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| August 1980 |
Showing posts with label restaurant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label restaurant. Show all posts
The Final Countdown
No, not the bombastic song by the band with a continent for a name, but the not-very-good 1980 film starring Kirk Douglas. As a financially struggling 15 year old I needed to ration my film viewing for more exciting things in the pipeline so I avoided this one. Loved the poster though.
On the back of the clipping: Church of Scientology grand opening, Aker Bilk and Basil's Seafood Restaurant. Ah, Melbourne...
The Empire Strikes back
Words can't describe the excitement and anticipation I felt leading up to the release of this. I cut out every article and mention of it in magazines and newspapers. I recorded (on cassettes) every interview and promo piece on TV shows (The Don Lane show in particular) and radio. The movie did not disappoint and in my opinion remains the best of the entire series.
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| August 9 1980 |
On the back of the clipping: more fabulously unsubtle Melbourne restaurants.
2001: A Space Odyssey
The ad trumpets "Before Star Wars there was and there will always be 2001: A Space Odyssey." It didn't really need to say that - there was always an audience for 2001. But for a brief period in the post-Star Wars world everything in science fiction had to have a link to that most successful film.
26 August 1978, The Melbourne Herald newspaper.
On the back of the clipping: who remembers the Swagman restaurant with "the floorshow we are famous for"
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