The Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition is 15 Years Old

The entire Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition is 15 years old.

More specifically, Return of the Jedi: Special Edition was released 15 years ago TODAY.

Check out the trailer for the Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition.

Midnight Madness - Feb 15, 1980

Here's an ad for the teen comedy Midnight Madness from 1980. It stars David Naughton, Stephen Furst and Michael J Fox.

I couldn't find the trailer, but here's a great scene in the movie that takes place within an old, vintage video arcade. You can see a bunch of awesome games machines like Death Race, Indy 800 and Star Fire.

Double Feature Friday: Seems Like Old Times and 9 to 5

Here's a 1980 ad for two comedies; Neil Simon's Seems like Old Times and 9 to 5.

The first movie on the left is Seems like Old Times which starred Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Charles Grodin and Robert Guillaume.  Chase plays Hawn's writer ex-husband who is kidnapped and forced to rob a bank.  He seeks the help of Hawn who is a public defender and the current wife of an attorney.  Hijinks and hilarity ensue.  It is actually a pretty funny movie featuring classic Chevy Chase one liners.

On the right is 9 to 5 starring Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Dabney Coleman.  I think everyone knows what this movie is about by now.  Coleman plays the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot boss and Jane, Lily and Dolly his underlings.  They hatch a scheme to trap Coleman in his house and take over the company.  When they do, productivity and sales soar.  But how long can they keep it up?

See the Seems like Old Times trailer:


See the 9 to 5 trailer:

Friday the 13th - May 9, 1980

I'm looking at famous serial killer movies this week as I celebrate the 20th anniversary of Silence of the Lambs.

Here is an ad for the first Friday the 13th. Jason Vorhees debuted as a child in this movie.  However, the killer as we know him later didn't actually come about until Part 2 (sack over head Jason) or Part 3 (hockey mask Jason).

Other serial killer movies:
- Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- Psycho (1960)
- Halloween (1979)

Watch the original Friday the 13th trailer:

Airplane! - July 2, 1980

The Library of Congress National Film Registry announced their 2010 inductees into the film archives.  This week we'll look at ads for 5 of the inductees.

We've already seen one of the inductees.  It was The Empire Strikes Back.

Here's an ad for Airplane!.  One of the funniest movies ever made.  Funny enough for the Library of Congress to select it to be archived in their film vault.

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)