MIXED NUTS, LITTLE WOMEN, MRS. PARKER AND THE VICIOUS CIRCLE, STAR TREK GENERATIONS, and behind the scenes of THE SANTA CLAUSE

 


Preview Theater episode #044 originally broadcast on December 11, 1994
Featured in this episode:

Mixed Nuts
From IMDB:Title: Mixed Nuts
Plot: The events focus around a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.
Released on: Wed 21 Dec 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Nora Ephron
Partial Cast List: Steve Martin Philip, Madeline Kahn Mrs. Munchnik, Robert Klein Mr. Lobel, Anthony LaPaglia Felix


Little Women
From IMDB:
Title: Little Women
Plot: The March sisters live and grow in post-Civil War America.
Released on: Sun 25 Dec 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Romance
Rating: PG
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
Partial Cast List: Susan Sarandon Mrs. March, Winona Ryder Jo March, Kirsten Dunst Younger Amy March, Claire Danes Beth March


The Santa Clause
From IMDB:Title: The Santa Clause
Plot: When a man inadvertantly kills Santa on Christmas Eve, he finds himself magically recruited to take his place.
Released on: Fri 11 Nov 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Rating: PG
Directed by: John Pasquin
Partial Cast List: Tim Allen Scott Calvin/Santa Claus, Judge Reinhold Dr. Neil Miller, Wendy Crewson Laura Calvin Miller, Eric Lloyd Charlie Calvin


<Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
From IMDB:Title: Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Plot: Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit…
Released on: Wed 23 Nov 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Biography, Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Alan Rudolph
Partial Cast List: Jennifer Jason Leigh Dorothy Parker, Campbell Scott Robert Benchley, Matthew Broderick Charles MacArthur, Peter Gallagher Alan Campbell


Star Trek: Generations
From IMDB:Title: Star Trek: Generations
Plot: Captain Picard, with the help of supposedly dead Captain Kirk, must stop a madman willing to murder on a planetary scale in order to enter an energy ribbon.
Released on: Fri 18 Nov 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Rating: PG
Directed by: David Carson
Partial Cast List: Patrick Stewart Picard, William Shatner Kirk, Malcolm McDowell Soran, Jonathan Frakes Riker


Widows' Peak
From IMDB:Title: Widows’ Peak
Plot: Edwina has just moved into the neighborhood known as “Widows’ Peak,” so called due to the prevalent marital status of the residents…
Released on: Fri 13 May 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: PG
Directed by: John Irvin
Partial Cast List: Joan Plowright Mrs. Doyle-Counihan, Mia Farrow Miss Katherine O’Hare/Clancy, Natasha Richardson Mrs. Edwina Broome, Adrian Dunbar Godfrey Doyle-Counihan


Maverick
From IMDB:Title: Maverick
Plot: Bret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.
Released on: Fri 20 May 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller, Western
Rating: PG
Directed by: Richard Donner
Partial Cast List: Mel Gibson Bret Maverick, Jodie Foster Annabelle Bransford, James Garner Marshal Zane Cooper, Graham Greene Joseph


Getting In
From IMDB:Title: Getting In
Plot: Gabriel Higgs has failed to get into Johns Hopkins to study medicine. He’s sixth on a list of backup candidates…
Released on: 1994
Genre(s): Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Doug Liman
Partial Cast List: Stephen Mailer Gabriel Higgs, Grahame Wood Lab Partner, Kristy Swanson Kirby Watts, Daniel R. Gerson Ross


The Birds II: Land's End
From IMDB:Title: The Birds II: Land’s End
Plot: Birds go berserk and turn against mankind.
Released on: Sat 19 Mar 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Horror
Rating: R
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal (as Alan Smithee), Alan Smithee
Partial Cast List: Brad Johnson Ted, Chelsea Field May, James Naughton Frank, Jan Rubes Karl

 


Daughter of Darkness
From IMDB:Title: Daughter of Darkness
Plot: Police suspect a young teenager who was horrifically abused by her family and raped by her father of finally snapping and slaughtering them all.
Released on: Thu 28 Oct 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Kai-Ming Lai
Partial Cast List: Yuk-kwan Chan, Lily Chung Mak Wei-Fong, Daisy Fong’s Mother, Biu Gam (as Piao Chin)


 

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