Domestic Release Schedule

Pre-release titles

Release	Distributor	Scale
November 20, 1981
Ragtime Drama With: James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Brad Dourif 2 hr 35 min Cast, Crew, and Company Info	Paramount Pictures	Limited
Absence of Malice Drama Romance Thriller With: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon 1 hr 56 min Cast, Crew, and Company Info	Columbia Pictures	Limited
Man of Iron Drama History With: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania, Wieslawa Kosmalska 2 hr 36 min Cast, Crew, and Company Info	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)	Limited
December 2, 1981
Whose Life Is It Anyway? Comedy Drama With: Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti, Bob Balaban 1 hr 59 min Cast, Crew, and Company Info	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)	Limited
December 4, 1981
Reds Biography Drama History Romance With: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann, Jerzy Kosinski 3 hr 15 min Cast, Crew, and Company Info	Paramount Pictures	Limited
On Golden Pond Drama With: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon 1 hr 49 min Cast, Crew, and Company Info	Universal Pictures	Limited
December 9, 1981
Taps Drama With: George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Ronny Cox, Sean Penn 2 hr 6 min Cast, Crew, and Company Info	Twentieth Century Fox	Limited
December 11, 1981
Rollover Drama Mystery Romance Thriller With: Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn, Josef Sommer 1 hr 56 min Cast, Crew, and Company Info	Warner Bros.	Limited
Buddy Buddy Comedy With: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss, Klaus Kinski 1 hr 36 min Cast, Crew, and Company Info	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)	Limited
Pennies from Heaven Drama Musical Romance With: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Jessica Harper, Vernel Bagneris 1 hr 48 min Cast, Crew, and Company Info	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)	Limited
December 16, 1981
Ghost Story Drama Horror Thriller With: Craig Wasson, Alice Krige, Fred Astaire, John Houseman 1 hr 50 min Cast, Crew, and Company Info	Universal Pictures	Limited
December 18, 1981
Sharky's Machine Action Crime Drama Thriller With: Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward, Vittorio Gassman, Brian Keith 2 hr 2 min Cast, Crew, and Company Info	Warner Bros.	Limited
Neighbors Comedy With: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Kathryn Walker, Cathy Moriarty 1 hr 34 min Cast, Crew, and Company Info	Columbia Pictures	Limited
Cinderella 1981 Re-release Animation Family Fantasy Musical Romance With: Ilene Woods, James MacDonald, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton 1 hr 14 min Cast, Crew, and Company Info	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	Limited
Heartbeeps Comedy Sci-Fi With: Andy Kaufman, Bernadette Peters, Randy Quaid, Kenneth McMillan 1 hr 18 min Cast, Crew, and Company Info	Universal Pictures	Limited
December 25, 1981
Modern Problems Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi With: Chevy Chase, Patti D'Arbanville, Dabney Coleman, Mary Kay Place 1 hr 33 min Cast, Crew, and Company Info	Twentieth Century Fox	Limited

Schedule

Domestic Release Schedule

Ragtime

Absence of Malice

Man of Iron

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Reds

On Golden Pond

Taps

Rollover

Buddy Buddy

Pennies from Heaven

Ghost Story

Sharky's Machine

Neighbors

Cinderella

Heartbeeps

Modern Problems