January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleagured concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it.
Raiders of the Lost Ark, starring Harrison FordHarrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor who between 1977 and 1983 appeared in what were then four of the top ten highest-grossing movies ever. In most of his roles, Ford plays a tough, wise-cracking action hero, and is especially well know
Superman IISuperman II is a 1980 movie that is a sequel to Superman from 1978. The movie starred: Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor; Christopher Reeve as Superman/ Clark Kent; Ned Beatty as Otis; Jackie Cooper as Perry White; Sarah Douglas as Ursa; Margot Kidder as Lois La
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StripesStripes ( 1981) is an American comedic movie starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and Warren Oates. The director was Ivan Reitman. Stripes also featured several (later quite noted) actors' first significant movie roles, including John Larroquette, Sean You, starring Bill MurraySee also William Murray for other individuals who might be known as Bill Murray . William James Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American comedian, producer, film director and actor from Wilmette, Illinois. Murray initially rose to prominence as a c
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ArthurArthur is a 1981 film which tells the story of a drunken playboy millionaire called Arthur Bach who can only inherit if he marries. It stars Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Jill Eikenberry. The movie was written and dir
For Your Eyes OnlyFor Your Eyes Only the twelfth James Bond film, was made in 1981 and is the fifth film to star Roger Moore as suave and sophisticated British Secret Service agent, James Bond. Produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Directed by John Glen, the film was an EON P
3 Academy AwardBob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. The Academy Awards (often better known as Oscars) are the most prominent film award in the United States. The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a ps
