February 1981

'80s All Over

Scott Weinberg and Drew McWeeny

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2017

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Wanna know what the best film that came out this month was? Well, it certainly wasn't SPHINX, based on the Robin Cook book, but that's where our trip through the month begins. Peter Ustinov's almost cheerfully offensive CHARLIE CHAN film is this month, as is the fascinating Christopher Walken performance at the heart of DOGS OF WAR. It's a pretty wild ride, including William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver, Paul Newman, a young Rachel Ticotin, Francois Truffaut, Toshiro Mifune, one of the biggest names in '80s comedy, and some tough talk about Ralph Bakshi.

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0:00.0	Five.
0:10.0	We're on express elevator to hell.
0:12.0	Going down.
0:13.0	Two.
0:15.0	One.
0:16.0	Mark.
0:26.6	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 to take a couple some ones who were there for it the first time around.
0:32.6	Drew McGweeney and Scott Weinberg are ready to review every major film of the decade, one month at a time.
0:39.4	The look at what worked then, what endures now, and how it felt to be there when it all went down.
0:45.4	Turn back the calendar with us.
0:48.8	It's the 80s all over. Joseph Gordon Levitt and Paris Hilton were both born on the same day.
1:32.1	Frank Sinatra was finally cleared of longstanding charges that he had ties to organized crime,
1:36.1	allowing him to once again operate a casino in Las Vegas,
1:38.8	and Richard Petty pulled off a stunning upset when he went from fifth place to winning
1:42.6	and will become his final victory at the Daytona 500. But if we had a Valentine, it was the weird and the varied lineup of films
1:49.2	released in February of 1981. Hi, everyone, I'm Drew McQueenie, and welcome to 80s all over.
1:54.7	I'm joined, as always, by my co-host, Scott Weinberg.
1:57.7	Hi, everybody. I'm joined by my co-host, Drew McQueenie.
2:01.5	Hey, before we get started this week, we wanted to right up front, pay our respects to somebody
2:06.2	who we think of as one of the definitive faces and voices of the 80s, a guy who made
2:12.9	everything better by being in it and who I think for both of us is iconic. One of those guys that you
2:19.3	think of when you think of this decade in these movies. And that is, of course, the great Bill
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