Shamelessly copied from Lastrador's excellent 90's draft, welcome to the next instalment of RAWK's fun series of movie drafts.
Congratulations to Nicholls on his victory in the 90's draft, a well deserved victory. But unfortunately, no time to bask in that as we move onto the 1980's version.
The draft
- Snake format draft.
- Every movie released from 1980 to 1989 is eligible.
- Start times are 10.00am to 11.00pm UK time.
- 2 hours per pick for the first round. 2 hour per pick after the first round but I don't want to be too strict on this.
- Every drafter will have to pick 9 films and state into which one of these categories it falls:
Cat 1. Action/War/Western
Cat 2. Thriller/Crime
Cat 3. Adventure/Fantasy
Cat 4. Drama/Romance
Cat 5. Comedy/ Musical
Cat 6. Horror
Cat 7. Sci-Fi
Cat 8. Animation/Family
Cat 9. Wildcard (pick whatever you like)- I know it's pretty obvious but, only one pick per category and all eight of them have to be completed.
- The genre chosen for the film, must be present on its
https://letterboxd.com/ page to be valid.
Example: The Godfather:
https://letterboxd.com/film/the-godfather/genres/In this example, you can choose either drama or crime, but you can't put it on thriller as it's not one of the genres covered.
- Besides the different categories, the drafters will also have to fulfil the following quotas and regulations:
* 5 different years must be represented.
* At least 1 film with a female lead/co-lead.
* Only 1 movie per director.
* No repeated lead actors.
I recommend using
letterboxd.com to do your research. It’s an incredibly comprehensive and user-friendly movie database/social media. You can search movies by filtering by decade, year, genre, rating, etc. There are some great lists too, that you can also filter by decade.
https://letterboxd.com/films/decade/1980s/SELECTION ORDER:There were 16 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
El Lobo - Blade Runner, Top Gun, The Breakfast Club, The Running Man, Big, Stripes, Flash Gordon, Child's Play, They Live
tubby - Ghostbusters, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Scarface, Big Trouble In Little China, Heathers, Spaceballs, The Fly, Clue, The Color of Money
Samie - Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rain Man, Bloodsport, Thief, Transformers - The Movie, When Harry Met Sally, Swamp Thing, Cocoon, Tie Me Up! Time Me Down!
dis_1 - Aliens, Gremlins, This is Spinal Tap, Scrooged, Akira, Little Shop of Horrors, Uncle Buck, The Hitcher, Evil Dead 2
Crosby Nick - Back to the Future, The Goonies, Commando, Trading Places, Dirty Dancing, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Uncle Buck, Poltergeist, FINAL PICK REMAINING
Chakan - The Princess Bride, Airplane, The Abyss, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Good Morning Vietnam, Highlander, The Dark Crystal, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Tron
red mongoose - The Empire Strikes Back, The Untouchables, Angel Heart, Kiki's Delivery Service, Spies Like Us, Can't Buy Me Love, Lethal Weapon, Pretty in Pink, Tampopo
Max Powers - The Shining, E.T., Brazil, The Little Mermaid, Come and See, The Elephant Man, Do the Right Thing, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Police Story
Nicholls - The Thing, Die Hard, Dead Poets Society, Grave of the Fireflies, Withnail & I, Blood Simple, The Right Stuff, Videodrome, Platoon
vivabobbygraham - Raging Bull, Repo Man, Glory, Mississippi Burning, The Witches of Eastwick, Time Bandits, Amadeus, When the Wind Blows, The BFG
Hazell - The Terminator, The King of Comedy, Weird Science, Near Dark, Superman II, Coming to America, Labyrinth, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Say Anything
Musketeer Gripweed - Once Upon a Time in America, The Lost Boys, A Fish Called Wanda, The Blue Brothers, Pink Floyd - The Wall, The Long Good Friday, Field of Dreams, Innerspace, The Name of the Rose
Betty Blue - Full Metal Jacket, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior), Stand By Me, Beetlejuice, After Hours, Fright Night, The Karate Kid, Stop Making Sense
Sheer Magnetism - Robocop, Blue Velvet, My Neighbour Totoro, Paris Texas, Manhunter, Caddyshack, Return of the Jedi, The Killer, Rumble Fish
Lastrador - Predator, Raising Arizona, Blow Out, Escape from New York, Cinema Paradiso, An American Werewolf in London, Midnight Run, The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover, The Neverending Story
We'll start officially on Monday at 12.00pm but obviously picks can be made in the meantime if it's your go.
