Movies from when we grew up -- the 1970s and the 1980s. You spent your Saturday's at the theater watching them. They influenced your life and then you couldn't wait to own them on VHS and then on DVD. Movies for GenX and movies that GenY need to see.
Starman (1984)
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel
Memorable Line(s): "I watched you very carefully. Red light stop, green light go, yellow light, go very fast."
John Carpenter's movies...
True Believer (1989)Director: Joseph RubenCast: James Woods, Robert Downey, Jr., Margaret Colin, Kurtwood SmithMemorable Line(s): "Then know this going in -- everyone is guilty."
You know the line where someone says, "They don't make movies like that...
The Elephant Man (1980)
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Freddie Jones, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud
Memorable Line(s): "I am not an animal!"
David Lynch as a director is nothing else if he's not his his own man with his own...
Cocoon (1985)Director: Ron HowardCast: Dom Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Steve Guttenberg, Jessica Tandy, Brian DennehyMemorable Line(s): "I know you're trying to help your people but so am I."
Cocoon is a unique movie because the core of...
The Great Santini (1979)
Director: Lewis John Carlino
Cast: Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe, Stan Shaw, David Keith
Memorable Line(s): "No one can tell you anything, dad."
* Underrated and Overlooked *
The Great Santini is largely a...
