History

From 31^st August to 9^th Sep­tem­ber 1984.
The Fes­ti­val paid trib­ute to Shel­ley Win­ters, George Stevens Jr. and Rock Hud­son and pre­viewed Joe Dante’s Grem­lins: this time around, delight­ed fes­ti­val­go­ers jour­neyed back into child­hood, laugh­ing and cheer­ing, fin­ish­ing with thun­der­ous applause! This year’s selec­tion also includ­ed Steven Spiel­berg’s Indi­ana Jones and the Tem­ple of Doom, Albert Mag­no­li’s Pur­ple Rain, the Coen brother’s Blood Sim­ple and Ron Howard’s Splash. For the 40^th Anniver­sary of D‑Day the Fes­ti­val also fea­tured a ret­ro­spec­tive of Sec­ond World War films.