Birdy
Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/1984
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, John Harkins, Sandy Baron, Karen Young, Bruno Kirby
Plot: After two friends return home from the Vietnam War one becomes mentally
unstable and obsesses with becoming a bird.
The Flamingo Kid
Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/1984
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Garry Marshall
Actors: Matt Dillon, Hector Elizondo, Richard Crenna, Jessica Walter, Molly McCarthy, Carole Davis
Johnny Dangerously
Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/1984
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Amy Heckerling
Actors: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Boyle, Griffin Dunne
Plot: Johnny Kelly is forced into a life of crime to pay for his ailing mother's medical treatment. In an attempt to hide his new persona, Johnny takes the name Dangerously. But he becomes a little too successful in the underworld and while Johnny's turning into a powerful mobster, his district attorney brother is threatening to ruin the Dangerously name.
Micki + Maude
Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/1984
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Blake Edwards
Actors: Dudley Moore, Amy Irving, Ann Reinking, Richard Mulligan, George Gaynes, John Pleshette
Protocol
Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/1984
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Herbert Ross
Actors: Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, Ed Begley Jr., Richard Romanus, Jean Smart, Andre Gregory
Nothing Left to Do But Cry ( Non ci resta che piangere )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/20/1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roberto Benigni, Massimo Troisi
Actors: Massimo Troisi, Roberto Benigni, Iris Peynado, Amanda Sandrelli, Carlo Monni, Livia Venturini
Plot: School janitor Mario (Massimo Troisi) and teacher Saverio (Roberto Benigni) are in a car at a level crossing, waiting for the train to pass. The scenery is the Tuscan countryside, in 1984. As the train is late, the two decide to go for an alternative path and take a road through the fields. Shortly afterwards, the car gets stuck, and as the night approaches, it starts to rain. The two men manage to find shelter under a huge tree, but it is late, and there seems to be no hope the rain might stop before the night is over. While having a chat, they spot a light through the rain that turns out to be that of a small inn. Mario and Saverio decide to spend the night there and are hosted in a room along with a third man, who is already sleeping as they come in. The morning after, the two wake up to see that they have traveled back in time to year 1492.
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Theatrical Release Date: 12/19/1984
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sam Firstenberg
Actors: Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers, Jo De Winter, Susie Coelho, Ice-T
State buoni... se potete
Theatrical Release Date: 12/18/1984
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luigi Magni
Actors: Johnny Dorelli, Philippe Leroy, Rodolfo Bigotti, Renzo Montagnani, Eurilla del Bono, Mario Adorf
Plot: Italy in the 1500s, Italian priest Don Filippo Neri had his own outlook on how to help the people, especially the children, in his neighborhood - but the devil works behind the scenes, trying to thwart his plans and corrupt his charges at every turn.
A Christmas Carol
Theatrical Release Date: 12/17/1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Clive Donner
Actors: George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, Angela Pleasence, Edward Woodward, Michael Carter, David Warner
Plot: In this adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic George C. Scott portrays Scrooge, the miser with an uncaring soul who is visited by three spirits and learns compassion once again.
The River
Theatrical Release Date: 12/17/1984
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mark Rydell
Actors: Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Shane Bailey, Becky Jo Lynch, Scott Glenn, Billy Green Bush
Man of Flowers
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/1984
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Paul Cox
Actors: Norman Kaye, Alyson Best, Chris Haywood, Werner Herzog, Sarah Walker, Julia Blake
