SCREAMERS, TOM & HUCK, behind the scenes of CUTTHROAT ISLAND and more!


Preview Theater episode #103 originally broadcast on January 25, 1996

Continuing the rage of hi-tech sci-fi… Screamers (SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078) On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only — to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms.

A mischievous young boy, Tom Sawyer  plays by Jonathan Taylor Thomas, witnesses a murder by the deadly Injun Joe. Tom becomes friends with Huckleberry Finn played by Brad Renfro, a boy with no future and no family. It’s Tom and Huck.

Featured in this episode:

Screamers

From IMDB:

Title: Screamers
Plot: (SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078) On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding…
Released on: Fri 26 Jan 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Christian Duguay
Partial Cast List: Peter Weller Joe Hendricksson
Roy Dupuis Becker
Jennifer Rubin Jessica Hanson
Andrew Lauer (as Andy Lauer) Ace Jefferson


Virtuosity
From IMDB:
Title: Virtuosity
Plot: A virtual-reality serial killer manages to escape into the real world.
Released on: Fri 04 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Brett Leonard
Partial Cast List: Denzel Washington Lt. Parker Barnes
Russell Crowe SID 6.7
Kelly Lynch Madison Carter
Stephen Spinella Lindenmeyer


Hackers

From IMDB:

Title: Hackers
Plot: A young boy is arrested by the U.S. Secret Service for writing a computer virus and is banned from using a computer until his 18th birthday…
Released on: Fri 15 Sep 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Iain Softley
Partial Cast List: Jonny Lee Miller Dade
Angelina Jolie Kate
Jesse Bradford Joey
Matthew Lillard Cereal


12 Monkeys

From IMDB:

Title: 12 Monkeys
Plot: Follows the journey of a time traveler from the post-apocalyptic future who appears in present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will nearly destroy the human race.
Released on: 2015
Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: TV-14
Directed by:
Partial Cast List: Aaron Stanford James Cole (13 episodes, 2015)
Amanda Schull Dr. Cassandra Railly (13 episodes, 2015)
Noah Bean Aaron Marker (10 episodes, 2015)
Demore Barnes Whitley/Marcus Whitley (17 episodes, 2015-2016)


Cutthroat Island

From IMDB:

Title: Cutthroat Island
Plot: A female pirate and her companion race against their rivals to find a hidden island that contains a fabulous treasure.
Released on: Fri 22 Dec 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Renny Harlin
Partial Cast List: Geena Davis Morgan
Matthew Modine Shaw
Frank Langella Dawg
Maury Chaykin John Reed


Tom and Huck

From IMDB:

Title: Tom and Huck
Plot: A mischievous young boy, Tom Sawyer (Jonathan Taylor Thomas, witnesses a murder by the deadly Injun Joe. Tom…
Released on: Fri 22 Dec 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Western
Rating: PG
Directed by: Peter Hewitt
Partial Cast List: Jonathan Taylor Thomas Tom Sawyer
Brad Renfro Huck Finn
Charles Rocket Judge Thatcher
Eric Schweig Injun Joe


Dead Man Walking

From IMDB:

Title: Dead Man Walking
Plot: A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim’s families.
Released on: Fri 02 Feb 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Crime, Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Tim Robbins
Partial Cast List: Susan Sarandon Sister Helen Prejean
Sean Penn Matthew Poncelet
Robert Prosky Hilton Barber
Raymond J. Barry Earl Delacroix


The Journey of August King

From IMDB:

Title: The Journey of August King
Plot: The Journey of August King is a multi-dimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in April 1815…
Released on: Fri 26 Jan 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Drama
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: John Duigan
Partial Cast List: Jason Patric August King
Thandie Newton Annalees
Larry Drake Olaf Singletary
Sam Waterston Mooney Wright


The Glass Shield

From IMDB:

Title: The Glass Shield
Plot: J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff’s Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions…
Released on: Fri 02 Jun 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Crime, Drama
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Charles Burnett
Partial Cast List: Michael Boatman Deputy J.J. Johnson
Lori Petty Deputy Deborah Fields
Erich Anderson District Attorney Ira Kern
Richard Anderson Watch Commander Clarence Massey

 


Something to Talk About

From IMDB:

Title: Something to Talk About
Plot: A woman’s world is rocked when she discovers her husband is cheating on her.
Released on: Fri 04 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: R
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Partial Cast List: Julia Roberts Grace King Bichon
Dennis Quaid Eddie Bichon
Robert Duvall Wyly King
Gena Rowlands Georgia King


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