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The decade of the 1980s in Western cinema saw the return of studio-driven pictures, coming from the filmmaker-driven New Hollywood era of the 1970s. [1] The period was when the "high concept" picture was established by producer Don Simpson, [2] where films were expected to be easily marketable and understandable.
Can't Stop the Music is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by Nancy Walker in her only directed featured film. Written by Allan Carr and Bronté Woodard, the film is a pseudo-biography of the 1970s disco group the Village People loosely based on the actual story of how the group formed.
The show was a critical and commercial failure from the beginning and was canceled by the network after 11 episodes. [103] Owing to the combination of its bizarre nature and its high-powered production talent (including an Emmy win for composer Randy Newman), [104] it became infamous as one of the biggest television failures of the 1990s. [105 ...
British film April 25, 1980: Where the Buffalo Roam: May 9, 1980: The Nude Bomb: co-production with Time-Life Films: May 23, 1980: The Gong Show Movie: June 13, 1980: The Island: co-production with Zanuck/Brown Company: June 20, 1980: The Blues Brothers: Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2020 July 18, 1980: Cheech and Chong's Next Movie
This is a list of films and miniseries that are based on actual events. All films on this list are from American production unless indicated otherwise.. True story films [1] gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with the production of films based on actual events that first aired on CBS, ABC, and NBC.
Friday Night Videos is an American music video/variety program that aired from July 29, 1983, to May 24, 2002, on NBC.Originally developed as an attempt by the network to capitalize on the emerging popularity of music videos, which had been brought into the mainstream by MTV during the early 1980s, [1] the program shifted over to a general music focus in 1990, mixing in live music performances ...
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A clip show is an episode of a television series that consists primarily of excerpts from previous episodes. Most clip shows include a frame story in which cast members recall events from past installments of the show, depicted with a clip of the event presented as a flashback.