1984 ( Nineteen Eighty-Four )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/14/1984
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Radford
Actors: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher, James Walker
Plot: George Orwell's novel is adapted once again: A totalitarian future society
in which all news, information and even history is rewritten by those in
charge. One of the bureaucrats in charge of this process commits the crime
of falling in love and Big Brother isn't happy.
The Cotton Club
Theatrical Release Date: 12/14/1984
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee, Bob Hoskins, Nicolas Cage
Dune
Theatrical Release Date: 12/14/1984
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David Lynch
Actors: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Kenneth McMillan, Brad Dourif, Max von Sydow, Sting
Plot: A galaxy whose important product is Spice is given a possible prophet to save the outlying planets from oppression and other political poverty.
Frankenweenie
Theatrical Release Date: 12/14/1984
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Shelley Duvall, Daniel Stern, Barret Oliver, Joseph Maher, Roz Braverman, Paul Bartel
Plot: A young boy attempts to bring his dead dog back to life using electricity.
Mass Appeal
Theatrical Release Date: 12/14/1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Glenn Jordan
Actors: Jack Lemmon, Zeljko Ivanek, Charles Durning, Louise Latham, Alice Hirson, Sharee Gregory
A Passage to India
Theatrical Release Date: 12/14/1984
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Lean
Actors: Judy Davis, Alec Guinness, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox, Nigel Havers
Runaway
Theatrical Release Date: 12/14/1984
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Crichton
Actors: Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley, Stan Shaw, Chris Mulkey
Starman
Theatrical Release Date: 12/14/1984
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Phalen, Tony Edwards
Plot: An alien (Jeff Bridges) assumes the identity of widow Jenny Hayden's
(Karen Allen, Raiders of the Lost Arc) husband. Together they race
across the US to rendezvous with the mothership before Starman succumbs to
earth-sickness or the authorities capture him. While Starman learns about
human feelings, Jenny learns how to feel human again.
Bless Their Little Hearts
Theatrical Release Date: 12/12/1984
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Billy Woodberry
Actors: Nate Hardman, Kaycee Moore, Angela Burnett, Ronald Burnett, Kimberly Burnett, Langston Woodberry
