The Year In Movies
May, 1985
It was a year for music, monsters and action. Old pros like Albert Finney and Pat Morita turned in magnificent performances. Newcomers such as Adolph Caesar (as the black technical sergeant and murder victim in A Soldier's Story) were brilliant. An unknown, Dr. Haing S. Ngor, gave the performance of his life in The Killing Fields. But 1984 will be remembered as the year the kids from Saturday Night Live figured out movies. Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy redefined box-office bravado. Ghostbusters,...
