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Coming up for November, the magnificent Meryl Streep in Silkwood.
As Newsweek Magazine said, a movie that shouldn't be missed.
Superstar Paul Newman talks about fulfilling his life's ambition by making Harry and Son.
Hot Off the Presses, the first edition of our new look tape talk.
We'll introduce views and insights into upcoming mega movies.
And meet the spunky star of class, Andrew McCarthy.
Welcome to our November presentation tape.
Before we tell you about our exciting new release, let's look at some of our holiday blockbusters soon for your store.
Class takes experience.
So, you girls live around here?
Fuck!
It takes class.
You are the first student in the history of Vernon Academy ever to be banned from Foxfield until, and I quote, the day you die.
I love you.
The story of what happens when a boy's best friend...
Jonathan, this is my mom.
...turns out to be his best friend's mother.
Hi, I'm Andrew McCarthy.
Jackie Visset and I will soon be on Roadshow Home Video in class.
Coming soon. Go see it.
Die! Die!
Now, listen, Bill, you're in the middle of bugger all here, so for Christ's sake don't go walk about. We'll never find you.
Now, we'll be back in five or six hours.
Gregory Harrison in his first major motion picture, running for his life.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Tell her, man, certainly you finished the Kenya Roads. Certainly!
Produced by Hal McElroy from Australia's hottest new director, Russell Malkay.
Razorback.
It's an uninhibited comedy about unexpected love.
Starring Michael Caine.
Hi, Uncle Matthew!
Hi!
Joseph Bologna.
Matthew, promise me something. Promise you'll try to have a good time.
They're smiling. Maybe we should talk to them.
We can't, they're practically naked.
We ought to picture them with clothes on.
And introducing Michelle Johnson.
Paul Newman and Robbie Benson are Harry and Son.
I think we ought to dress for dinner from now on.
Howard is one of the most interesting young people that I've seen on the screen,
because he's simply not a stereotype.
You think this nice ambiance to you, bud?
He really tries to take care of his old man.
Paul Newman, Robbie Benson, Ellen Barkin, and Academy Award winner Joanne Woodward in Harry and Son.
It's not structured the way a normal play is structured.
It's very much like life, which is just a bunch of surprises.
You sit down in the morning when you eat your breakfast and you write your scenario,
but it doesn't turn out that way, does it?
So I thought it was a very lifelike canvas,
and I'd like to throw a couple of colors on there and see how they came out.
And now, our chart successes for this month.
Double barrel, number one across the country this month, the day after.
Jumping to the top of the Video Trader chart,
and number one again on the Kent Report this month.
Also on the Kent Report this month, nudging the day after in number two spot is Gorky Park.
Our Bond blockbuster, Never Say Never Again,
still leads the number one position on the UK Video Week charts.
And again topping the Video Business chart as the number one rental in Australia,
that mother of a comedy, Mr Mum.
The latest Video Age chart shows the day after at number two spot,
followed by Mr Mum in third position.
And now, on to our November selection.
Academy Award winner Meryl Streep,
nominee Cher, Kurt Russell and director Mike Nichols,
make Silkwood truly a movie that shouldn't be missed.
Nominated for five prestigious Golden Globe Awards,
Silkwood is the true story of nuclear energy worker Karen Silkwood,
an ordinary woman faced with a shocking discovery.
She's a flirty, chain-smoking, carefree type,
until she begins to smell danger, and Karen Silkwood decides to talk.
But she is mysteriously killed before she can expose her terrible nuclear secret,
and the real facts about her death have never been settled.
The latest news on Silkwood, and not covered in the movie,
is that her family have been awarded $10 million damages
because of deliberate radiation exposure.
Silkwood opened theatrically to record dollars at the box office,
an outstanding critical acclaim.
A powerful work of entertainment, The Sydney Sun.
A magnificent movie, Perfection from Meryl Streep, The Sunday Telegraph.
Style, energy, compelling entertainment, Newsweek.
The best film at the moment, Penthouse.
And of course, the critique we used on our key art, Silkwood is terrific.
This is an engrossing true story on such a topical issue as nuclear radiation,
and it will remain an important film for many years to come.
Name? Karen Silkwood. Drew Stevens. Dolly Palacher.
What about the radiation effects from all this material?
We've all seen the poor guy suffering the effects of sunburn.
Radiation's like that.
There was a contamination in our section.
They're saying that you did it.
I just hate people talking about me that way.
Karen, the company's gotta blame somebody, otherwise it's their fault.
Sounds like they're trying to get rid of you.
I wish I could take care of you better.
I'm doing something good.
I know what you're doing. You're the wrong person to be doing it.
I was just thinking, if you'd ever quit, come away with me.
I can't quit now.
What are you doing in there?
No! No!
I'm so scared now.
They're trying to kill me.
For our award-winning drama, Silkwood, we've produced these two posters
featuring Academy Award-winner Meryl Streep in her acclaimed role as Karen Silkwood,
plus these Silkwood postcards which heralded the film's release last month.
Silkwood is priced at $85.50, including sales tax.
Angel was the hot theatrical success of the year in the US,
breaking box office records in its first 17 days of release,
and climbed to the top of Variety's highest grossing films list for 1984.
Angel is a young girl leading a double-sided existence.
It's a delicate balance between life as a high school honours student during the day
and a streetwise hooker by night.
Then, into Angel's confused and frightened life comes a psychopathic killer out for revenge.
Angel is a tough, gutsy, controversial film in the style of Taxi Driver,
and it's based on a real-life character.
Angel lifts the lid on the myth of the Hollywood nightlife and exposes its grim reality.
Her name is Angel.
She's unlike any high school student you've ever met.
Her only friends are on the streets.
Her only chance is on her own.
You're young, attractive, healthy. You're swimming around in a toilet bowl.
I just put on some sexy clothes and high heels and went out and made a living.
Angel, her two worlds are about to collide.
Remind me never to get murdered.
Why would you?
That's it!
Angel!
Angel
This large poster really shows the double-sided life of Angel,
and we've also produced this flyer setting out details of our TV advertising campaign for Angel and Silkwood.
Here's our television commercial now.
Karen, the company's gotta blame somebody, otherwise it's their fault.
Sounds like they're trying to get rid of you.
They're trying to kill me.
Karen Silkwood left to talk to a reporter. She never got there.
Meryl Streep.
Sher.
Kurt Russell.
In Silkwood on Roadshow Home Video.
Plus Angel, high school honor student by day, child of the streets by night.
Angel, her two worlds are about to collide.
Angel on Roadshow Home Video.
That TV spot will be seen all across Australia during the last week of October,
and will also penetrate both city and country areas.
We can't advertise all of our new release titles on TV,
but do take advantage of the extra sales and rentals on Silkwood and Angel,
which our TV ad will generate.
Then, when your customers rent Silkwood and Angel,
they'll see the previews of the other movies in our November package.
These previews will become your own free prime-time commercials
to make all of our November titles work for you.
Angel is priced at $85.50, including sales tax.
That cheeky-faced star of Diffenstrokes, the internationally recognized Gary Coleman,
is now in his first major film role as Jimmy the Kid.
He plays the classic poor little rich kid who really lives it up
with his own limousine, psychiatrist and wacky showbiz parents.
This great comedy also stars Dee Wallace, the mother from ET and Q-Joe,
and the legendary Don Adams, alias Maxwell Smart,
from the long-running series Get Smart.
As Variety magazine said, this movie is guaranteed to intrigue and tickle.
Gary Coleman is Jimmy the Kid.
Maurice.
Get thicker glasses.
Ray.
Jimmy the Kid.
And these kidnappers are planning the child heist of the year.
Ha! Ha!
They are diabolically cluttered, masterminds of disguise.
You know, when this is all over, we ought to get a group picture.
Well, first we're going to lower the back door of that truck.
Ah!
Calling me in was the smartest thing you could do.
Jimmy the Kid.
Action!
I love a good chase.
Adventure.
Hey, mom, look who's driving!
And drama.
You think I look better as a blonde?
Oh, I love you as a brunette.
This is terrific movie.
Would you believe hysterical?
Jimmy the Kid.
For our comedy Jimmy the Kid, we've produced this fun mobile,
which is sure to draw lots of customer interest.
Jimmy the Kid is priced at $78.50, including sales tax.
Cross Country is an R-rated, hard-hitting, tough and provocative drama.
It stars Richard Baimer from the Academy Award-winning classic West Side Story
and Michael Ironside from Scanners.
Cross Country is a story of passion and suspense,
of relationships out of control and edged out into the fast lane.
It's a murder thriller that will keep you guessing
right up to its gut-crunching climax.
Cross Country, the most dangerous trip you can take.
We haven't actually met, Lois Hayes.
Well, you probably don't recognize me.
Did I lose an earring or something?
It just reminded me so.
The killer must have torn off her earrings, but there's no blood loss, eh?
You need your mouth washed.
The deadliest emotion is passion out of control.
For the R-rated action of Cross Country,
we have this double-sided flyer which features another R-rated action movie
on the reverse razorback coming soon.
30 of these flyers will be included in your November Dealer Kits,
so take advantage of this valuable cross promotion.
Cross Country is priced at $78.50, including sales tax.
Our spine-tingling mystery thriller for November is Dominique.
Academy Award-winner Cliff Robertson heads an outstanding cast,
including Gene Simmons, Jenny Agata and Simon Ward.
This chilling story will really have your customers on the edge of their seats.
It's a Hitchcock-style movie that would do Hitchcock proud, said Variety magazine.
We want you to meet Dominique.
Dominique is dead.
Her husband thinks so.
After all, he buried her.
Now his time is running out.
Is Dominique seeking revenge?
Dominique may have been buried, but she hasn't been put to rest.
The question is, what?
No, no, no!
No!
Dominique.
And for our mystery thriller Dominique, we've produced this horizontal poster
featuring the two stars Cliff Robertson and Gene Simmons.
Dominique is priced at $78.50, including sales tax.
Our horror film for November from Orion Pictures is a gruesome tale of supernatural terror,
Barren Blood, starring Joseph Cotton as the monstrous bloodthirsty despot
and Elky Summer as one of his intended victims.
Barren Blood was filmed in an ancient and ghostly castle in Austria
on the exact location where the original Dracula was filmed.
Beware of Barren Blood.
I would not play with the occult if I were you.
One's obsession with it could be the real danger.
Screams of his victims still echo in his chamber of horrors.
The Baron's will not only dominated this castle, but all the valley below.
The people were necessary only for his convenience.
Was the Baron, then both your lives are in danger. You will try again.
Screams of his victims
Barren Blood is priced at $78.50, including sales tax.
Finally cleared for release, the long-awaited, R-rated High Rolling,
an apt title for this Australian production starring Joseph Bottoms, Grigor Taylor,
AFI Award winners Judy Davis and Wendy Hughes.
From the director of We Are the Never Never, High Rolling is a fun-filled,
rollicking good-time movie, and we're releasing the full, uncut, R-rated version.
Look sweetheart, I'm telling you, today is the first day of the rest of your life.
Albie and Tex were buddies. Lyn was only 15, but she went along for the ride.
I think she noticed us, Texers.
Looking good.
Between them they had more fun and got in more action than you'd ever believe
when they went High Rolling.
High Rolling is priced at $78.50, including sales tax.
And now let's recap our 7 November titles.
Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, Cher and Kurt Russell in Silkwood.
Angel, the gutsy thriller that broke US box office records.
The Comedy Caper of the Year starring Gary Coleman, Jimmy the Kid.
Passion, suspense and action in the fast lane with Cross Country.
The spine-tingling mystery thriller starring Cliff Robertson, Dominique.
Joseph Cotton in a gruesome tale of supernatural terror, Barren Blood.
The good-time Oz movie with an all-star cast, High Rolling.
Join us next month when we present our holiday blockbuster, December Release.