Preview Theater episode #011 originally broadcast on April 11, 1994
Featured in this episode:
Title: Jimmy Hollywood
Plot: Jimmy Alto is an actor wannabe who stumbles into the role of a lifetime. He becomes a vigilante crime-fighter…
Released on: Wed 30 Mar 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Crime, Comedy, Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Partial Cast List: Joe Pesci Jimmy Alto, Christian Slater William, Victoria Abril Lorraine de la Peña, Jason Beghe Detective
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Title: Threesome
Plot: Eddy and Stuart share two-thirds of a dormitory suite. Due to bureaucratic error, a woman named Alex is added to their room…
Released on: Fri 08 Apr 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Romance, Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Andrew Fleming
Partial Cast List: Lara Flynn Boyle Alex, Josh Charles Eddy, Stephen Baldwin Stuart, Alexis Arquette Dick
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Title: The Temp
Plot: A cookie company takeover has employees scrambling to make a case for continued employment. An executive’s…
Released on: Fri 12 Feb 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Tom Holland
Partial Cast List: Timothy Hutton Peter Derns, Lara Flynn Boyle Kris Bolin, Dwight Schultz Roger Jasser, Oliver Platt Jack Hartsell
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Title: The Paper
Plot: Henry Hackett is the editor of a New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent…
Released on: Fri 18 Mar 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Ron Howard
Partial Cast List: Michael Keaton Henry Hackett, Glenn Close Alicia Clark, Robert Duvall Bernie White, Marisa Tomei Martha Hackett
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Title: Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Plot: Frank Drebin comes out of retirement to help Police Squad infiltrate a gang of terrorists planning to detonate a bomb at the Academy Awards.
Released on: Fri 18 Mar 1994 UTC
Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Crime
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: Peter Segal
Partial Cast List: Leslie Nielsen Lt. Frank Drebin, Priscilla Presley Jane Spencer, George Kennedy Ed Hocken, O.J. Simpson Nordberg
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Title: Carlito’s Way
Plot: A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.
Released on: Wed 10 Nov 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Crime, Drama
Rating: R
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Partial Cast List: Al Pacino Carlito, Sean Penn Kleinfeld, Penelope Ann Miller Gail, John Leguizamo Benny Blanco
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Title: We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story
Plot: Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and nonviolent…
Released on: Wed 24 Nov 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Rating: G
Directed by: Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells
Partial Cast List: John Goodman Rex (voice), Charles Fleischer Dweeb (voice), Blaze Berdahl Buster (voice), Rhea Perlman Mother Bird (voice)
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Title: The Ballad of Little Jo
Plot: Based on a true story, this is the tale of Josephine Monaghan, a young woman of the mid-19th century…
Released on: Fri 20 Aug 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Western
Rating: R
Directed by: Maggie Greenwald
Partial Cast List: Suzy Amis Josephine ‘Jo’ Monaghan, Bo Hopkins Frank Badger, Ian McKellen Percy Corcoran, David Chung Tinman Wong
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Title: Malice
Plot: A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy’s a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a “know all” doctor.
Released on: Fri 01 Oct 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: R
Directed by: Harold Becker
Partial Cast List: Alec Baldwin Dr. Jed Hill, Nicole Kidman Tracy Kennsinger, Bill Pullman Andy Safian, Bebe Neuwirth Det. Dana Harris
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Title: Cool Runnings
Plot: Based on the true story of the first Jamaican bobsled team trying to make it to the winter Olympics.
Released on: Fri 01 Oct 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Rating: PG
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
Partial Cast List: John Candy Irv, Leon Derice Bannock, Doug E. Doug Sanka Coffie, Rawle D. Lewis Junior Bevil
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Title: Farewell My Concubine
Plot: The story of two men, who met as apprentices in the Peking Opera, and stayed friends for over 50 years.
Released on: Fri 15 Oct 1993 UTC
Genre(s): Drama, Music, Romance, War
Rating: R
Directed by: Kaige Chen
Partial Cast List: Leslie Cheung Cheng Dieyi (segment “Douzi”), Fengyi Zhang Duan Xiaolou (segment “Shitou”), Li Gong Juxian, Qi Lü Master Guan