April 1983

'80s All Over

Scott Weinberg and Drew McWeeny

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2018

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Ahhh, April. It's not summer yet, but the holidays are done, and in 1983, studios didn't know what the hell to do with themselves. Fassbinder's final feature film, some more teen sex comedies, a horror film that's barely a horror film, another horror film that is mainly a great poster in search of a movie, OJ Simpson and a dog, and possibly one of the best Italian knock-off post-apocalyptic films ever made... and that's just the start. Do you like Chuck Norris? Why? Even if you don't, though, holy cow, you have got to see Lone Wolf McQuade. That's really the big theme of the month... movies you've got to see for yourself. Sexy vampires, even sexier aliens, and the sexiest goddamn steel worker of all time. James Toback slimes it up, young Nic Cage charms the shit out of us, and something wicked heads in our general direction. All that plus the debut of one Samuel Muthaforkin' Raimi? It's a gift of a month, really. You'll see.

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0:00.0	There are few decades in film history that have been as scrutinized as the 1980s, but to really understand the decade and its movies, it's going
0:22.0	to take a couple some ones who were there for it the first time around. Drew McQueenie
0:26.2	and Scott Weinberg are ready to review every major film of the decade one month at a time.
0:31.9	The look at what worked then, what endures now, and how it felt to be there when it all went
0:36.9	down.
0:39.4	Turn back the calendar with us.
1:21.6	It's the 80s all over. The The world is small, the world is the same way. The world is the same.
1:24.6	The world is a more. Just one. The sixth space shuttle, the Challenger made its first quick trip into space, while Disney
1:36.4	their first Asian park, Tokyo Disneyland.
1:39.0	President Reagan signed a bailout for Social Security for the bargain basement price
1:42.2	of $165 billion with a B dollars.
1:45.2	And finally, Stern Magazine made headlines when they discovered a 60-volume personal diary
1:49.5	written by Adolf Hitler, only to suffer a massive publicity blow when it turned out to be a hoax.
1:55.1	It's a weird month. So buckle up and let's get busy with April of 1983. I'm Drew McQueenie.
2:00.4	Welcome to 80s all over and as always
2:02.2	I'm joined by my co-host, Scott Weinberg. Before we begin, we have to always thank our Patreon
2:08.6	subscribers. It is such a nice feeling to know that people like your stuff enough to throw you a few bucks a
2:13.6	month. And even if you're not a patron, we appreciate you listening to the show.
2:21.9	Word of mouth is a massive help. If you can rate and review the show on iTunes or any place that you listen to podcasts, please do so. One of the things that I'd like to do is I'd like to
2:26.3	acknowledge that we can kind of stop now being surprised that 1983 isn't the worst thing that's
2:31.4	ever happened to us. I think we've had two or three pretty decent titles a month, sometimes more. And I think that continues through the rest of the year.
2:39.0	Looking at the 2018 releases so far, I don't think we've had as many good or really good films
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