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Relive the best the ’80s had to offer with Universal’s 10-Film 1980s Collection

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I was born and grew up in the 1980s, a time before Twitter, mobile phones, fake news, and Justin Bieber. While seemingly an ideal era, things weren’t perfect, as this was still the era of VHS. If you wanted to own your favorite movies, it usually cost you around $100, and that was with inferior picture quality and sound, and with absolutely no extras, save for a few trailers here and there.

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What if you could go back and own not one, not two, but 10 of the best comedies from the 1980s all in one package? Universal is making dreams come true this fall with the 10-Film 1980s Collection, which packages some of the best comedies from that decade. You can see such stars as Tom Hanks, Sean Penn, John Candy, Nicolas Cage, Carrie Fisher, Michael J. Fox, and many others in now classics like Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Breakfast Club, and more. Here’s a full list of all the movies available in the collection, plus all the bonus content you’ll get.

  1. Disc 1 – The Breakfast Club. Bonus content: Accepting the Facts: The Breakfast Club Trivia Track, Sincerely Yours, The Most Convenient Definitions: The Origins of The Brat Pack, theatrical trailer, feature commentary with Anthony Michael Hall and Judd Nelson
  2. Disc 2 – The ‘Burbs. Bonus content: Alternate Ending, production notes and theatrical trailer.
  3. Disc 3 – Dragnet (1987). Bonus content: production notes and theatrical trailer.
  4. Disc 4 – Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Bonus content: Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Feature Commentary with Director Amy Heckerling and Screenwriter Cameron Crowe, Hangouts of Ridgemont High Video Map, productionnotes, theatrical trailer, and music highlights.
  5. Disc 5 – Fletch. Bonus content: Just Charge It to the Underhills: Making and Remembering Fletch, Behind The Scenes – From John Cocktoaston To Harry S. Truman: The Disguises, Favorite Fletch Moments, and trailer.
  6. Disc 6 – The Great Outdoors. Bonus content: production notes and theatrical trailer.
  7. Disc 7 – The Secret of My Success. Bonus content: production notes and theatrical trailer.
  8. Disc 8 – Uncle Buck. Bonus content: production notes.
  9. Disc 9 – Weird Science. Bonus content: It’s Alive!: Resurrecting Weird Science; Weird Science TV Pilot episode; and theatrical trailer.
  10. Disc 10 – The Wizard.
Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
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Now don’t be a Jeff Spicoli and miss out on this opportunity to own some of the 1980’s best comedies. Head over to Amazon Prime during Prime Day on October 8 and get these 10 movies for $23. That’s 43% off the lost price of $40, which is already a steal.

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