Tue, Sep 9, 1986
The programme that keeps in touch with the cinema. Michael Caine has been an outstandingly successful screen actor for over 20 years. His output remains prolific. Hannah and Her Sisters, directed by Woody Allen, is playing to full houses and two more films, Mona Lisa and Sweet Liberty are released this month. Barry Norman talks to him about his career successes and failures on the set of The Whistle Blower yet another of his films to be released this year. Aliens (1986), the follow-up to Alien, has been one of this summer's hits in America. Sigourney Weaver returns as Warrant Officer Ripley, who is sent on a mission back to the planet to seek out and destroy the deadly creatures.
Thu, Oct 2, 1986
Top Gun (1986): Tom Cruise is a fighter pilot training with the elite 'Top Gun' corps and Kelly McGillis is one of his instructors. Tom Brook reports from New York on the film's phenomenal success and interviews Tom Cruise. The Good Father (1985): Anthony Hopkins stars as a father estranged from his wife and son. He vents his feelings of loss and rage through a friend in the same predicament.
Tue, Oct 7, 1986
The programme that keeps you in touch with the world of cinema. Pirates (1986): Roman Polanski's swashbuckling comedy starring Walter Matthau and newcomer Charlotte Lewis. What was Dudley Moore doing crossing the Atlantic with a group of film buffs? Tom Brook reports from the QE2.
Tue, Nov 25, 1986
Psycho III (1986): Anthony Perkins resumes his role as Norman Bates in another serving of suspense. American actor Vic Morrow, together with two child actors, died while filming a segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). The film's director, John Landis, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Tom Brook reports on the implications of the case for Hollywood and the film industry.
Tue, Dec 30, 1986
A personal choice by Barry Norman reflects on 1986's outstanding releases and chooses his ten favourite films. These are just some of the contenders: A Chorus Line (1985), Jagged Edge (1985), Out of Africa (1985), Mona Lisa (1986), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) and A Room with a View (1985). Which would you choose? He also picks out those awful moments from the movies and assesses the trends and tastes of the year.
Tue, Jan 13, 1987
Heartburn (1986): Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson seem to be the ideal Washington couple - she's a successful cookery writer and he's a political columnist. So what goes wrong? Mike Nichols, of The Graduate (1967), directs. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986): On the brink of a divorce, Kathleen Turner attends her 25th high school reunion and finds herself, aged 43, back in her teenage life with a chance to re-shape her destiny.
Tue, Jan 20, 1987
The Name of the Rose (1986): Sean Connery dons a habit and plays the part of a clerical sleuth, in the adaptation of Umberto Eco's best-selling novel. The Golden Child (1986): an action adventure with Eddie Murphy playing a social worker whose speciality is tracking down missing children. Charles Dance is the villain of the piece.
Tue, Jan 27, 1987
Harrison Ford talks to Barry Norman about his dramatic role in the highly-acclaimed film The Mosquito Coast and about his future plans, which include another Indiana Jones adventure. The Gospel According to Vic (1986): Tom Conti and Helen Mirren star in this comedy set in a Catholic school in Glasgow.
Tue, Feb 3, 1987
The Mosquito Coast (1986): Harrison Ford, disillusioned with contemporary American life, moves his wife, Helen Mirren, and children to a remote Caribbean island. The film is directed by Peter Weir, who also directed Ford in Witness (1985). Duet for One (1986): Julie Andrews is already being tipped for an Oscar nomination for her role as a world-class violinist who contracts multiple sclerosis at the peak of her career. Alan Bates plays her husband.
Tue, Feb 10, 1987
The Fly (1986) is a remake of the 1958 classic horror story in which a scientist's experiments go badly wrong and he begins to take on the characteristics of a fly. The film is directed by horror master David Cronenberg. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) - a comedy that follows the adventures of a cunning and ingenious schoolboy who decides to play truant. It stars Matthew Broderick, who made his name in War Games.
Tue, Feb 17, 1987
Paul Newman in a rare interview talks to Russell Harty about his latest film The Color of Money - a sequel to The Hustler. He re-creates the role of Fast Eddie Felson, the sharp-shooting pool player, with Tom Cruise as his protege. Castaway - Oliver Reed and Amanda Donohoe make a marriage of convenience in order to become castaways on a desert island. Nicholas Roeg directs this adaptation of Lucy Irvine's autobiographical book.
Thu, Feb 26, 1987
Children of a Lesser God (1986): William Hurt plays a teacher in a school for deaf children and starts a relationship with Marlee Matlin, a former pupil who is profoundly deaf. He is fascinated by her reluctance to try to speak, and slowly the couple fall in love. And Gothic (1986): Ken Russell's stylised vision of the night when Lord Byron and the poet Shelley decide to create a ghost story.
Tue, Mar 3, 1987
The programme that keeps you in touch with the world of cinema. The Color of Money (1986): Paul Newman has been nominated for an Oscar as Best Actor, and re-creates the role he made famous in the 1961 film The Hustler (1961), as Fast Eddie Felson. Tom Cruise is his protégé, in the film which takes the game of pool to new limits. Duet for One (1986): Julie Andrews plays a concert violinist whose career is suddenly wrecked when she contracts multiple sclerosis, and is confined to a wheelchair. Suddenly her life and her marriage begin to fall apart. This award-winning stage play is brought to the screen by director Andrei Konchalovsky.
Tue, Mar 10, 1987
Stand by Me (1986) - a surprise hit in America last year, it tells the story of four adolescents on an adventure where they discover the meaning of friendship. Gene Wilder talks to Film 87 on the set of his new film Haunted Honeymoon (1986), which he directs and co-stars with his wife Gilda Radner.
Tue, Mar 17, 1987
The Fourth Protocol (1987) is the film version of Frederick Forsyth's bestselling thriller. Michael Caine is the spy-catcher and Pierce Brosnan the Soviet agent intent on exploding a nuclear bomb. Witness in the War Zone (1987): more political intrigue, this time played out against the war-torn background of Beirut. Christopher Walken and Hywell Bennett are the stars.
Tue, Mar 24, 1987
84 Charing Cross Road (1987): last night HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother attended this year's Royal Film - Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft star in an unusual love story between two people who never met. Prick Up Your Ears (1987): celebrated homosexual playwright Joe Orton was murdered at the height of his fame in 1967 by his lover, Kenneth Halliwell. Alan Bennett has adapted this true story for the screen. Gary Oldman stars as the author. Vanessa Redgrave plays his agent. Film 87 joined them on location.
Tue, Apr 7, 1987
Introduced by Russell Harty. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986): The Starship Enterprise is sent on a mission back to earth. Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner and the rest of the regular crew feature in this new adventure, directed by Leonard Nimoy. Over the Top (1987): Sylvester Stallone stars as an estranged father trying to win back the affection of his son by impressing him with his arm-wrestling skills.
Thu, Apr 16, 1987
'Hooray for Hollywood' with Barry Norman. Hollywood is celebrating its 100th birthday - both box office and film production are booming. Barry has been in Los Angeles talking to the film-makers and stars. What are the latest trends and which names are currently in the limelight? Interviews include: Mel Gibson, Burt Reynolds, Bette Midler, Dudley Moore, Sally Field, Jane Fonda and Sidney Lumet.
Tue, Apr 21, 1987
Platoon (1986) - director Oliver Stone, who served in the Vietnam War, had an ambition to bring to the screen his own experiences. After being refused finance by all the American film companies, Hemdale, a British company, supplied him the necessary finance. The film has so far grossed over $100 million and just won the two top awards at the Oscar ceremony. Crimes of the Heart (1986) - Sissy Spacek, Diane Keaton and Jessica Lange star as three eccentric sisters who stand up for each other despite an exasperating succession of misfortunes.
Tue, Apr 28, 1987
Prick Up Your Ears (1987): Gary Oldman, acclaimed for his portrayal of Sid Vicious, stars as Joe Orton, the homosexual writer murdered by his lover in 1967. Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986): Whoopi Goldberg, in her first comedy role, plays a bank employee who livens up her job by using her computer to make international friends and links up with a British spy.
Tue, May 5, 1987
No Mercy (1986): Vengeful Chicago cop Richard Gere is drawn to the swamplands of New Orleans when his partner is killed. Mysterious blonde Kim Basinger is involved in the murder. Angel Heart (1987): Alan Parker directs this controversial thriller which stars Mickey Rourke and Robert De Niro. Tom Brook visited them on location in New York.
Tue, May 12, 1987
The programme that keeps you in touch with the world of cinema. That's Life! (1986) - Jack Lemmon plays a 60-year-old going through a mid-life crisis, with Julie Andrews as the wife who tries to help him through this trying period. Blake Edwards directs. Desert Bloom (1986) - John Voight stars in this stormy family drama, set in the 1950s against the backdrop of the nuclear bomb testing in Nevada.
Wed, May 20, 1987
The Cannes Film Festival with Barry Norman. This exclusive resort in the South of France hosts the world's premier film festival, where artistry combines with commercialism and glamour. This year British interest is represented by Stephen Frears's Prick Up Your Ears (1987) and Peter Greenaway's The Belly of an Architect (1987). Other films on show will include Woody Allen's Radio Days (1987) and The Glass Menagerie (1987) with Paul Newman directing his wife Joanne Woodward. The Prince and Princess of Wales will be visiting the Festival and attending a gala tribute to Sir Alec Guinness.
Wed, May 27, 1987
The programme that keeps you in touch with the world of cinema. Cinema 87 - Brighton is host to a brand new film festival which has been taking place over the last few days. A number of major movies are being premiered including, appropriately, Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986), Steven Spielberg's An American Tail (1986) and Michael J. Fox's new film The Secret of My Success (1987). The Whistle Blower (1986) - Michael Caine, James Fox and Nigel Havers star in this thriller which is set around GCHQ, the government information-gathering service at Cheltenham.
Tue, Jun 2, 1987
The Morning After (1986) - Jane Fonda plays an alcoholic actress caught up in a murder and Jeff Bridges co-stars as an ex-policeman who befriends her. Sidney Lumet directs. Three Amigos! (1986) is a spoof Western starring Chevy Chase, Steve Martin and Martin Short as singing cowboy stars of the silent screen who find themselves in Mexico to deal with banditos.
Tue, Jun 9, 1987
The programme that keeps you in touch with the world of cinema. Nobody's Fool (1986) - an odd-ball love story starring Rosanna Arquette and Eric Roberts as a couple of quirky characters with dubious pasts. This last programme of the current series looks ahead at the films opening over the summer months, both here and in America. They include Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), Mel Gibson's Lethal Weapon (1987) and the new James Bond film, The Living Daylights (1987).