The Kidnapping of the President
Theatrical Release Date: 08/15/1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George Mendeluk
Actors: William Shatner, Hal Holbrook, Van Johnson, Ava Gardner, Miguel Fernandes, Elizabeth Shepherd
Manganinnie
Theatrical Release Date: 08/15/1980
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Honey
Actors: Mawuyul Yanthalawuy, Anna Ralph, Phillip Hinton, Buruminy Dhamarrandji, Reg Evans, Jonathan Elliot
Prom Night
Theatrical Release Date: 08/15/1980
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Lynch
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens, Anne-Marie Martin, Antoinette Bower, Michael Tough
Plot: Six years ago a group of friends caused a horrible accident and vowed
never to speak of it to anyone. Now, on their prom night, someone knows
their secret and wants revenge.
Smokey and the Bandit II
Theatrical Release Date: 08/15/1980
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hal Needham
Actors: Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Dom DeLuise, Sally Field, Paul Williams
Plot: The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.
Those Lips, Those Eyes
Theatrical Release Date: 08/15/1980
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Pressman
Actors: Frank Langella, Glynnis O'Connor, Tom Hulce, Jerry Stiller, Herbert Berghof, Kevin McCarthy
Willie & Phil
Theatrical Release Date: 08/15/1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Mazursky
Actors: Michael Ontkean, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Jan Miner, Tom Brennan, Julie Bovasso
Plot: Two pretentious college friends get involved with the same woman in Paul
Mazursky's film, both a parody of and an homage to Truffaut's "Jules et
Jim."
The Octagon
Theatrical Release Date: 08/14/1980
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Eric Karson
Actors: Chuck Norris, Karen Carlson, Lee Van Cleef, Art Hindle, Carol Bagdasarian, Tadashi Yamashita
Plot: A martial artists finds himself up against a group of ninjas who look to
create a worldwide training camp for terrorists.
City of the Living Dead ( Paura nella città dei morti viventi )
Theatrical Release Date: 08/11/1980
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lucio Fulci
Actors: Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Daniela Doria
Plot: The suicide of a priest in his own church is the catalyst for the gates of hell to open. A journalist and a psychic along with a psychiatrist and his patient must figure out how to reverse the effects before All Saints Day - when the dead of the world will rise from their graves and wipe out mankind.
