The Next One is a science fiction film starring Keir Dullea and Adrienne Barbeau released in 1984, and directed by Nico Mastorakis. It was released in the United States as The Time Traveler.
The Next One is a science fiction film starring Keir Dullea and Adrienne Barbeau released in 1984, and directed by Nico Mastorakis. It was released in the United States as The Time Traveler.
The Next One is a film in which the recent widow of an American astronaut finds Glen — a man with uncanny powers and lost in space and time — on the beach of her retreat on a Greek Island. [1]
Colin Greenland reviewed The Next One for Imagine magazine, and stated that "An awkward movie, but a thoughtful attempt to connect ancient and modern mythology." [1]
Time Out of Joint is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in novel form in the United States in 1959. An abridged version was also serialised in the British science fiction magazine New Worlds Science Fiction in several installments from December 1959 to February 1960.
Magician's Gambit is the third part of The Belgariad, a fantasy book series written by David Eddings continuing the events in Queen of Sorcery and is followed by Castle of Wizardry.
Mickey's Christmas Carol is a 1983 American animated Christmas fantasy featurette directed and produced by Burny Mattinson. The cartoon is an adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, and stars Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge. Many other Disney characters, primarily from the Mickey Mouse universe, as well as Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio (1940), and characters from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) and Robin Hood (1973), were cast throughout the film. The featurette was produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution on December 16, 1983, with the re-issue of The Rescuers (1977). In the United States, it was first aired on television on NBC, on December 10, 1984.
The Colour of Magic is a 1983 fantasy comedy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the Discworld series. The first printing of the British edition consisted of only 506 copies. Pratchett has described it as "an attempt to do for the classical fantasy universe what Blazing Saddles did for Westerns."
The God Makers (1972) is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. Some later editions used a variant title, The Godmakers.
Iceman is a 1984 American sci-fi drama film from Universal Pictures directed by Fred Schepisi, written by John Drimmer and Chip Proser, and starring Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, and John Lone. The film follows the discovery of a prehistoric Neanderthal caveman frozen in ice and what happens after scientists are able to bring him back to life. It was filmed in color with Dolby sound and has a running time of 100 minutes. The DVD version was released in 2004.
The NeverEnding Story is a 1984 fantasy film, co-written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, based on the 1979 novel The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. It was produced by Bernd Eichinger and Dieter Geissler, and stars Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Patricia Hayes, Sydney Bromley, Gerald McRaney and Moses Gunn, with Alan Oppenheimer providing the voices of Falkor, Gmork, and others. It follows a boy who finds a magical book that tells of a young warrior who is given the task of stopping the Nothing, a dark force, from engulfing the wonderland world of Fantasia.
Bullshot is a 1983 British comedy film, based on the stage play Bullshot Crummond. The name comes from a parody of the 1929 film Bulldog Drummond with the lead character having elements of Drummond and Biggles.
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend is a 1985 American adventure fantasy film directed by Bill L. Norton and starring William Katt, Sean Young, Patrick McGoohan, and Julian Fellowes. The film follows paleontologist Susan Matthews-Loomis and her husband George, who stumble upon a Brontosaurus on an expedition in Central Africa while trying to track down a local monster. The two are pursued by the African military in an attempt to protect a baby dino and its parents.
Savage Islands is a 1983 swashbuckling adventure film set in the South Pacific in the late 19th century. Directed by Ferdinand Fairfax and filmed on location in Fiji and New Zealand, it starred Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe and Jenny Seagrove.
Imagine was a British monthly magazine dedicated to the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game systems published by TSR UK Limited.
Firestarter is a 1984 American science fiction thriller horror film based on Stephen King's 1980 novel of the same name. The plot concerns a girl who develops pyrokinesis and the secret government agency known as The Shop which seeks to control her. The film was directed by Mark L. Lester, and stars David Keith, Drew Barrymore, Martin Sheen and George C. Scott. Firestarter was shot in and around Wilmington, Chimney Rock, and Lake Lure, North Carolina.
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back is a television documentary special which originally aired on CBS on September 22, 1980. Hosted by actor Mark Hamill, it is a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the special effects in the second Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back, which was released that year. The special was written by Richard Schickel and directed by Robert Guenette, who had both previously worked on the 1977 special The Making of Star Wars.
Love on the Ground is a 1984 French film directed by Jacques Rivette. The film stars Jane Birkin, Geraldine Chaplin, André Dussollier and Jean-Pierre Kalfon. It was released in France on 17 October 1984.
Gunan, King of the Barbarians, aka The Invincible Barbarian is a 1982 film directed by Franco Prosperi.
The Hamlyn Book of Horror and S.F. Movie Lists is a book written by Roy Pickard and published by Hamlyn in 1983. It is a book of trivia about horror and science fiction films.
The Castle of Dark is a novel by Tanith Lee published in 1978.
The Aurum Film Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Science Fiction is a book by Phil Hardy published in 1984.
The Intruder is a film released in 1981.
Feverhouse is a film from Ikon FCL released in 1984.