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Best of 80's comedy! (47 titles)

Bill Murray, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Tom Hanks........the greatest comedians of the 80's in their greatest films.

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Caddyshack

With two of the greatest comedy performances by Chevy Chase and Bill Murray, this Harold Ramis directed gem is one of the finest the 80's produced! "Be the Ball"

Caddyshack on DVD (1980)
Starring: Cindy Morgan, Brian Doyle Murray, Dan Resin
Director: Harold Ramis
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A group of golf caddies working at an exclusive country club will do anything to secure the prize of Top Caddy. Viewing from the sidelines are a debonair club member (Chevy Chase) and the course's psychotic greenkeeper (Bill Murray).
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'Cult' doesn't begin to describe this all singing, all dancing comedy classic. Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi were never better as 'Jake and Elwood Blues' bringing to the big screen characters they had honed to perfection on Saturday Night Live. The only down side is realising just how much we lost when Belushi passed at such an early age, true potential never realised.

The Blues Brothers on DVD (1980)
Starring: Henry Gib, Pee-Wee Herman, John Candy
Director: John Landis
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Comedy classic from the 'Saturday Night Live' stable which comes packed with car chases, music and cameo appearances. Blues brothers Jake and Elwood (John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd) have sold their souls to rhythm'n'blues, but still lend a hand when the church orphanage in which they were raised is ..read more »
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Airplane!

Jim Abrahams, David & Jerry Zucker's comedy is often voted the funniest film of all time and with a gag rate as high as this it's hard to disagree. "Don't call me Shirley"

Airplane! on DVD (1980)
Starring: Robert Stack, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Director: Jerry Zucker, David Zucker, Jim Abrahams
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They are serious. And don't call them Shirley. Writer/directors Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers lampoon the Seventies fad for aeroplane-related disaster movies with this merciless spoof. Former fighter pilot Ted Striker (Robert Hays) hasn't flown since the war, when an error of judgement on ..read more »
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Stir Crazy

Out of the four films Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor made as a comedy duo, 'Stir Crazy' is by far and away the best. Directed by Sidney Poitier no less!!

Stir Crazy (1980)
Starring: Lee Purcell, Craig T. Nelson, Gene Wilder
Director: Sidney Poitier
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Long-time losers Skip Donahue (Gene Wilder) and Harry Monroe (Richard Pryor) are hired to wear woodpecker costumes to help promote a bank's opening, only to be wrongfully imprisoned when a pair of criminals, wearing identical outfits, rob the bank. Their claims of innocence ignored, Skip and Harry ..read more »
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Stripes

It might be an early entry in the career of Bill Murray but it was evident that as a leading man finer things were on the horizon! Notable for also featuring one of John Candy's early breakthrough film appearances.

Stripes on DVD (1981)
Starring: Warren Oates, John Candy, P.J. Soles
Director: Ivan Reitman
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John Winger (Bill Murray) is a loser; he literally loses everything that matters to him - his car, apartment and girlfriend - on the same day. Along with his equally unsuccessful best friend, Russell Zitsky (Harold Ramis), John decides to enrol in the US Army, but discovers that his unit is little ..read more »
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Arthur

Russell Brand's remake is a joke (and not a funny one) compared to this Dudley Moore classic.

Arthur on DVD (1981)
Starring: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, Geraldine Fitzgerald
Director: Steve Gordon
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Arthur is a sweet, somewhat pathetic character whose millions have left him lonely and with no motivation in life. Arthur is on the threshold of an arranged marriage with a simpering socialite, whom he does not love. Everyone expects Arthur to behave himself, but nobody truly cares for his well-..read more »
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The Man With Two Brains

Steve Martin's finest, anarchic performance in a seriously unhinged comedy that has to be seen to be believed! Why do you not make films like this anymore Steve Martin, WHY!

The Man With Two Brains on DVD (1983)
Starring: Paul Benedict, David Warner, Kathleen Turner
Director: Carl Reiner
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Steve Martin plays Dr Michael Hfuhruhurr (pronounced Hfuhruhurr), the world's most brilliant brain surgeon and inventor of screw top, zip lock brain surgery. On the rebound from his first wife's death, Michael marries cold-hearted Dolores Benedict (Kathleen Turner), who delights in keeping him at ..read more »
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National Lampoon's Vacation

Chevy Chase's first performance as the iconic 'Clark W Griswold' is still as funny today as it was 28 years ago! Written by the late great John Hughes, directed by Harold Ramis and featuring a great cameo by John Candy this road trip is one worth taking!

National Lampoon's Vacation on DVD (1983)
Starring: Dana Barron, Dana, Imogene Coca
Director: Harold Ramis
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West Coast's Walley World theme park is the holiday destination for the Griswold family, who intend to drive cross-country from their Chicago base. Father Clark (Chevy Chase) has planned the trip down to its last detail, but the trouble begins as soon as they hit the road. Unexpectedly forced to ..read more »
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Trading Places

Eddie Murphy's breakthrough role and a comedy great. Also features a fine turn by Dan Aykroyd and two by Jamie Lee Curtis!!!!

Trading Places on DVD (1983)
Starring: Don Ameche, Jamie Lee Curtis, Denholm Elliott
Director: John Landis
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Bored, millionaire brothers Randolph and Mortimer Duke (Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) make a wager on whether two people from opposite ends of the social spectrum can adjust successfully if they trade places. To this end, they engineer the rise of streetwise tramp Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) ..read more »
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Ghostbusters

One of the most successful comedies of all time featuring, yet again, the inspired combination of Murray, Aykroyd & Ramis. Still should have been Eddie Murphy as Winston Zeddemore though!!

Ghostbusters on DVD (1984)
Starring: Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Bill Murray
Director: Ivan Reitman
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Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson star as a quartet of Manhattan-based paranormal investigators. When their government grants run out, the former three go into business as The Ghostbusters, later hiring Hudson on. Armed with electronic paraphernalia, the team is spectacularly ..read more »
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