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1981 • 52 min • Mexico

Mexican feature film

Andy Kaufman: The Midnight Special

1981 • 55 min

The big mystery about Andy Kaufman's work is in trying to figure out what's serious, what's an act, why he is doing what he's doing, and whether he even knows the differences himself. His performances are among those rare examples where you feel extremely uncomfortable watching them, but at the same time you can't pull yourself away because it's hysterical in a twisted and bizarre sort of way.

Das Boot: Behind The Scenes

1981 • 60 min

Comprehensive classic piece that looks at the process of creating the movie, told with a strong, well-constructed narrative that plays almost as a movie itself, a detailed retelling of how the movie was made and the dedication to authenticity that's evident right down to the finest little details on the ship. After a narrator sets the scene for various segments from the film, the piece takes its time to take a closer look at all of the elements that are necessary to create the movie and the challenges of shooting such a labor- and authenticity-intensive picture.

The Devil and a Princess

1981 • 30 min • Japan

Once upon a time, in a certain region of a certain country, there was a castle called "Tomorrow's Castle" surrounded by peanut fields. The 18-year-old Princess Gimi has a reputation for being beautiful to the world, but she is actually a bitch who drinks alcohol in the daytime. Even so, the princess, who has a desire to get married like everyone else, beautifies herself considerably...

Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons

1981 • 9 min • United States of America

Christopher Robin gives Winnie the Pooh a calendar, and Pooh uses it to learn about the seasons.

Clownen Jac

1981 • 43 min • Sweden

The clown Jac's defense speech from Hjalmar Bergman's novel. A monologue about the degrading of being an artist, performed in a circus ring with the camera as the audience.

Tamara - La Donna d'Oro

1981 • 50 min • Italy, Sweden

About the artist Tamara de Lempicka. At the outbreak of the World War One she fled Poland and settled in Paris. She was quickly drawn into the interaction with Paris's cultural elite.

Muppet Side Splitter

1981 • 9 min • United States of America

Jim Henson’s “for hire” work using Muppets to spice up dull corporate meetings

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

1981 • 50 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

Steve Martin's fourth NBC special was in the spirit of his previous association with Saturday Night Live. It was broadcast live from Studio 8H, produced by Lorne Michaels and featured some original cast members of the show.

Habit

1981 • 18 min • United States of America

An alcoholic falls in love with a woman who might be a vampire. Remade in 1995 by the same director.

Iron Maiden: [1981] Beat Club Bremen

1981 • 33 min

Setlist: 1. Prowler 2. Sanctuary 3. Phantom of the Opera 4. Iron Maiden 5. Wrathchild 6. Innocent Exile 7. Sanctuary 8. Another Life

The Pink Panther in 'Pink at First Sight'

1981 • 30 min • United States of America

It is Valentine's Day and the hip feline has no love and no money except for seven cents. He goes to a messenger service for a job but messes his rehearsal up. He then buys a cassette player and pre-recorded cassettes with the seven cents he had left and goes back to the messenger service miming to "Vesti la giubba", an aria from Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci, and gets hired as a messenger on Valentine's Day

Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy

1981 • 47 min • United Kingdom

An unusual documentary from the Brothers Quay and Keith Griffiths about the history of the Punch and Judy puppet show.

Casey Stengel

1981 • 56 min • United States of America

Charles Durning appears as the legendary baseball manager Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel in this one-man show presented before a live studio audience.

The Best of Times

1981 • 48 min • United States of America

This ABC pilot starred seven teenagers in an '80s-style laugh-in. It told the light and dark side of teenage thoughts with dancing and singing added in for color.

B.C. A Special Christmas

1981 • 30 min • Canada

Peter enlists his sarcastic one-legged friend Wiley to help conjure a myth based around the idea of giving. Seeing the chance to make a profit off the selflessness of others, the two cavemen create a figure that develops into the first Santa Claus but are then baffled when the "myth" they've created apparently becomes real. Substituting gain for fulfillment, Peter and Wiley experience the true meaning of Christmas.

Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown

1981 • 24 min • United States of America

After Charlie Brown spots a girl briefly shown in a sports event broadcasting, he is smitten enough to go in search of her with the help of Linus. Unfortunately in his search, he has his usual amount of luck. As Charlie Brown is watching a football game, he spots a girl in the stands that he immediately attaches himself to. When the game ends, he is desperate to find her, so he enlists Linus to help him and, because of his absolute nervousness, to do the talking for him. However, that move could wind up spelling doom for the love-starved Charlie Brown once they finally find her.

The Steeler and the Pittsburgh Kid

1981 • 60 min • United States of America

The award-winning Coke commercial becomes a heart-warming story!

Let the Princess Stay with Us

1981 • 55 min • Czechoslovakia

Modern version of Snowhite fairytale. Girl Katka is frustrated and restless. She escapes from home and find herself in the orphanage. Seven orphan boys hide her and call her "Princess". But Katka is soon uncovered and her frantic mother is on the way...

No Visible Scar

1981 • 60 min

A wounded member of a rebel terrorist organisation is tended by an English nurse. She is imprisoned, interrogated, then released to face another form of interrogation.

Zločin na poště

1981 • 43 min • Czechoslovakia

A report of embezzlement is made against Helenka, a popular clerk at the village post office. The investigation reveals that she is 200 crowns short and the girl commits suicide. Her protector and friend, the gendarmerie sergeant Brejcha, does not believe that the girl is capable of any crime, and he investigates how the money was actually stolen. Apparently, someone stole her money when she turned away from her window. He gets further clues from the new clerk who took over after Helenka...

She Drinks a Little

1981 • 48 min • United States of America

16-year-old girl is in denial about her mother's drinking problem and refuses to join Ala-Teen.

A Toast to Melbourne

1981 • 37 min

Using archival film, aerial photography, stills, prints and contemporary footage, this documentary presents the city of Melbourne and its lifestyle. Looks at the unique Victorian architecture that transformed Melbourne from a tent city during the Gold Rush to a modern and prosperous city. Captures the vibrant streetscapes, the trams, the elaborate arcades and some of the institutions that cater to Melbourne's elite such as the Georges store and the Melbourne Club.

Backs to the Blast: An Australian Nuclear Story

1981 • 52 min • Australia

A document of Australia's nuclear industrial history, from uranium mining and its toxic legacy to the nuclear weapons tests conducted at Maralinga in South Australia.