Loved these two the first time I saw them and have watched them repeatedly. As the years pass, I meet more and more people who haven't seen them or even heard of them, so I'm giving them a shout out here. Both are from 1980:
"The Stunt Man" starring Peter O'Toole, directed by Richard Rush, written by Lawrence Marcus and Richard Rush.
"Breaker Morant" starring Edward Woodward, directed by Bruce Beresford, written by Kenneth Ross and Jonathan Hardy.
The latter is a military courtroom drama set during the Boer War (look it up in Wikipedia if you've never heard of that particular conflict...the movie is based on a true story), the former a story of an arrogant director doing everything in his power, including covering up the death of a stunt man and replacing him with an escaped convict, to finish his film.
"Morant" is a great example of how to open up a stage play for a film. "Stunt Man" has wonderful theme music.
Check 'em out.
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