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The 80s Movie Podcast

Celebrating both the biggest hits and the most obscure releases of 1980s cinema, focused primarily around exploring the narratives of under‑seen distributors, niche genres, and overlooked classics.

tv & film film history

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13:59

The Brotherhood of Justice

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2025/08/17

This week, we present our first remote recording, as your intrepid host talks about his fortieth high school reunion, memorializes an old friend who recently passed away, and a long forgotten Keanu Reeves television movie that shot at your host's high school weeks after he graduated high school and moved to Los Angeles to break into the industry.

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19:13

The Brat Pack at 40, and the best Brat Pack movie

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2025/07/29

This week, we look back at 40 years of The Brat Pack, from the naming of the group, to who is and is not a Brat Packer, and which Brat Pack movie was the best Brat Pack movie. (It's not The Breakfast Club or The Outsiders.)

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10:15

The 1980s Films of Susan Seidelman: Making Mr. Right

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2025/05/12

On this episode, we continue our look back at the 1980s movies of iconoclastic director Susan Seidelman as we pull the curtain back on the film she felt was an appropriate follow-up to her breakthrough film Desperately Seeking Susan, the sci-fi romantic comedy Making Mr. Right, starring John Malkovich and Ann Magnuson.

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54:23

Top Five Fantasy Films of the 1980s with author Todd...

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2025/04/30

On this episode, we speak with modern day renaissance man Todd Downing about his five favorite fantasy films of the 1980s.

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14:32

Collision Course

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2025/01/30

On this episode, our first episode of our seventh season and first in more than six months, our host apologizes for baiting and switching episodes, explains the long delay, and talks about the only movie ever made to star comedian and talk show host Jay Leno.

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15:00

The 1980s Films of Susan Seidelman: Desperately...

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2024/07/11

On this episode, we’re going to continue with our series on the 1980s movies of director Susan Seidelman, talking about her biggest hit film, 1985’s Desperately Seeking Susan.

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12:23

Brats

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2024/06/21

We pause our retrospective on the 1980s movies of director Susan Seidelman to examine Andrew McCarthy new Hulu documentary about the Brat Pack and how a single article in 1985 may or may not have affect his career and the careers of many of his co-stars and friends.

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16:32

The 1980s Films of Susan Seidelman: Smithereens

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2024/06/12

On this episode, we’re going to start a miniseries on the 1980s films from director Susan Seidelman.Like last year, with Martha Coolidge, I want to highlight at least one female filmmaker each year from the decade that made a significant impact on filmmaking and culture as a whole, and Ms. Seidelman definitely fits that description.

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20:30

Crimewave

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2024/05/27

On this episode, we’re going to tackle a movie from the early 1980s that, if made today with the same pedigree, would cause movie geeks and cinephiles to lose their freaking minds over. But because this was made early in their careers, most people are only tangentially aware of its existence, let alone have actually seen it.We’re talking about the 1986 Sam Raimi/Coen Brothers collaboration, Crimewave.

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23:43

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2024/05/13

Our first episode returning from paternity leave takes us back to 1983, and one of two sequel bombs Universal made with Jackie Gleason that year, Smokey and the Bandit Part 3.----more---- TRANSCRIPT From Los Angeles, California, the Entertainment Capital of the World, it’s The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today. On this episode, we’ll be covering one of the oddest Part 3 movies to ever be made. Smokey and the Bandit 3. But before we do, I owe

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24:37

Threads

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2024/01/12

Welcome to the first episode of our sixth season, the first of three episodes to begin the new year before our two month hiatus.This episode, we do our first ever Listener Freebie, letting Lee Thompson, one of our biggest supporters in the United Kingdom, pick the movie we cover this episode. Lee chose the 1984 British television drama Threads, and we are proud to talk about this hidden gem.

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34:24

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2023/12/29

For our final episode of 2023, the podcast takes a look back at the history of one of the best and most popular films of the decade, 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

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16:41

Deep in the Heart (aka Handgun)

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2023/12/01

On this week's episode, we talk about a movie that was buried by one of the major American distributors back in 1984, due to its similarity to a Clint Eastwood movie they were making at the time, and how it's finally going to get a second chance with viewers forty years later. Tony Garnett's Deep in the Heart.

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13:28

Chattanooga Choo Choo

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2023/11/26

This week, we go back to the 1984 summer movie season, with one of the most forgotten movies of the decade, for good reason: Chattanooga Choo Choo, starring Barbara Eden, George Kennedy, Melissa Sue Anderson, Christopher McDonald, Joe Namath, and Joe Namath's 1969 Super Bowl III championship ring.

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24:43

UFOria

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2023/11/10

On this week's episode, we talk about a rarity amongst 80s movies, one that is an oldie, a goodie, an obscurity, and one of the best reviewed movies of all the years it was released. John Binder's 1980 debut, UFOria. Or is it 1984? Or 1985? 1986? Listen in and find out.

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22:27

The Orphans 6

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2023/10/26

This week, we look back at another three films for whom their releases would be the only theatrical release for their respective distributors. It's Part 6 of our ongoing series, The Orphans. Would you like to know more? ----more---- This week's films are: Heartbreaker (1983, Frank Zuniga, from Monarex) Hells Angels Forever (1983, Leon Gast and and Kevin Keating and Richard Chase, RKR Releasing) Mother Lode (1982, Charlton Heston, Agamemnon Films)

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22:05

The Orphans 5

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2023/10/19

On this episode, we’re going to do something we haven’t done in nearly a year and a half. Dedicate a show to films for whom their release was the only release ever done by a particular distributor. The Orphans. Since it’s very hard to do a full show on a distributor that only ever released one movie, I collect these orphans like a crazy cat person collects felines, and every so often unleash them grouped together so they can have their moment in the spotlight. Would you like to know

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48:58

Motion Picture Marketing

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2023/10/09

This week, we spend a bit of our time on Motion Picture Marketing, the oddly named early 80s independent distributor who made their name repackaging European horror films from the 1970s with new titles and new graphics to make them feel new. This policy was so successful, so quickly for them, they could jump right into producing their own films within a year of their founding. Would you like to know more?

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54:39

Miramax Films - Part Five

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2023/09/15

We finally complete our mini-series on the 1980s movies released by Miramax Films in 1989, a year that included sex, lies, and videotape, and My Left Foot. ----more---- TRANSCRIPT From Los Angeles, California, the Entertainment Capital of the World, it’s The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today. On this episode, we complete our look back at the 1980s theatrical releases for Miramax Films. And, for the final time, a reminder that we are not celebrating

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42:19

Miramax Films - Part Four

The 80s Movie Podcast ·

2023/08/24

We continue our miniseries on the 1980s movies distributed by Miramax Films, with a look at the films released in 1988. ----more---- TRANSCRIPT From Los Angeles, California, the Entertainment Capital of the World, it’s The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today. On this episode, we finally continue with the next part of our look back at the 1980s movies distributed by Miramax Films, specifically looking at 1988. But before we get there, I must issue

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