Big Time (VHS)
Directed by Jan Egleson and based on the play by Keith Reddin, this made-for-television drama depicts the dangerous, fast-living world of the late-1980s. Mia Sara (FERRIS BUELLER`S DAY OFF) as a frustrated fashion model who finds herself caught up in a tumultuous love triangle. Cinematographer Paul Goldsmith`s flashy camera work ups the adrenaline bar and makes audiences truly feel the characters` ultimately painful downfalls.NR"
Director: Jan Egleson
ACTORS: Mia Sara, Ron Silver, Dennis Boutsikaris, Paul Guilfoyle, Adrian Pasdar
Summer of `42 (DVD)
Gently nostalgic, Robert Mulligan`s tender and insightful look at three teenage boys` approach to the mysteries of love and sex takes place on the coast of New England during World War II. While his two friends devote their time to investigating the process of getting laid, Hermie finds himself falling in love with the young wife of a U.S. serviceman away at the war. Stumbling over their misconceptions, fears, and ignorance, the boys fumble their way toward adulthood during their last summer of youth and innocence. Noted for his skill with young actors, Robert Mulligan (TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD) draws out the insecurities of growing up from his cast and will touch viewers reminiscing about their own coming of age.PG"
Director: Robert Mulligan
ACTORS: Jennifer O`Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant, Christopher Norris
Uncovered (VHS)
When art restorer Julia (Kate Beckinsdale) discovers a painting linked to centuries old murders, she finds that a new wave of murders might have been triggered. As more people start to die, she tries to find the reason behind the murders, and the killer."
Director: Jim McBride
ACTORS: Kate Beckinsale, John Wood, Sinead Cusack, Paudge Behan
Chinatown (DVD) 25th Anniversary - Sensormatic Director Roman Polanski`s classic neo-noir detective story is set during a heat wave in 1930s Los Angeles, where residents suffer from a water shortage due to an ongoing drought. With stellar contribution...
Director Roman Polanski`s classic neo-noir detective story is set during a heat wave in 1930s Los Angeles, where residents suffer from a water shortage due to an ongoing drought. With stellar contributions from composer Jerry Goldsmith and screenwriter Robert Towne, whose script recalls the hard-boiled cynicism of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, CHINATOWN is a complex and superbly crafted period drama that has become Polanski`s most critically acclaimed film. Private investigator Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) runs a sleazy detective agency specia. When a client (Diane Ladd) hires him to spy on her husband, who is rumored to be having an affair with a younger woman, Jake uncovers a plot against the man--but this is only the tip of the iceberg. Yet to emerge are a sex scandal implicating the real wife (Faye Dunaway), with whom Jake is destined to become more closely acquainted, and a real estate swindle of tremendous proportions devised by her tycoon father (John Huston), backed up by a vast network of corrupt city officials and landowners who make life hell for the private eye.
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Director: Roman Polanski
ACTORS: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, John Hillerman, Burt Young
Continental Divide (DVD)
City meets country in this romantic comedy about a tough Chicago newspaperman who falls in love with an ornithologist. Ernie Souchak is a guy who thinks communing with nature means sitting on a bench in the city park. Nell Porter is a woman who has spent most of her life alone in the mountains studying birds. The two meet when a reluctant Souchak is sent to the Rocky Mountains to do a story on the reclusive bird lover. Their mutual attraction overcomes their differences as the mismatched couple begins pursuing a highly irregular relationship.PG"
Director: Michael Apted
ACTORS: John Belushi, Blair Brown, Carlin Glynn, Allen Garfield, Val Avery
