This week, we take a look back at the quick rise and even quicker fall of FilmDallas Pictures, which began its life as a Texas-based film investment company in 1983. After helping to produce two Oscar-winning films in 1984, they would take a leap of faith to become a film distribution company, only to be completely gone from the film industry by the end of 1988.

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On this episode, we discuss:

Choose Me (1984, Alan Rudolph)Da (1988, Matt Clark)The Dirt Bike Kid (1985, Hoite Caston)Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985, Herbert Babenco)Man Facing Southeast (1986, Elisio Subiela)Night Zoo (1988, Jean-Claude Lauzon)Patti Rocks (1988, David Burton Morris)The Right-Hand Man (1987, Di Drew)Spike of Bensonhurst (1988, Paul Morrissey)Subway to the Stars (1988, Carlos Diegues)The Trip to Bountiful (1985, Peter Masterson).