“Making Movies”
No matter when and where any of us are, there are popular, Hollywood depictions of the lives we are living. The 1970s and ’80s in Gainesville was no exception.
((( Dire Straits )))
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1978 — FM (The Movie) was the templated, young people’s music movie of the day. A familiar story of an independent radio station in Los Angeles being bought out by a nationwide corporate network. A movie that wasn’t a “box office” success, but produced a certified platinum (FM) SOUNDTRACK. The record featured the title track, Steely Dan’s “FM,” and songs by Tom Petty, Linda Ronstadt, and Jimmy Buffett, who all appear in the movie. All would later play shows in Gainesville, at the University of Florida, and become influential characters in North Florida’s Greener Age of Southern Rock.
Tom Petty ’81
Linda Ronstadt
Jimmy Buffett
movies
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
(THE MOVIE WITHOUT AN END)
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975)
ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976)
NETWORK (1976)
STAR WARS (1977)
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977)
THE LAST WALTZ (1978)
ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)
FM (1978) — Linda Ronstadt, Jimmy Buffett, Tom Petty
THE CHINA SYNDROME (1979)
APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
Apocalypse Now (Soundtrack)
“The End”
Jim Morrison w/ The Doors
Apocalypse Now
((( darkest war )))
For All Mankind (1989)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Moonshot (1994)
From The Earth To The Moon (1998)
From The Earth To The Moon (1958)
The Cocoanuts (1929)
King Kong (1933)
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Fantasia (1940)
The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
JULES VERNE
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
From The Earth To The Moon (1958)
Journey to The Center of the Earth (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Where the Boys Are (1960)
The Longest Day (1962)
How the West Was Won (1963)
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Goldfinger (1964)
Fail Safe (1964)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Grand Prix (1966)
The Graduate (1967)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
Planet Of The Apes (1968)
Barbarella (1968)
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969)
Downhill Racer (1969)
Kelly’s Heroes (1970)
Summer of ’42 (1971)
Class of ’44 (1973)
WOODSTOCK (1970)
GIMMIE SHELTER (1970)
VANISHING POINT (1971)
The French Connection (1971)
Carnal Knowledge (1971)
Two Lane Blacktop (1971)
THE GODFATHER (1972)
The Harder They Come (1972)
The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
Cabaret (1972)
AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
F FOR FAKE (1973)
WATTSTAX (1973)
ENTER THE DRAGON (1973)
LIVE AND LET DIE (1973)
THE EXORCIST (1973)
Mean Streets (1973)
Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid (1973)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Phantom Of The Paradise (1974)
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
The Godfather II (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
The Parallax View (1974)
The Conversation (1974)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975)
Apocalypse Now (Soundtrack)
Shampoo (1975)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Jaws (1975)
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
Nashville (1975)
Night Moves (1975)
Cooley High (1975)
The Bad News Bears (1976)
NETWORK (1976)
Harlan County USA (1976)
Rocky (1976)
The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)
ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976)
TAXI DRIVER (1976)
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977)
BETWEEN THE LINES (1977)
Annie Hall (1977)
Smokey and The Bandit (1977)
Slap Shot (1977)
STAR WARS (1977)
Wizards (1977)
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)
THE LAST WALTZ (1978)
ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)
THE LAST WALTZ (1978)
FM (1978)
Tom Petty, Jimmy Buffett, Linda Ronstadt
HALLOWEEN (MOVIE) @ The Reitz Union (1978)
Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
TGIF: Thank God It’s Friday (1978)
Rock N Roll High School (1979)
The Life of Bryan (1979)
BREAKING AWAY (1979)
Richard Pryor: Live In Concert (1979)
BEING THERE (1979)
ALL THAT JAZZ (1979)
APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
ALIEN (1979)
Moonraker (1979)
THE CHINA SYNDROME (1979)
FM (1979)
1979 — Hip-Hop Happens
The Police
The Eagles
Tom Petty
Bob Hope (Gator Growl w/ Irene Cara)
FAME (1980)
Atlantic City (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Airplane! (1980)
Stir Crazy (1980)
Nine to Five (1980)
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
Private Benjamin (1980)
Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)
Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
The Blue Lagoon (1980)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Caddyshack (1980)
The Nude Bomb (1980) — The day before the jump, pitchers of zombies at the Old College Inn, and then to the Cinema & Draft House. Same as The China Syndrome. Skydiving opening scene.
CARNY (1980)
The Shining (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
Flash Gordon (1980)
Elephant Man (1980)
Stuntman (1980)
GEORGE BURNS (GATOR GROWL 1980)
1981 — AMERICAN POP
AMERICAN POP (1981)
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
Heavy Metal (1981)
An American Werewolf In London (1981)
Blow Out (1981)
Atlantic City (1981)
Cutter’s Way (1981)
My Dinner With Andre (1981)
Modern Romance (1981)
Theif (1981)
Reds (1981)
Road Warrior (1981)
Body Heat (1981)
1982 — E.T.
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)
BLADE RUNNER (1982)
E.T.: The Extraterrestrial (1982)
48 HRS (1982)
The King of Comedy (1982)
Sophie’s Choice (1982)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Risky Business (1983)
Scarface (1983)
STYLE WARS (1983)
BEAT STREET (1984)
STOP MAKING SENSE (1984)
THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984)
PURPLE RAIN (1984)
Amadeus (1984)
Brother From Another Planet (1984)
Repo Man (1984)
Terminator (1984)
Once Upon A Time In America (1984)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Ghostbusters (1984)
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Blood Simple (1984)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
After Hours (1985)
Pee-Wees Big Adventure (1985)
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Brazil (1985)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Back To The Future (1985)
Out of Africa (1985)
Bring On The Night (1985)
The Color Purple (1986)
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
Top Gun (1986)
Pretty In Pink (1986)
Back to School (1986)
Eugene Trilogy (1986) Neil Simon
Radio Days (1987)
Wall Street (1987)
Broadcast News (1987)
Adventures In Babysitting (1987)
Big (1988)
Working Girl (1988)
Back To The Beach (1987)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
BILOXI BLUES (1988)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
ALLIGATOR WRITERS/EDITORS
ALLIGATOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
•IN THE BEGINNING(Vol.1 No.1)
•florida history (1912-1983)
• WELCOME TO GAINESVILLE
Much more than just another sleepy, little, North Florida town.
New Student Edition 1981
•OPINION (Letters To The Editor)
• CONVENIENCE (Is In The Eye of The Beholder)
•100 THINGS TO DO (IN GAINESVILLE)
•FOOTBALL ALMIGHTY
•GATOR GROWL (HOMECOMING)
Gainesville Green (“I’d like to fertilize her buds”)
•TOM PETTY (Coming Home)
• MUSIC (The Sound of Higher Education)
• HALLOWEEN BALL
•100 THINGS TO DO (In Gainesville)
• PREACHERS (On The Green)
•Murphree’s Opening Message (alt.)
•Naked Launch (Pretty As A Florida Picture)
•Diamond Teeth Mary (Singing In The Devil’s Choir)
•MOVIES (Pop Culture of The Day)
