All Films

A House for Kuzka

1984 • 17 min • Soviet Union

An underage house spirit named Kuzka finds his way into a typical Soviet flat and turns the life of a little girl Natasha into a fairy tale.

Weather Report Live In Tokyo

1984 • 60 min

Weather Report recorded live in Tokyo, Japan on September 27, 1984 - Joe Zawinul (keyboards) / Wayne Shorter (sax, tenor sax) / Victor Bailey (bass) / Mino Cinelu (percussion) / Omar Hakim (drums)

All The Kids Do It

1984 • 49 min

High school diving champion Buddy Elder (Scott Baio) can't seem to stop drinking and driving.

Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra

1984 • 28 min • Canada

Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra is a 1985 Canadian short documentary film directed by Larry Weinstein. A small-town orchestra and choir are the focus of this loving and humorous portrait. The film unveils the musician's passion for performance, their imaginative fund-raising methods and collective will to survive. This film includes a colorful cast of characters ranging from students to seniors, from business executives to hog farmers. Holding it all together is the outrageously flamboyant conductor who inspires everyone with his endless enthusiasm. Making Overtures reveals how an entire community us enriched by its orchestra. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Round Vernian Vifam: A Letter From Katue

1984 • 51 min • Japan

Summary of the first half of the Round Vernian Vifam series.

Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia

1984 • 46 min • United States of America

13-year-old Brian has problems reading, which his teachers attribute to laziness. It is later discovered that he has Dyslexia.

Sekkusumeido: Osouji no Atode

1984 • 51 min • Japan

Ding dong. Who’s that! Why its the new maid. She cooks and cleans and gives extra special sexual service to members of the household. But the poor girl can’t seem to get any satisfaction.

Round Vernian Vifam: 13 Meet Again

1984 • 56 min • Japan

Summary of the second half of the Round Vernian Vifam series.

An Audience with Mel Brooks

1984 • 55 min • United Kingdom

Mel Brooks delivers an enjoyable hour of comic diversion with his lovely actress-wife Anne Bancroft, writer comedian Ronny Graham and British Shakespearean actor Jonathan Pryce. Brooks Spontaneous humor, social commentaries and zany sketches leave the audience rolling in the aisles and will leave you wanting more of Mel!

The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle

1984 • 50 min

Stella, 14, works nights. She sings 60s numbers between the stripper with a snake and gorgeous Doris in working men's clubs. She knows what makes her act a success, but does she want to be the sole breadwinner for her family?

It Could Happen to Anybody

1984 • 54 min

"It never done a woman any harm to be at the end o' a back-hander." In a society where drunkenness and battered wives are treated as 'normal', Jean McLeod attempts to hold her family together. But after a particularly severe beating she decides to fight back.

The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

1984 • 60 min • United States of America

They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, but because of their ecstatic dancing, the world called them Shakers. Ken Burns creates a moving portrait of this particularly American movement, and in the process, offers us a new and unusually moving way to understand the Shakers.

Overtime

1984 • 55 min • Canada

This short documentary profiles a group of men from the Toronto Lakeshore Oldtimers Hockey Club. Although middle-aged, they still play the game with as much energy and passion as they did 25 years ago. They claim that playing hockey is more fun now than it was when they were kids, despite the toll of aches and pains, injuries, gruelling schedules and late-night partying. Cares and responsibilities are cast aside once they are on the ice, and the locker room becomes a haven of uncomplicated camaraderie and fun. In refusing to grow old gracefully, they feel they won't grow old at all!

Aquaman: The Cast of the Angler

1984 • 21 min • United States of America

The Angler claims he will use a toxin which will kill sea life unless a ransom is paid. Aquaman races to stop him.

Don't Ask Me, Ask God

1984 • 57 min

Don't Ask Me, Ask God is a TV Special starring Michael J. Fox.

Kinnikuman: The Stolen Championship Belt

1984 • 48 min • Japan

The first theatrical film of the anime series Kinnikuman. After winning the 21st Choujin Olympics, Kinnikuman plans to build his own theme park. As his friends and celebrities arrive, the sky grows dark and with a flash of lightning Kinnikuman's championship belt is gone. He then sees that it has been taken by Octopus Dragon III, who challenges him to take it back. Kinnikuman tries but fails and Mari is kidnapped. Octopus Dragon gives Kinnikuman a time limit to save her before she is fed to the monster Gigasaurus and then returns to his home world of Planet Metro (メトロ星, Metoro-sei). Despite his injuries, Kinnikuman is determined to go and reclaim his belt and Mari. Luckily, Terryman, Ramenman, Robin Mask, Warsman, Brocken Jr., and Rikishiman arrive to lend him a hand.

Rock and Roll: The Early Days

1984 • 60 min

A History of Rock and Roll from its origins up to the early 1960's.

Tears for Fears: In My Mind's Eye

1984 • 58 min

In My Mind's Eye is a concert performance video released by the British group Tears For Fears. It was recorded in December 1983 at the London Hammersmith Odeon (now the Hammersmith Apollo) and released on home video in late 1984.

Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets

1984 • 54 min • United States of America, United Kingdom

Trace the life and career of visionary puppeteer Jim Henson through this fascinating documentary, which profiles the creative genius's early endeavors in college, his incredible contributions to "Sesame Street" and the creation of "The Muppet Show." In addition to interviews with Henson, his wife, Jane, and close collaborator Frank Oz, this in-depth special also offers viewers a peek inside the magical Henson Workshop.

The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel

1984 • 41 min • United Kingdom

Janie, daughter of Commander Jackson, the head of D15, has been kidnapped and there are only two men who can save her - former agents Bonehead and Foyle.

Angels in the Annexe

1984 • 55 min

Mr Brittain is determined that this year the school will do a really different Christmas show. Unfortunately Miss Jarvis has always organised the nativity play, and this is her last year before retirement. She is unlikely to change her ways without a battle.

Garfield in the Rough

1984 • 24 min • United States of America

Garfield is taken on a camping trip by Jon, much against his will. A series of very funny disasters follow. But not all is well, as a panther has escaped from the local zoo and is stalking them. Will our hero survive to eat another lasagna and kick Odie off the table again?

Dirty Movie

1984 • 30 min • United Kingdom

Postman Bean is anxious to end his round early to catch a morning showing of 'The Sound of Muzak' at his local cinema. However, he is unaware that the cinema manager Terry Toadstool is using this as a smoke screen to view a pornographic film and that Bean's wife, traffic warden Monica, is the star.

The Sacred Symbol

1984 • 59 min • United States of America

A part documentary/part dramatic reenactment tale that examines religions from around the world.