Preview Theater episode #117 originally broadcast on April 02, 1996
New this week: When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation. Executive Decision stars Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, and Steven Seagal.
A piano player at a crossroads in his life returns home to his friends and their own problems with life and love in Beautiful Girls. It stars Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, and Noah Emmerich.
Up Close and Personal is about an ambitious young woman, determined to build a career in TV journalism, gets good advice from her first boss, and they fall in love. See what Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Stockard Channing get up to in this behind-the-scenes feature.
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Up Close and Personal is about an ambitious young woman, determined to build a career in TV journalism, gets good advice from her first boss, and they fall in love. It stars Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer and Stockard Channing.
We go behind the scenes of Unforgettable which stars Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino and Peter Coyote.
And there’s more at the theater and on home video on this week’s look back at 20 years ago on Preview Theater
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Go behind the scenes of Mr. Wrong.
A couple of art house imports this week: In French Twist a housewife learns of her husband’s infidelities, and invites an itinerant lesbian to move in with them. None of their lives will ever be the same again.
And, in Rumble in the Bronx, a young man visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills.
Featured in this episode:

From IMDB:
Title: Mary Reilly
Plot: A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.
Released on: Fri 23 Feb 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Partial Cast List: Julia Roberts Mary Reilly
John Malkovich Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde
George Cole Mr. Poole
Michael Gambon Mary’s Father


From IMDB:
Title: Ready to Wear
Plot: A chronicle of the interconnected lives of a group of people in the lead up to Paris Fashion Week.
Released on: Sun 25 Dec 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Robert Altman
Partial Cast List: Sophia Loren Isabella de la Fontaine
Julia Roberts Anne Eisenhower
Marcello Mastroianni Sergei (Sergio)
Jean-Pierre Cassel Olivier de la Fontaine

From IMDB:
Title: The Pelican Brief
Plot: A law student uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and others in danger.
Released on: Fri 17 Dec 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Partial Cast List: Julia Roberts Darby Shaw
Denzel Washington Gray Grantham
Sam Shepard Thomas Callahan
John Heard Gavin Vereek

From IMDB:
Title: Mr. Wrong
Plot: A single and lonely woman finds the seemingly perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his deranged and possessive other personality emerges and worst still, she cannot convince anyone else of his Jekyll/Hyde true nature.
Released on: Fri 16 Feb 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Nick Castle
Partial Cast List: Ellen DeGeneres Martha Alston
Bill Pullman Whitman Crawford
Joan Cusack Inga Gunther
Dean Stockwell Jack Tramonte

From IMDB:
Title: French Twist
Plot: After learning of her husband’s infidelities, a housewife invites an itinerant lesbian to move in with them. None of their lives will ever be the same again.
Released on: Fri 19 Jan 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy
Rating: R
Directed by: Josiane Balasko
Partial Cast List: Victoria Abril Loli
Josiane Balasko Marijo
Alain Chabat Laurent Lafaye
Ticky Holgado Antoine

From IMDB:
Title: Rumble in the Bronx
Plot: A young man visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills.
Released on: Fri 23 Feb 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Comedy
Rating: R
Directed by: Stanley Tong
Partial Cast List: Jackie Chan Keung
Anita Mui Elaine
Françoise Yip Nancy
Bill Tung Uncle Bill

From IMDB:
Title: Pocahontas
Plot: An English soldier and the daughter of an Algonquin chief share a romance when English colonists invade seventeenth-century Virginia.
Released on: Fri 23 Jun 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, History, Musical, Romance
Rating: G
Directed by: Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg
Partial Cast List: Mel Gibson John Smith (voice)
Linda Hunt Grandmother Willow (voice)
Christian Bale Thomas (voice)
Irene Bedard Pocahontas (voice)

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