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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.
Industry professionals predicted comedy films and upbeat entertainment to dominate theaters in 1980. This was a response to poor morale in a nation suffering through economic recession, which generally increased theatrical visits as audiences sought escapism and ignored romantic films and depictions of blue-collar life.
Highest-grossing films of 1980 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 The Empire Strikes Back: 20th Century Fox: $209,398,025 2 9 to 5: $103,290,500 3 Stir Crazy: Columbia: $101,300,000 4 Airplane! Paramount: $83,453,539 5 Any Which Way You Can: Warner Bros. $70,687,344 6 Private Benjamin: $69,847,348 7 Coal Miner's Daughter: Universal ...
Superhero film [21] The Sword: Patrick Tam: Lee Kwan-hak, Jimmy Wang Yu, Chan Pooi-Ling: Hong Kong: Martial arts film [22] Trois Hommes à Abattre: Jacques Deray: Alain Delon: France: Action thriller [23] The Victim: Sammo Hung: Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Dick Wei: Hong Kong Martial arts comedy The Young Master: Jackie Chan: Jackie Chan, Yuan Biao ...
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes 1980: 9 to 5: Colin Higgins: Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda: United States: Private Benjamin: Howard Zieff: Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante
Collectively, the science fiction films from the 1980s have received 14 Academy Awards, 11 Saturn Awards, six Hugo Awards, five BAFTA awards, four BSFA Awards, and one Golden Globe Award. Four of these movies were the highest-grossing films of their respective years of release. However, these films also received nine Golden Raspberry Awards.
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The Fog is a 1980 American independent supernatural horror film directed by John Carpenter, who also co-wrote the screenplay and created the music for the film.It stars Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Atkins, Janet Leigh and Hal Holbrook.