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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSummer of 1982, movies!
Yeah, what a summer of movies!
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
Tron
Conan The Barbarian
etc...
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Summer of 1982, movies! (Original Post)
Archae
May 2012
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Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)1. 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High'
I was 20 and partying at the drive-in when I first saw it in the summer of '82. We all got a huge kick out of it then, and it still holds up now.
Archae
(47,245 posts)3. Can you believe that was Sean Penn?
Iggo
(49,752 posts)6. I still think it's his best role ever.
Swede
(38,739 posts)2. That was a good year,all right.
The Thing,Blade Runner,the Road Warrior...........
pink-o
(4,056 posts)4. Let's not forget ET....
Although Spielberg went on to direct far better, less manipulative films. But c'mon we all loved the little guy!
LNM
(1,242 posts)5. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Loved Dolly Parton and her sweet voice.
Archae
(47,245 posts)7. I did have one gripe with that movie.
The girls in the whorehouse were pretty much disposable.
Everyone has a happy ending, (well, except Melvin P. Thorpe,) but what happens to those women?
