The Start of My Journey into the Films of the 1980s.
The First Year, 1980.
The First Film (Alphabetical-Wise), Agency.
Sadly, the best part of this film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgb-AFk0OT8The Agency (known as Mind Games on video) is a 1980 Canadian dramatic/thriller film. It was directed by George Kaczender, with a screenplay by Noel Hynd.
Based on a novel by Paul Gottlieb, it is a political thriller involving advertising copywriter Philip Morgan (Lee Majors) who discovers the agency he works for, run by Ted Quinn (Robert Mitchum), is using subliminal advertising to manipulate a presidential election.
It features appearances by Canadian actors Saul Rubinek as an audio technician, Jonathan Welsh as a police detective, and Michael Kirby & Gary Reineke as hitmen.
The film was shot on locations in Montréal and rural Québec.
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