Seattle International Film Festival 1980 Archive

Seattle International Film Festival 1980

Relive the fifth Seattle International Film Festival. Read key details, flip through the full Festival catalog, see photos and other media, and find a full list of feature-length films presented at the 1980 Seattle International Film Festival.

Dates: May 1–31, 1980
Number of Days: 31
Venue: Moore Egyptian Theatre

Opening Night: Getting Of Wisdom at Moore Egyptian Theatre
Closing Night: The Stunt Man at Moore Egyptian Theatre
Tribute: Paul Verhoeven


FESTIVAL CATALOG

On this page: FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Photos

Egyptian Theatre (SIFF Cinema Egpytian today) pictured without chairs during a 1980 renovation

Egyptian Theatre (SIFF Cinema Egpytian today) pictured without chairs during a 1980 renovation

Egyptian Theatre (SIFF Cinema Egpytian today) pictured without chairs during a 1980 renovation

Egyptian Theatre (SIFF Cinema Egpytian today) pictured without chairs during a 1980 renovation

Egyptian Theatre (SIFF Cinema Egpytian today) getting a paint job during a 1980 renovation

Egyptian Theatre (SIFF Cinema Egpytian today) getting a paint job during a 1980 renovation

Egyptian Theatre (SIFF Cinema Egpytian today) getting a paint job during a 1980 renovation

Egyptian Theatre (SIFF Cinema Egpytian today) getting a paint job during a 1980 renovation

The Stunt Man
The Stunt Man
Getting Of Wisdom
Getting Of Wisdom
The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back
Rock’N’Roll High School
Rock’N’Roll High School
Christ Stopped At Eboli
Christ Stopped At Eboli

FULL LINEUP DETAILS

List of Feature-Length Films

Andy - dir. Frank Wiering, 1979, Netherlands

Angi Vera - dir. Pál Gábor, 1979, Hungary

Anna Karenina - dir. Margarita Pilihina, 1975, USSR

The Apple Game - dir. Vera Chytilova, 1977, Czechoslovakia

Beloved Lover - dir. Bruno Barreto, 1978, Brazil

Best Boy - dir. Ira Wohl, 1979, USA

Between Miracles - dir. Nino Manfredi, 1971, Italy

Big Boats - dir. Dick Enersen, 1978, USA

Blood Feud - dir. Lina Wertmüller, 1978, Italy

The Bronte Sisters - dir. André Téchiné, 1979, France

Buffet Froid - dir. Bertrand Blier, 1979, France

Butterfly Murders - dir. Tsui Hark, 1979, Hong Kong/Taiwan

Cha Cha - dir. Herbert Curiel, 1979, Netherlands

China 9/ Liberty 37 - dir. Monte Hellman, 1978, Italy/USA

Christ Stopped At Eboli - dir. Francesco Rosi, 1979, Italy

Dear Boys - dir. Paul de Lussanet, 1980, Netherlands

Dear Doctor - dir. Ate de Jong, 1978, Netherlands

Don Giovanni - dir. Joseph Losey, 1979, Italy/West Germany/France

Each Other - dir. Michal Bat-Adam, 1979, Israel

El Super - dir. Leon Ichaso, Orlando Jimenez-Leal, 1979, Cuba/USA

The Empire Strikes Back: Star Wars II - dir. Irvin Kershner, 1980, USA

Forbidden Zone - dir. Richard Elfman, M. Bright, 1982, USA

Fragrance Of Wild Flowers - dir. Srdjan Karanovic, 1977, Yugoslavia

French Postcards - dir. Willard Huyck, 1979, USA

Getting Of Wisdom - dir. Bruce Beresford, 1978, Australia

The Glass Cell - dir. Hans W. Geissendorfer, 1978, West Germany

The Great Rock’N’Roll Swindle - dir. Julian Temple, 1980, Great Britain

Head Over Heels - dir. Joan Micklin Silver, 1979, USA

Heartland - dir. Richard Pearce, 1979, USA

In A Year Of 13 Moons - dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1978, West Germany

In For Treatment - dir. Erik van Zuylen, Marja Kok, 1979, Netherlands

J-Men Forever - dir. Richard Patterson, 1979, USA

Junoon - dir. Shyam Benegal, 1979, India

Kathy Tipple - dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1975, Netherlands

La Derobade - dir. Daniel Duval, 1979, France

L’Adolescente - dir. Jeanne Moreau, 1979, France

The Lady Vanishes - dir. Anthony Page, 1979, Great Britain

The Last Game - dir. Kihachi Okamoto, 1979, Japan

The Last of the Blue Devils - dir. Bruce Picker, 1979, USA

L’Incorrigible - dir. Philippe de Broca, 1975, France

The Man To Destroy - dir. Veljko Bulajic, 1979, Yugoslavia

The Man You Loved To Hate - dir. Patrick Montgomery, 1979, USA

The Meadow - dir. Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, 1979, Italy

Mira - dir. Fons Rademakers, 1971, Netherlands

The Miracle Tree - dir. Tengiz Abuladze, 1976, USSR

Mr. Mike’s Mondovideo - dir. Michael O’Donohue, 1979, USA

Nightmares - dir. Wojciech Marczewski, 1979, Poland

Normande - dir. Gilles Carle, 1975, Canada

On Company Business - dir. Allan Francovich, 1980, USA

Our Hitler - dir. Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, 1977, West Germany

Pacific High - dir. Michael Ahnemann, 1979, USA

Que Viva Mexico - dir. Sergei Eisenstein, 1979, USSR/Mexico/USA

Return of the Secaucus 7 - dir. John Sayles, 1980, USA

Rock’N’Roll High School - dir. Allan Arkush, 1979, USA

Rough Treatment - dir. Andrzej Wajda, 1978, Poland

Rust Never Sleeps - dir. Bernard Shakey, 1979, USA

A Safe Place - dir. Henry Jaglom, 1971, USA

Scream From Silence - dir. Anne-Claire Poirier, 1979, Canada

The Secret Life of Plants - dir. Walon Green, 1979, USA

Sentimental Journey - dir. Michel Deville, 1980, France

Soldier of Orange - dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1977, Netherlands

Spartacus - dir. Yuri Grigorovich, 1977, USSR

Spetters - dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1980, Netherlands

The Stunt Man - dir. Richard Rush, 1980, USA

Tales from the Vienna Woods - dir. Maximillian Schell, 1979, Austria

Teresa The Thief - dir. Carlo Di Palma, 1973, Italy

Those Magnificent Movie Men - dir. Jiri Menzel, 1979, Czechoslovakia

Todo Modo - dir. Elio Petri, 1976, Italy

Turkish Delight - dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1973, Netherlands

War At Home - dir. Glenn Silber, Barry Alexander, 1979, USA

Woman In A Twilight Garden - dir. André Delvaux, 1979, Belgium

You Are Not Alone - dir. Lasse Nielsen, 1978, Denmark

Special Programs & Events

Midnights - included Rust Never Sleeps, Forbidden Zone, J-Men Forever, Andy, Cha Cha, The Great Rock’N’Roll Swindle, Mr. Mike’s Mondovideo, Rock’N’Roll High School

Paul Verhoeven: A Tribute - included Turkish Delight, Kathy Tippel, Soldier of Orange

A Special Presentation: The Empire Strikes Back: Star Wars II

A Special Presentation: Our Hitler