Preview Theater episode #104 originally broadcast on February 01, 1996
Mr. Holland’s Opus is about a frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher It stars Richard Dreyfuss.
A writer returns to his hometown where he faces the childhood nemesis whose life he ultimately ruined, only the bully wants to relive their painful past by torturing him once again. Big Bully stars Rick Moranis, Tom Arnold and Julianne Phillips.
And a look behind the scenes of Waiting to Exhale.
Featured in this episode:
From IMDB:
Title: Mr. Holland’s Opus
Plot: A frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher.
Released on: Fri 19 Jan 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Music
Rating: PG
Directed by: Stephen Herek
Partial Cast List: Richard Dreyfuss Glenn Holland
Glenne Headly Iris Holland
Jay Thomas Coach Bill Meister
Olympia Dukakis Principal Helen Jacobs
Title: The American President
Plot: Comedy-drama about a widowed U.S. president and a lobbyist who fall in love. It’s all above-board, but “politics is perception” and sparks fly anyway.
Released on: Fri 17 Nov 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Partial Cast List: Michael Douglas President Andrew Shepherd
Annette Bening Sydney Ellen Wade
Martin Sheen A.J. MacInerney
Michael J. Fox Lewis Rothschild
From IMDB:
Title: Waiting to Exhale
Plot: Based on Terry McMillan’s novel, this film follows four very different African-American women and their relationships with the male gender.
Released on: Fri 22 Dec 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: R
Directed by: Forest Whitaker
Partial Cast List: Whitney Houston Savannah Jackson
Angela Bassett Bernadine Harris
Loretta Devine Gloria Matthews
Lela Rochon Robin Stokes
From IMDB:
Title: Nine Months
Plot: When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.
Released on: Wed 12 Jul 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Partial Cast List: Hugh Grant Samuel Faulkner
Julianne Moore Rebecca Taylor
Tom Arnold Marty Dwyer
Joan Cusack Gail Dwyer
From IMDB:
Title: Big Bully
Plot: A writer returns to his hometown where he faces the childhood nemesis whose life he ultimately ruined, only the bully wants to relive their painful past by torturing him once again.
Released on: Fri 26 Jan 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Rating: PG
Directed by: Steve Miner
Partial Cast List: Rick Moranis David Leary
Tom Arnold Rosco Bigger – Fang
Julianne Phillips Victoria
Carol Kane Faith
From IMDB:
Title: The Run of the Country
Plot: In a small village on the border of Northern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland, the relationship between a short tempered policeman and his rebellious son becomes even more strenuous when the young man falls for a “wrong” girl.
Released on: Fri 22 Sep 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Romance
Rating: R
Directed by: Peter Yates
Partial Cast List: Albert Finney Danny’s Father
Matt Keeslar Danny
Victoria Smurfit Annagh
Anthony Brophy Prunty
From IMDB:
Title: The Indian in the Cupboard
Plot: On his ninth birthday a boy receives many presents. Two of them first seem to be less important: an…
Released on: Fri 14 Jul 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Rating: PG
Directed by: Frank Oz
Partial Cast List: Hal Scardino Omri
Litefoot Little Bear
Lindsay Crouse Jane (Mom)
Richard Jenkins Victor (Dad)
From IMDB:
Title: The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
Plot: An adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical struggles of a new romance.
Released on: Fri 16 Jun 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: R
Directed by: Maria Maggenti
Partial Cast List: Laurel Holloman Randy Dean
Nicole Ari Parker (as Nicole Parker) Evie Roy
Maggie Moore (as Miss Maggie Moore) Wendy
Kate Stafford Rebecca Dean