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unusual facts about 1987 in film


1985 Brixton riot

Stephen Frears' 1987 film Sammy and Rosie Get Laid opens with an incident very similar to the Groce shooting.


A Gathering of Old Men

In 1987 Volker Schlöndorff, a famous German director, made a film, also titled A Gathering of Old Men (aka Murder on the Bayou), which adheres closely to the novel.

Adimakal Udamakal

Adimakal Udamakal (English: Slaves are the Owners)is a 1987 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by I. V. Sasi, starring Mammootty,Mohanlal, Nalini, Seema in the lead roles.

Blood Feast

1987's Blood Diner was produced with the intention of making it a "spiritual sequel" to Blood Feast.

Dennis Dun

Dun has had prominent roles in several films, notably Year of the Dragon (1985), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), The Last Emperor (1987), Prince of Darkness (1987), and A Thousand Pieces of Gold (1991), Warriors of Virtue (1997).

Emilio Villalba Welsh

Welsh wrote the scripts for almost 50 films between 1943 and 1987 including the script for the 1954 Román Viñoly Barretofilm El Abuelo which starred actors such as Enrique Muino and Mecha Ortiz.


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