https://shotonwhat.com/1983 The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:16:24 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-vi-return-of-the-jedi-1983 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:23:22 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-wars-episode-vi-return-of-the-jedi-1983
Director: Richard Marquand
Cinematographer: Alan Hume, Alec Mills
After a daring mission to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels dispatch to Endor to destroy the second Death Star. Meanwhile, Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side without falling into the Emperor's trap. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/fanny-and-alexander-2-1983 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:57:35 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/fanny-and-alexander-2-1983
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cinematographer: Sven Nykvist
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/never-say-never-again-1983 Sun, 07 Jul 2024 16:16:10 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/never-say-never-again-1983
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cinematographer: Douglas Slocombe
James Bond is called upon to try to recover nuclear bombs stolen by Spectre, but he will have to get rid of a professional assassin, hired especially to eliminate him. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/octopussy-1983 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:16:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/octopussy-1983
Director: John Glen
Cinematographer: Alan Hume
A fake Fabergé egg recovered from the body of a fellow agent leads James Bond to uncover a jewel smuggling operation led by the mysterious Octopussy, and a plot to blow up a NATO air base. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/bless-their-little-hearts-1983 Sat, 08 Apr 2023 01:13:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/bless-their-little-hearts-1983
Director: Billy Woodberry
Cinematographer: Charles Burnett
A dramatic look into the life of a family in Watts. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-outsiders-1983 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 09:34:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-outsiders-1983
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cinematographer: Stephen H. Burum
The rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/revenge-of-the-dead-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:02:43 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/revenge-of-the-dead-1983
Director: Pupi Avati
Cinematographer: Franco Delli Colli
Stefano, a young journalist, buys a used typewriter and accidentally sees that some text is still readable on the ribbon. He manages to reconstruct the story of a scientist, Paolo Zeder, ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/easy-money-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:50:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/easy-money-1983
Director: James Signorelli
Cinematographer: Fred Schuler
To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard-living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before they get the best of him. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-osterman-weekend-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:21:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-osterman-weekend-1983
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cinematographer: John Coquillon
During the Cold War, a controversial television journalist is asked by the C.I.A. to persuade certain acquaintances, who are Soviet Agents of the Omega network, to defect. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-day-after-2-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:11:42 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-day-after-2-1983
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Cinematographer: Gayne Rescher
The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-4th-man-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:57:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-4th-man-1983
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cinematographer: Jan de Bont
A man who has been having visions of an impending danger begins an affair with a woman who may lead him to his doom. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/class-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:56:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/class-1983
Director: Lewis John Carlino
Cinematographer: Ric Waite
A young man in private school spends one crazy night out, but soon realizes the woman he hooked up with is not who he expected. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/intimate-agony-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:33:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/intimate-agony-1983
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cinematographer: Thomas Del Ruth
Doctor Kyle Richards takes a job managing an office in the Hamptons where herpes runs rampant. He is frustrated by the community's denial and decides to go public with the epidemic to raise public awareness about the problem. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-golden-seal-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:30:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-golden-seal-1983
Director: Frank Zuniga
Cinematographer: Eric Saarinen
A lonely 10-year-old boy living with his parents in a remote coastal part of Alaksa, spontaneously finds a legendary golden seal and her newborn pup. But the greed for her valuable pelt ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/brainstorm-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:10:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/brainstorm-1983
Director: Douglas Trumbull
Cinematographer: Richard Yuricich
Researchers develop a system where they can jump into people's minds. But when people involved bring their personal problems into the equation, it becomes dangerous - perhaps deadly. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/blue-thunder-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:00:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/blue-thunder-1983
Director: John Badham
Cinematographer: John A. Alonzo
The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-man-who-wasnt-there-2-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:45:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-man-who-wasnt-there-2-1983
Director: Bruce Malmuth
Cinematographer: Frederick Moore
A State Department employee finds an egg-shaped device with a green fluid inside that makes the person who drinks it invisible. He finds himself being chased by foreign agents who want the substance. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:33:50 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-1983
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cinematographer: Ronnie Taylor
Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of his friend Henry Baskerville, who is under a family curse and menaced by a demonic dog that prowls the bogs near his estate and murders people. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/sudden-impact-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:30:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/sudden-impact-1983
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cinematographer: Bruce Surtees
A rape victim is exacting revenge on her aggressors in a small town outside San Francisco. "Dirty" Harry Callahan, on suspension for angering his superiors (again), is assigned to the case. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/scarred-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:19:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/scarred-1983
Director: Rosemarie Turko
Cinematographer: Michael Miner
A 16 year old girl turns to prostitution to support her baby and encounters a treacherous underworld of pimps, hookers and johns while doing her best to maintain her hopes and dignity. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/eddie-and-the-cruisers-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:00:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/eddie-and-the-cruisers-1983
Director: Martin Davidson
Cinematographer: Fred Murphy
A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader - Eddie Wilson - may still be alive, while searching for the missing tapes of the band's never-released album. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/wargames-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 19:55:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/wargames-1983
Director: John Badham
Cinematographer: William A. Fraker
A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/grace-kelly-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 19:52:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/grace-kelly-1983
Director: Anthony Page
Cinematographer: Woody Omens
The fairy tale story of the actress who became a princess is told in this biography that traces her rise from Philadelphia socialite to Hollywood movie star. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/little-house-look-back-to-yesterday-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 19:48:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/little-house-look-back-to-yesterday-1983
Director: Victor French
Cinematographer: Brianne Murphy
Albert Quinn Ingalls wants to be a doctor. But soon he discovers that he is fatally ill. He decides to spend the rest of his life in Walnut Grove. Meanwhile children from school are preparing for their traditional climbing of the mountain. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/strange-brew-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 19:35:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/strange-brew-1983
Director: Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas
Cinematographer: Steven Poster
Canada's most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/children-of-nagasaki-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 19:18:17 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/children-of-nagasaki-1983
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
Cinematographer: Kôzô Okazaki
In Nagasaki, Japan, on 09 August 1945, at 11:02 AM, 80.000 dead and thousand of persons wounded or contaminated by radiation were victims of one of the most hideous crimes of the mankind ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/exposed-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 19:14:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/exposed-1983
Director: James Toback
Cinematographer: Henri Decaë
Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover behind, and escapes to New York City. There she soon makes a career for herself as a fashion model. During ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/psycho-ii-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:58:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/psycho-ii-1983
Director: Richard Franklin
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
After twenty-two years of psychiatric care, Norman Bates attempts to return to a life of solitude, but the specters of his crimes - and his mother - continue to haunt him. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/treasure-of-the-four-crowns-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:53:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/treasure-of-the-four-crowns-1983
Director: Ferdinando Baldi
Cinematographer: Marcello Masciocchi, Giuseppe Ruzzolini
A group of adventurers are gathered together to retrieve some mystical gems which are in the possession of a deadly cult. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/independence-day-2-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:52:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/independence-day-2-1983
Director: Robert Mandel
Cinematographer: Charles Rosher Jr.
Mary Ann Taylor loves the comforts of her hometown in Mercury, Texas. She has a steady job as a waitress in her father's diner, yet she can't help but feel unfulfilled by a life of pouring ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/zelig-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:47:30 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/zelig-1983
Director: Woody Allen
Cinematographer: Gordon Willis
"Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/high-road-to-china-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:43:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/high-road-to-china-1983
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Cinematographer: Ronnie Taylor
During WW1, an alcoholic American biplane pilot is hired by the spoiled daughter of an industrialist to find her father who disappeared in Asia. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/something-wicked-this-way-comes-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:41:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/something-wicked-this-way-comes-1983
Director: Jack Clayton
Cinematographer: Stephen H. Burum
In a small American town, a diabolical circus and its demonic proprietor prey on the townsfolk. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/hangin-out-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:24:16 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/hangin-out-1983
Director: Wolfgang Büld
Cinematographer: Heinz Hölscher
The pert Tina is sick of school and the muff in her Bavarian village. She wants to go with Tino - attendant of a visiting auto-scooter - who has to leave the place for dubious reasons. ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/sans-soleil-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:23:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/sans-soleil-1983
Director: Chris Marker
Cinematographer: Chris Marker
A woman narrates the contemplative writings of a seasoned world traveler, focusing on contemporary Japan. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/of-unknown-origin-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:12:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/of-unknown-origin-1983
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cinematographer: René Verzier
A man becomes destructively obsessed with killing a dangerous rat, which has taken residence in his, recently renovated, house. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/breathless-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:56:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/breathless-1983
Director: Jim McBride
Cinematographer: Richard H. Kline
When Jesse Lujack steals a car in Las Vegas and drives down to LA, his criminal ways only escalate- but when will it end? ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/visszaesok-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:41:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/visszaesok-1983
Director: Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács
Cinematographer: János Kende
Based on a true story, a love affair develops between a half brother and half-sister. When pregnancy results and word gets out the public is outraged. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/bill-on-his-own-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:30:42 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/bill-on-his-own-1983
Director: Anthony Page
Cinematographer: Mike Fash
Bill Sackter struggles to cope after his best friend and guardian, Barry Morrow and his wife Beverly move away. Bill moves into a group home run by Mae Driscoll who teaches him how to read.... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-right-stuff-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:26:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-right-stuff-1983
Director: Philip Kaufman
Cinematographer: Caleb Deschanel
The story of the original Mercury 7 astronauts and their macho, seat-of-the-pants approach to the space program. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/star-80-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:23:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/star-80-1983
Director: Bob Fosse
Cinematographer: Sven Nykvist
A successful young model finds trouble when her obsessive manager-turned-husband becomes dangerously jealous. Based on the true story of 1980 Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/bill-cosby-himself-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:20:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/bill-cosby-himself-1983
Director: Bill Cosby
Cinematographer: Joseph M. Wilcots
A concert film in which Bill Cosby discusses weekends, raising children, dentists, and many other situations. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/never-cry-wolf-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:16:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/never-cry-wolf-1983
Director: Carroll Ballard
Cinematographer: Hiro Narita
A government researcher, sent to research the "menace" of wolves in the north, learns about the true beneficial and positive nature of the species. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/videodrome-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:11:07 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/videodrome-1983
Director: David Cronenberg
Cinematographer: Mark Irwin
When he acquires a different kind of show for his station, a sleazy cable-TV programmer begins to see his life and the future of media spin out of control in a terrifying new reality. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/cujo-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:02:48 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/cujo-1983
Director: Lewis Teague
Cinematographer: Jan de Bont
Cujo, a friendly St. Bernard, contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/doctor-detroit-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 16:51:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/doctor-detroit-1983
Director: Michael Pressman
Cinematographer: King Baggot
A timid college professor, conned into posing as a flamboyant pimp, finds himself enjoying his new occupation on the streets. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-hunger-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 16:33:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-hunger-1983
Director: Tony Scott
Cinematographer: Stephen Goldblatt
A love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire, her cellist companion, and a gerontologist. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-man-who-loved-women-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 16:20:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-man-who-loved-women-1983
Director: Blake Edwards
Cinematographer: Haskell Wexler
A womanizing sculptor named David goes to seek help from a psychiatrist, Marianna, to cure him of his obsession with women. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-keep-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 16:15:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-keep-1983
Director: Michael Mann
Cinematographer: Alex Thomson
Nazis are forced to turn to a Jewish historian for help in battling the ancient demon they have inadvertently freed from its prison. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-best-christmas-pageant-ever-1983 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 16:15:29 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-best-christmas-pageant-ever-1983
Director: George Schaefer
Cinematographer: Edward R. Brown
A teacher puts on a Christmas pageant and puts the worst children in school as the stars. ]]>