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Favorite Things I Love About 1987
Nostalgia is a big deal to us and we always long to go back to the days when life was much happier. Plus, life was much calmer and as many people would say, "We used to be a proper country." I'm not sure what they meant by that, but I wish there was a time machine that allow us to travel to any decade. In this story, I'll highlight some of my favorite pop culture events from my birth year. Let me know in the comments what your favorite pop culture event from the year that you were born. Once you've read this story and liked it, please give it a like. Also, subscribe to my page on here and follow me on social media. Finally, please leave me a generous one-off tip. They help support creators like me and encourage us to keep writing more stories for our loyal readers and subscribers.
By Mark Wesley Pritchard 4 months ago in Geeks
10 Things to Know About 'Teachers' (1984)
10 Things to Know About Teachers 10 Director Arthur Hiller Keeps His Writer Involved Director Arthur Hiller likes to have as much help as possible with his movies. Thus, he likes to keep his screenwriter close at hand for on set punch ups. For Teachers , Hiller had screenwriter Bill McKinney on set from beginning to end, a rarity among Hollywood directors.
By Movies of the 80s4 months ago in Geeks
10 Things to Know About 'Stranger than Paradise'
10 Things to Know About Stranger than Paradise Stranger than Paradise was written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and follows three people through three vignettes of life in three different, unique locations, New York City, Cleveland, Ohio, and Florida.
By Movies of the 80s4 months ago in Geeks
10 Things to Know About Places in the Heart 1984
Places in the Heart stars Sally Field as a mother of two young children Depression Era Texas. After the death of her husband, Field's Edna Spaulding struggles to keep her family farm. She's aied by a Mose (Danny Glover) who arrives looking for work and Mr. Will (John Malkovich), a blind man who becomes Edna's boarder.
By Movies of the 80s4 months ago in Geeks
10 Things to Know About 'Country' (1984)
Country stars Jessica Lange as Jewell Ivy, the mother of a family of farmers in rural Iowa. The family is trying to save their farm from foreclosure while dad, played Sam Shepard, succumbs to drinking, Jewell steps forward and rallies her farm community for foreclosure reforms.
By Movies of the 80s4 months ago in Geeks
10 Things to Know About The Wild Life (1984)
10 Things to Know About The Wild Life 10 Written by Cameron Crowe Read any 10 reviews of The Wild Life and you’re likely to find a comparison to Fast Times at Ridgmont High. This is not terribly surprising as both films were written by Cameron Crowe. The reason you’ve only heard of one of them is because Fast Times is a far better film. Yeah, it’s really that simple.
By Movies of the 80s4 months ago in Geeks
10 Things to Know About 'Irreconcilable Differences'
10 Things to Know About Irreconcilable Differences 10 A Comeback for Ryan O’Neal Through the early 1980s, Ryan O’Neal stumbled from one flop to another and one tabloid story about his personal life to another. Whether it was his tumultuous relationship with daughter Tatum, his explosive relationship with his son Griffin, or the rocky relationship with longtime love, Farrah Fawcett, O’Neal’s personal life made way more headlines than any of his movies.
By Movies of the 80s4 months ago in Geeks
10 Things to Know About Impulse (1984)
10 Things to Know About Impulse 10 Was Intended to Open in May of 1984 Impulse opened in theaters nationwide on September 28th but it had once been viewed as an early summer release. According to L.A Weekly, the film was set for an opening on May 18th, 1984. That would have been just 5 days before Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and while the two films didn’t have the same audience demographic per se, Indy was set to swamp the entire box office and it was probably a good idea for a movie as small as Impulse to get out of the way.
By Movies of the 80s4 months ago in Geeks
10 Things to Know About 'Heartbreakers' (1984)
10 Things to Know About Heartbreakers 10 The Film Received an X-Rating Before Cuts Heartbreakers received an X-Rating when first submitted to the MPAA. The X-Rating was for a three-way sex scene involving stars Peter Coyote, Nick Mancuso, and Carol Wayne. Director Bobby Roth could not have been more disappointed in the cuts telling reporters in a pre-release interview:
By Movies of the 80s4 months ago in Geeks
