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What Happened in 1986? Part V: Movies, TV & Stage


Anyone who has started a business knows that it is hard, exhausting work. It usually takes a lot of long hours, too. The System ID founders may not have had much time for entertainment back in 1986 when they were getting the company going. But, if they did find a few hours to relax, here’s what they might have been watching.
Platoon hit it big in 1986 and won many awards, including Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director.
Popular Films
  • Platoon – Academy Award for Best Picture
  • The Color of Money - Academy Award for Best Actor, Paul Newman
  • Children of a Lesser God - Academy Award for Best Actress, Marlee Matlin
  • Hannah and Her Sisters - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Michael Caine, & Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Dianne West
  • Aliens - Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
  • Top Gun – top grossing film
  • Crocodile Dundee
  • The Karate Kid, Part II
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Popular TV Programs
  • “The Cosby Show”
  • “Family Ties”
  • “Murder, She Wrote”
  • “60 Minutes”
  • “Cheers”
  • “Dallas”
  • “The Golden Girls”
  • “Who's the Boss?”
  • “Night Court”
  • “Kate & Allie”
  • “Newhart”
  • “Growing Pains”
  • “227”
For fans of the stage, The Phantom of the Opera, the longest running Broadway show in history, opened at Her Majesty's Theatre in London in 1986.