Preview Theater episode #107 originally broadcast on February 22, 1996
A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother’s house. Happy Gilmore stars Adam Sandler.
Bio-Dome is the story about best friends get themselves locked inside the Bio-Dome, a science experiment, along with a group of environmental scientists for one year. It stars Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin.
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. Mr. Wrong stars Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman and Joan Cusack.
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Title: Happy Gilmore
Plot: A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother’s house.
Released on: Fri 16 Feb 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Sport
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Dennis Dugan
Partial Cast List: Adam Sandler Happy Gilmore
Christopher McDonald Shooter McGavin
Julie Bowen Virginia Venit
Frances Bay Grandma
Title: Caddyshack
Plot: An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher.
Released on: Fri 25 Jul 1980 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Sport
Rating: R
Directed by: Harold Ramis
Partial Cast List: Chevy Chase Ty Webb
Rodney Dangerfield Al Czervik
Bill Murray Carl Spackler
Ted Knight Judge Elihu Smails
From IMDB:
Title: Bio-Dome
Plot: Moronic best friends get themselves locked inside the Bio-Dome, a science experiment, along with a group of environmental scientists for one year.
Released on: Fri 12 Jan 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Jason Bloom
Partial Cast List: Pauly Shore Bud Macintosh
Stephen Baldwin Doyle Johnson
William Atherton Dr. Noah Faulkner
Denise Dowse Olivia Biggs
From IMDB:
Title: Broken Arrow
Plot: Terrorists steal nuclear warheads from the U.S. military but don’t count on a pilot and park ranger spoiling their plans.
Released on: Fri 09 Feb 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: John Woo
Partial Cast List: John Travolta Maj. Vic ‘Deak’ Deakins
Christian Slater Capt. Riley Hale
Samantha Mathis Terry Carmichael
Delroy Lindo Colonel Max Wilkins
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: The Juror
Plot: When Annie Laird is selected as a juror in a big Mafia trial, she is forced by someone known as “The…
Released on: Fri 02 Feb 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Brian Gibson
Partial Cast List: Demi Moore Annie
Alec Baldwin Teacher
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Oliver
Anne Heche Juliet
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Title: Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Plot: “Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking your Juice in the Hood” is a parody of several U.S…
Released on: Fri 12 Jan 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Crime
Rating: R
Directed by: Paris Barclay
Partial Cast List: Shawn Wayans Ashtray
Marlon Wayans Loc Dog
Keenen Ivory Wayans Mailman
Tracey Cherelle Jones Dashiki
From IMDB:
Title: To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
Plot: Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.
Released on: Fri 08 Sep 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Beeban Kidron
Partial Cast List: Wesley Snipes Noxeema
Patrick Swayze Vida
John Leguizamo Chi-Chi
Stockard Channing Carol Ann
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Title: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Plot: Two drag queens and a transsexual travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
Released on: Wed 10 Aug 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Music
Rating: R
Directed by: Stephan Elliott
Partial Cast List: Hugo Weaving Anthony ‘Tick’ Belrose/Mitzi Del Bra
Guy Pearce Adam Whitely/Felicia Jollygoodfellow
Terence Stamp Ralph Waite/Bernadette Bassenger
Rebel Penfold-Russell (as Rebel Russell) Logowoman
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Title: Copycat
Plot: An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
Released on: Fri 27 Oct 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Jon Amiel
Partial Cast List: Sigourney Weaver Helen Hudson
Holly Hunter M.J. Monahan
Dermot Mulroney Reuben Goetz
William McNamara Peter Foley
Video
BROKEN ARROW, RICHARD III, OTHELLO, behind the scenes of WHITE SQUALL and more!
Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage. We look behind the scenes of White Squall is directed by Ridley Scott and stars Jeff Bridges, Caroline Goodall and John Savage.
The classic Shakespearean play about a murderously scheming king staged in an alternative fascist England setting. Richard III stars Ian McKellen, Annette Bening and Jim Broadbent.
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Title: Broken Arrow
Plot: Terrorists steal nuclear warheads from the U.S. military but don’t count on a pilot and park ranger spoiling their plans.
Released on: Fri 09 Feb 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: John Woo
Partial Cast List: John Travolta Maj. Vic ‘Deak’ Deakins
Christian Slater Capt. Riley Hale
Samantha Mathis Terry Carmichael
Delroy Lindo Colonel Max Wilkins
Title: Pulp Fiction
Plot: The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster’s wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Released on: Fri 14 Oct 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Crime, Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Partial Cast List: John Travolta Vincent Vega
Uma Thurman Mia Wallace
Samuel L. Jackson Jules Winnfield
Bruce Willis Butch Coolidge
From IMDB:
Title: White Man’s Burden
Plot: The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos…
Released on: Fri 01 Dec 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Desmond Nakano
Partial Cast List: John Travolta Louis Pinnock
Harry Belafonte Thaddeus Thomas
Kelly Lynch Marsha Pinnock
Margaret Avery Megan Thomas
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Title: Get Shorty
Plot: A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.
Released on: Fri 20 Oct 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Partial Cast List: Gene Hackman Harry Zimm
Rene Russo Karen Flores
Danny DeVito Martin Weir
John Travolta Chili Palmer
From IMDB:
Title: White Squall
Plot: Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage.
Released on: Fri 02 Feb 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Adventure, Drama
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Partial Cast List: Jeff Bridges Captain Christopher ‘Skipper’ Sheldon
Caroline Goodall Dr. Alice Sheldon
John Savage McCrea, Albatross Crewman/English Teacher
Scott Wolf Charles ‘Chuck’ Gieg/Narrator
From IMDB:
Title: Bed of Roses
Plot: Romantic drama about a young career girl who is swept off her feet by a shy florist, who fell in love…
Released on: Fri 26 Jan 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Romance, Drama
Rating: PG
Directed by: Michael Goldenberg
Partial Cast List: Christian Slater Lewis Farrell
Mary Stuart Masterson Lisa Walker
Pamela Adlon (as Pamela Segall) Kim
Josh Brolin Danny
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Title: Richard III
Plot: The classic Shakespearean play about a murderously scheming king staged in an alternative fascist England setting.
Released on: Fri 29 Dec 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, War
Rating: R
Directed by: Richard Loncraine
Partial Cast List: Ian McKellen Richard III
Annette Bening Queen Elizabeth, wife of Edward IV
Jim Broadbent Duke of Buckingham
Robert Downey Jr. Lord Rivers
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Title: Othello
Plot: The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.
Released on: Fri 19 Jan 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Romance
Rating: R
Directed by: Oliver Parker
Partial Cast List: Laurence Fishburne Othello
Kenneth Branagh Iago
Irène Jacob (as Irene Jacob) Desdemona
Nathaniel Parker Cassio
From IMDB:
Title: The Usual Suspects
Plot: A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which begin when five criminals meet at a seemingly random police lineup.
Released on: Fri 15 Sep 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Partial Cast List: Kevin Spacey Verbal
Gabriel Byrne Keaton
Chazz Palminteri Dave Kujan
Stephen Baldwin McManus
From IMDB:
Title: Jeffrey
Plot: Jeffrey, a young gay man in New York, decides that sex is too much and decided to become celibate. He…
Released on: Fri 18 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Christopher Ashley
Partial Cast List: Steven Weber Jeffrey
Michael T. Weiss Steve Howard
Peter Jacobson (as Peter Jaconson) Man #1
Tom Cayler Man #2
Video
THE JUROR, behind the scenes of BED OF ROSES and more!
Preview Theater episode #105 originally broadcast on February 08, 1996
We peal back the petals of a Bed of Roses which is a romantic drama about a young career girl who is swept off her feet by a shy florist, who fell in love with her after one glimpse through a shadowy window. It stars Christian Slater and Mary Stuart Masterson.
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Title: The Juror
Plot: When Annie Laird is selected as a juror in a big Mafia trial, she is forced by someone known as “The…
Released on: Fri 02 Feb 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Brian Gibson
Partial Cast List: Demi Moore Annie
Alec Baldwin Teacher
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Oliver
Anne Heche Juliet
Title: Now and Then
Plot: Four 12-year-old girls grow up together during an eventful small-town summer in 1970.
Released on: Fri 20 Oct 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Lesli Linka Glatter
Partial Cast List: Christina Ricci Roberta
Demi Moore Samantha
Rosie O’Donnell Roberta
Thora Birch Teeny
From IMDB:
Title: The Scarlet Letter
Plot: An affair between a young woman and a pastor has disastrous consequences.
Released on: Fri 13 Oct 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Romance
Rating: R
Directed by: Roland Joffé
Partial Cast List: Demi Moore Hester Prynne
Gary Oldman Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Robert Duvall Roger Chillingworth
Lisa Andoh (as Lisa Joliffe-Andoh) Mituba
From IMDB:
Title: Disclosure
Plot: A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
Released on: Fri 09 Dec 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Partial Cast List: Michael Douglas Tom Sanders
Demi Moore Meredith Johnson
Donald Sutherland Bob Garvin
Caroline Goodall Susan Hendler
From IMDB:
Title: A Few Good Men
Plot: Neo military lawyer Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder; they contend they were acting under orders.
Released on: Fri 11 Dec 1992 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Partial Cast List: Tom Cruise Lt. Daniel Kaffee
Jack Nicholson Col. Nathan R. Jessup
Demi Moore Lt. Cdr. JoAnne Galloway
Kevin Bacon Capt. Jack Ross
From IMDB:
Title: Bed of Roses
Plot: Romantic drama about a young career girl who is swept off her feet by a shy florist, who fell in love…
Released on: Fri 26 Jan 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Romance, Drama
Rating: PG
Directed by: Michael Goldenberg
Partial Cast List: Christian Slater Lewis Farrell
Mary Stuart Masterson Lisa Walker
Pamela Adlon (as Pamela Segall) Kim
Josh Brolin Danny
From IMDB:
Title: White Squall
Plot: Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage.
Released on: Fri 02 Feb 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Adventure, Drama
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Partial Cast List: Jeff Bridges Captain Christopher ‘Skipper’ Sheldon
Caroline Goodall Dr. Alice Sheldon
John Savage McCrea, Albatross Crewman/English Teacher
Scott Wolf Charles ‘Chuck’ Gieg/Narrator
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
From IMDB:
Title: A Kid in King Arthur’s Court
Plot: Young Calvin Fuller is pulled into King Arthur’s court by Merlin. His mission: to save Camelot. To do…
Released on: Fri 11 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Rating: PG
Directed by: Michael Gottlieb
Partial Cast List: Thomas Ian Nicholas Calvin Fuller
Joss Ackland King Arthur
Art Malik Lord Belasco
Paloma Baeza Princess Katey
From IMDB:
Title: Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Plot: Casey Ryback hops on a Colorado to LA train to start a vacation with his niece. Early into the trip, terrorists board the train and use it as a mobile HQ to hijack a top secret destructive US satellite.
Released on: Fri 14 Jul 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Geoff Murphy
Partial Cast List: Steven Seagal Casey Ryback
Eric Bogosian Travis Dane
Everett McGill Marcus Penn
Katherine Heigl Sarah Ryback
Video
MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS, BIG BULLY, behind the scenes of WAITING TO EXHALE and more!
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.
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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
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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
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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
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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