All Films

The Magic Bells

1987 • 10 min • Soviet Union

A good tale about the inhabitants of a magical city who were shamelessly robbed by the villain Miraclus. He stole their smiles - sly, playful, tender, affectionate - and melted them into golden bells! The Miracle dungeon was filled with a quiet, clear ringing sound, fresh and transparent, like a forest spring. He enjoyed this music, but the people in the city looked at each other with sad eyes and thought that joy had left them forever. But one day a cheerful company came to this city - a kind wizard, a girl Katya, a boy Vasya and a cartoon cat that came to life - and helped the residents return their smiles.

Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas

1987 • 60 min • Austria, United States of America

Julie Andrews joins John Denver, Placido Domingo, and The King's Singers for a Christmas journey through time in the city of Salzburg, Austria. Written and sang with many references to "Sound", the journey takes individuals to the many filming locations and haunts that are personal to the cast with music interludes along the way.

The Story of a Recluse

1987 • 50 min

Fragment of a story by Robert Louis Stevenson, completed by Alasdair Gray. A dissolute medical student wakes up in the bedroom of a young woman who fascinates him, in a house where nightly gambling sessions are held.

The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson

1987 • 60 min

A documentary on the life and career of legendary stuntman Dar Robinson, with clips of some of his more famous movie stunts and interviews with stars he's worked with.

The Black Tower

1987 • 23 min • United Kingdom

A man finds himself haunted by a mysterious black tower in London that appears to follow him wherever he goes.

Beauty Brothers

1987 • 12 min • United States of America

Presented in five vignettes, and starring the brothers of Matt Dillon. The Beauty Brothers offers-up the romance, desire, dreamscapes and frustrations of youth. Part I: Junk Food Conversation, 2:44; Part II: Bedroom Bongos, 2:37; Part III: Dream Wheels, 2:39; Part IV: Poolhopping, 1:47; Part V: Runaway, 2:39

Adoration ou la transsubstantiation

1987 • 16 min • Belgium, France

Based on the real life story of Sagawa, a Japanese student who killed, dismembered and ate a young Dutch girl in Paris.

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

1987 • 60 min • United States of America

An all-star cast lead by Richard Dreyfus perform sketches celebrating the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, including new animation done by Disney.

Wall

1987 • 7 min • Japan

"The further developed and completed version of a 15-second advertisement for an interior design firm on which I had worked. It repeats over and over again the violent back-and-forth, half-revolving motions of a giant brick storehouse inside the frame of a hand-held photograph. I wanted to emphasis the flat nature of the photograph while creating a dynamic feeling of depth inside the photograph's frame." - Takashi Ito

The Rockingham Shoot

1987 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Rigid nationalist Reilly's frustration at the last remains of British rule draws him to the Rockingham Shoot, where a violent incident occurs.

The Day My Kid Went Punk

1987 • 60 min • United States of America

A nerdy teen makes himself over as a punk rocker, embarrassing his conservative parents in the process.

The Ten-Year Lunch

1987 • 56 min • United States of America

The story of the legendary wits who lunched daily at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s. The core of the so-called Round Table group included short story and poetry writer Dorothy Parker; comic actor and writer Robert Benchley; The New Yorker founder Harold Ross; columnist and social reformer Heywood Broun; critic Alexander Woollcott; and playwrights George S. Kaufman, Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber and Robert Sherwood.

Islands

1987 • 58 min • United States of America

The Maysles' third film about the artists sees them trying to get three projects off the ground: wrapping the Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris; wrapping the Reichstag; and surrounding eleven man-made islands in Florida with pink plastic sheets. As the latter is the only one that gets approval, it gets the bulk of this film.

The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy

1987 • 24 min • United States of America

The Smurfs set out to help out an elderly human couple.

The Truth About Alex

1987 • 50 min • Canada

Brad Stevens and Alex Prager are best friends. They are both popular high school students and key members of the football team. Brad is up for nomination to West Point, and Alex is a talented pianist who’s counting on his football skills to land him a university scholarship. But their lives are turned upside down when one day Alex admits that he is gay.

Best Chest in the U.S.

1987 • 60 min • United States of America

This event takes "Best Chest in the West" one step further by bringing together Best Chest Winners from all over the country. Three divisions compete for the crown. The "Itty Bitty Titty" division highlights seven Best Chest competitors in the small breast size. Six sexy ladies compete in the "Huggable Honey" division representing competitors in the medium breast size. And finally, seven incredible ladies compete in the "Hefty Honey" division representing the large breasted women. Each division creates a special look as these sensuous ladies go the distance to impress the judges with their special assets. You won't believe it as the crowd goes crazy as we crown three winners for the Best Chest in the U.S. Celebrity Judges Are: Ron Smith, Bill Gazzarri & Dan Haggarty. Hosted by comic Garret Adkins

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread

1987 • 41 min • United States of America

Penn Jillette and Teller are called upon to display their unique brand of humor to save civilization from strange extraterrestrial beings who have invaded Earth and who, disgruntled and bored with the mundane nature of human life, threaten to blow up the planet unless someone gives them a good reason not to.

Black Beauty

1987 • 50 min • Australia

This heartwarming adaptation of the novel tells the story of the courageous stallion Black Beauty, a well-bred horse in 19th century England. Black Beauty is happy as a country carriage horse, living with a wealthy Squire and his children Polly and Bertie

Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond

1987 • 56 min • United States of America

An hour documentary on the history of Bond for the 25th anniversary of the film series.

La jeringa

1987 • 22 min • Uruguay

Free adaptation of the story “Muebles El Canario” by Felisberto Hernández, with Leo Maslíah in the leading role.

Superstars and their Moms

1987 • 60 min • United States of America

Mother's Day special in which celebrities appear with their mothers to relate incidents from their pasts, inspired by the book "Star Mothers" by Georgia Holt, Cher's mom.

The Confessions of Robert Crumb

1987 • 55 min

In 1987, Robert Crumb presents himself: raised by a Marine father, educated in Catholic schools, married at 21 in Cleveland where he worked for a greeting card company, dropping acid in 1965, heading to San Francisco and getting in on the formation of Zap Comix, gaining celebrity, loving old time jazz, starting a band, living in a commune, meeting Aline Kominsky who became his second wife and his partner in art, having a daughter, and developing a more realistic drawing style. The confessions include his loneliness, his obsessions with women, his bewilderment by fame, his sense of the disintegration of Sixties' subculture, his nervous breakdown in 1973, and his peace now.

Christine

1987 • 52 min • United Kingdom

Christine is a pasty-faced teen in a windbreaker and ill-fitting striped shirt who walks endlessly from one friend's house to another, delivering heroin while their parents are absent.

Claymation Christmas Celebration

1987 • 24 min • United States of America

Herb and Rex, the Jurassic odd couple, guide you along a Christmas choral celebration in this Emmy Award-winning special, guest-starring the California Raisins! Segments feature the Three Wise Men, singing camels, ice-skating penguins, and the hilarious Paris Bellharmonic Orchestra.