Movies of 1982

The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.

A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.

When an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.

Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.

An outcast, alcoholic Boston lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.

A renowned Spanish writer returns to his natal city after 40 years and embarks on a journey back to his roots, triggering memories of his past.

Alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of Nicaragua. He's engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a US advisor orders the army to open a staging area by the boy's hamlet. Alsino tries to be a child, climbing trees with a girl, looking through his grandfather's trunk of mementos and trying to fly; he goes to town to sell a saddle, has his first drink and is taken to a brothel. But the war surrounds him. The US advisor takes Alsino on a chopper flight, but he's unimpressed. The soldiers' cruelties awake rebel sympathies in Alsino, and after an army assault backfires, the lad is fully baptized into the conflict.

In 1897 Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée with 2 colleagues prepares to fly over the North Pole in his balloon "Eagle".

A man gets fired from his comfortable government job. He reacts as if it's the end of the world; slowly he finds things to live for. Private Life was nominated for the Academy Award in the Foreign Language Feature category.

Biff Wilson worked for the fictional company "Universal Foods" in this Oscar-nominated documentary. He is in his 40s and has been fired. He is shattered, he is losing confidence. Will he find work in a similar position?

Ben Thresher's mill is one of the few water-powered woodworking mills left in the United States. Operating in rural Vermont, he makes water tubs by hand.

A New Jersey family discovers their drinking water is contaminated with deadly poisons from a nearby landfill.

A profile of famous ballerinas who have danced the role of Giselle.

An Australian pediatrician gives a speech on the consequences of a nuclear war.

Academy Award nominee for best documentary short, based on biblical premise, applicable to today's nuclear proliferation: "Do not worship false Gods of Metal."

An overview of hate group Ku Klux Klan and their activities up until early 1980's, attacking minorities in American states. The short documentary interviews members from the group, victims of theirs and a reporter who infiltrated the group for a while.

At the neonatal I.C.U. of Children's Hospital in Los Angeles, life and death decisions must be made while ethical dilemmas are posed by new technologies.

A documentary about Roger Baldwin, the founder of the ACLU.

When he was a child, Jerome was told that his father died on a bizarre accident involving a pig that fell from a balcony. He refuses to accept this fact and keeps creating another scenario as replacement to his father's strange death. As a grown up, he's quite perplexed that people get amused whenever they hear this story...until the day he meets someone special who'll help you find a way to cope with this awkward tragedy.

In Ballet Robotique, the graceful movements of giant assembly line robots are perfectly synchronized to classical music recorded by London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. This may be the only industrial film ever to have been nominated in a creative category.

During the Vietnam War, soldier Jason is injured and separated from his platoon. Mei, a mysterious young woman, finds him and takes him into her home.

On a school field trip some boys break a cherry tree and are punished. One of the boys has an overbearing father who believes in hard work and does not see the value in education. The surly father goes to confront the school.

On Christmas Eve, a young boy builds a snowman that comes to life and takes him to the North Pole to meet Father Christmas.

In clay animation, the impersonator known as The Great Cognito literally transforms into countless faces of famous people.

Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.