Preview Theater episode #065 originally broadcast on May 04, 1995
Featured in this episode:
Title: Crimson Tide
Plot: On a US nuclear missile sub, a young first officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.
Released on: Fri 12 May 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Tony Scott
Partial Cast List: Gene Hackman Capt. Frank Ramsey, Denzel Washington Lt. Commander Ron Hunter, Matt Craven Lt. Roy Zimmer, USS Alabama Communications Officer, George Dzundza Chief of the Boat
Title: Panther
Plot: A dramatized account of the story of The Black Panther Party of Self-Defense.
Released on: Wed 03 May 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Mario Van Peebles
Partial Cast List: Kadeem Hardison Judge, Bokeem Woodbine Tyrone, Joe Don Baker Brimmer, Courtney B. Vance Bobby Seale
Title: Rob Roy
Plot: In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future,…
Released on: Fri 14 Apr 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Biography
Rating: R
Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones
Partial Cast List: Liam Neeson Rob Roy, Jessica Lange Mary, John Hurt Montrose, Tim Roth Cunningham
Title: The Basketball Diaries
Plot: Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll’s epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction…
Released on: Fri 21 Apr 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Rating: R
Directed by: Scott Kalvert
Partial Cast List: Leonardo DiCaprio Jim Carroll, Lorraine Bracco Jim’s Mother, Marilyn Sokol Chanting Woman, James Madio Pedro
Title: A Pyromaniac’s Love Story
Plot: A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered…
Released on: Fri 28 Apr 1995 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Romance
Rating: PG
Directed by: Joshua Brand
Partial Cast List: William Baldwin Garet, John Leguizamo Sergio, Sadie Frost Hattie, Erika Eleniak Stephanie Potts
Title: Radioland Murders
Plot: In 1939, WBN, a fourth radio network, is about to take to America’s airwaves. As if the confusion of the premiere night wasn’t enough…
Released on: Fri 21 Oct 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Crime, Drama, Musical, Mystery, Romance
Rating: PG
Directed by: Mel Smith
Partial Cast List: Brian Benben Roger Henderson, Mary Stuart Masterson Penny Henderson, Ned Beatty General Walt Whalen, George Burns Milt Lackey
Title: The Puppet Masters
Plot: The Earth is invaded by alien “slugs” that ride on people’s backs and control their minds.
Released on: Fri 21 Oct 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Stuart Orme
Partial Cast List: Donald Sutherland Andrew Nivens, Eric Thal Sam Nivens, Julie Warner Mary Sefton, Keith David Alex Holland