TAGGED: 1980s
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Still from The Insiders: A Journey Through From S (1988), an educational film to teach high school students about tax returns and how to fill out the corresponding form.

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In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance, Geoffrey Rush plays the stage manager during the Sydney Opera House finale of Gillian Armstrong's Starstruck.

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An early (possibly one of the first) CD players. Top loading via a hinged transparent lid. Aluminium body over black plastic base.

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An Adelaide dentist and amateur filmmaker has donated almost 10 hours of footage which helps chronicle the Australian and international Paralympic movement in the 1970s and 80s.

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Ahead of its premiere at the Sydney Film Festival, Tara Fedoriw-Morris recounts the journey of Ray Lawrence's Bliss (1985) back to the big screen, thanks to NFSA Restores.

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In 2016, the NFSA presented two 1970s short film spoofs – Buckeye and Pinto (1980) and Terror Lostralis (1980) – as a special double bill at the St Kilda Film Festival.

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Crocodile Dundee was a huge international hit. How was it marketed in different countries? The second in a two-part series about items from the NFSA collection relating to the iconic 1986 film.

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The first in a two-part series about items from the NFSA collection relating to Crocodile Dundee (Peter Faiman, 1986, Australia), which opened in Australian cinemas on 24 April 1986.

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The musical comedy Starstruck (1982) and its colourful, outrageous costumes were ahead of their time.

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David Bowie appeared on The Don Lane Show's final episode in 1983. It was, in his own words, the first talk show he ever did, and you can watch it here.