Overview: 1982: GREATEST GEEK YEAR EVER! is an epic documentary about the greatest geek year in films, 1982, featuring stars, directors, writers, producers and pop culture historians sharing their insights about such legendary movies as E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Blade Runner, John Carpenter’s The Thing, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Poltergeist, Creepshow, Night Shift, The Dark Crystal, 48 Hours, First Blood, Tron, Conan The Barbarian, Cat People, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, The Road Warrior, and much, much more.

DVD Verdict: To give you a little quick history on this most wondrous of years, musically, 1982 was a year of musical innovation and change, with new sounds, artists, and genres emerging. New genres like Hip-hop took off with The Message and Planet Rock, and new wave synth-pop became a Top 40 staple.

New artists like Madonna emerged from Detroit, and Prince became the Coolest Man Alive! And lest we forget all the new sounds that were being created as both disco and funk experienced a high-tech boom, and synthesizers and drum machines became more common.

As for the movies that grabbed our attention back in 1982, well obvious stand outs included Blade Runner, a movie which was considered ahead of its time even then, and even today some critics still have a hard time with it. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial fast became the highest-grossing film to date and then there was Gandhi, where the funeral sequence in this movie featured over 300,000 extras alone!

Thus, “1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!” Collector’s Edition is chock-filled with exclusive interviews, rare behind-the-scenes footage and exclusive never-before-seen clips (including Henry Winkler’s home movies from the set of Night Shift) in a fun, lively, no holds barred celebration of the legendary movie-going year of 1982.

Complete with title cards, fonts and flat graphics, definitely giving it a 1982-look, that doesn’t distract you though as the information provided is still as wondrous to hear today as I’m sure it was back then. OK, sure, there are a fair few too many fast cuts from person to person, where they get to say something in a rushed comment before we are onto the next one, but you get used to that as it progresses.

It takes viewers behind-the-scenes to a time when fandom was in its infancy, featuring eye-opening interviews with genre superstars from in front of and behind the camera, of the biggest and most influential movies ever made.

Among the iconic show business legends interviewed include Ron Howard, Paul Schrader, John Sayles, Amy Heckerling, Henry Winkler, William Shatner, Sean Young, Joanna Cassidy, Keith David, Cameron Crowe, Michael Deeley, Lisa Henson, Dean Devlin, Bruce Campbell, Dee Wallace, Felicia Day, Susan Seidelman, Roger Corman, Barry Bostwick, Marc Singer, Bryan Fuller, Leonard Maltin, Mike Medavoy, and over 100 more stars, directors, writers, producers, critics, executives, and pop culture historians.

COLLECTOR’S EDITION CONTENTS:
Optional English Subtitles
Audio commentary with Director/Producer Roger Lay, Jr. and Writer/Producer Mark A. Altman
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