September 1982
Step back in time to see what area movie theaters
were presenting in September 1982. Film titles are linked to the Internet
Movie Database.
For more information about these theaters,
see Cinema
Treasures or Water
Winter Wonderland.
The Detroit Film Theatre has shown many
films by French director Bertrand
Tavernier (who appeared in person at the DFT in March 2003). His A
Week's Vacation (1980) was described by Detroit News movie
reviewer Susan Stark as "an unhurried, meditative and ultimately
encouraging film" (September 23, 1982). Another highlight of the DFT
month was Smash
Palace, "the first film from New Zealand to reach America."
(Peter Ross, Detroit News, September 9, 1982). Smash Palace
later appeared at the Maple 1-2-3.
Other
DFT attractions were the 16th International Tournee of Animation,
Burden
of Dreams, and The
Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960). The sci-fi series at the Afternoon
Film Theatre of the Detroit Institute of Arts continued, with Tarantula
(1955), Forbidden
Planet (1956), The
Monolith Monsters (1957), Earth
vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) and The
Fly (1958).
The
month at the Michigan started with a free evening of entertainment that
included an organ concert, Johnny
Appleseed (1948), Jack
and the Beanstalk (1952), The
Greatest Show on Earth (1952), and The
War of the Worlds (1953). Also showing were films by Stanley Kubrick,
like A
Clockwork Orange (1971), Barry
Lyndon (1975), and Dr.
Strangelove (1964).
Double
features at the Michigan included The
Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)/Allegro
non Troppo (1977); Great
Expectations (1946)/Nicholas
Nickleby (1947); and (for returning University of Michigan students)
The Graduate
(1967) and The
Paper Chase (1973).
At
the Redford on September 10 and 11, moviegoers hopped on a Carousel
(1956) with Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae, and enjoyed memorable tunes
by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein (like "If I Loved You"
and "You'll Never Walk Alone"). The artistry and genius of Orson
Welles was showcased on September 24 and 25, in the innovative and compelling
Citizen
Kane (1941). On September 18, theatre organist and pianist Harry Koenig
made the melodies of the Barton Theatre Pipe Organ come alive.
The
summer movie season of 1982 brought in a record $1.5 billion between Memorial
Day and Labor Day, reported Susan Stark of the Detroit News on
September 17. The top blockbusters were E.T.,
Rocky
III, and Star
Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn.
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