Categories This Day in 80s Movies History This Date in 80s Movies History: August 6th, 1982 Post author By Edward Havens Post date August 6, 2022 No Comments on This Date in 80s Movies History: August 6th, 1982 Bob Geldof in a scene from Pink Floyd's The Wall. It was a quiet weekend in theatres the first weekend of August in 1982. Let’s see what was new in theatres… Continue reading “This Date in 80s Movies History: August 6th, 1982” Tags Alan Parker, Angela Lansbury, Annie Potts, Bob Geldof, Bruce Beresford, Cheech and Chong, Christopher Atkins, Heartaches, Kevin Kline, Kristy MacNichol, Linda Ronstadt, Lola, Margot Kidder, Matt Dillon, Pink Floyd: The Wall, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Robert Carradine, S.E. Hinton, Tex, The Club, The Pirate Movie, The Pirates of Penzance, Things Are Tough All Over, This Day in 80s Movies History
Categories This Day in 80s Movies History This Day in 80s Movie History: August 3rd, 1984 Post author By Edward Havens Post date August 3, 2022 No Comments on This Day in 80s Movie History: August 3rd, 1984 C. Thomas Howell, Jamie Lee Curtis and Patrick Swayze in a publicity photo for Grandview U.S.A. Dang, there were A LOT of movies about sex that all came out on August 3rd, 1984. Let’s take a look back… Continue reading “This Day in 80s Movie History: August 3rd, 1984” Tags C. Thomas Howell, Christopher Reeve, First Name: Carmen, Grandview U.S.A., James Ivory, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jean-Luc Godard, John Carpenter, Le Petite Sirene, Martha Coolidge, Michael Pare, Nancy Allen, Patrick Swayze, Randall Kleiser, The 80s Movie Podcast, The Bostonians, The Joy of Sex, The Philadelphia Experiment, This Day in 80s Movies History
Categories This Day in 80s Movies History This Day in 80s Movies History: August 2nd, 1985 Post author By Edward Havens Post date August 2, 2022 No Comments on This Day in 80s Movies History: August 2nd, 1985 Michael Emil as Albert Einstein and Theresa Russell as Marilyn Monroe, in Nic Roeg's 1985 film Insignifcance. What do John Hughes, Big Bird, Tom Holland and Nic Roeg all have in common? Today! They all were featured in, or directed, movies that were released on August 2nd, 1985. Let’s take a look back… Continue reading “This Day in 80s Movies History: August 2nd, 1985” Tags Anthony Michael Hall, Big Bird, Chevy Chase, Chris Sarandon, Daniel Petrie, Dave Thomas, Follow That Bird, Fright Night, Gary Busey, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Insignifcance, Joe Flaherty, John Candy, John Hughes, Kelly LeBrock, Memories of Prison, Michael Emil, Michel Deville, Michel Piccoli, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Nic Roeg, Peril, Robert Downey Jr., Sandra Bernhard, Sesame Street, The 80s Movie Podcast, Theresa Russell, This Day in 80s Movies History, Tom Holland, Tony Curtis, Waylon Jennings, Weird Science, Will Sampson
Categories This Day in 80s Movies History This Day in 80s Movies History: August 1st, 1980 Post author By Edward Havens Post date August 1, 2022 No Comments on This Day in 80s Movies History: August 1st, 1980 A scene from The Final Countdown. We’ll do August 1, 1986 and the release of the infamous Howard the Duck another year. August 1, 1980 is far more interesting. Let’s take a look back… Continue reading “This Day in 80s Movies History: August 1st, 1980” Tags Ann-Margret, Art Carney, Bruce Dern, Cathy's Curse, Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Special Edition, George Kennedy, James Franciscus, Jennifer O'Neill, Kirk Douglas, Lee Major, Lloyd Kaufman, Martin Sheen, Middle Age Crazy, No Nukes, Raise the Titanic, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron O'Neal, Steel, Steve McQueen, Steven Spielberg, The 80s Movie Podcast, The Final Countdown, The Hunter, The Mountain Men, This Day in 80s Movies History, Walk of the Dead
Categories This Day in 80s Movies History This Day in 80s Movies History: July 31st, 1987 Post author By Edward Havens Post date July 31, 2022 No Comments on This Day in 80s Movies History: July 31st, 1987 Timothy Dalton in a scene from his first outing as James Bond 007, 1987's The Living Daylights. Yeah, there was a new Bond movie with a new Bond actor released 35 years ago today, but there was also The Lost Boys. Let’s take a look back… Continue reading “This Day in 80s Movies History: July 31st, 1987” Tags A Man in Love, Alex Winter, Claudia Cardinale, Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Diane Kurys, Dianne Weist, Donald Sutherland, Greta Scacchi, Gyula Gazdag, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jason Patric, Joel Schumacher, Keifer Sutherland, Max von Sydow, Peter Coyote, Peter Reigert, Richard Donner, Singing on the Treadmill, The 80s Movie Podcast, The Living Daylights, The Lost Boys, The Wolf at the Door, This Day in 80s Movies History, Timothy Dalton
Categories This Day in 80s Movies History This Day in 80s Movies History: July 30th, 1982 Post author By Edward Havens Post date July 30, 2022 No Comments on This Day in 80s Movies History: July 30th, 1982 Lawrence Monoson, Steve Antin, and Joe Rubbo, in a scene from The Last American Virgin. An amazing mix of films would see their first lights from a movie theatre projector on this date in 1982. Which ones did you see in theatres? Continue reading “This Day in 80s Movies History: July 30th, 1982” Tags Adrienne Barbeau, An Officer and a Gentleman, Chuck Norris, Daryl Hannah, Debra Winger, Forced Vengeance, Henry Winkler, Louis Gossett Jr., Louis Jourdan, Michael Keaton, Night Shift, Peter Gallagher, Randall Kleiser, Richard Gere, Ron Howard, Shelley Long, Summer Lovers, Swamp Thing, Taylor Hackford, The 80s Movie Podcast, The Last American Virgin, This Day in 80s Movies History, Wes Craven
Categories This Day in 80s Movies History This Day in 80s Movies History: July 29th, 1983 Post author By Edward Havens Post date July 29, 2022 No Comments on This Day in 80s Movies History: July 29th, 1983 Betsy Russell in a scene from Private School. Today, we are going back 39 years, to look at the movies released into theatres on July 29th, 1983, and how the box office top ten looked that week. Continue reading “This Day in 80s Movies History: July 29th, 1983” Tags Blue Skies Again, Chevy Chase, Christie Brinkley, Harry Hamlin, Krull, Matthew Modine, National Lampoon's Vacation, Peter Yates, Phoebe Cates, Private School, The 80s Movie Podcast, This Day in 80s Movies History
Categories This Day in 80s Movies History This Day in 80s Movies History: July 28th, 1989 Post author By Edward Havens Post date July 28, 2022 No Comments on This Day in 80s Movies History: July 28th, 1989 Tom Hanks and Beasley the Dog in a publicity shot for Turner and Hooch. Today, we are going back 33 years, to look at the movies released into theatres on July 28th, 1989, and how the box office top ten looked that week. Continue reading “This Day in 80s Movies History: July 28th, 1989” Tags Distant Voices Still Lives, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Mare Winningham, Peter Postlethwaite, Terrence Davies, The 80s Movie Podcast, The Magic Toy Shop, This Day in 80s Movies History, Tom Hanks, Turner and Hooch