Empire Strikes Back - November 19, 1982

Since this is the end of the year, I'm looking at movies that celebrated a major anniversary this year (20+ years).

This is an ad for The Empire Strikes Back, which turned 30 years old this year.  It was released on May 21, 1980, however this particular ad was from a re-release of the movie in November 1982. Yes, Empire was still playing in theaters TWO YEARS after its initial release.

Other movies that celebrated an anniversary this year:
- Young Guns (22 years old)
- Young Guns II (20 years old)
- Back to the Future (25 years old)
- Back to the Future Part III (20 years old)
- Clue the Movie (25 years old)

Back to the Future Part III - May 25, 1990

Continuing my look at movies that celebrated a big anniversary this year (20+ years), Back to the Future Part III turned 20 years old this year. This ad is from opening day, May 25th, 1990.

Other movies that celebrated an anniversary this year:
- Young Guns (22 years old)
- Young Guns II (20 years old)
- Back to the Future (25 years old)
- Clue the Movie (25 years old)

Back to the Future - July 4, 1985

Looking at movies that celebrated a big anniversary this year. Here's an ad for Back to the Future which turned 25 years old this year.  This ad was for Back to the Future's opening day on July 4, 1985.

Other movies that celebrated an anniversary this year:
- Young Guns (22 years old)
- Young Guns II (20 years old)
- Back to the Future Part III (20 years old)
- Clue the Movie (25 years old)

Young Guns II - August 1, 1990

The wonderful sequel to the 1988 hit, Young Guns. Emilio returns as Billy the Kid. Also returning is Keifer Sutherland as Doc and Lou Diamond Phillips as Chavez.

This movie just celebrated its 20th anniversary back in August.

Young Guns - August 12, 1988

One of my favorite movies of all time. This movie just celebrated its 22nd anniversary in August.

This movie was a fictional account of the life of William H Bonney, aka Billy the Kid. Next to his Brat Pack roles, this is probably Emilio's most famous role.

The Running Man - November 20, 1987

Finishing out my celebration of running my first marathon, here's an ad for The Running Man staring The Arnold. It's a pretty classic Schwarzenegger movie. Not bad and Richard Dawson puts in a great performance as Killian.

Other running movies:
Run
Marathon Man
Running
Chariots of Fire

Run - February 1, 1991

I'm celebrating my first marathon this week by looking at movies featuring running (or just have RUN in the title).

Today's ad is for the little remembered movie, Run starring "McDreamy", Patrick Dempsey, and "Mrs Travolta" Kelly Preston.

Dempsey plays a college student is thrust into a high stakes poker game with a bunch of rough guys and, after winning a bunch of money, has a disagreement with one of the players who accidentally trips and dies when he hits his head on a table.  Apparently the dead guy is the son of a big time mobster who now blames Dempsey for his son's death and Dempsey has no choice but to RUN...for his life.

I caught this one time on cable and it's actually pretty good.  More of an action-thriller vehicle for Dempsey who owned the romantic comedy genre in the late 80s.  Unfortunately this movie never made it to DVD so it's really tough to find and/or watch despite the fact Dempsey is in the midst of somewhat a resurgence lately.

Other running movies:
Marathon Man
Running
Chariots of Fire

Marathon Man - December 18, 1976

Continuing the celebration of running my first marathon by looking at movies about running, today's entry is the classic thriller Marathon Man starring Dustin Hoffman and Sir Lawrence Olivier.

Hoffman plays a graduate student who sees his brother murdered and is chased down by former Nazi dentist Szell (Olivier) who mistakenly believes Hoffman knows the whereabouts of some smuggled diamonds.

While not specifically about running, Dustin Hoffman's character is, in fact, a marathon runner in the movie.

Other running movies:
Running
Chariots of Fire

Running - November 1, 1979

Celebrating my first marathon this past Sunday so I am looking at movies about running, or just have RUN in the title.

Today's movie is Running, starring Michael Douglas. Douglas plays a marathon runner who's so obsessed with going to the Olympics that his personal life falls apart. It's pretty good, but the end is brutal and heart wrenching and awesome all at the same time.

Other running movies:
Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire - December 25, 1981

I ran my first marathon yesterday. Well, first and probably only marathon. It was pretty tough. So to celebrate this accomplishment this week we are looking at movies and their ads that are about running. However, movies about running are a little scarce, so I'm also including some movies that have RUN in the title.

This is the ad for Chariots of Fire, famous for its theme song and how spectacularly boring it is.  It's about two marathon runners competing in the 1924 Olympics.  This ad appeared on Christmas Day, 1981.

D.A.R.Y.L. - June 14, 1985

And now, finishing up our celebration of Clue the Movie's 25th anniversary, here is an ad for D.A.R.Y.L. starring Barrett Oliver (Neverending Story) plus two Clue alumi; Michael McKean (Mr Green) and Colleen Camp (Yvette).

Barrett Oliver plays the titular child who is found wandering alone and without any memories about how he got there.  A couple takes him in to help him find his way home and they discover he has several mysterious abilities no other kids his age have.

Young Frankenstein - June 7, 1977

Continuing our celebration of Clue the Movie's 25th anniversary this week, here is an ad for Mel Brooks' brilliant Young Frankenstein starring Gene Wilder, Teri Garr and Madeline Kahn (Clue's Mrs White).

This is Mel Brooks' parody of the Universal Frankenstein movies.  Specifically, the movie mostly parodies the third film, Son of Frankenstein.

Interesting, this is the second movie ad I've featured that starred a Clue cast member as well as Teri Garr.  The other one was Mr Mom.

Mr Mom - Aug 19, 1983

We are celebrating Clue the Movie's 25th anniversary this week. So here's an ad for Mr Mom which starred Michael Keaton, Teri Garr and Col Mustard himself, Martin Mull.

Legend - April 18, 1986

Clue the Movie started 25 years ago this week, so to continue the Clue theme here's an ad for Legend which famously starred Tim Curry (Wadsworth the butler) as Darkness.

Clue the Movie - Dec 14, 1985

Clue the Movie started 25 years ago this week. Here is another Clue ad this time featuring Mrs White (Madeline Kahn).

Clue the Movie - Dec 13, 1985

This ad is from opening night. Clue the Movie started 25 years ago this week.