This book chronicles the watershed year of 1982, which during the summmer saw the release of 6 movies: E.T., Tron, Star Trek: Wrath of Khan, Conan the Barbarian, Blade Runner, Poltergeist, The Thing, and Mad Max: The Road Warrior. The 1970s blockbusters Jaws and Star Wars saw everyone scrambling to create their own money maker, resulting in this glut of summer movies.
