WAITING TO EXHALE, TO WONG FOO THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, JULIE NEWMAR, MAGIC IN THE WATER, behind the scenes of DESPERADO and more!
Preview Theater episode #082 originally broadcast on August 31, 1995
Featured in this episode:
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
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
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: 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, Romance
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
Title: Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Plot: New York City, Dr. Richard Jacks is a creator of perfumes. He spends all of his days try to invent the next best thing in the industry…
Released on: Fri 25 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: David Price
Partial Cast List: Sean Young Helen Hyde
Tim Daly Dr. Richard Jacks
Lysette Anthony Sarah Carver
Stephen Tobolowsky Oliver Mintz
Title: Desperado
Plot: A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner.
Released on: Fri 25 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Crime, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Partial Cast List: Antonio Banderas El Mariachi
Salma Hayek Carolina
Joaquim de Almeida Bucho
Cheech Marin Short Bartender
Title: Magic in the Water
Plot: Radio psychologist Jack Black takes his children Joshua and Ashley on a ‘vacation’ to a lake in British Columbia…
Released on: Wed 30 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Rating: PG
Directed by: Rick Stevenson
Partial Cast List: Mark Harmon Jack Black
Harley Jane Kozak Dr. Wanda Bell
Joshua Jackson Joshua Black
Sarah Wayne Ashley Black
Title: A Walk in the Clouds
Plot: A Walk in the Clouds depicted a story about a young-married US military soldier, named Paul, who returned home after the World War II…
Released on: Fri 11 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Alfonso Arau
Partial Cast List: Keanu Reeves Paul Sutton
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (as Aitana Sanchez-Gijon) Victoria Aragon
Anthony Quinn Don Pedro Aragon
Giancarlo Giannini Alberto Aragon
Title: The Hunted
Plot: Paul is on one of his many business trips to Tokyo, as a computer-chip executive from New York, when he meets a beautiful and mysterious woman…
Released on: Fri 24 Feb 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: J.F. Lawton
Partial Cast List: Christopher Lambert Paul Racine
John Lone Kinjo
Joan Chen Kirina
Yoshio Harada Takeda Sensei
Title: Temptation of a Monk
Plot: Near the beginning of the Tang dynasty, in 7th century China, General Shi Yan-sheng is tricked into leaving the crown prince unguarded…
Released on: Fri 25 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Romance, Action
Rating: MA
Directed by: Clara Law
Partial Cast List: Joan Chen Princess Hong-e – Scarlet/Qing-shou – Violet
Hsing-kuo Wu (as Hsin Kuo Wu) General Shi Yan-sheng/Jing-yi
Fengyi Zhang General Huo Da
Ming-yang Li The Abbot
Title: Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
Plot: The Candyman arrives in New Orleans and sets his sights on a young woman whose family was ruined by the immortal killer years before.
Released on: Fri 17 Mar 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Horror
Rating: R
Directed by: Bill Condon
Partial Cast List: Tony Todd Candyman/Daniel Robitaille
Kelly Rowan Annie Tarrant
William O’Leary Ethan Tarrant
Bill Nunn Reverend Ellis
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BEYOND RANGOON, THE BABY SITTERS CLUB, DOUBLE HAPPINESS, behind the scenes of DANGEROUS MINDS and more!
Preview Theater episode #081 originally broadcast on August 24, 1995
Featured in this episode:
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: Dangerous Minds
Plot: An ex-Marine turned teacher struggles to connect with her students in an inner city school.
Released on: Fri 11 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Biography, Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: John N. Smith
Partial Cast List: Michelle Pfeiffer Louanne Johnson
George Dzundza Hal Griffith
Courtney B. Vance Mr. George Grandey
Robin Bartlett Mrs. Carla Nichols
Title: Double Happiness
Plot: Twenty-two year old Chinese-Canadian Jade Li comes from a traditional Chinese family, who try to put…
Released on: Fri 28 Jul 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Drama
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Mina Shum
Partial Cast List: Sandra Oh Jade Li
Stephen Chang (as Stephen M.D. Chang) Dad Li
Alannah Ong Mom Li
Donald Fong Ah Hong
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
Title: Desperado
Plot: A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner.
Released on: Fri 25 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Crime, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Partial Cast List: Antonio Banderas El Mariachi
Salma Hayek Carolina
Joaquim de Almeida Bucho
Cheech Marin Short Bartender
Title: Hideaway
Plot: Hatch Harrison had a traffic accident with his car. At first the doctors said he was dead but then they…
Released on: Fri 03 Mar 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Brett Leonard
Partial Cast List: Jeff Goldblum Hatch
Christine Lahti Lindsey
Alicia Silverstone Regina
Jeremy Sisto Vassago
Title: Tom & Viv
Plot: In 1915, T.S. (Tom) Eliot and Vivienne Haigh-Wood elope, but her longstanding gynecological and emotional problems disrupt their planned honeymoon…
Released on: Fri 02 Dec 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Brian Gilbert
Partial Cast List: Willem Dafoe Tom Eliot
Miranda Richardson Vivienne Haigh-Wood
Rosemary Harris Rose Haigh-Wood
Tim Dutton Maurice Haigh-Wood
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DESPERADO, JEFFREY, THE CRUDE OASIS, behind the scenes of WATERWORLD and more!
Preview Theater episode #080 originally broadcast on August 17, 1995
Featured in this episode:
Title: Desperado
Plot: A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner.
Released on: Fri 25 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Crime, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Partial Cast List: Antonio Banderas El Mariachi
Salma Hayek Carolina
Joaquim de Almeida Bucho
Cheech Marin Short Bartender
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
Title: Waterworld
Plot: In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw “smokers,” and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land.
Released on: Fri 28 Jul 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Kevin Reynolds
Partial Cast List: Kevin Costner Mariner
Jeanne Tripplehorn Helen
Dennis Hopper Deacon
Tina Majorino Enola
Title: The Crude Oasis
Plot: Lonely Kansas housewife Karen Webb despondent about her love life, her husband Jim Webb coldness and philandering…
Released on: Fri 07 Jul 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Alex Graves
Partial Cast List: Jennifer Taylor Karen Webb
Aaron Shields Harley Underwood
Robert Peterson Jim Webb
Michael Sibay (as Mussef Sibay) The Lover
Title: Virtuosity
Plot: A virtual-reality serial killer manages to escape into the real world.
Released on: Fri 04 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Brett Leonard
Partial Cast List: Denzel Washington Lt. Parker Barnes
Russell Crowe SID 6.7
Kelly Lynch Madison Carter
Stephen Spinella Lindenmeyer
Title: Dangerous Minds
Plot: An ex-Marine turned teacher struggles to connect with her students in an inner city school.
Released on: Fri 11 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Biography, Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: John N. Smith
Partial Cast List: Michelle Pfeiffer Louanne Johnson
George Dzundza Hal Griffith
Courtney B. Vance Mr. George Grandey
Robin Bartlett Mrs. Carla Nichols
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: The Quick and the Dead
Plot: Lady avenger returns to western town owned by a ruthless gunslinger hosting an elimination tournament.
Released on: Fri 10 Feb 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Western
Rating: R
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Partial Cast List: Sharon Stone Ellen
Gene Hackman Herod
Russell Crowe Cort
Leonardo DiCaprio Kid
Title: Tank Girl
Plot: Based on the British cult comic-strip, our tank-riding anti-heroine fights a mega-corporation, which controls the world’s water supply.
Released on: Fri 31 Mar 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Rating: R
Directed by: Rachel Talalay
Partial Cast List: Lori Petty Tank Girl
Ice-T T-Saint
Naomi Watts Jet Girl
Don Harvey Sgt. Small
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Preview Theater episode #079 originally broadcast on August 10, 1995
Featured in this episode:
Title: Babe
Plot: Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett.
Released on: Fri 04 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Family
Rating: G
Directed by: Chris Noonan
Partial Cast List: James Cromwell Farmer Arthur H. Hoggett
Magda Szubanski Esme Hoggett
Christine Cavanaugh Babe (voice)
Miriam Margolyes Fly (voice)
Title: Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Plot: Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale’s jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
Released on: Wed 19 Jul 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Adventure, Drama
Rating: PG
Directed by: Dwight H. Little
Partial Cast List: Jason James Richter Jesse
Michael Madsen Glenn
Francis Capra Elvis
Mary Kate Schellhardt Nadine
Title: Operation Dumbo Drop
Plot: To keep the loyalty of a village during the Vietnam war, a U.S. Army officer and his unit struggle to deliver it a live elephant.
Released on: Fri 28 Jul 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, War
Rating: PG
Directed by: Simon Wincer
Partial Cast List: Danny Glover Capt. Sam Cahill
Ray Liotta Capt. T.C. Doyle
Denis Leary Lt. David Poole
Doug E. Doug Sp4 Harvey (H.A.) Ashford
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
Title: The Net
Plot: A computer programmer stumbles upon a conspiracy, putting her life and the lives of those around her in great danger.
Released on: Fri 28 Jul 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Irwin Winkler
Partial Cast List: Sandra Bullock Angela Bennett
Jeremy Northam Jack Devlin
Dennis Miller Dr. Alan Champion
Diane Baker Mrs. Bennett
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: Virtuosity
Plot: A virtual-reality serial killer manages to escape into the real world.
Released on: Fri 04 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Brett Leonard
Partial Cast List: Denzel Washington Lt. Parker Barnes
Russell Crowe SID 6.7
Kelly Lynch Madison Carter
Stephen Spinella Lindenmeyer
Title: Unzipped
Plot: Isaac Mizrahi, one of the most successful designers in high fashion, plans his fall 1994 collection…
Released on: Fri 11 Aug 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Documentary
Rating: R
Directed by: Douglas Keeve
Partial Cast List: Isaac Mizrahi Himself (uncredited)
Roseanne Barr Herself (uncredited)
Sandra Bernhard Herself (uncredited)
Robert Best Himself (uncredited)
Title: Clueless
Plot: A rich high school student tries to boost a new pupil’s popularity, but reckons without affairs of the heart getting in the way.
Released on: Fri 21 Jul 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Amy Heckerling
Partial Cast List: Alicia Silverstone Cher
Stacey Dash Dionne
Brittany Murphy Tai
Paul Rudd Josh
Title: Billy Madison
Plot: In order to inherit his fed up father’s hotel empire, an immature and lazy man must repeat grades 1-12 all over again.
Released on: Fri 10 Feb 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Tamra Davis
Partial Cast List: Adam Sandler Billy Madison
Darren McGavin Brian Madison
Bridgette Wilson-Sampras (as Bridgette Wilson) Veronica Vaughn
Bradley Whitford Eric Gordon
Title: Nobody’s Fool
Plot: Sully is a rascally ne’er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker’s compensation suit for a bad knee…
Released on: Fri 13 Jan 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Robert Benton
Partial Cast List: Paul Newman Sully
Bruce Willis Carl Roebuck
Jessica Tandy Miss Beryl
Melanie Griffith Toby Roebuck
Title: Outbreak
Plot: Extreme measures are necessary to contain an epidemic of a deadly airborne virus. But how extreme, exactly?
Released on: Fri 10 Mar 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Partial Cast List: Dustin Hoffman Sam Daniels
Rene Russo Robby Keough
Morgan Freeman General Billy Ford
Kevin Spacey Casey Schuler