14 October 1984 Drama, TV Movie 90 mins
A fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf. The narrative of the film details the events that lead up to the initial exchange of nuclear weapons from the perspective of an on-going news broadcast.
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Scott Glenn as Michael Boyle
Michael Murphy as Bob Calhoun
Helen Shaver as Dorian Waldorf
Patrick Watson as Don Tobin
Nancy Dickerson as Self
Eric Sevareid as Self
Matsu Anderson as Matsu Yamada
Barbara Barnes-Hopkins as Mrs. Langhorn
Michael Beattie as Youth #1
Richard Comar as Pentagon Spokesman
Murray Cruchley as Murray Cruchley
Faye Dance as Anne Gailmore
Fred Barzyk Director
Albert Ruben Writer
David R. Loxton Producer
Bernie Clayton Editor
Leah Siegel Editor
Liz Ramos Casting
Miklós Lente Director of Photography
Shonagh Jabour Makeup Artist
Ivan Lynch Hairstylist
Christine MacLean Set Decoration
Peter C. Frank Editor
Barry Kemp Set Decoration
United States 14 October 1984
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06 April 1984
While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story.
11 March 1984
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it.
09 March 1984
Three friends who don't take their life seriously are suspended from college so they decide to take revenge on the principal.
18 November 1984
The criminalist Hannes Bergemann tries to blackmail the city where he spent his youth. After many years returning to the familiar places of his childhood, he hopes to meet again his old friends, especially Fred, Helmuth and Richard, with whom he had a close childhood friendship.
23 May 1984
After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
29 January 1984
An investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London and gets involved with murder, scam artists and rock concerts.
23 May 1984
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
10 February 1984
A series of sketches with various Swedish comedians and artists.
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Lou Reed and band (featuring guitar legend, Robert Quine) filmed in concert at Palacio de Municipal, Barcelona, Spain on December 10, 1984 during the New Sensations Tour.
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