Flashback to ‘94: IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU, ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD, IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, HEART AND SOULS, EL MARIACHI, and behind the scenes THE SHADOW
Preview Theater episode #023 originally broadcast on July 04, 1994
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Featured in this episode:
Title: It Could Happen to You
Plot: A police officer promises to share his lottery ticket with a waitress in lieu of a tip.
Released on: Fri 29 Jul 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: PG
Directed by: Andrew Bergman
Partial Cast List: Nicolas Cage Charlie Lang, Bridget Fonda Yvonne Biasi, Rosie Perez Muriel Lang, Wendell Pierce Bo Williams
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Title: Angels in the Outfield
Plot: When a boy prays for a chance to have a family if the California Angels win the pennant, angels are assigned to make that possible.
Released on: Fri 15 Jul 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Rating: PG
Directed by: William Dear
Partial Cast List: Danny Glover George Knox, Brenda Fricker Maggie Nelson, Tony Danza Mel Clark, Christopher Lloyd Al the Boss Angel
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Title: The Shadow
Plot: In 30’s New York City, the Shadow battles his nemesis, Shiwan Khan, who is building an atomic bomb.
Released on: Fri 01 Jul 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Partial Cast List: Alec Baldwin Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, John Lone Shiwan Khan, Penelope Ann Miller Margo Lane, Peter Boyle Moe Shrevnitz
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Title: True Lies
Plot: Harry Tasker is a secret agent for the United States Government. For years, he has kept his job from his wife, but is forced to reveal his identity and try to stop nuclear terrorists when he and his wife are kidnapped by the terrorists.
Released on: Fri 15 Jul 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: James Cameron
Partial Cast List: Arnold Schwarzenegger Harry Tasker, Jamie Lee Curtis Helen Tasker, Tom Arnold Albert Gibson, Bill Paxton Simon
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Title: Three Colors: White
Plot: Second of a trilogy of films dealing with contemporary French society shows a Polish immigrant who wants to get even with his former wife.
Released on: Fri 18 Feb 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Rating: R
Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Partial Cast List: Zbigniew Zamachowski Karol Karol, Julie Delpy Dominique, Janusz Gajos Mikolaj, Jerzy Stuhr Jurek
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Title: In the Name of the Father
Plot: A man’s coerced confession to an IRA bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. An English lawyer fights to free them.
Released on: Fri 25 Feb 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History
Rating: R
Directed by: Jim Sheridan
Partial Cast List: Daniel Day-Lewis Gerry Conlon, Pete Postlethwaite Giuseppe Conlon, Alison Crosbie Girl in Pub, Philip King Guildford Soldier
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Title: Heart and Souls
Plot: A businessman is reunited with the four lost souls who were his guardian angels during childhood, all with a particular purpose to joining the afterlife.
Released on: Fri 13 Aug 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Ron Underwood
Partial Cast List: Robert Downey Jr. Thomas Reilly, Charles Grodin Harrison Winslow, Alfre Woodard Penny Washington, Kyra Sedgwick Julia
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Title: The Last Days of Chez Nous
Plot: Vicki returns to her elder sister Beth’s house in Australia after an affair in Italy. Beth, with a teenage daughter…
Released on: Fri 26 Feb 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: R
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
Partial Cast List: Lisa Harrow Beth, Bruno Ganz J.P., Kerry Fox Vicki, Miranda Otto Annie
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Title: El mariachi
Plot: A traveling mariachi is mistaken for a murderous criminal and must hide from a gang bent on killing him.
Released on: Fri 26 Feb 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Partial Cast List: Carlos Gallardo El Mariachi, Consuelo Gómez Domino, Jaime de Hoyos (as Jaime De Hoyos) Bigotón, Peter Marquardt Mauricio
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Title: Where the Day Takes You
Plot: A group of teen-age runaways try to survive in the streets of Los Angeles. Drugs, prostitution, violence…
Released on: Fri 11 Sep 1992 UTC
Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Marc Rocco
Partial Cast List: Dermot Mulroney King, Robert Knepper Rock Singer, Laura San Giacomo The Interviewer, Sean Astin Greg
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Title: The Waterdance
Plot: A film about struggling to deal with paralysis. Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and…
Released on: Wed 13 May 1992 UTC
Genre(s): Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Neal Jimenez, Michael Steinberg
Partial Cast List: Eric Stoltz Joel Garcia, Helen Hunt Anna, Wesley Snipes Raymond Hill, William Allen Young Les
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Flashback to ‘94: SPEED, THE LION KING, NO ESCAPE, TRUE LIES, AIRHEADS, and behind the scenes of THE COWBOY WAY
Preview Theater episode #019 originally broadcast on June 06, 1994
Featured in this episode:
Title: Speed
Plot: A young cop must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.
Released on: Fri 10 Jun 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Jan de Bont
Partial Cast List: Keanu Reeves Officer Jack Traven, Dennis Hopper Howard Payne, Sandra Bullock Annie Porter, Joe Morton Capt. McMahon
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Title: The Lion King
Plot: Lion cub and future king Simba searches for his identity. His eagerness to please others and penchant for testing his boundaries sometimes gets him into trouble.
Released on: Fri 24 Jun 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Rating: G
Directed by: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Partial Cast List: Matthew Broderick Adult Simba (voice), Jeremy Irons Scar (voice), James Earl Jones Mufasa (voice), Whoopi Goldberg Shenzi (voice)
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Title: The Cowboy Way
Plot: Two buddies and championship rodeo partners travel to New York to find their missing friend, Nacho Salazar…
Released on: Fri 03 Jun 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Drama, Western
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Gregg Champion
Partial Cast List: Woody Harrelson Pepper Lewis, Kiefer Sutherland Sonny Gilstrap, Dylan McDermott John Stark, Ernie Hudson Officer Sam ‘Mad Dog’ Shaw
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Title: No Escape
Plot: A soldier convicted for murdering his commanding officer is dumped and left to die on a prison island inhabited by two camps of convicts.
Released on: Fri 29 Apr 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Partial Cast List: Ray Liotta Capt. J.T. Robbins, Lance Henriksen The Father, Stuart Wilson Walter Marek, Kevin Dillon Casey
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Title: True Lies
Plot: Harry Tasker is a secret agent for the United States Government. For years, he has kept his job from his wife, but is forced to reveal his identity and try to stop nuclear terrorists when he and his wife are kidnapped by the terrorists.
Released on: Fri 15 Jul 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: James Cameron
Partial Cast List: Arnold Schwarzenegger Harry Tasker, Jamie Lee Curtis Helen Tasker, Tom Arnold Albert Gibson, Bill Paxton Simon
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Title: Airheads
Plot: Three band members hoping for a big break head to a radio station to play their demo tape and wind up holding everyone hostage with plastic guns when the head DJ refuses to play them.
Released on: Fri 05 Aug 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Music
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Michael Lehmann
Partial Cast List: Brendan Fraser Chester ‘Chazz’ Darvey, Steve Buscemi Rex, Adam Sandler Pip, Chris Farley Officer Wilson
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Title: The Dark
Plot: Something is alive beneath the surface of the graveyard. Something with the power to destroy and the power to heal…
Released on: Fri 03 Jun 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Horror
Rating: R
Directed by: Craig Pryce
Partial Cast List: Stephen McHattie Gary ‘Hunter’ Henderson, Scott Wickware Carl Miller, Brion James Paul Buckner, Desmond Campbell FBI Agent
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Title: The Getaway
Plot: Doc McCoy is put in prison because his partners chickened out and flew off without him after exchanging a prisoner with a lot of money…
Released on: Fri 11 Feb 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
Partial Cast List: Alec Baldwin Carter ‘Doc’ McCoy, Kim Basinger Carol McCoy, Michael Madsen Rudy Travis, James Woods Jack Benyon
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Title: Dangerous Game
Plot: A New York film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions in his movie and real life, especially when he begins an affair with the lead actress.
Released on: Fri 19 Nov 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Drama
Rating: Unrated
Directed by: Abel Ferrara
Partial Cast List: Harvey Keitel Eddie Israel, Madonna Sarah Jennings, James Russo Francis Burns, Nancy Ferrara Madlyn Israel
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Title: Man’s Best Friend
Plot: A dog turns from man’s best friend into man’s worst nightmare as he attacks everything that moves.
Released on: Fri 19 Nov 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: John Lafia
Partial Cast List: Ally Sheedy Lori Tanner, Lance Henriksen Dr. Jarret, Robert Costanzo Detective Kovacs, Fredric Lehne Perry
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Wayback to ‘94: THE FLINTSTONES, THE COWBOY WAY, LITTLE BUDDHA, MY LIFE, GHOST IN THE MACHINE and behind the scenes of BEVERLY HILLS COP III
Preview Theater episode #018 originally broadcast on May 30, 1994
Featured in this episode:
Title: The Flintstones
Plot: In this live-action feature of the cartoon show, Fred Flintstone finally gets the job he’s always wanted, but it may just come at a price.
Released on: Fri 27 May 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Rating: PG
Directed by: Brian Levant
Partial Cast List: John Goodman Fred Flintstone, Rick Moranis Barney Rubble, Rosie O’Donnell Betty Rubble, Halle Berry Miss Stone
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Title: The Cowboy Way
Plot: Two buddies and championship rodeo partners travel to New York to find their missing friend, Nacho Salazar…
Released on: Fri 03 Jun 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Drama, Western
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Gregg Champion
Partial Cast List: Woody Harrelson Pepper Lewis, Kiefer Sutherland Sonny Gilstrap, Dylan McDermott John Stark, Ernie Hudson Officer Sam ‘Mad Dog’ Shaw
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Title: Beverly Hills Cop III
Plot: Axel Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than that: the same men who shot his boss are running a counterfeit money ring out of a theme park in Los Angeles.
Released on: Wed 25 May 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: John Landis
Partial Cast List: Eddie Murphy Det. Axel Foley, Jon Tenney Levine, Joey Travolta Giolito, Eugene Collier Leppert
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Title: Crooklyn
Plot: From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in ’70s Brooklyn.
Released on: Fri 13 May 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Spike Lee
Partial Cast List: Alfre Woodard Carolyn Carmichael, Delroy Lindo Woody Carmichael, David Patrick Kelly Tony Eyes/Jim, Zelda Harris Troy
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Title: Little Buddha
Plot: Lama Norbu comes to Seattle in search of the reincarnation of his dead teacher, Lama Dorje. His search leads him to young Jesse Conrad…
Released on: Wed 25 May 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Drama
Rating: PG
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Partial Cast List: Keanu Reeves Siddhartha, Bridget Fonda Lisa Conrad, Ruocheng Ying (as Ying Ruocheng) Lama Norbu, Chris Isaak Dean Conrad
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Title: My Life
Plot: A terminally ill man prepares for his death.
Released on: Fri 12 Nov 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Drama
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Bruce Joel Rubin
Partial Cast List: Michael Keaton Bob Jones, Nicole Kidman Gail Jones, Bradley Whitford Paul Ivanovich, Queen Latifah Theresa
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Title: Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Plot:
Released on: Thu 13 Oct 1988 UTC
Genre(s): Drama
Rating: M
Directed by: Pino Amenta
Partial Cast List: John Waters Tom Garfield, Penelope Stewart Helen Garfield, Nicki Paull Suzy Daniels, Kim Gyngell Ian McKenzie
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Title: Ghost in the Machine
Plot: Karl Hochman, a technician in a computer shop, is also “The Address-Book Killer”, who obtains the names of his victims from stolen address-books…
Released on: Wed 29 Dec 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Rachel Talalay
Partial Cast List: Karen Allen Terry Munroe, Chris Mulkey Bram Wlaker, Ted Marcoux Karl Hopkins, Wil Horneff Josh Munroe
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Title: Short Cuts
Plot: The day-to-day lives of a number of suburban Los Angeles residents.
Released on: Fri 01 Oct 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Robert Altman
Partial Cast List: Andie MacDowell Ann Finnigan, Julianne Moore Marian Wyman, Tim Robbins Gene Shepard, Bruce Davison Howard Finnigan
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Title: Twenty Bucks
Plot: A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people.
Released on: Fri 22 Oct 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Keva Rosenfeld
Partial Cast List: Linda Hunt Angeline, Brendan Fraser Sam Mastrewski, Elisabeth Shue Emily Adams, David Rasche Baker
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