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The decade of the 1980s in Western cinema saw the return of studio-driven pictures, coming from the filmmaker-driven New Hollywood era of the 1970s. [1] The period was when the "high concept" picture was established by producer Don Simpson, [2] where films were expected to be easily marketable and understandable.
While many futuristic movies from the 1980s depicted scenarios that have not come to pass 40 years later, many offered surprisingly accurate glimpses into the future.
Collectively, the science fiction films from the 1970s received 11 Academy Awards, 10 Saturn Awards, six Hugo Awards, three Nebula Awards and two Grammy Awards. Two of these films, Star Wars (1977, currently known as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) and Superman (1978), were the highest-grossing films of their respective years of release.
Collectively, the science fiction films from the 1980s have received 14 Academy Awards, 11 Saturn Awards, six Hugo Awards, five BAFTA awards, four BSFA Awards, and one Golden Globe Award. Four of these movies were the highest-grossing films of their respective years of release. However, these films also received nine Golden Raspberry Awards.
The popular '80s teen actor Mathew Broderick accidentally hacks into a military computer, which challenges him to a game between the U.S. and Russia. Unfortunately, the computer is playing for ...
2. Footloose (1984). Cast: Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest, John Lithgow Rating: PG The timeless classic follows Ren McCormack, a Chicago teen who tries to overturn a ban on dancing and ...
Despite this, the film was one of the most successful of its time, earning $80 million at box office. By the late 1970s, the novelty had worn off and the disasters had become less exciting. 1977 brought a terrorist targeting a Rollercoaster , 1978 a Swarm of bees, and a less-than-threatening Meteor in 1979.
The names of some modern inventions (atomic bomb, credit card, robot, space station, oral contraceptive and borazon) exactly match their fictional predecessors. A few works correctly predicted the years when some technologies would emerge, such as the first sustained heavier-than-air aircraft flight in 1903 and the first atomic bomb explosion ...