https://shotonwhat.com/1985 The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:50:38 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/a-view-to-a-kill-1985 Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:26:17 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/a-view-to-a-kill-1985
Director: John Glen
Cinematographer: Alan Hume
The recovery of a microchip from the body of a fellow British secret agent leads James Bond to mad industrialist Max Zorin, who is scheming to cause massive destruction, in Sir Roger Moore's final outing as James Bond 007. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-goonies-1985 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:52:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-goonies-1985
Director: Richard Donner
Cinematographer: Nick McLean
A group of young misfits who call themselves The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on a quest to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/back-to-the-future-1985 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 23:52:43 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/back-to-the-future-1985
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-condemned-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:34:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-condemned-1985
Director: Tom Blank
Cinematographer: Stan Lazan
String and Caitlin travel to a deserted island where a cure is being researched for a biological plague that was developed in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the plague has already gotten out ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-the-american-dream-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:34:06 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-the-american-dream-1985
Director: Virgil W. Vogel
Cinematographer: Stan Lazan
A former Vietnamese warlord, Tranh Van Zung (James Shigeta), terrorizes a small community of Southeast Asian immigrants by requiring them to pay a tithe like they would in their own country... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-inn-at-the-end-of-the-road-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:33:55 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-inn-at-the-end-of-the-road-1985
Director: Ray Austin
Cinematographer: Stan Lazan
A group of terrorists steals a prototype in-flight computer that can turn any commercial aircraft into a fighting unit. While escaping, one of the terrorists is wounded and the group holes ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-santinis-millions-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:33:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-santinis-millions-1985
Director: Sutton Roley
Cinematographer: Stan Lazan
Dom uses Airwolf to transport a heart to Chicago and responds to a mayday along the way for a downed private plane. The plane belongs to billionaire Carl Barron who was on his way to a ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-natural-born-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:33:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-natural-born-1985
Director: Virgil W. Vogel
Cinematographer: Stan Lazan
A young hotshot helicopter pilot named Kevin takes a job sweeping the hanger at Santini Air after his guardian uncle is killed by some past associates. Those associates wanted his uncle to ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-prisoner-of-yesterday-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:33:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-prisoner-of-yesterday-1985
Director: Georg Fenady
Cinematographer: Stan Lazan
A revolutionary breaks her father, former dictator Marios Guzman, out of a military prison. Because her father received no medical treatment in prison, she has her followers kidnap Doc who ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-out-of-the-sky-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:33:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-out-of-the-sky-1985
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Cinematographer: Stan Lazan
String and Dom are hired to fly a helicopter rigged with a prop spaceship during a live concert performance by singing sensation Roxy Marvel (Misty Rowe). Complications develop, however, ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-dambreakers-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:32:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-dambreakers-1985
Director: Virgil W. Vogel
Cinematographer: Stan Lazan
A European terrorist cell takes refuge in a spiritualist community in the U.S. that shuns all exposure to technology. Using the community as a front, they plan to destroy a new southwestern... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-severance-pay-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:32:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-severance-pay-1985
Director: Sidney Hayers
Cinematographer: Stan Lazan
A mole at the Firm has leaked classified information and a senior analyst is suspected after his best friend and colleague dies from a stress related heart attack when the pair learn that their retirement benefits have been denied. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-eruption-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:32:30 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-eruption-1985
Director: Tom Blank
Cinematographer: Stan Lazan
String and Dom find themselves at odds with a mining community's leadership after they are forced to land during the eruption of a once dormant volcano. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-short-walk-to-freedom-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:32:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-short-walk-to-freedom-1985
Director: Virgil W. Vogel
Cinematographer: Stan Lazan
Caitlyn and a group of kids are captured by a guerrilla leader while they're on a trip to South America to visit ancient ruins. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-the-horn-of-plenty-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:32:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-the-horn-of-plenty-1985
Director: Sutton Roley
Cinematographer: Seymour Hoffberg
Hawke is kidnapped and brainwashed by John Bradfrod Horn, an evil tycoon; and its up to Cait to rescue Hawke, Dom, and Airwolf from his clutches. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-and-a-child-shall-lead-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:31:54 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-and-a-child-shall-lead-1985
Director: Allen Reisner
Cinematographer: Howard Schwartz
leading aircraft designer, Robert Phelps, is abducted by foreign agents to the horror of his mentally challenged son, Bobby. Hawke decides to try and find Phelps, obtaining leads from Bobby... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-airwolf-ii-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:31:43 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-airwolf-ii-1985
Director: Don Medford
Cinematographer: Seymour Hoffberg
An arrogant pilot designs a newer version of Airwolf and plans to engage Hawke in an air-to-air duel to determine which of the two is the better pilot. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-fortune-teller-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:31:30 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-fortune-teller-1985
Director: Sutton Roley
Cinematographer: Stan Lazan
Archangel is held captive by a powerful arms dealer who needs information to complete the work on a highly advanced maneuvering system for fighter jets - Fortune Teller. With the help from ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-crossover-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:31:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-crossover-1985
Director: Don Medford
Cinematographer: Howard Schwartz
Hawke must pick up the Janic's alone, and without Airwolf when they're ambushed. Dom and Kaitlen use Airwolf to save the laser secrets. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-kingdom-come-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:31:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-kingdom-come-1985
Director: Harvey S. Laidman
Cinematographer: Howard Schwartz
When some thermonuclear detonators are stolen. Hawke tried to find them with Airwolf's thermal sensors. But the man who stole them plans to use Airwolf to transport them. And part of his plan is seducing Caitlin. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-eagles-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:30:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-eagles-1985
Director: Virgil W. Vogel
Cinematographer: Seymour Hoffberg
Hawke falls for a airplane racer in danger. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-annie-oakley-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:30:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-annie-oakley-1985
Director: Daniel Haller
Cinematographer: Seymour Hoffberg
When a weapon built by the Firm is stolen. One of the men who stole it, thinking the man who hired him is shortchanging him calls the Firm and arranges a meeting. Michael sends Hawke and ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-jennie-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:30:30 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-jennie-1985
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Cinematographer: Seymour Hoffberg
Hawke helps a woman rescue children refugees from a mad scientist' unmanned tanks. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-the-deadly-circle-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:30:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-the-deadly-circle-1985
Director: Harvey S. Laidman
Cinematographer: Seymour Hoffberg
When the families of all his Vietnam flight crew are kidnapped (including Dom and Cait); Hawke must follow the clues, and a mysterious friend, to save them. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-where-have-all-the-children-gone-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:30:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-where-have-all-the-children-gone-1985
Director: Daniel Haller
Cinematographer: Seymour Hoffberg
Hawke goes to deliver a congressional medal of Honor to a brother of one of his friends, but there's only children around and no adults. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-half-pint-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 15:30:01 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/airwolf-half-pint-1985
Director: Bernard McEveety
Cinematographer: Seymour Hoffberg
Hawke finds that his brother was, in fact, killed in Vietnam, and meets his nephew. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/commando-1985 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:47:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/commando-1985
Director: Mark L. Lester
Cinematographer: Matthew F. Leonetti
A retired Special Forces colonel tries to save his daughter, who was abducted by his former subordinate. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/yan-bibiyan-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:17:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/yan-bibiyan-1985
Director: Vasil Apostolov
Cinematographer: Krasimir Kostov
The 10-year-old Yan Bibiyan does mischief and escapades under the influence of the devil kin Fyut. He meets devils, wizards, and witches, which amuses him a lot. But his experiences teach ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/rockin-road-trip-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:16:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/rockin-road-trip-1985
Director: William Olsen
Cinematographer: Austin McKinney
Martin meets Samantha, the sister of Nicole who is the leader of a band called "Chery Suicide". While Martin and Samantha are beginning a relationship, Nicole is trying to get away from her... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/colonel-redl-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:13:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/colonel-redl-1985
Director: István Szabó
Cinematographer: Lajos Koltai
Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/follow-that-bird-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:01:26 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/follow-that-bird-1985
Director: Ken Kwapis
Cinematographer: Curtis Clark
Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/little-treasure-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:52:50 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/little-treasure-1985
Director: Alan Sharp
Cinematographer: Álex Phillips Jr.
Desperate for a better life, a failed dancer turned stripper teams up with a hunky aimless bartender to find her late father's buried treasure. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/rustlers-rhapsody-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:37:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/rustlers-rhapsody-1985
Director: Hugh Wilson
Cinematographer: José Luis Alcaine
While the audience watches a black and white horse opera, a narrator's voice wonders what such a movie would be like today. Rex O'Herlihan, The Singing Cowboy, finds himself in color and ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/mesmerized-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:33:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/mesmerized-1985
Director: Michael Laughlin
Cinematographer: Louis Horvath
An orphaned New Zealand girl married to an older, wealthy businessman learns to deal with his strange sexual desires. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/on-ne-meurt-que-deux-fois-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:27:06 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/on-ne-meurt-que-deux-fois-1985
Director: Jacques Deray
Cinematographer: Jean Penzer
The inspector Staniland as always try to put himself in the place of the victim, this time an unsuccessful pianist. That's when the victim's mistress Barbara entered the appartment, look ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/one-magic-christmas-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:18:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/one-magic-christmas-1985
Director: Phillip Borsos
Cinematographer: Frank Tidy
An angel must show a mother the true meaning of Christmas. It's not just presents and materialistic things, but the people she cares about. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/finnegan-begin-again-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:10:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/finnegan-begin-again-1985
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Cinematographer: Robby Müller
Mike Finnegan is nearing retirement and taking care of his senile wife. He can't get her to allow him to throw anything out and their house has become unmanageable. He meets Liz DeHaan, who... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/guilty-conscience-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:52:18 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/guilty-conscience-1985
Director: David Greene
Cinematographer: Stevan Larner
While an unfaithful criminal lawyer considers killing his wife, his spouse develops some schemes of her own. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/basic-training-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:51:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/basic-training-1985
Director: Andrew Sugerman
Cinematographer: Stephen W. Gray
Melinda comes to Washington DC to visit her friend Debbie, and to find a job in government, where she hopes to do her part to make it better. She gets a lower echelon administrative ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/summer-rental-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:34:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/summer-rental-1985
Director: Carl Reiner
Cinematographer: Ric Waite
An overworked air-traffic controller takes his family on a beach vacation but is soon beset by series of mishaps. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/future-kill-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:18:06 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/future-kill-1985
Director: Ronald W. Moore
Cinematographer: Jon H. Lewis
The star of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" returns in a story about frat boys lost in the big city while hunted by a violent leader and his elite gang of gun-happy guards. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/final-justice-2-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:13:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/final-justice-2-1985
Director: Greydon Clark
Cinematographer: Nicholas Josef von Sternberg
Homicidal sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo is tasked with escorting a mobster to Malta; when the prisoner escapes, Geronimo goes to catch him. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/desperately-seeking-susan-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:43:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/desperately-seeking-susan-1985
Director: Susan Seidelman
Cinematographer: Edward Lachman
A bored suburban housewife, seeking escape from her life, suffers amnesia after an accident, wakes up, and is mistaken for a free-spirited New York City drifter named Susan. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/fraternity-vacation-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:38:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/fraternity-vacation-1985
Director: James Frawley
Cinematographer: Paul Ryan
Theta Pi Gamma fraternity's newest pledge--a gawky, innocent, and utterly uncool bookworm--and two of his self-confident fraternity brothers embark on a week-long vacation in Palm Springs. Can they transform him into a real Casanova? ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/explorers-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:35:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/explorers-1985
Director: Joe Dante
Cinematographer: John Hora
A boy obsessed with 50s sci-fi movies about aliens has a recurring dream about a blueprint of some kind, which he draws for his inventor friend. With the help of a third kid, they follow it and build themselves a spaceship. Now what? ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-holcroft-covenant-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:19:19 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-holcroft-covenant-1985
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cinematographer: Gerry Fisher
The son of a German General becomes part of a mysterious conspiracy to gain hidden Nazi funds. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/otto-der-film-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:17:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/otto-der-film-1985
Director: Xaver Schwarzenberger, Otto Waalkes
Cinematographer: Xaver Schwarzenberger, Michael Stöger
Otto, a young man from East-Frisia comes to the big city (Hamburg) to make his fortune. Most of all he is engaged with two problems: How can he impress Silvia, a rich young girl, and where ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/rocky-iv-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:05:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/rocky-iv-1985
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Cinematographer: Bill Butler
Rocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/poulet-au-vinaigre-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:03:59 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/poulet-au-vinaigre-1985
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cinematographer: Jean Rabier
When a small town begins losing its citizenry in a series of grisly murders, out-of-town police inspector Jean Lavardin (Jean Poiret) is sent to investigate. Could the killers be a bullied ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/national-lampoons-european-vacation-1985 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:03:01 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/national-lampoons-european-vacation-1985
Director: Amy Heckerling
Cinematographer: Robert Paynter
The Griswolds win a vacation tour across Europe where the usual havoc ensues. ]]>