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