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Practical Tips for Butterfly Collectors

1980 • 9 min • Poland

An ironic pastiche of the typical instructional-education film.

Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special

1980 • 24 min • United States of America

A 1980 Looney Tunes Thanksgiving special, starring Daffy Duck. Cartoons featured "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" "Robin Hood Daffy" "Drip-Along Daffy" "His Bitter Half"

Taboo: The Single and the LP

1980 • 53 min • United States of America

"Abner L. Fuqua clears his throat and I get mad and stand close to trains or cut my eyebrow off. Dorothy is Abner's wife. Abner can slap hard, like blue magic." - graffiti

The Christmas Raccoons

1980 • 30 min • Canada

In this prelude to the television series 'The Raccoons', Bert, Melissa, and Ralph Raccoon have their home accidentally stolen when it is cut down to become a Christmas tree.

Rudies Come Back (The Rise & Rise of 2-Tone)

1980 • 35 min • United Kingdom

Adrian Thrills investigates a new and exhilarating musical blend which is taking the country by storm. 2-tone is a unique mix of music, fusing together reggae, rock, soul, ska, blue beat and punk. With its home in Coventry and its roots in reggae, it derives its name and identity from the co-existence of its black and white members.

Paul's Case

1980 • 55 min • United States of America

Captures the essence of Willa Cather's haunting story of Pittsburgh circa 1900. Lost in a world of fantasy, young working-class Paul dreams of escaping his dreary existence in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh. As fate would have it Paul gets his chance by stealing some money and subsequently running off to glamorous New York City.

Baryshnikov on Broadway

1980 • 51 min • United States of America

Mikhail Baryshnikov and his guests perform numbers from over a dozen renowned Broadway musicals including Oklahoma!, Fiddler on the Roof, Can-Can, The King and I, Cabaret, Where's Charley, Hello Dolly, Ain't Misbehavin', Guys and Dolls, The Boyfriend, Kiss Me Kate and A Chorus Line.

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

1980 • 51 min • United States of America

A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. This lip-smacking foray into the history, consumption, cultivation and culinary/curative powers of the stinking rose features chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse, and a flavorful musical soundtrack. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.

Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown

1980 • 24 min • United States of America

When the circus comes to town, Snoopy naturally pays a visit. There he falls for a beautiful poodle performing there. He soon runs away to join it. While he quickly becomes a star performer, Charlie Brown is distraught by Snoopy's decision while Snoopy himself has to face some realities of show business himself.

Linda in Wonderland

1980 • 60 min

“Linda In Wonderland” is Linda Lavin’s variety television special that aired on Thanksgiving Day, 1980. Special guests include; Lynn Redgrave, Anthony Newley and Ron Leibman. Her characters of “Alice Hyatt” and “Sam Butler” from her television show “Alice” also make appearances as Ms. Lavin plays dual roles for both. Ms. Lavin and her guests perform Broadway and other musical numbers in various settings and medleys, mixed in with solo performances and Linda giving us a little background about herself growing up, along with some humor and pizzazz.

Groping

1980 • 8 min • Australia

This short student film by Alex Proyas and Salik Silverstein re-envisions the 1964 Kitty Genovese murder, offering a different explanation for the problem of witness nonintervention.

The Mark of Satan

1980 • 52 min • United Kingdom

Edwyn sees the number nine everywhere and is convinced that forces of evil are at work.

Denshi Sentai Denziman: The Movie

1980 • 45 min • Japan

When a mother with an unexpected origin is held hostage by the Vader Clan, the Denziman must come to her rescue.

Porklips Now

1980 • 22 min • United States of America

This spoof of 'Apocalypse Now' has health inspector Will Dullard travelling by car "uptown" with two friends to have a meeting with a certain Mertz, the owner of a meat processing shop, to "investigate with extreme prejudice."

The Cell

1980 • 13 min • United Kingdom

A man condemned to die is allowed a prostitute for his last night alive, but the two of them have dark secrets to share.

Exchange and Divide

1980 • 49 min • United Kingdom

A marital breakdown is brought to life through a mixture of dramatisation, monologue, montage and animation. Through the perspectives of the husband, the lawyer, the couple’s parents and their “home help”, a picture emerges of the transactional nature and economic fall-out of marriage, along with issues of class and gender politics affecting single mothers.

The Incredible Book Escape

1980 • 60 min • United States of America

Young girl is locked at the library after it closes. Soon after, four storybook characters come to life in front of her.

Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller

1980 • 30 min • United States of America

A noir mostly set in a bathroom stall and stairwell. A private dick trapped in a tight spot. A narrator searching for a way out of the story.

Braces High

1980 • 30 min

A parcel left on a bus causes concern when the bomb squad are called. Instead it contains a pair of trousers with braces and £370 in one pound notes. Scotland Yard decide to bring Inspector Hammond out of retirement to solve the mystery.

Black Angel

1980 • 25 min • Canada, United Kingdom

A knight returns home from the Crusades to find his village devastated by disease and his family gone. He roams the forest searching for them, until he finds a mysterious maiden who is being held prisoner by a black knight. In order to free her, he must confront her captor.

Steppin'

1980 • 45 min

At the end of the 70s there was a vigorous fight for socialism in Jamaica. In this film Landau follows Michael Manley on his tour in Jamaica, during his election.

The Secret of Lost Valley

1980 • 56 min • United States of America

While on a family outing, a boy, Adam, gets lost in the forest and discovers a wild boy there. Communicating by sign language, they become friends. When the wild boy is captured by scientists, Adam helps him escape.

Color Balance

1980 • 3 min

A 1980 video art piece by American artist Morgan Fisher, a multi-projection work featuring floating spheres of different colors (green, red, blue) projected simultaneously.

Just Play The Clash

1980 • 50 min

A bonus feature of Rudeboy, featuring only the concert scenes with the band.