Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)

Summary: Ken Harrison is an artist who makes sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk, and he wants to die. In hospital he make friends with some of the staff, and the...

Release Date: January 22, 1982

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: John Badham

Writers: Brian Clark

, Reginald Rose

, John Badham

Runtime: 1 h 59 min

MPAA: R

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), SLM Production Group

Distributor: WGN

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 13,000,000

Domestic: $ 8,206,145

The Greatest American Hero (1981)

Summary: A teacher is asked to be a superhero using a special alien suit with powers he can barely understand or control.

Release Date: March 18, 1981

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Runtime: 1 h 00 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: Stephen J. Cannell Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

Flamingo Road (1980)

Summary: The lives and trials of the residents of Truro, Florida.

Release Date: May 12, 1980

Genres: Drama, Romance

Runtime: 1 h 00 min

Production: MF Productions, Lorimar Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1980)

Summary: In Depression-era South, Booker T. Freeman and David Hall become best friends, despite different racial backgrounds. Booker's dad Luther is the local blacksmith, W.D. Hall the grocer, with the families becoming close, due to the b...

Release Date: March 10, 1980

Genres: Drama, Family

Runtime: 1 h 00 min

Production: Haley/T.A.T

Country: United States

Language: English

Knots Landing (1979)

Summary: The residents of Knots Landing, a coastal suburb of Los Angeles, deal with various issues such as infidelity, health scares, rape, murder, kidnapping, assassinations, drug smuggling, corporate intrigue and criminal investigations.

Release Date: December 27, 1979

Genres: Drama, Romance

Runtime: 1 h 00 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: CBS, Lorimar Productions, Lorimar Telepictures

Country: United States

Language: English