Welcome to this episode of the 80s Movie Podcast, where we will take a look at the history of Associated Film Distribution, a short-lived theatrical distribution company who, during its less than two-year existence, released a lot of crap and one inarguable classic.
The movies discussed on this episode are:
Arabian Adventure (1979, Kevin Connor)
Borderline (1980, Jerrold Freedman)
Can’t Stop the Music (1980, Nancy Walker)
Cross Creek (1983, Martin Ritt)
The Changeling (1980, Peter Medak)
The Dark Crystal (1982, Jim Henson and Frank Oz)
Escape to Athena (1979, George P. Cosmatos)
Firepower (1979, Michael Winner)
Frances (1982, Graeme Clifford)
The Great Muppet Caper (1981, Jim Henson)
Honky Tonk Freeway (1981, John Schlesinger)
Inside Moves (1980, Richard Donner)
The Jazz Singer (1980, Richard Fleischer)
Killer Fish (1979, Antonio Margheriti)
The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981, William A. Fraker)
Love and Bullets (1979, Stuart Rosenberg)
The Mirror Crack’d (1980, Guy Hamilton)
The Muppet Movie (1979, James Frawley)
On Golden Pond (1981, Mark Rydell)
Raise the Titanic (1980, Jerry Jameson)
Saturn 3 (1980, Stanley Donen)
Sophie’s Choice (1982, Alan J. Pakula)
Tender Mercies (1983, Bruce Beresford)
Times Square (1980, Allan Moyle)
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