Jaws 3 (1983)

Posted by maneesh On December - 5 - 2010

Cast: Dennis Quaid
Bess Armstrong
Simon MacCorkindale

I am not sure what's wrong with the Jaws movie sequels, the quality keeps deteriorating as we proceed. This was not bad either but as I said 1st and 2nd part were better.

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Tender Mercies (1983): 2 academy (oscar) award winner

Posted by maneesh On August - 13 - 2010

Cast: Robert Duvall
Tess Harper
Betty Buckley
Wilford Brimley
Ellen Barkin
Allan Hubbard

The movie is about the life of a country singer. The movie is okay and good for a one time watch. Tender Mercies won 2 academy awards for Best Original Screenplay for Foote and Best Actor for Duvall.

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Cast: Shirley MacLaine
Debra Winger
Jack Nicholson
Danny DeVito
John Lithgow

The movie is about a mother and daughter both looking for love. The comedy and drama in the the movie is good. T movie won 5 academy awards: Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Directing – (James L. Brooks), Academy Award for Best Actress – (Shirley MacLaine), Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor – (Jack Nicholson), Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay – (James L. Brooks)

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Cast: Fred Ward
Dennis Quaid
Ed Harris
Scott Glenn
Sam Shepard
Barbara Hershey
Lance Henriksen
Veronica Cartwright
Jane Dornacker

The movie is about the space race of US and USSR. Many aircraft pilots are selected for the mission to go to space. Good movie. It won Academy Awards for Sound Effects Editing; Best Film Editing, Best Music, Original Score and Best Sound.

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Katha (1983): Good Hindi drama movie

Posted by maneesh On August - 3 - 2010

Cast: Naseeruddin Shah
Farooq Shaikh
Deepti Naval

The movie is about a middle class guy who lives a normal life in a chawl in Mumbai. He likes a girl but lacks the courage to hell her. Then, one of his college friends arrives who is very ambitious and everyone likes him in the chawl. The story of the movie is slow but interesting. Good to watch.

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Mandi (1983): Great Hindi drama movie

Posted by maneesh On August - 3 - 2010

Cast: Shabana Azmi
Naseeruddin Shah
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Smita Patil
Amrish Puri

The movie is about a brothel in Hyderabad. The land on which the brothel is gets a new owner and he likes the prostitutes to go away. The movie has a lot of comedy scenes which are fun to watch. It's a great movie and very enjoyable.

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Yentl (1983): 1 academy (oscar) award winner

Posted by maneesh On July - 23 - 2010

Cast: Barbra Streisand
Amy Irving
Mandy Patinkin
Nehemiah Persoff

The movie is about a Jewish girl in Poland. Th movie depicts old times of Poland when studying was prohibited for girls. So a girl Yentl, dresses as a man to finish her studies. The movie is okay for a one time watch. Yentl won an Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score: Michel Legrand (music), Alan Bergman (lyrics), Marilyn Bergman (lyrics).

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Ardh Satya (1983): Great Hindi art drama movie

Posted by maneesh On July - 13 - 2010

Cast: Om Puri
Smita Patil
Amrish Puri
Shafi Inamdar
Naseeruddin Shah
Sadashiv Amrapurkar

The movie is about a cop in Bombay. It depicts the corruption and difficulties involved in doing the job of a policeman at that time. Acting by Om Puri and Smita Patil is of top notch and the story is brilliant.

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Cast: Naseeruddin Shah
Ravi Baswani
Bhakti Barve
Satish Shah
Om Puri
Pankaj Kapur
Satish Kaushik
Neena Gupta

The movie is about two struggling camera man in Bombay. They discover a dead body and that's how the whole drama starts. The movie also shows the corruption in construction business and how truth can be tackled by power. The movie is great and fun to watch.

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