February 1980

'80s All Over

Scott Weinberg and Drew McWeeny

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2016

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

This time, we're looking at American Gigolo, John Carpenter's The Fog, Fatso, Hero At Large, Midnight Madness, Foxes, Cruising, Maniac, Saturn 3, Tom Horn, Middle-Age Crazy, Simon, and Caligula.

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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.
0:39.5	Turn back the calendar with us.
1:17.5	It's the 80s all over. Muhammad Mahmada Muhammad Ali toured Africa as President Carter's official envoy.
1:22.6	The legendary nightclub Studio 54 held a giant party to celebrate its last night in business.
1:28.7	Afghanistan declared martial law and win the 13th Winter Olympic Games kicked off in Lake Placid New York, the U.S. beat the USSR and the celebrated miracle on ice.
1:31.3	You believe in miracle?
1:33.5	Yes!
1:34.5	I'm unbelievable.
1:35.5	And while all of that was happening in the world, here's what you could see in movie theaters
1:39.5	in February of 1980.
1:40.9	Hey, I'm Drew McQueenie.
1:42.3	Welcome to 80s All Over.
1:43.5	Episode two. I'm joined, as always,
1:45.2	by my co-host, Scott, how are you, sir? Hi, Drew. What's up with you this week, man?
1:50.9	Nothing, just a movie I co-produced played in London just about a couple hours ago. So I'm
1:56.5	juggling 18 different fun things today. And I mean that that sounded sarcastic, but I wasn't being sarcastic.
2:02.2	Today's been a busy day. Absolutely. Well, first, I guess let's get started today by discussing our
2:06.5	first mistake. We missed a movie in our first episode. And that brings up kind of an interesting point,
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