August 8, 2016 by Alton Christensen

EMMA, JOE’S APARTMENT, THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO, behind the scenes of KAZAAM and more!

Preview Theater episode #131 originally broadcast on August 08, 1996
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In rural 1800s England things go bad for a young matchmaker after she finds a man for another woman. Jane Austen’s Emma stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor ,Jeremy Northam & Toni Collette. [IMDB]

A nice guy has just moved to New York and discovers that he must share his run-down apartment with a couple thousand singing, dancing cockroaches. Joe’s Apartment stars Jerry O’Connell, Megan Ward, and Billy West.

One of puppet-maker Geppetto’s creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. The Adventures of Pinocchio stars Martin Landau, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and Geneviève Bujold. 

Behind the Scenes of Kazaam – 5,000-year-old genie who appears from a magic boombox to grant a boy three wishes. It stars Shaquille O’Neal and Francis Capra. [IMDB]

And there’s more at the theater and on home video on this week’s look back at 20 years ago on Preview Theater.

August 1, 2016 by Alton Christensen

KINGPIN, KAZAAM, TRAINSPOTTING, behind the scenes of MULTIPLICITY and more!

Preview Theater episode #130 originally broadcast on August 01, 1996
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Kingpin is about a star bowler whose career was prematurely “cut off” hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches. It stars Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, and Bill Murray. [IMDB]

Shaq is Kazaam – 5,000-year-old genie who appears from a magic boombox to grant a boy three wishes. It stars Shaquille O’Neal and Francis Capra. [IMDB]

A pivotal film of the 90’s Trainspotting is about a fellow who is deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends. It launched many careers. Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner & Jonny Lee Miller star, directed by Danny Boyle.
T2: Trainspotting, a sequel, is due out in 2017. [IMDB]

Behind the Scenes of Multiplicity which is about a man who never has enough time for the things he wants to do is offered the opportunity to have himself duplicated. It stars Michael Keaton and Andie MacDowell. [IMDB]

And there’s more at the theater and on home video on this week’s look back at 20 years ago on Preview Theater.

July 25, 2016 by Alton Christensen

A TIME TO KILL, THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, MULTIPLICITY, behind the scenes of COURAGE UNDER FIRE and more!

Preview Theater episode #129 originally broadcast on July 25, 1996
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A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the K.K.K. A Time to Kill stars Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey, and Samuel L. Jackson.

Grossly overweight professor Sherman Klump, desperate to lose weight, takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim but obnoxious Buddy Love. A remake of the 1963 Jerry Lewis classic, The Nutty Professor stars Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, and James Coburn.

We go behind the scenes of Courage Under Fire, a story about a US Army officer, despondent about a deadly mistake he made, investigates a female chopper commander’s worthiness for the Medal of Honor. It stars Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, and Lou Diamond Phillips.

And there’s more at the theater and on home video on this week’s look back at 20 years ago on Preview Theater.

May 2, 2016 by Alton Christensen

BARB WIRE, THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS & DOGS, and behind the Scenes of MULHOLLAND FALLS

Preview Theater episode #117 originally broadcast on April 02, 1996