SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS ’97: FACE / OFF, CONTACT, MIMIC, MEN IN BLACK, and much more!

Preview Theater episode #175 broadcast on July 03, 1997

Featured in this week’s episode: SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS

FACE / OFF

In order to foil an extortion plot, an FBI agent undergoes a facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity and physical appearance of a terrorist, but the plan turns from bad to worse when the same terrorist impersonates the FBI agent. FACE / OFF  stars John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, and Joan Allen.   It’s directed by John Woo.

 

MEN IN BLACK

A police officer joins a secret organization that polices and monitors extraterrestrial interactions on Earth. MEN IN BLACK stars  Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, and Linda Fiorentino. It was directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.

 

CONTACT

Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of intelligent aliens, who send plans for a mysterious machine. CONTACT stars  Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, and Tom Skerritt. It is directed by Robert Zemeckis.

 

MIMIC

Three years ago, entomologist Dr. Susan Tyler genetically created an insect to kill cockroaches carrying a virulent disease. Now, the insects are out to destroy their only predator, mankind. MIMIC stars Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, and Alexander Goodwin  It’s directed by Guillermo del Toro.

 

THIS EPISODES RUNDOWN:

  • ID4
  • Star Wars
  • Back to the Future
  • Terminator
  • Men in Black
  • Mimic
  • Contact
  • Spawn
  • Face/Off
  • Air Force One
  • Con-Air
  • She’s De Lovely
  • How to be a Player
  • Hard Target
  • Broken Arrow
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