Winston T. Boogie
Senior HTF Member
As this summer winds down (and influenced by a comment by Tino) here are what would seem to be the major films released in the summer of 1984 in the US...
(Let me know if I missed anything)
Rank 'em, Rate 'em, Discuss 'em, check off the ones you have seen, or have your own Summer of 84 film fest!
May
The Bounty (May 4)
Sixteen Candles (May 4)
Alphabet City (May 4)
Breakin' (May 4)
Hardbodies (May 4)
Firestarter (May 11)
The Natural (May 11)
Finders Keepers (May 18)
Making the Grade (May 18)
Trancers (May 22)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (May 23)
June
Once Upon a Time in America (June 1)
Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock (June 1)
Streets of Fire (June 1)
The Naked Face (June)
A Breed Apart (June)
Ghostbusters (June 8)
Gremlins (June 8)
Beat Street (June 8)
C.H.U.D. (June 10)
Under the Volcano (June 15)
The Pope of Greenwich Village (June 22)
Top Secret! (June 22)
The Karate Kid (June 22)
Rhinestone (June 22)
Another Country (June 29)
Cannonball Run 2 (June 29)
Conan the Destroyer (June 29)
Bachelor Party (June 29)
July
The Muppets Take Manhattan (July 13)
The Last Starfighter (July 13)
Splatter University (July 13)
Hollywood Hot Tubs (July)
Electric Dreams (July 20)
Best Defense (July 20)
Revenge of the Nerds (July 20)
Meatballs Part 2 (July 27)
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (July 27)
Purple Rain (July 27)
(Disney's The Jungle Book was rereleased into theaters in July of 1984)
August
The Bostonians (August 2)
Joy of Sex (August 3)
Grandview U.S.A. (August 3)
The Philadelphia Experiment (August 3)
Dreams Come True (August)
Red Dawn (August 10)
Cloak & Dagger (August 10)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (August 15)
Dreamscape (August 15)
The Woman in Red (August 15)
Tightrope (August 17)
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (August 17)
Sheena (August 17)
Sam's Son (August 17)
Love Streams (August 24)
Oxford Blues (August 24)
Cal (August 24)
Old Enough (August 24)
Choose Me (August 29)
Flashpoint (August 31)
Bolero (August 31)
(Let me know if I missed anything)
Rank 'em, Rate 'em, Discuss 'em, check off the ones you have seen, or have your own Summer of 84 film fest!
May
The Bounty (May 4)
Sixteen Candles (May 4)
Alphabet City (May 4)
Breakin' (May 4)
Hardbodies (May 4)
Firestarter (May 11)
The Natural (May 11)
Finders Keepers (May 18)
Making the Grade (May 18)
Trancers (May 22)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (May 23)
June
Once Upon a Time in America (June 1)
Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock (June 1)
Streets of Fire (June 1)
The Naked Face (June)
A Breed Apart (June)
Ghostbusters (June 8)
Gremlins (June 8)
Beat Street (June 8)
C.H.U.D. (June 10)
Under the Volcano (June 15)
The Pope of Greenwich Village (June 22)
Top Secret! (June 22)
The Karate Kid (June 22)
Rhinestone (June 22)
Another Country (June 29)
Cannonball Run 2 (June 29)
Conan the Destroyer (June 29)
Bachelor Party (June 29)
July
The Muppets Take Manhattan (July 13)
The Last Starfighter (July 13)
Splatter University (July 13)
Hollywood Hot Tubs (July)
Electric Dreams (July 20)
Best Defense (July 20)
Revenge of the Nerds (July 20)
Meatballs Part 2 (July 27)
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (July 27)
Purple Rain (July 27)
(Disney's The Jungle Book was rereleased into theaters in July of 1984)
August
The Bostonians (August 2)
Joy of Sex (August 3)
Grandview U.S.A. (August 3)
The Philadelphia Experiment (August 3)
Dreams Come True (August)
Red Dawn (August 10)
Cloak & Dagger (August 10)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (August 15)
Dreamscape (August 15)
The Woman in Red (August 15)
Tightrope (August 17)
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (August 17)
Sheena (August 17)
Sam's Son (August 17)
Love Streams (August 24)
Oxford Blues (August 24)
Cal (August 24)
Old Enough (August 24)
Choose Me (August 29)
Flashpoint (August 31)
Bolero (August 31)
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