Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 1980

<BODY text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="50"> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+2><b>Top Five of 1980</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>Click here for <a href=persac80.html>Favorites in Major Categories</a></b></Font><br> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 1. &nbsp<b><Font Color="#003399">Raging Bull</Font></b></Font> Dir. Martin Scorsese. With Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 2. &nbsp<b><Font Color="#003399">The Empire Strikes Back</Font></b></Font> Dir. Irvin Kershner. With Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 3. &nbsp<b><Font Color="#003399">The Elephant Man</Font></b></Font> Dir. David Lynch. With Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 4. &nbsp<b><Font Color="#003399">The Stunt Man</Font></b></Font> Dir. Richard Rush. With Steve Railsback, Peter O'Toole, Barbara Hershey <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 5. &nbsp<b><Font Color="#003399">Gates of Heaven</Font></b></Font> Dir. Errol Morris. Documentary about Southern California pet cemetery <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+2><b>Reviews from 1980</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1> <Font Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <b>= Full-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font> <b> = Capsule-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font> <b>&nbsp= Blog Review</b> (New Window) </Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=gloria.html style="text-decoration:none">Gloria</Font></b></a> Dir. John Cassavetes. With Gena Rowlands, John Adames, Julie Carmen, Buck Henry <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+1><b>More Grades from 1980</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>9 to 5</b></Font> Dir. Colin Higgins. With Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Cruising</b></Font> Dir. William Friedkin. With Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Richard Cox, Don Scardino <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Great Santini</b></Font> Dir. Lewis John Carlino. With Robert Duvall, Michael O'Keefe, Blythe Danner <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>D+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Melvin and Howard</b></Font> Dir. Jonathan Demme. With Paul Le Mat, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Ordinary People</b></Font> Dir. Robert Redford. With Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton, Mary Tyler Moore <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Private Benjamin</b></Font> Dir. Howard Zieff. With Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan, Armand Assante <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>D+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Xanadu</b></Font> Dir. Robert Greenwald. With Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, Gene Kelly <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>D</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+1><b>Also from 1980</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Fair</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Coal Miner's Daughter</b></Font> Dir. Michael Apted. With Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo<br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Feh</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Resurrection</b></Font> Dir. Daniel Petrie. With Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Roberts Blossom<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Shining</b></Font> Dir. Stanley Kubrick. With Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers<br> <hr> <br><Font Face=Garamond> Trackbacks: &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp <strong><a href=movies80home.html target="_top">Permalink</a></strong> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp <strong><a href=movarchs.html target="_top">Home</a></strong> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp <strong><a href=movies81.html target="_top">1981 ></a></strong> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp <strong><a href="http://www.nicksflickpicks.com/blog.html" target="_new">Blog</a></strong> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp <strong><a href=email.html target="_top">E-Mail</a></strong> </Font> </body>