studio Behind Blue Velvet, Manhunter, and Movie Chaos
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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Tapeheads (1988): The John Cusack/Tim Robbins Cult Comedy Too Weird for the 1980s
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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Weintraub Entertainment Group: Jerry Weintraub’s Billion-Dollar Hollywood Gamble
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Summer of 1986, Part Three: The Fly, Stand by Me, and the End of a Legendary Summer
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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Summer of 1986, Part Two: Aliens, The Karate Kid Part II, and the Movies That Took Over
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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Summer of 1986, Part One: Top Gun, Ferris Bueller, and a Season That Changed Movies
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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Orion Pictures, Part Five: The Rise, Fall, and Lasting Legacy of an 80s Giant
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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May 23rd, 1980: When The Empire Strikes Back and The Shining Changed Cinema
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May 31, 2020 |
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Orion Pictures, Part Four: Inside the Studio That Took Chances Hollywood Wouldn’t
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May 18, 2020 |
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Orion Pictures, Part Three: From Cult Favorites to Oscar Winners
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May 05, 2020 |
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Orion Pictures, Part Two: Building an 80s Movie Empire - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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Orion Pictures, Part One: The Rise of the Studio That Changed the 1980s - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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Hemdale Films: The Wild Rise and Fall of an 80s Movie Powerhouse - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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IRS Records and Urgh! A Music War (1982): The Sound of the Early Alternative Scene - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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Associated Film Distribution: The Studio That Gambled Big and Lost Bigger - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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Don Simpson: The Producer Who Defined the Blockbuster 1980s - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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Steven Spielberg in the 1980s: Producer, Writer, and the Hidden Legacy Behind the Movies - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Oct 27, 2019 |
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My Favorite (Movie) Year: 1982 and the Explosion of 1980s Pop Culture - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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Steven Spielberg in the 1980s: The Director Behind the Decade’s Biggest Movies - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Aug 20, 2019 |
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Jensen/Farley Pictures: The Wildest Movie Studio of the 1980s - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Aug 14, 2019 |
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John Hughes and the Movies That Defined a Generation - The 80s Movie Podcast
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Aug 08, 2019 |