30 Years Ago..

[Spawn67]

Hard to believe folks but the summer of 83 was 30 years ago. 83 is one of my favorite years for movies.
Here is a list of some films that came out that summer.

http://voices.yahoo.com/summer-movies-1983-1494757.html?cat=40

Heres the wiki version..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_in_film

What are your favorite movies that came out that summer? Which ones did you see in the theatre?

[ctc]

Say;

That's the year my all-time favourite film came out!:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Rule

Don C.

[Red Hulk]

Great list most of those I saw on HBO when I had it back in the 80s/90s.

[MIB41]

My first year of college... STOP!!! This does not compute...

[Spawn67]

Great list most of those I saw on HBO when I had it back in the 80s/90s.

This list takes me back to the days when my parents first got cable (January 84) and it was HUGE deal at the video store when these movies came in. I watched all these movies religiously back then. Most of these movies can be found on a daily basis on my 1000 plus cable channel package 30 years later. Movies from 83 are time less to me.

I think im going to watch EASY MONEY tonight!..haha

[Mikey]

Pink Floyd The Final Cut

"was it for this that daddy died?"

[MegoMark71]

I was 11...so young and carefree.

[Werewolf]

83 was all about Return of the Jedi for me.

[Bionicfanboy66]

Return Of the Jedi is at the top of my list, followed by National Lampoon's Vacation, Jennifer Beals doing her thing in Flashdance(she definitely gave me a feeling), Octopussy(snicker, snicker), Never Say Never Again(Sean Connery's last appearance as Bond), and The Big Chill. I was entering my junior year at North Kitsap Sr. High in Poulsbo, WA. that fall. Jeez, I am getting older. Yes, I am a balding aging fanboy and I'm proud of it.

[Hector]

The 83 movie that stands out the most for me is Scarface.

While I was going to college, I also had a side job as a security guard, and one of my locations was the Berkeley movie theater were Scarface was showing...must've seen that movie on and off about a hundred times in its first run, lol.

[TomStrong]

Man I love Mr Mom we watch that all the time. My wife is a huge fan of The Big Chill.

[Spawn67]

I was 11...so young and carefree.

I was 10. Yes life for me was carefree..Im going to be 40 in 2 weeks..

[z3zep]

At the time, I loved Risky Business... lots of good ones that year.

[Mongoose1983]

The Return of the Jedi. Vivid memories of going with our school to the theater that year. All of the merchandise and those Kenner figures, it was awesome. A classmate got a lightsaber from some ice-pop concourse! Can't believe it's been three decades since then. Oh, and since I've always been interested in music I can not leave unmentioned Staying Alive. Horrible film, terrific soundtrack. The Bee Gees had another huge hit in here back in the day with "Someone Belonging to Someone". Looking at things from the distance I believe that's now part of my own soundtrack.

1983... BMX days. Sighs.

[Mongoose1983]

One more comment on Staying Alive. Back in the 90's when I saw it on VHS with some friends I remember saying "look, that scene captured a decade in a second!" referring to the moment when John Travolta crossed Sylvester Stallone when walking some NYC street...

Here's that particular scene:

I now also remember Superman III, but the greatest movie that year to me was The Return of the Jedi, hands down.