VHTrading » Topic: Summer of 1982: 15 Classic Films Turn 30 http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/feed http://bbpress.org/?v=2.0 en http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15235<![CDATA[Summer of 1982: 15 Classic Films Turn 30]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15235 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:17:51 +0000 Wes

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Look back at 15 unforgettable movies celebrating their 30th anniversary this summer.

In some years, the summer movie season is packed with a good crop of entertaining, crowd-pleasing blockbusters. Then some summers offer nothing but uninspired sequel, reboots, and adaptations of things that were never meant to be movies (board games, for example). But if you ask movie geeks, they’ll tell you there was one summer that was greater than any that came before or after: the summer of 1982.

Some of the films released between May and August of ’82 were instant critical and commercial successes, and some flopped at the time only to become regarded as classic much later. To celebrate the 30th anniversary, click through this gallery to see 15 of our favorite movies from that unparalleled season. You’ll see each film’s release date, domestic box office, and the gross adjusted for 2012 dollars. All figures courtesy of BoxOfficeMojo.com

And if you’re around the Austin TX area, check out the Alamo Drafthouse’s salute to the Summer of ’82. They are showing many of the classics on 35mm film prints on the exact weekend they opened thirty years ago.

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15236<![CDATA[Reply To: Summer of 1982: 15 Classic Films Turn 30]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15236 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:19:06 +0000 Wes


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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15259<![CDATA[Reply To: Summer of 1982: 15 Classic Films Turn 30]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15259 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:31:54 +0000 jroundy

Fast Times is definitely one of my fave.

The poor folks play for keeps down here…They’re the living dead. Nobody rules these streets at night like Van Halen!!

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15263<![CDATA[Reply To: Summer of 1982: 15 Classic Films Turn 30]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15263 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:46:16 +0000 mcs5150

It was indeed a great year for movies.

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15266<![CDATA[Reply To: Summer of 1982: 15 Classic Films Turn 30]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15266 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:06:18 +0000 Ford Fairlane

Night Shift…man I loved that movie. Billy Blaze is one of my all time favorite characters. LOVE BROKERS!

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15312<![CDATA[Reply To: Summer of 1982: 15 Classic Films Turn 30]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15312 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:40:15 +0000 mrmojohalen

I saw Conan The Barbarian, Rocky III, Star Trek II & Pink Floyd The Wall that Summer.

I didn’t see Fast Times until it was on HBO like 6 months later & have seen it 100 trillion times since !! :mrgreen:


When you turn on your stereo, does it return the favor?

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15314<![CDATA[Reply To: Summer of 1982: 15 Classic Films Turn 30]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15314 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:52:48 +0000 eruption1962

Fast Times…you can’t beat it! Best high school movie EVER…no matter how much I like Superbad…FT will always reign supreme! Really, the only movies in that list I couldn’t give two shits for are NIMH and TRON…

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15315<![CDATA[Reply To: Summer of 1982: 15 Classic Films Turn 30]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15315 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:57:33 +0000 guitard

eruption1962:
Fast Times…you can’t beat it!

Not according to that scene where Judge Reinhold is in the bathroom and Phoebe Cates walks in on him!

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15340<![CDATA[Reply To: Summer of 1982: 15 Classic Films Turn 30]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15340 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:24:10 +0000 jroundy

guitard: Not according to that scene where Judge Reinhold is in the bathroom and Phoebe Cates walks in on him!

You got that right, brother. :wink:

The poor folks play for keeps down here…They’re the living dead. Nobody rules these streets at night like Van Halen!!

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15387<![CDATA[Reply To: Summer of 1982: 15 Classic Films Turn 30]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15387 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:37:55 +0000 mrmojohalen

guitard: Not according to that scene where Judge Reinhold is in the bathroom and Phoebe Cates walks in on him!


When you turn on your stereo, does it return the favor?

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]]> http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15428<![CDATA[Reply To: Summer of 1982: 15 Classic Films Turn 30]]>http://www.vhtrading.com/topic/summer-of-1982-15-classic-films-turn-30/#post-15428 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:29:32 +0000 eruption1962

I love the story behind that…

Apparently, they didn’t tell Phoebe Cates what she was in for…and, on top of that, Judge Reinhold was stroking a 15″ black dildo!

GREAT STUFF!

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