2. 10 ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS
Pacman released. (1980)
Rubik’s cube fir st sold. (1980)
MT V (Pioneer of music videos) launched.
(1981)
Commodore 64 released. (1982)
Michael Jackson’s album Thriller
released. (1982)
PG-13 was introduced in the US. (1984)
Fir st Macintosh computer introduced.
(1984)
By mid-decade, 70% of Americans had
cable television.
Nintendo released the Game Boy.
(1989)
Hair style trends include the Perm,
Mullet, Jheri Curl, Flat top, Hi -top fade,
and Big Hair.
3. 10 HISTORICAL EVENTS
Mt. St. Helens erupts. (1980)
Fir st space shuttle Columbia's fir st
trip. (1981)
Ronald Reagan elected. (1980)
Ronald Reagan shot and sur vived.
(1981)
Mikhail Gorbachev became leader
of the Soviet Union. (1985)
World's Fair Expo 86 was held in
Vancouver, Canada. (1986)
The shuttle Challenger explodes.
(1986)
Tiananmen Square protests of
1989
Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.
(1989)
4. TOP 10 MOVIES (IMDB RATINGS)
1. Star Wars – Episode V – Empire
Strikes Back (1980)
2. Indiana Jones: Raiders of the
Lost Ark (1981)
3. The Shining (1980)
4. Das Boot (1981)
5. Aliens (1986)
6. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
7. Back to the Future 1 (1985)
8. Once Upon a Time in America
(1984)
9. Raging Bull (1980)
10. Amadeus (1984)
6. TOP 10 ACTORS
1. Harrison Ford
2. Barbara Hershey
3. Eddie Murphy
4. Mia Farrow
5. Shelley Duvall
6. Robert De Niro
7. Kathleen Turner
8. Woody Allen
9. Geena Davis
10.Kim Greist
7. MOST POPULAR DIRECTOR
John Hughes (1969 - 2009)
• A film director, producer, and
screenwriter
• Directed and scripted some of the
most successful films of the 80s and
90s
• Most of his sets were in the North
Shore of Chicago metropolitan area
• Used additional scenes under and/or
after closing credits
9. POPULAR THEMES
Nerd gets the girl.
Bully is defeated.
Weird neighbor.
Body switch.
10. SOUNDTRACKS
MOST POPULAR MOVIE SOUNDTRACK
Glittering Prize 81/92 by Simple Minds – The Breakfast Club
MOST POPULAR SONG FROM A MOVIE
“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” by Simple Minds – The
Breakfast Club
11. BIGGEST GROSSING MOVIE
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial:
$359,197,037 domestically
first released.
6 th biggest grossing in
overall movies history.
12. ERIN’S TOP 10 MOVIES
1. Indiana Jones: Raiders of
the Lost Ark
2. The Little Mermaid
3. Back to the Future
4. Planes, Trains, and
Automobiles
5. Ferris Bueller’s Day Of f
6. The Land Before Time
7. The Goonies
8. Princess Bride
9. Uncle Buck
10. Ghost Busters
13. REGINA’S TOP 10 MOVIES
1. Back to the Future 1
2. Ferris Bueller's Day Of f
3. Jumping Jack Flash
4. Blade Runner
5. Dead Poets Society
6. Gandhi
7. Amadeus
8. Grease 2
9. The Princess Bride
10. Stand and Deliver
