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Films of 1986; ALIENS Hits The 30 Year Mark
“Game over, man, game over!” It’s rare for a sequel to live up to the original film, but James Cameron managed to fulfill expectations with ALIENS (July 18, 1986). This summer marks the 30th Anniversary of the action-packed sci-fi classic, so “stop your grinnin’ and drop your linen.”
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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of ALIENS (1986), San Diego Comic-Con will host an ALIENS reunion on Saturday, July 23. Attendees include director James Cameron, producer Gale Anne Hurd, Sigourney Weaver, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser, Michael Biehn, and Carrie Henn.
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The terror continues in James Cameron’s ALIENS as Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story about the Alien encounter is met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of high-tech marines back to LV-426…and this time it’s war!
Critic Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 stars out of 4 and called it “painfully and unremittingly intense” and a “superb example of filmmaking craft.” He also stated “when I walked out of the theater, there were knots in my stomach from the film’s roller-coaster ride of violence.”
ALIENS was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Music (James Horner), Best Sound, Best Film Editing, and Best Art Direction/Set Decoration. It won two awards for Sound Effects Editing and Visual Effects. Sigourney Weaver received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, and although she did not win, it was considered a landmark nomination for an actress to be considered for a science fiction/horror film, a genre which was given little recognition by AMPAS in 1986.
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This must-have set also includes collectible art cards, and a book featuring art from the Dark Horse Comics Aliens series with an all-new cover created exclusively for this 30th Anniversary Edition.
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Not only movies, but TV, music, and pop culture captured the zeitgeist of 1986.
The 59th Academy Awards were held on March 30, 1987. PLATOON won Best Picture. The radio was filled with pop tunes featuring Eddie Murphy’s “Party All The Time,” Robert Palmer’s “Addicted To Love,” Pet Shop Boys’ “West End Girls” and Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors.” TV audiences were glued to shows such as “Designing Women,” “Alf,” “L.A. Law,” and “Pee-wee’s Playhouse.”
There were also so many great and memorable films that were released in 1986.
Check out the chart below how these films did at the box office.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1986&p=.htm
| 1. | Top Gun | Paramount Pictures | $176,781,728 |
| 2. | “Crocodile” Dundee | Paramount Pictures | $174,803,506 |
| 3. | Platoon | Orion Pictures | $138,530,565 |
| 4. | The Karate Kid, Part II | Columbia Pictures | $115,103,979 |
| 5. | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Paramount Pictures | $109,713,132 |
| 6. | Back to School | Orion Pictures | $91,258,000 |
| 7. | Aliens | 20th Century Fox | $86,160,248 |
| 8. | The Golden Child | Paramount Pictures | $79,817,937 |
| 9. | Ruthless People | Touchstone Pictures | $71,624,879 |
| 10. | Ferris Bueller’s Day Off | Paramount Pictures | $70,136,169 |
WAMG takes a look at the long list of films from 1986.
STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME
CROCODILE DUNDEE
THE GOLDEN CHILD “I want the kniiiiife… pleeeeease.”
RUTHLESS PEOPLE
FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF
8 MILLION WAYS TO DIE
PLATOON
HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
52 PICK-UP
AN AMERICAN TAIL – directed by Don Bluth
ABOUT LAST NIGHT – directed by Edward Zwick, starring Rob Lowe, Demi Moore
ARMED & DANGEROUS
AT CLOSE RANGE
BACK TO SCHOOL
A ROOM WITH A VIEW
THE MISSION
STAND BY ME
LEGAL EAGLES
THE COLOR OF MONEY
SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT – directed by Spike Lee
PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED – directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Kathleen Turner and Nicolas Cage.
PRETTY IN PINK
THE FLY
THREE AMIGOS
GUNG HO
THE MONEY PIT
NOTHING IN COMMON
JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH
HOOSIERS
IRON EAGLE
HEARTBURN
F/X
FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR
LEGEND
THE MOSQUITO COAST
CRITTERS – A romping fun sci-fi film for a Friday night and a killer cameo by Terrence Mann as Ug/Johnny Steele.
EXTREMITIES – Charlie’s Angels Farrah Fawcett gives a riveting performance in this drama.
SPACE CAMP
LABYRINTH
FIREWALKER
NO MERCY
BLUE VELVET
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
CRAWL SPACE
THE DELTA FORCE
DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS
THAT’S LIFE! – directed by Blake Edwards, starring Jack Lemmon and Julie Andrews
HEARTBREAK RIDGE
HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER
HOWARD THE DUCK – “Cleeeeeeeveland.” Howard appears briefly during a post-credits scene in the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy.
INVADERS FROM MARS
MURPHY’S LAW starring Charles Bronson
JO JO DANCER, YOUR LIFE IS CALLING
LADY JANE
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
LUCAS
THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
MATADOR – directed by Pedro Almodóvar
MANHUNTER directed by Michael Mann, starring William Petersen
MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE
THE NAME OF THE ROSE – directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Sean Connery, F. Murray Abraham, Christian Slater
HIGHLANDER – “There Can Be Only One.” Sean Connery, Christopher Lambert and Clancy Brown starred in the cult classic that inspired movie and TV franchises! An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponents, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled “Prize.”
A terrific score was accompanied by classic Queen songs.
RUNNING SCARED – directed by Peter Hyams, starring Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal.
WILDCATS – stars Goldie Hawn
UNDER THE CHERRY MOON – American musical drama film directed by and starring Prince
THE WRAITH – stars Charles “Charlie” Sheen, Sherilyn Fenn, Nick Cassavetes, and Randy Quaid
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