The Future Was Now: 8 Movies That Changed Hollywood

Chris Nashawaty describes a turning point in the history of Hollywood and world cinema: the crazy summer of 1982, during which eight sci-fi films were released one after another and became cult classics: «E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial» and «Conan the Barbarian»,... «Blade Runner» and «The Thing», «Mad Max 2» and «Tron», «Star Trek II» and «Poltergeist». Some turned out to be absolute blockbusters, while others flopped at the box office — but in the end, all of them took an important place in the history of cinema and became key events for the careers of Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, and many others.
«The Future Was Now» is «a textbook on film history»: eight captivating stories about the creators of these films, the people who revolutionized cinema. A chronicle of a victory forged in a far, far away galaxy — and that forever changed Hollywood.