Drama
The denotative aspects of drama from Aristotle's "Poetics" include a story development with a beginning, middle and an end. In the more conventional sense, dramatic presentations include the portrayal of characters, settings, life situations and stories in the course of a theatrical performance. In theatre, drama usually takes on the scope of dealing with matters of a serious nature.
Drama is Alice's largest section and a treasure trove of great drama catering for every taste. The bulk of the "Drama" section (generally made since 1965 and include psychological dramas) is listed below, however you may also choose from the "Classic Drama" sub-section (generally made before 1965), in blue on left. Also helpful may be "Alices Playhouse", "True Stories" and "Shakespeare" features.
Right: Scene from Kubrick's beautifully mounted "Barry Lyndon"
Liar's Moon (1981)
5.9/10
Director: David Fisher
Starring: Matt Dillon, Cindy Fisher, Christopher Connelly
Jack (Dillon), a simple local boy, falls in love with Ginny, the wealthiest girl in town. Although their parents try to keep them apart, the couple is... Read more
On Golden Pond (1981)
7.7/10
Director: Mark Rydell
Starring: Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman
Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn play an aging married couple, Norman and Ethel Thayer, spending a dramatic summer in the woods. Their estranged daug... Read more
Out of the Blue (1981)
7.2/10
Director: Dennis Hopper
Starring: Linda Manz, Sharon Farrell, Dennis Hopper
A stark and realisitic portrayal of a young girl, Linda Manz, experiencing the frustrations of small town living and thinking. Her response: rebellion... Read more
Ragtime (1981)
7.3/10
Director: Milos Forman
Starring: James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern, Mary Steenburgen, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn
Howard Rollins plays the black man involved in murder; Mary Steenburgen is the sweet middle-class woman, Elizabeth McGovern the beautiful chorus girl,... Read more
Southern Comfort (1981)
7.2/10
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: Peter Coyote, Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward
Weekend maneuvers for a group of National Guardsmen in Louisiana's bayou country turn into a violent fight for survival when they rouse the ire of loc... Read more
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
7.4/10
Director: John Badham
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti
Richard Dreyfuss is phenomenal as a sculptor who is left a quadriplegic after a car accident and decides that he wants to be allowed to die, a choice... Read more
Reds (1981)
7.5/10
Director: Warren Beatty
Starring: Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino, Warren Beatty, Maur...
Academy Award-winning director Warren Beatty's acclaimed epic, based on actual events, tells the story of John Reed (Beatty), American Communist, jour... Read more
Mephisto (1981)
7.9/10
Director: Istvan Szabo
Starring: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda
Istvan Szabo's powerful, Academy-Award winning film stars Klaus Maria Brandauer as an actor in pre-war Germany whose quest for success leads him to su... Read more
Dennis Potter: 3 To Remember (1980)
8.7/10
Director: Richard Loncraine, Alan Bridges, Gavin Millar
Starring: Cheryl Campbell, Michael Culver, Kika Markham, Phoebe Nicholls, Donald Pleasence...
Blade on the Feather: 1980. A reclusive, elderly author is visited by a young admirer...but both men are more than they claim to be. Rain On The Roof... Read more
Jane Austen In Manhattan (1980)
4.8/10
Director: James Ivory
Starring: Robert Powell, Sean Young
Two teachers vie for the right to stage a play written by Jane Austen when she was twelve years old. Read more