This is a TV movie about a high-school girl who has a problem with alcohol. It's not a bad example of the "after school special" genre, but it's mainly interesting because of the actors in it.

Mark Hamill plays the boyfriend of the main character. This was a couple years before Star Wars (and far, far away from the abominations that Disney would later produce).

Linda Blair plays the main character; she'd recently starred in The Exorcist, had been doing a number of supporting roles in films, and would go on to make a series of horror films.

Other actors of interest include Larry Hagman who had a number of other successful TV roles such as "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Dallas", and William Daniels who did the voice of KITT the talking car in Knight Rider.

Other than that, the "70s mood" abounds...

• The link from above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvcXvkJwORY It has Italian subtitles, but they're not embedded, you can turn them off.
• Look for an Invidious instance: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=EvcXvkJwORY
• For more information see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_T._%E2%80%93_Portrait_of_a_Teenage_Alcoholic

edit: BONUS FILM: "Cocaine: One Man's Seduction" (1983 480p) - another TV movie, this time about the perils of powder cocaine. James Spader plays a supporting character in an early role.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToLYAzOwiqY
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine:_One_Man%27s_Seduction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insane_Clown_Posse

Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, and Johnny Depp. ... The film, based on Stone's experience from the [Vietnam] war, follows a new U.S. Army volunteer (Sheen) serving in Vietnam while his Platoon Sergeant and his Squad Leader (Berenger and Dafoe) argue over the morality in the platoon and of the war itself. ...

...On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 89% based on 120 reviews, with an average rating of 8.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Informed by director Oliver Stone's personal experiences in Vietnam, Platoon forgoes easy sermonizing in favor of a harrowing, ground-level view of war, bolstered by no-holds-barred performances from Charlie Sheen and Willem Dafoe."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platoon_(film)

• English dub (the link from above): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8qqdwf
• Spanish dub? (I haven't watched it): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8r6zo2
• German dub? (I haven't watched it): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x93kduo

This cartoon was printed 110 years ago today on September 1, 1914.

World War 1 was in progress, though it wasn't called that yet. On the Western Front, Imperial Germany's invasion was underway and the French and British armies had been in retreat for almost a week. Among the engagements of this day was a skirmish near Néry, where a dismounted British cavalry division fought a dismounted German cavalry division. The outnumbered British forces prevailed, and three British soldiers were later awarded the prestigious Victoria Cross. The French and British forces continued to retreat, but they were doing so in an orderly manner, and in a few days they would be ready to counterattack in one of the most significant battles of the century.

Meanwhile, in rapidly-urbanizing America, Everett True was beginning to wonder if cars were a good idea after all.

Rocky III holds a score of 66% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 44 reviews, with an average of 5.7/10. The film's consensus reads, "It's noticeably subject to the law of diminishing returns, but Rocky III still has enough brawny spectacle to stand in the ring with the franchise's better entries". ... Gene Siskel gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "Sorry to say this, but there's not anything new in Rocky III, and we sit there wondering why it exists."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_III

OK, I'll tell you why it exists.

A. Hulk Hogan. Sure, the guy's made racist, homophobic, and pro-Trump comments. But this movie came out before any of that, and every second he's on screen is magic.

B. Mr. T. I pity the fool who hasn't seen him in action. Playing a character with as much personality as Clubber Lang takes effort, hard-earned skill, and raw talent.

C. Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed, teaming up with Rocky, lending him his boxer shorts, taking him to train in LA and dropping some fundamental knowledge including:

D. The Eye of the Tiger. The king of all training montage sountracks. If you're preparing for something and this comes on, you know you can't fail.

There's also a fun "Rocky being successful" montage where he goes on the Muppet Show and poses with motorcycles while Clubber Lang prepares to beat him down. And some great supporting roles from Burt Young and Burgess Meredith. Besides that, sure, it's a formula Rocky film but there's nothing wrong with that.

When someone praises Reddit on Lemmy:

• https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x91wziq - the link from above
• https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x902lne - Spanish dub
• https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8vkam4 - Portuguese dub

BONUS FILM

Over the Top (1987) - Stallone plays a trucker single father who bonds with his kid over the sport of arm-wrestling

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyVokX7JnEU (360p)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-BBgKzcWO8 (1440p) - another link, this one's higher-res visually but the other one has better sound, go figure
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Top_(1987_film)

I know this much is True: https://www.loc.gov/collections/chronicling-america/?qs=outbursts+of+everett+true&ops=%7E5&searchType=advanced&dl=page&start_date=1905-01-01&end_date=1963-10-31&sb=date

Seek what is True here: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?date1=1777&rows=50&searchType=basic&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=Outbursts+of+Everett+True&y=13&x=19&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1&sort=date

Tarantino is an edgelord, but the movie's got Steve Buscemi AND Harvey Keitel, and uses them wisely.

The film is regarded as a classic of independent film and a cult film[4] and was named "Greatest Independent Film of All Time" by Empire. Although controversial at first for its depictions of violence and heavy use of profanity, Reservoir Dogs was generally well-received, and the cast was praised by many critics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_Dogs

Find True Here: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?date1=1777&rows=50&searchType=basic&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=Outbursts+of+Everett+True&y=13&x=19&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1&sort=date

Hey, want to read several thousand Everett True comics? Look here: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?date1=1777&rows=50&searchType=basic&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=Outbursts+of+Everett+True&y=13&x=19&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1&sort=date

Pick one and post!

On June 28, 1919, the day this was printed, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France ending the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers of World War I. That's the context for the "hun mine-layer" comment.

It's Back to School season!

The plot centers on a wealthy but uneducated father (Dangerfield) who goes to college to show solidarity with his discouraged son Jason (Gordon) and learns that he cannot buy an education or happiness.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_School

The movie is basically an excuse for classic stand-up comedian Rodney Dangerfield to drop a series of one-liners. And he has several decades' worth. The story is very straightforward and gets the job done. Of note:

• Robert Downey Jr (later famous as a Disney superhero) has a supporting role as an eccentric college kid
• cameo by writer Kurt Vonnegut
• performance by New Wave band Oingo Boingo
• supporting performances by comedian Sam Kinison, William "Cobra Kai" Zabka, and Terry Farrell (who went on to play Jadzia Dax in Star Trek: DS9)
• here it is: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x93cwoc