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* The 1981 movie Gangster Wars and the 1991 Mobsters are partly fictionalized accounts of the Castellammarese War, both from the point of view of Luciano.
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In 1981, this episode was made into anime ( called " Doraemon Comes Back "), and in 1998, this was released as an anime movie.
In 1981, Bantam Books published a movie tie-in novelization written by Mike McQuay that adopts a lean, humorous style reminiscent of the film.
Neal Moritz was to produce and Ken Nolan was to write the screenplay which would combine an original story for Plissken with the story from the 1981 movie, although Carpenter has hinted that the film might be a prequel.
As a side note, writer Paul Krassner published a story in the February 1981 issue of High Times, relating how Groucho prepared for the LSD-themed movie by taking a dose of the drug in Krassner's company, and had a moving, largely pleasant experience.
The Gallipoli Campaign is the subject of the 1981 movie Gallipoli directed by Peter Weir and starring Mel Gibson.
In 1995, she appeared in the fantasy movie Jumanji, loosely based on Chris Van Allsburg's 1981 book of the same name.
When the first movie was released on February 22, 1981, it was regarded as the beginning of a new age of anime.
The book has been adapted for film and television a number of times, including a 1981 serial for TV directed by Rodney Bennett ; a 1995 movie adapted by Emma Thompson and directed by Ang Lee ; a version in Tamil called Kandukondain Kandukondain, released in 2000 ; and a 2008 TV series on BBC adapted by Andrew Davies and directed by John Alexander.
During this period, Waits appeared in a series of minor movie roles, including a cameo role in Wolfen ( 1981 ) as an inebriated piano player, and his song " Jitterbug Boy " also appeared on the movie's soundtrack.
Many modern takes on the Arthurian legend have their roots in Malory, including John Boorman's 1981 movie Excalibur, which includes selected elements of the book.
Klaus Doldingers soundtrack for the 1981 movie Das Boot includes a title score with a sonar sound to reflect the U-boat setting.
The director had been thinking about this kind of a movie as early as 1981 and was inspired by his father, Lou Stone, a broker during the Great Depression at Hayden Stone.
* Brooke's poetry is used as character and plot device in the 1981 movie Making Love and the child ultimately born to the character Claire Elliott, played by Kate Jackson, is named after him.
Oscar made what he called " a very brief cameo " in the 1981 Jim Henson movie The Great Muppet Caper.
Rumors that the band was originally known as Dragonslayer, after the 1981 movie of the same name, were denied by King, as he stated, " We never were ; it's a myth to this day.
In 1981, the movie was adapted into a successful Broadway musical of the same name, starring Lauren Bacall ( who won a Tony Award for her work ).
Being one of the classic examples of a stage thriller, it has been revived a number of times since, including a US TV movie in 1981 with Angie Dickinson and Christopher Plummer.
A wire clothes hanger was also a featured prop in a central scene in the 1981 movie Mommie Dearest, in which Joan Crawford, played by Faye Dunaway, enters the room of her daughter, Christina, at night while the girl sleeps, to admire the beautiful clothes hanging nicely in her closet.
1981 and Gangster
* The 1981 NBC mini series, The Gangster Chronicles, the character of Michael Lasker, played by Brian Benben, was based on Lansky.
* Costello has been portrayed in several movies by actors James Andronica in Gangster Wars ( 1981 ), Carmine Caridi in Bugsy ( 1991 ), Costas Mandylor in Mobsters ( 1991 ), and by Kirk Baltz in the television movie Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long ( 1995 ).
Although his first national exposure was in the 1981 NBC miniseries-then-series The Gangster Chronicles, Benben is perhaps best known for his leading role in the 1990-96 HBO television series, Dream On.
1981 and Wars
An unfortunate episode in fanzine history occurred in 1981 when Star Wars director George Lucas threatened to sue fanzine publishers who distributed zines featuring the Star Wars characters in sexually explicit stories or art.
* 1977 – Star Wars ( retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981 ) is released in theaters, inspiring the Jediism religion and Geek Pride Day holiday.
Emerson provided music for a number of films since 1980, including Dario Argento's Inferno and World of Horror, the 1981 thriller Nighthawks and, more recently, Godzilla: Final Wars.
* Mad Max ( 1979 ) and The Road Warrior ( 1981 ) – Key cinematic inspirations for Car Wars and similar games.
* " Veteran of the Psychic Wars " by Blue Öyster Cult ( Heavy Metal: Music From The Motion Picture, 1981 )
An expanded radio dramatization of the original Star Wars trilogy was produced in 1981, 1983, and 1996.
Star Wars: A New Hope is a 13-part ( 5hr51m ) radio serial first broadcast on National Public Radio in 1981.
* " The World Turned Upside Down " by Leon Rosselson, 1975, a song about the Diggers and their activities on St. George's Hill in 1649 ; this song was performed by Billy Bragg on his Between the Wars EP, 1985 ; by Dick Gaughan on Handful of Earth, 1981 ; by Chumbawumba on the b-side of their single " Timebomb ," 1993 ; by Attila the Stockbroker with Barnstormer on The Siege of Shoreham, 1996 ; by Oysterband on their albums Shouting End of life and Alive and Shouting, 1995 and 1996 ; by Clandestine, a Houston-based Celtic group, on their To Anybody At All album, 1999 ; by the Fagans, an Australian folk group, on their album, Turning Fine, 2002 ; and by Seattle Celt-rock band Coventry on the album Red Hair and Black Leather, 2005.
:* The Berserker Wars, ( Tor Dec. 1981 ) ( short fiction collection ; only 2 original / uncollected stories ); ( available online ) as a Baen Free Sample from Berserker Death omnibus
Other films he scored included Mobile Suit Gundam Movie II: Soldiers of Sorrow ( 1981 ), Mobile Suit Gundam Movie III: Encounters in Space, ( 1982 ), Birth ( Bâsu ) ( 1984 ), Arion ( 1986 ), Robot Carnival ( 1987 ), Totoro ( 1988 ), Crest of the Royal Family and Maison Ikkoku-Apartment Fantasy ( both 1988 ), Venus Wars ( 1989 ), Kiki's Delivery Service ( 1989 ), Porco Rosso ( 1992 ) and Ocean Heaven ( 2010 ).
Bonus Interview with George Lucas on Mythology from The Mythology of Star Wars, conversation with Campbell from 1981 Bill Moyers ' Journal.
Shamir states that he translated various works of Shmuel Yosef Agnon ( Nobel Prize for Literature, 1966 ) from Hebrew into Russian ( 1981 – 2004 ), as well as Chaim Herzog's The Arab-Israeli Wars ( 1986 ).
The Ionian Mission ( 1981 ) is a historical novel by Patrick O ' Brian, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
News footage of the 1981 assassination attempt on his life is shown, and information about the proposed Strategic Defense Initiative ( SDI — dubbed " Star Wars ") is included.
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