https://shotonwhat.com/1981 The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:28:13 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-1981 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 10:55:45 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-1981
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Douglas Slocombe
In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/for-your-eyes-only-1981 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:42:10 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/for-your-eyes-only-1981
Director: John Glen
Cinematographer: Alan Hume
Secret service agent James Bond is assigned to find a missing British vessel equipped with a weapons encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/reds-1981 Sun, 26 May 2024 19:41:06 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/reds-1981
Director: Warren Beatty
Cinematographer: Vittorio Storaro
A radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/tarzan-the-ape-man-1981 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 15:19:27 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/tarzan-the-ape-man-1981
Director: John Derek
Cinematographer: John Derek
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Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cinematographer: Jost Vacano
The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-waikiki-angels-1981 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:30:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-waikiki-angels-1981
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Cinematographer: Richard M. Rawlings Jr.
The Angels go undercover as lifeguards to catch a gang of dune buggy drivers who are terrorizing a local beach and who are likely to be behind the disappearance of a congressman's daughter. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-moonshinin-angels-1981 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:30:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-moonshinin-angels-1981
Director: Kim Manners
Cinematographer: Richard M. Rawlings Jr.
The Angels are asked to find out why the old feud between two rival moonshiners in Gifford county is heating up again. Kris joins the Catlin's as their new still master. Kelly becomes the ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-hula-angels-1981 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:30:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-hula-angels-1981
Director: Kim Manners
Cinematographer: Richard M. Rawlings Jr.
Steve Moss is kidnapped in his own nightclub. His wife can't come up with the ransom in time and hires the Angels. Each day Mrs. Moss keeps the kidnappers waiting, another dancing girl from... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-taxi-angels-1981 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:30:06 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-taxi-angels-1981
Director: John Peyser
Cinematographer: Richard M. Rawlings Jr.
Investigating a murder attempt at a small taxi cab company, Kelly reluctantly poses as a driver, Julie as the dispatcher and Kris as a roller-skating waitress at the local diner. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-he-married-an-angel-1981 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:29:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-he-married-an-angel-1981
Director: Don Chaffey
Cinematographer: Richard M. Rawlings Jr.
The Angels are hired to catch a conman named John Thornwood. Kris poses as a fellow scam artist to get on his good side while Kelly gets close to his latest victim, Monica Regis. Meanwhile,... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-angel-on-the-line-1981 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:29:43 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-angel-on-the-line-1981
Director: Kim Manners
Cinematographer: Richard M. Rawlings Jr.
When the Angels investigate a murder at the dating establishment 'The Hot Line Club', Kelly becomes the killer's next target. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-chorus-line-angels-1981 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:29:30 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-chorus-line-angels-1981
Director: David Doyle
Cinematographer: Richard M. Rawlings Jr.
Dancers are disappearing during rehearsals for a new musical. A reluctant Kelly auditions as a new dancer, Julie poses as her agent/manager and Kris pretends to be a reporter. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-attack-angels-1981 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:29:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-attack-angels-1981
Director: Kim Manners
Cinematographer: Richard M. Rawlings Jr.
When the Angels investigate a couple of suspicious deaths at Western Techtronics, Julie falls under the trance of a hypnotist who specializes in using brainwashed young women as killers. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-stuntwomen-angels-1981 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:29:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-stuntwomen-angels-1981
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Cinematographer: Richard M. Rawlings Jr.
A man dressed as an archer is causing accidents at Mammoth studios. The Angels go undercover as stunt women (after taking a crash course at Big Teddy's stunt school). The main target seems ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-mr-galaxy-1981 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:28:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-mr-galaxy-1981
Director: Don Chaffey
Cinematographer: Richard M. Rawlings Jr.
When several attempts are made on body builder Ron Gates' life, the Angels are hired to investigate. Kris stays close to Ron and protects him from several more deadly traps. Kelly poses is ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-angel-on-a-roll-1981 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:28:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-angel-on-a-roll-1981
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Cinematographer: Richard M. Rawlings Jr.
Ted Markham has opened 12 different bank accounts under different names and wearing disguises, only to rob their ATM's in one fell stroke. Kris volunteers to get close to Markham and let ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-let-our-angel-live-1981 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 03:28:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-let-our-angel-live-1981
Director: Kim Manners
Cinematographer: Richard M. Rawlings Jr.
Kelly is shot at point blank by a suspect she had been watching during a stakeout. A very emotional Bosley, Kris and Julie spend the night at the hospital reminiscing about past cases while Kelly's life hangs in the balance. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/chariots-of-fire-1981 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:01:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/chariots-of-fire-1981
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cinematographer: David Watkin
Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/36-chowringhee-lane-1981 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 09:40:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/36-chowringhee-lane-1981
Director: Aparna Sen
Cinematographer: Ashok Mehta
After the marriage of her niece, Rosemary, Anglo-Indian school-teacher Violet Stoneham lives a lonely life in her single room flat located at 36 Chowringhee Lane in Calcutta, with only a ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-2-1981 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 08:11:29 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/charlies-angels-2-1981
Director: Dennis Donnelly, Allen Baron, Don Chaffey, George McCowan, Georg Stanford Brown, Kim Manners, Cliff Bole, Bob Kelljan, Paul Stanley, Ronald Austin, George W. Brooks, Richard Lang, Lawrence Doheny, Richard Benedict, Phil Bondelli, Leon Carrere, Curtis Harrington, Lawrence Dobkin, Daniel Haller, John Llewellyn Moxey, Bill Bixby, John D.F. Black, Charles S. Dubin, Nicholas Sgarro, Larry Stewart, Don Weis, Ron Satlof, David Doyle, John Peyser
Cinematographer: Richard M. Rawlings Jr., Richard L. Rawlings, Donald H. Birnkrant, Dennis Dalzell, Archie R. Dalzell
A wealthy mystery man named Charlie runs a detective agency via a speakerphone and his personal assistant, John Bosley. His detectives are three beautiful women, who end up in a variety of difficult situations. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/clash-of-the-titans-2-1981 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:45:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/clash-of-the-titans-2-1981
Director: Desmond Davis
Cinematographer: Ted Moore
Perseus must battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/my-dinner-with-andre-1981 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:52:17 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/my-dinner-with-andre-1981
Director: Louis Malle
Cinematographer: Jeri Sopanen
Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/ragtime-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:56:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/ragtime-1981
Director: Milos Forman
Cinematographer: Miroslav Ondrícek
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-pride-of-jesse-hallam-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:45:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-pride-of-jesse-hallam-1981
Director: Gary Nelson
Cinematographer: Gayne Rescher
Jesse Hallam, an illiterate coal miner from Kentucky, moves to Cincinnati so that his daughter may receive spinal surgery. Determined to support his family in the city, he decides he must ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/taps-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:30:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/taps-1981
Director: Harold Becker
Cinematographer: Owen Roizman
Military cadets take extreme measures to insure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/st-helens-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:29:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/st-helens-1981
Director: Ernest Pintoff
Cinematographer: Jacques Haitkin
Dramatization of the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens. The movie begins with the volcano's awakening on March 20 and ends with its eruption on May 18, 1980. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/escape-from-new-york-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:25:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/escape-from-new-york-1981
Director: John Carpenter
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/thief-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:32:50 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/thief-1981
Director: Michael Mann
Cinematographer: Donald E. Thorin
Coming closer to his dream of leading a normal life, a professional safecracker agrees to do a job for the Mafia, who has other plans for him. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/dark-night-of-the-scarecrow-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:28:48 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/dark-night-of-the-scarecrow-1981
Director: Frank De Felitta
Cinematographer: Vincent A. Martinelli
In a small Southern town, a wrongfully-killed man exacts revenge on those who murdered him from beyond the grave. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/raggedy-man-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:15:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/raggedy-man-1981
Director: Jack Fisk
Cinematographer: Ralf D. Bode
It's 1944 in the small town of Gregory, Texas. Divorcée Nita Longley has been brought into the town by the telephone company to work as its switchboard operator, a job which requires her to... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-french-lieutenants-woman-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:08:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-french-lieutenants-woman-1981
Director: Karel Reisz
Cinematographer: Freddie Francis
Wife and husband, both actors, play a couple in love from the Victorian era. Soon they begin to feel that fiction interweaves into reality. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/high-risk-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:04:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/high-risk-1981
Director: Stewart Raffill
Cinematographer: Álex Phillips Jr.
Four naive Americans, in need of easy cash, decide to fly to Colombia and raid the safe of a notorious drug lord with connections to the corrupt military regime. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/comin-at-ya-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:59:43 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/comin-at-ya-1981
Director: Ferdinando Baldi
Cinematographer: Fernando Arribas
Tragedy strikes as two ruthless brothers kidnap a bride during her wedding. Hurt and angry, H.H. begins his quest to find the love he lost, and take vengeance upon the wicked. Comin' at Ya. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/separate-ways-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:58:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/separate-ways-1981
Director: Howard Avedis
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
A wife unhappy in her marriage begins an affair with an art student, unaware that her husband, a race driver, is also having an affair. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/deadly-blessing-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:47:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/deadly-blessing-1981
Director: Wes Craven
Cinematographer: Robert C. Jessup
After her husband dies under mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/road-games-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:46:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/road-games-1981
Director: Richard Franklin
Cinematographer: Vincent Monton
A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer on a desolate Australian highway. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/prince-of-the-city-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:37:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/prince-of-the-city-1981
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cinematographer: Andrzej Bartkowiak
A New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption. However, he soon discovers that he's in over his head, and nobody can be trusted. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/excalibur-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:37:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/excalibur-1981
Director: John Boorman
Cinematographer: Alex Thomson
Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-patricia-neal-story-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:12:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-patricia-neal-story-1981
Director: Anthony Harvey, Anthony Page
Cinematographer: Mike Fash, Reynaldo Villalobos
A look at the profound challenges faced by actress Patricia Neal and her husband, writer Roald Dahl, after Neal suffered a severe stroke. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/wolfen-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 19:27:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/wolfen-1981
Director: Michael Wadleigh
Cinematographer: Gerry Fisher
A New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/bustin-loose-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 19:23:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/bustin-loose-1981
Director: Oz Scott, Michael Schultz
Cinematographer: Dennis Dalzell
Joe Braxton is an ex-con who has been given a second chance to freedom after violating his probation. He has been hired by a school teacher named Vivian Perry to repair and drive an old ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/neighbors-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 19:06:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/neighbors-1981
Director: John G. Avildsen
Cinematographer: Gerald Hirschfeld
A quiet man's peaceful suburban lifestyle is threatened by the new, obnoxious couple that moves in next door. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/rich-and-famous-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:55:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/rich-and-famous-1981
Director: George Cukor
Cinematographer: Donald Peterman
Liz and Merry Noel become friends as college roommates and their friendship endures over the years. Liz becomes a respected "serious" novelist. Merry Noel marries, has a daughter and writes... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-woman-next-door-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:50:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-woman-next-door-1981
Director: François Truffaut
Cinematographer: William Lubtchansky
Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/killjoy-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:41:06 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/killjoy-1981
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Cinematographer: Robert B. Hauser
Story of a young woman's murder and the people who become involved with it. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/victory-2-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:40:04 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/victory-2-1981
Director: John Huston
Cinematographer: Gerry Fisher
As allied P.O.W.s prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/fort-apache-the-bronx-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:38:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/fort-apache-the-bronx-1981
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cinematographer: John Alcott
In New York, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/kent-state-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:37:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/kent-state-1981
Director: James Goldstone
Cinematographer: Stevan Larner
Based on the true story of the student protests at Kent State University in Ohio. This film focuses on the four students who were killed when the National Guard attempted to quell the riots... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/skokie-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:28:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/skokie-1981
Director: Herbert Wise
Cinematographer: Alex Thomson
A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominately Jewish community of Skokie. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/polyester-1981 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:27:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/polyester-1981
Director: John Waters
Cinematographer: Dave Insley
A suburban housewife's world falls apart when she finds that her pornographer husband is serially unfaithful to her, her daughter is pregnant, and her son is suspected of being the foot-fetishist who's been breaking local women's feet. ]]>