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March 14, 2016 by Alton Christensen

EXECUTIVE DECISION, BEAUTIFUL GIRLS, THE BIRDCAGE, behind the scenes of UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL and more!

Preview Theater episode #110 originally broadcast on March 14, 1996

New this week: When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation. Executive Decision stars Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, and Steven Seagal.

A piano player at a crossroads in his life returns home to his friends and their own problems with life and love in Beautiful Girls. It stars Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, and Noah Emmerich.

Up Close and Personal is about an ambitious young woman, determined to build a career in TV journalism, gets good advice from her first boss, and they fall in love. See what Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Stockard Channing get up to in this behind-the-scenes feature.
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March 6, 2016 by Alton Christensen

IF LUCY FELL, UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL, FARGO, behind the scenes of UNFORGETTABLE and more!

Preview Theater episode #109 originally broadcast on March 06, 1996Featured in this episode:
A pair of roommates and best friends with embarrassingly dull love lives. They make a pact that if they don’t have stable romances within a month, they must jump off the Brooklyn Bridge. If Lucy Fell stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Eric Schaeffer and Ben Stiller.

Up Close and Personal is about an ambitious young woman, determined to build a career in TV journalism, gets good advice from her first boss, and they fall in love. It stars Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer and Stockard Channing.

We go behind the scenes of Unforgettable which stars Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino and Peter Coyote.

And there’s more at the theater and on home video on this week’s look back at 20 years ago on Preview Theater
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February 29, 2016 by Alton Christensen

MARY REILLY, FRENCH TWIST, RUMBLE IN THE BRONX, behind the scenes of MR. WRONG and more!

Preview Theater episode #108 originally broadcast on Feburary 29, 1996Mary Reilly is the story of a housemaid who falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde. It stars Julia Roberts and John Malkovich.

Go behind the scenes of Mr. Wrong.

A couple of art house imports this week: In French Twist a housewife learns of her husband’s infidelities, and invites an itinerant lesbian to move in with them. None of their lives will ever be the same again.
And, in Rumble in the Bronx, a young man visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills.

Featured in this episode:

From IMDB:

Title: Mary Reilly
Plot: A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.
Released on: Fri 23 Feb 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Partial Cast List: Julia Roberts Mary Reilly
John Malkovich Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde
George Cole Mr. Poole
Michael Gambon Mary’s Father

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

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Title: Ready to Wear
Plot: A chronicle of the interconnected lives of a group of people in the lead up to Paris Fashion Week.
Released on: Sun 25 Dec 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Robert Altman
Partial Cast List: Sophia Loren Isabella de la Fontaine
Julia Roberts Anne Eisenhower
Marcello Mastroianni Sergei (Sergio)
Jean-Pierre Cassel Olivier de la Fontaine

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Title: The Pelican Brief
Plot: A law student uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and others in danger.
Released on: Fri 17 Dec 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Partial Cast List: Julia Roberts Darby Shaw
Denzel Washington Gray Grantham
Sam Shepard Thomas Callahan
John Heard Gavin Vereek

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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

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Title: French Twist
Plot: After learning of her husband’s infidelities, a housewife invites an itinerant lesbian to move in with them. None of their lives will ever be the same again.
Released on: Fri 19 Jan 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy
Rating: R
Directed by: Josiane Balasko
Partial Cast List: Victoria Abril Loli
Josiane Balasko Marijo
Alain Chabat Laurent Lafaye
Ticky Holgado Antoine

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Title: Rumble in the Bronx
Plot: A young man visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art skills.
Released on: Fri 23 Feb 1996 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Comedy
Rating: R
Directed by: Stanley Tong
Partial Cast List: Jackie Chan Keung
Anita Mui Elaine
Françoise Yip Nancy
Bill Tung Uncle Bill

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Title: Pocahontas
Plot: An English soldier and the daughter of an Algonquin chief share a romance when English colonists invade seventeenth-century Virginia.
Released on: Fri 23 Jun 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, History, Musical, Romance
Rating: G
Directed by: Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg
Partial Cast List: Mel Gibson John Smith (voice)
Linda Hunt Grandmother Willow (voice)
Christian Bale Thomas (voice)
Irene Bedard Pocahontas (voice)

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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

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February 22, 2016 by Alton Christensen

HAPPY GILMORE, BIO-DOME, MR. WRONG, behind the scenes of BROKEN ARROW and more!

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

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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

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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

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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

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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