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1. We begin with the quirky, or the downright bizarre, depending on your perspective. Pee-Wee Herman took the world by storm with his 1985 film debut 'Pee-Wee's Big Adventure', a quaint romp starring a boy and his bike. What director also made his feature film debut with this classic comedy?
2. The 1980s were a teen film-goer's paradise. Take for example 'The Breakfast Club', featuring the acting talents of Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald and which of the following?
3. In this bureaucratic, dystopian future film technocrats spend meaningless hours in their redundant positions. In particular, one of these bureaucrats dreams of a fantastical alternative life, in Walter Mitty fashion, all the while avoiding the authorities who have linked him to a series of terrorist bombings. What Terry Gilliam film fits this description?
4. 'Ran', a grand spectacle based in part on the play 'King Lear' by Shakespeare, was one of the last films by what legendary Japanese director?
5. An example of a film that can be both top-grossing and great at the same time, what 1985 film featured Michael J. Fox as a young man inadvertently flung back to 1955 where he must work as matchmaker for his own parents, all the while working with his crazy scientist friend Dr. Brown to return to 1985?
6. Peter Weir made his American film directing debut in 1985 with 'Witness', and what a marvelous debut it was! What popular actor starred as Detective John Book in this thoughtful thriller?
7. You've heard of 'Spaghetti Westerns' from Italian directors, but have you ever seen a 'Noodle Western'? The 'first Noodle Western', namely 'Tampopo' emerged in theaters in 1985. A funny film replete with references to all manner of delicious consumables, in what country was this delicious film made?
8. 'A Room with a View' is sometimes considered to be the very best of the Merchant/Ivory produced movies, and it's certainly hard to argue with those who make this claim. A beautiful, sensuous movie, the story is based both in England and in what Italian city?
9. In what mesmerizing 1985 film starring Raul Julia and William Hurt do two men share a cell in an Argentine prison, learning to respect one another despite coming from entirely different walks of life?
10. 'Re-Animator' was one of the most bizarre and gruesome horror films of the 1980s, but it was also one of the very best. Innovative and often funny, off of what classic horror author's story was this film based?
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