1988 The Year On Video

January. 01,1989      
Rating:
7
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1988 will long be remembered as the year of celebrations - Australia turned 200, we won gold at the Seoul Olympics, 'Fergie' gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, and the World Expo in Brisbane exceeded all expectations. But for every moment of great joy, there was a moment of tragedy and despair. Floods across Australia left thousands homeless; the world's worst air show disaster in Germany claimed the lives of 47 people; and in May we lost Ben Lexcen the genius behind the winged keel. These and countless other events that captured our imaginations, together with the people who touched our lives, deserve to be remebered. With 1988, The Year on Video they will live forever

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Reviews

Matrixston
1989/01/01

Wow! Such a good movie.

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CrawlerChunky
1989/01/02

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

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Plustown
1989/01/03

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

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Hayden Kane
1989/01/04

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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