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Santa Claus: The Movie Tri-Star Pictures Jeannot Szwarc (director); David Newman (screenplay); Dudley Moore , John Lithgow , David Huddleston , Judy Cornwell , Burgess Meredith , Jeffrey Kramer , Christian Fitzpatrick, Carrie Kei Heim , John Barrard , Anthony O'Donnell , Melvyn Hayes , Don Estelle , Tim Stern, Peter O'Farrell, Christopher Ryan ...
May 13 – Selma Diamond, Canadian-born American comedian, actress, and writer (b. 1920) May 16 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902) May 17 – Abe Burrows, humorist, author, and director (b. 1910) June 6 – Leonard Lake, American serial killer (b. 1945) June 11 – Vic Tanny, bodybuilder and physical culture advocate (b. 1912)
Films offering escapism and pro-America themes like Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV had also fared well. [ 7 ] The glut of youth-targeted films like Return to Oz and The Black Cauldron , and science-fiction comedies like Weird Science , Real Genius , and My Science Project had resulted in a string of failures.
1985 in American music (11 P) N. 1985 American novels (154 P) P. 1985 in American politics (5 C, 5 P) S. 1985 in American sports (28 C, 25 P) T. 1985 in American ...
Rambo: First Blood Part II had the highest weekend debut of 1985 and broke Beverly Hills Cop ' s record ($15.2 million) for highest weekend debut for a R-rated film. It was TriStar Pictures ' first film to gross over $10 million in a weekend.
January 1 – The newest music video channel, VH-1, begins broadcasting on American cable. It is aimed at an older demographic than its sister station, MTV. The first video played is Marvin Gaye's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner". [1] January 11. One of the biggest music festivals in the world begins in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1985 – Country music singer Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp organize the first Farm Aid concert to raise money for family farmers facing financial crisis. 1985 – The Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable (as 1986 models), and the Nintendo Entertainment System are released to the public. 1985 – Gramm Rudman Hollings Balanced Budget Act
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