DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS, MOONLIGHT AND VALENTINO, A MONTH BY THE LAKE, behind the scenes of TO WONG FOO THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, JULIE NEWMAR and more!
Preview Theater episode #086 originally broadcast on September 28, 1995
Featured in this episode:
Title: Devil in a Blue Dress
Plot: An Afro-American man is hired to find a woman and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal.
Released on: Fri 29 Sep 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Carl Franklin
Partial Cast List: Denzel Washington Ezekiel ‘Easy’ Rawlins
Tom Sizemore DeWitt Albright
Jennifer Beals Daphne Monet
Don Cheadle Mouse Alexander
Title: Moonlight and Valentino
Plot: A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local housepainter.
Released on: Fri 29 Sep 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: R
Directed by: David Anspaugh
Partial Cast List: Elizabeth Perkins Rebecca Trager Lott
Whoopi Goldberg Sylvie Morrow
Kathleen Turner Alberta Trager
Gwyneth Paltrow Lucy Trager
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
Title: A Month by the Lake
Plot: For 16 years Miss Bentley has been spending April at an elegant hillside villa on Lake Como. This year…
Released on: Fri 22 Sep 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: PG
Directed by: John Irvin
Partial Cast List: Vanessa Redgrave Miss Bentley
Edward Fox Major Wilshaw
Uma Thurman Miss Beaumont
Alida Valli Signora Fascioli
Title: The Prophecy
Plot: The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and only a former priest and a little girl can stop him.
Released on: Fri 01 Sep 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Gregory Widen
Partial Cast List: Christopher Walken Gabriel
Elias Koteas Thomas Dagget
Virginia Madsen Katherine
Eric Stoltz Simon
Title: Se7en
Plot: Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.
Released on: Fri 22 Sep 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: David Fincher
Partial Cast List: Morgan Freeman Somerset
Brad Pitt Mills
Kevin Spacey John Doe
Andrew Kevin Walker (as Andy Walker) Dead Man at 1st Crime Scene
Title: New Jersey Drive
Plot: Jason and Midget are two young, black teenagers living in Newark,New Jersey, the unofficial car theft capital of the world…
Released on: Wed 19 Apr 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Crime, Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Nick Gomez
Partial Cast List: Sharron Corley Jason Petty
Gabriel Casseus Midget
Saul Stein Roscoe
Gwen McGee Rene Petty
Title: The Underneath
Plot: A recovering gambling addict attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his ex-wife and her dangerous hoodlum boyfriend.
Released on: Fri 28 Apr 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Partial Cast List: Peter Gallagher Michael Chambers
Elisabeth Shue Susan Crenshaw
Alison Elliott Rachel
William Fichtner Tommy Dundee
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SEVEN, STRANGE DAYS, LOSING ISAIAH, behind the scenes of HACKERS and more!
Preview Theater episode #085 originally broadcast on September 21, 1995
Featured in this episode:
Title: Se7en
Plot: Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.
Released on: Fri 22 Sep 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: David Fincher
Partial Cast List: Morgan Freeman Somerset
Brad Pitt Mills
Kevin Spacey John Doe
Andrew Kevin Walker (as Andy Walker) Dead Man at 1st Crime Scene
Title: Strange Days
Plot: A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a police conspiracy in 1999 Los Angeles.
Released on: Fri 13 Oct 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Partial Cast List: Ralph Fiennes Lenny Nero
Angela Bassett Lornette ‘Mace’ Mason
Juliette Lewis Faith Justin
Tom Sizemore Max Peltier
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
Title: The Princess and the Cobbler
Plot: When Tack upsets Zigzag the Vizier, the wizard drags him off to the royal castle, where Princess Yum…
Released on: Tue 14 Sep 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Rating: G
Directed by: Richard Williams
Partial Cast List: Vincent Price ZigZag (voice)
Matthew Broderick Tack the Cobbler (Miramax version) (voice)
Jennifer Beals Princess YumYum (Miramax version) (voice)
Bobbi Page Princess YumYum (Majestic Films version)/Additional voices (Miramax version) (voice)
Title: Losing Isaiah
Plot: The natural and adoptive mothers of a young boy are involved in a bitter, controversial custody battle.
Released on: Fri 17 Mar 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Partial Cast List: Jessica Lange Margaret Lewin
Halle Berry Khaila Richards
David Strathairn Charles Lewin
Cuba Gooding Jr. Eddie Hughes
Title: The Madness of King George
Plot: A meditation on power and the metaphor of the body of state, based on the real episode of dementia experienced…
Released on: Wed 28 Dec 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
Partial Cast List: Nigel Hawthorne George III
Helen Mirren Queen Charlotte
Rupert Graves Greville
Amanda Donohoe Lady Pembroke
Title: Roommates
Plot: An elderly yet young-at-heart man moves in with his grandson, and both their lives turn upside-down.
Released on: Fri 03 Mar 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
Rating: PG
Directed by: Peter Yates
Partial Cast List: Peter Falk Rocky Holzcek
D.B. Sweeney Michael Holzcek
Julianne Moore Beth Holzcek
Ellen Burstyn Judith
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CLOCKERS, TO DIE FOR, BEYOND RANGOON, behind the scenes of LORD OF ILLUSIONS and more!
Preview Theater episode #084 originally broadcast on September 14, 1995
Featured in this episode:
Title: Clockers
Plot: Young drug pushers in the projects of Brooklyn live hard dangerous lives, trapped between their drug bosses and the detectives out to stop them.
Released on: Wed 13 Sep 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rating: R
Directed by: Spike Lee
Partial Cast List: Harvey Keitel Det. Rocco Klein
John Turturro Det. Larry Mazilli
Delroy Lindo Rodney Little
Mekhi Phifer Ronald ‘Strike’ Dunham
Title: To Die For
Plot: Suzanne Stone is an aspiring TV personality who will do anything to be in the spotlight, including enlisting three teenagers to kill her husband.
Released on: Fri 06 Oct 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Gus Van Sant
Partial Cast List: Nicole Kidman Suzanne Stone Maretto
Matt Dillon Larry Maretto
Joaquin Phoenix Jimmy Emmett
Casey Affleck Russel Hines
Title: Lord of Illusions
Plot: During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D’Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult…
Released on: Fri 25 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Clive Barker
Partial Cast List: Scott Bakula Harry D’Amour
Kevin J. O’Connor Philip Swann
Joseph Latimore Caspar Quaid
Sheila Tousey Jennifer Desiderio
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
Title: Beyond Rangoon
Plot: Laura is trying to pick up the pieces of her life after the murder of her husband and son, and goes on vacation with her sister to Burma…
Released on: Fri 25 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: John Boorman
Partial Cast List: Patricia Arquette Laura Bowman
U Aung Ko U Aung Ko
Frances McDormand Andy Bowman
Spalding Gray Jeremy Watt
Title: The Baby-Sitters Club
Plot: Seven junior-high-school girls organize a daycare camp for children while at the same time experiencing classic adolescent growing pains.
Released on: Fri 18 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Family
Rating: PG
Directed by: Melanie Mayron
Partial Cast List: Schuyler Fisk Kristy Thomas
Bre Blair Stacey McGill
Rachael Leigh Cook Mary Anne Spier
Larisa Oleynik Dawn Schafer
Title: A Little Princess
Plot: A young girl is relegated to servitude at a boarding school when her father goes missing and is presumed dead.
Released on: Wed 10 May 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Family, Fantasy
Rating: G
Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
Partial Cast List: Liesel Matthews Sara Crewe
Eleanor Bron Miss Minchin
Liam Cunningham Capt. Crewe/Prince Rama
Rusty Schwimmer Amelia Minchin
Title: Jefferson in Paris
Plot: One of the obsessive speculations in American history is whether Thomas Jefferson, in the years before he became president…
Released on: Fri 31 Mar 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: James Ivory
Partial Cast List: Nick Nolte Thomas Jefferson
Greta Scacchi Maria Cosway
Gwyneth Paltrow Patsy Jefferson
Estelle Eonnet Polly Jefferson
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MOONLIGHT AND VALENTINO, ARABIAN KNIGHT, THE INNOCENT, behind the scenes of A KID IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT and more!
Preview Theater episode #083 originally broadcast on September 07, 1995
From IMDB:
Title: Moonlight and Valentino
Plot: A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local housepainter.
Released on: Fri 29 Sep 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: R
Directed by: David Anspaugh
Partial Cast List: Elizabeth Perkins Rebecca Trager Lott
Whoopi Goldberg Sylvie Morrow
Kathleen Turner Alberta Trager
Gwyneth Paltrow Lucy Trager
Title: The Princess and the Cobbler
Plot: When Tack upsets Zigzag the Vizier, the wizard drags him off to the royal castle, where Princess Yum…
Released on: Sun 05 Sep 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Rating: G
Directed by: Richard Williams
Partial Cast List: Vincent Price ZigZag (voice)
Matthew Broderick Tack the Cobbler (Miramax version) (voice)
Jennifer Beals Princess YumYum (Miramax version) (voice)
Bobbi Page Princess YumYum (Majestic Films version)/Additional voices (Miramax version) (voice)
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: The Innocent
Plot: A young engineer is sent to post-WWII Berlin to help the Americans in spying on the Russians. In a time…
Released on: Fri 01 Sep 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Partial Cast List: Isabella Rossellini Maria
Anthony Hopkins Glass
Campbell Scott Leonard
Ronald Nitschke Otto
From IMDB:
Title: Something to Talk About
Plot: A woman’s world is rocked when she discovers her husband is cheating on her.
Released on: Fri 04 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: R
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Partial Cast List: Julia Roberts Grace King Bichon
Dennis Quaid Eddie Bichon
Robert Duvall Wyly King
Gena Rowlands Georgia King
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
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: A Goofy Movie
Plot: When Max makes an preposterous promise to a girl he has a crush on, his chances to fulfilling it seem hopeless when he is dragged onto a cross-country trip with his embarrassing father, Goofy.
Released on: Fri 07 Apr 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Rating: TV-G
Directed by: Kevin Lima
Partial Cast List: Bill Farmer Goofy (voice)
Jason Marsden Max Goof (voice)
Jim Cummings Pete (voice)
Kellie Martin Roxanne (voice)
From IMDB:
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