Movie Releases by Genre
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Babe: Pig in the City
November 25, 1998
This sequel takes the three musketeers, Babe, Ferdy and Mrs. Hoggett, on a crusade into the midst of a large city where despite incredible obstacles, they're able to turn enemies into friends, raise enough money to save the farm and combine the two worlds into one. Once again, it's Babe's kind and steady heart that achieves miracles. [Universal]
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Very Bad Things
November 25, 1998
The grim misadventures of a group of friends in Las Vegas for a bachelor party.
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A Bug's Life
November 25, 1998
The story of an ant named Flik who is searching for better ways to be a bug.
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Celebrity
November 20, 1998
Woody Allen examines America's fascination with fame and glamour.
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Waking Ned Devine
November 20, 1998
From the land where fairy tales were born comes a disarmingly original comic fable about the true meaning of fortune. (Fox Searchlight)
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The Rugrats Movie
November 20, 1998
The babies gets lost in the forest after Tommy Pickles gets a new baby brother.
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The Waterboy
November 6, 1998
Just an oddball mama's boy from the back bayous of Louisiana, Bobby Boucher (Sandler) never wanted anything more than to quench the thirst of the dehydrated athletes who treat him like dirt! But when Coach Klein (Winkler) makes the call that allows Bobby to finally stand up for himself, it unleashes a torrent of bottled-up frustration ... and exposes a talent for tackling that transforms him from a meek "water distribution engineer" into the hardest hitter ever to roam the gridiron! (Buena Vista Entertainment)
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Living Out Loud
October 30, 1998
Holly Hunter stars as a middle-aged divorcee who rediscovers life's possibilities in this offbeat dramedy. (New Line Cinema)
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Pleasantville
October 23, 1998
In Gary Ross' daring modern fairy tale Pleasantville, an entire fictional town is granted a chance to experience the comedies, and dangers of real life. In this fantastical adventure, two late 20th Century teenagers (Maguire, Witherspoon) accidentally bring living color to a mysterious suburb trapped in a black-and-white 50's utopia -- and set off a revolution. (New Line Cinema)
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Orgazmo
October 23, 1998
It's a comedy of a young Mormon's encounter with the porn industry. Joe Young (Parker) goes to spread the Word of God door-to-door, as Mormons do, and finds himself sharing the Word with some porn stars. When security starts hassling him he defends himself with some martial-arts moves that get the film director's attention. Soon, he's taking part in a porn flick in order to raise some money so he can marry his fiancée back in Utah, and the rest is his transformation into Captain Orgazmo. (OrgazmoDVD.com)
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Bride of Chucky
October 16, 1998
Chucky, the John-Gruden-looking doll possessed by a serial killer, discovers the perfect mate to kill and revive into the body of another doll.
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Practical Magic
October 16, 1998
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are modern witches looking for love and happiness in this spunky and spellbinding comedy/romance. (Warner Bros.)
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Happiness
October 16, 1998
A series of intertwining love stories, stories of connections missed and made between people, how people always struggle to make a connection, and to what degree they succeed or don't. (Good Machine Releasing)
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Holy Man
October 9, 1998
Eddie Murphy stars as G, an outrageous, self-styled inspirational guru with a knack for showing up where he isn't exactly wanted. (Buena Vista Entertainment)
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A Night at the Roxbury
October 2, 1998
Chris Kattan and Will Ferrell reprise their roles as Steve and Doug Butabi, two pathetic brothers who try to work their way onto the list of one of Hollywood's hippest nightclubs.
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Antz
October 2, 1998
When one ant becomes disenfranchised from the totalitarian work regime of his colony, he adventures off to lands unknown.
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Pecker
September 25, 1998
A Baltimore sandwich shop employee becomes an overnight sensation when photographs he's taken of his weird family become the latest rage in the art world. (Warner Home Video)
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Clay Pigeons
September 25, 1998
Lester Long (Vaughn) has a firm handshake, a ready smile, and some strange ideas about friendship in this 90's noir. As dead bodies start piling up in a small Montana town, Lester burrows his way into Clay's (Phoenix) life and plays a twisted game of shifted blame and double-cross.
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Rush Hour
September 18, 1998
The fastest hands in the East meet the biggest mouth in the West when legendary martial arts daredevil Jackie Chan teams with comedic powerhouse Chris Tucker.
(New Line Cinema)
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Simon Birch
September 11, 1998
Even though Simon Birch is the smallest kid in town, deep down he knows that he was born to do something big. He's on a constant search to discover his destiny, but somehow manages to find nothing but trouble. (Buena Vista Pictures)
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Next Stop Wonderland
August 21, 1998
A lighthearted story about a man and a woman who seem destined to be together and the hilarious chain of accidents that seem determined to keep them apart! (Miramax)
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Dead Man on Campus
August 21, 1998
Tom Everett Scott and Mark-Paul Gosselaar play new roommates Josh and Cooper. Josh is the studious type, Cooper's the nothing-succeeds-like-excess guy--a lifestyle that rubs off on Josh and soon has both in danger of
flunking out. But there's a catch: a clause in the schools charter awards A's to students who suffer the trauma of a roommate's suicide. So Josh and Cooper set out to find a suicidal roomie who is, uh, Most Likely To Succeed.
(Paramount Pictures)
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Your Friends & Neighbors
August 21, 1998
Six urbanites play musical beds.
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Slums of Beverly Hills
August 14, 1998
A funny, raw and engagingly personal memoir of growing-up on the wrong side of the 90210 zip code. (Fox Searchlight)
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BASEketball
July 31, 1998
Two losers from Milwaukee (Parker and Stone) invent a new game playing basketball, but using baseball rules. When the game becomes a huge success, they are thrust into the media spotlight, much to their chagrin.
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Ever After
July 31, 1998
Drew Barrymore stars in this unique re-telling of the Cinderella story.
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The Parent Trap
July 29, 1998
The story of identical twin sisters (Lohan), separated at birth and raised on different continents by their successful parents Nick Parker (Quaid) and Elizabeth James (Richardson). Unaware of each other's existence, the girls coincidentally meet at an exclusive summer camp in Maine. The girls devise a scheme to switch places and ultimately reunite their parents.
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Western
July 24, 1998
Catalonian Paco is a traveling rep for a shoe manufacturer. When he stops to pick up Russian emigree hitchhiker Nino, Paco soon finds himself on the side of the road with everything stolen out from under him. Local gift shop owner Marinette gives the Spaniard a lift. Their mutual attraction manifests itself quickly, and Paco, who was fired over the stolen-car episode, hangs around. When he happens to spot Nino in the same town, he beats up the scrawny Russian, who lands in the hospital. Oddly enough, this marks the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Paco and Nino soon take the trip down the road together.
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There's Something About Mary
July 15, 1998
An outrageous, gross-out romantic comedy starring Cameron Diaz as every guy's ideal and Ben Stiller as her hopeless suitor.
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Buffalo '66
June 26, 1998
A social misfit is rescued from emotional annihilation by the girl he kidnaps.
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Dr. Dolittle
June 26, 1998
Eddie Murphy stars as a veterinarian who talks to the animals and can hear them talk back.
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Out of Sight
June 26, 1998
Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard, Out of Sight tells the story of the unlikely relationship that forms between a sexy US Marshal (Lopez) and a charming career criminal (Clooney).
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Smoke Signals
June 26, 1998
Though Victor and Thomas have lived their entire young lives in the same tiny town, they couldn't have less in common! But when Victor is urgently called away, it's Thomas who comes up with the money to pay for his trip. There's just one thing Victor has to do: take Thomas along for the ride! (Miramax)
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I Went Down
June 24, 1998
Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank Grogan, and take him to a man with a friendly face at a shack across a bog. It's a tougher assignment than it seems: Git's a novice, Bunny's prone to rash acts, Frank doesn't want to be found (and once he's found, he has no money), and maybe Tom's planning to murder Frank, which puts Git in a moral dilemma. Then, there's the long-ago disappearance of Sonny Mulligan. What's a decent and stand-up lad to do?
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Henry Fool
June 19, 1998
Henry Fool, an ex-con (Ryan) moves into garbagman Simon's (Urbaniak) basement to write his book. He encourages Simon to write as well and Simon develops a poem that makes him world famous.
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Edge of Seventeen
June 14, 1998
A teenager copes with his sexuality on the last day of school in 1984. It shows him coping with being gay and being with friends.
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Can't Hardly Wait
June 12, 1998
A teen-age romantic comedy set amid a night of wild partying in honor of high school graduation.
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Dirty Work
June 12, 1998
A loser finds success in the revenge-for-hire business.
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Mr. Jealousy
June 5, 1998
Lester is an occasional substitute teacher and he's very jealous. He is jealous about the last boyfriend of his slightly wacky current partner Ramona - arrogant bestselling author Dashiell. Lester joins Dashiell's therapy group under an alias to find out if Dashiell still has any feelings for her.
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The Last Days of Disco
May 29, 1998
In the last months of the disco era, a popular dance club becomes the center of nightlife for a group of young people who recently arrived in Manhattan. [Castle Rock]
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The Opposite of Sex
May 22, 1998
Lessons of life and love are learned as various characters confront and explore their own sexuality, learn to let go of their traditional beliefs and ultimately discover that what they really want is "the opposite of sex" - lasting, committed and loving relationships. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Bulworth
May 19, 1998
A 'tragic-farce,' Bulworth takes a comedic look at race and class in the United States, campaign finance, and the power of big money and media in America. [Twentieth Century Fox]
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Clockwatchers
May 15, 1998
The relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the women was vying for.
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Quest for Camelot
May 15, 1998
An adventurous girl, a young blind hermit, and a goofy two-headed dragon race to find the lost sword Excalibur to save King Arthur and Camelot from disaster.
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Shooting Fish
May 1, 1998
Smooth-talking American Dylan (Futterman) and his English friend Jez (Townsend), with the help of bright young typist Georgie (Becknisale) fleece as many wealthy people as it takes to buy themselves the stately home of their dreams. They run a scam involving selling bogus voice-activated computer hardware to company executives.
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The Big Hit
April 24, 1998
A nice-guy hit man (Whalberg) agrees to take on a kidnapping scheme.
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Sliding Doors
April 24, 1998
Parallel story lines explore the concept of fate and how simple moments have the ability to change our lives.
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Two Girls and a Guy
April 24, 1998
A struggling New York actor is confronted by his two girlfriends when they discover that he has been two-timing both of them.
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Suicide Kings
April 17, 1998
In an attempt to save his sister, Avery and his buddies concoct a "suicidal" plan which involves kidnapping a retired mob boss (Walken) in an attempt to exploit his connections and negotiating power.
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The Object of My Affection
April 17, 1998
George and Nina seem like the perfect couple. They share a cozy Brooklyn apartment, a devotion to ballroom dancing and they love each other. There's only one hitch: George is gay. And when Nina announces she's pregnant, things get particularly complicated.
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3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain
April 10, 1998
Three young boys, Rocky, Colt and Tum Tum together with their neighbor girl, computer whiz Amanda are visiting Mega Mountain amusement park when it is invaded by an army of ninjas led by evil Medusa, who wants to take over the park and hold the owners for ransom. Kids and retired TV star Dave Dragon, who made his farewell appearance at the park at the time the ninjas appeared, have to break Medusa's vicious plans.
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Sonatine
April 10, 1998
Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war then escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.
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The Players Club
April 8, 1998
A woman must contend with rival strippers and her boss in an attempt to make a legitimate living.
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Barney's Great Adventure
April 3, 1998
Mom and dad dump son Cody, daughter Abby, her best friend Marcella and a baby on the farm with Grandpa and Grandma. Purple dinosaur Barney soon appears to entertain kids, and when a large colorful egg deposited on a farm by a shooting star is accidentally carted off, Barney and kids start their chase for it.
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Primary Colors
March 20, 1998
John Travolta leads an all-star cast on a wild race to the presidency in this savagely funny comedy. (Universal Pictures)
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Wide Awake
March 20, 1998
A 10-year-old boy goes on a search for God after his grandfather dies.
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The Big Lebowski
March 6, 1998
'The Dude', Jeff Lebowski is unemployed and as laid-back as they come. That is until he becomes a victim of mistaken identity, and two thugs break into his apartment with the errant belief that they're strong-arming Jeff Lebowski - the Pasadena millionaire. In the hope of getting a replacement for his soiled carpet, 'the Dude' pays a visit to his wealthy namesake...
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Love and Death on Long Island
March 6, 1998
A stuffy British novelist becomes infatuated with a cinematic teen idol and sets out to meet him.
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The Real Blonde
February 27, 1998
A hilarious look at ambitious young entertainment and fashion-industry denizens and the gulf between their dreams...and reality. (Paramount Pictures)
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Senseless
February 20, 1998
An outrageous comedy about two college students who'll try anything to get ahead! (Miramax)
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The Wedding Singer
February 13, 1998
Robbie, a wedding singer, and Julia, a waitress, are both engaged to be married but to the wrong people. Luckily, fortune intervenes to help them discover each other.
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Blues Brothers 2000
February 6, 1998
Elwood must reunite the old band, with a few new members, and go on another "Mission from God."
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Fallen Angels
January 30, 1998
Set in the neon-washed underworld of present-day Hong Kong, Fallen Angels intertwines two exhilarating tales of love and isolation in a blitz of ultra-hip style and classical cinematic sensibilities. (Kino International)
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Spice World
January 23, 1998
The big screen debut (and finale) of the Spice Girls.
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Half Baked
January 16, 1998
An adventure of three potheads trying to find cash to bail their friend out of jail. But just when the guys have mastered a plan to steal and sell medicinal-grade marijuana, everything comes dangerously close to going up in smoke!
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Afterglow
December 26, 1997
Set in the city of Montreal, Alan Rudolph's romantic comedy-drama Afterglow paints a wryly comic portrait of two modern marriages drifting toward the rocks. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Wag the Dog
December 25, 1997
Wickedly fictional with historical overtones truer than many care to admit, Wag The Dog examines the blurred lines between politics, the media and show business. (New Line Productions)
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Mr. Magoo
December 25, 1997
The myopic millionaire (Leslie Nielsen) defeats jewel smugglers in his usual bumbling manner.
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As Good as It Gets
December 23, 1997
An unusual friendship develops between three people in New York City: a single mother working as a waitress (Hunt), a writer with obsessive-compulsive disorder (Nicholson), and his neighbor, a gay artist (Kinnear).
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Mousehunt
December 19, 1997
Two down-on-their luck brothers inherit a dilapidated estate worth millions and soon discover that before they can cash in, they must rid the old mansion of its single, stubborn occupant -- a tiny and tenacious mouse. (DreamWorks)
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Deconstructing Harry
December 12, 1997
This film revolves around the problems of a New York writer's creative and erotic life.
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Flubber
November 26, 1997
Robin Williams stars in this remake of Disney's "The Absent Minded Professor."
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Bean
November 7, 1997
Rowan Atkinson is the outrageous Mr. Bean, sent on a mission to California to escort the world famous painting of 'Whistler's Mother' to its new home in The Grierson Gallery. What the gallery owner, one of the richest men in America, and his curator David Langley (MacNicol) believe, is that Mr. Bean is Dr. Bean, a renowned art expert. In fact he is just a sleepy-headed, wildly eccentric museum guard. (Universal Studios)
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An American Werewolf in Paris
October 31, 1997
On the loose in Europe, three wild college grads from America bring their "Daredevil Tour" to Paris in search of some serious fun. There, Andy (Scott) falls for the beautiful and mysterious woman of his dreams (Delpy). The only problem is ... when the moon is full, Andy's dream girl turns into a total nightmare! (Buena Vista)
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Happy Together
October 30, 1997
Yiu-Fai (Leung) and Po-Wing (Cheung) travel from Hong Kong to Argentina in an attempt to save their relationship.
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A Life Less Ordinary
October 24, 1997
After being fired, an angry janitor kidnaps his boss’s spoiled daughter and finds himself on the road to romance.
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Best Men
October 17, 1997
The film opens with 4 tuxedo clad men showing up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from the jail to marry his girl friend. En route to the wedding, one of the men asks to stop by a bank to pick up some cash. As it turns out, he is a wanted bank robber who uses Shakespeare passages during his robberies and thus has become known as "Hamlet". Soon all five men are caught up in the bank and involved in the robbery as they end up in a hostage situation. The hostage negotiator shows up who turns out to be Hamlet's father. As the men are all known to those being robbed, this quirky comedy takes a left turn as their hostages all work to support the men.
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The House of Yes
October 10, 1997
All Marty (Hamilton) wants is a normal life, but nothing goes as planned when his fiancée (Spelling) meets his far-from-normal family. (Miramax)
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Soul Food
September 26, 1997
An ensemble drama set around the abundant table of Chicago family matriarch Mother Joe, whose extended family revolves around the stabilizing force of her sumptuous Sunday dinners.
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In & Out
September 19, 1997
When a former student's Oscar acceptance speech calls his sexuality into question, drama teacher Howard Brackett (Kline) scrambles to assert his masculinity as he prepares for his wedding.
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Going All the Way
September 19, 1997
After returning home from the Korean War, two young men search for love and fulfillment in middle America.
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My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument
September 17, 1997
Paul Dedalus is at a crossroads in his life. He has to make several decisions; should he complete his doctorate, does he want to become a full professor, does he really love his long-standing girlfriend, or should he re-start with one of his other lovers? Is he avoiding the despairing life his father can't escape from?
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The Myth of Fingerprints
September 17, 1997
A funny, sharply observed tale of an uneasy and emotionally charged New England family reunion. (Sony)
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A Self-Made Hero
September 12, 1997
Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator. He leaves his wife and goes to Paris. Gradually he inveigles himself with the resistance movement. They trust him and he helps them trace collaborators.
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Excess Baggage
August 29, 1997
An offbeat adventure about a poor little rich girl and the car thief who steals her heart. (Sony)
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Leave It to Beaver
August 22, 1997
The several misadventures and life-lessons learned by 8-year-old Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver in an entertaining and hilarious tale of a small-town Ohio family and the daily trials and tribunes of life.
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The Full Monty
August 13, 1997
After their steel factory shuts down in Sheffield, a desperate group of men looking for work where there is none, form an exotic made dance troupe and are prepared to offer what Chippendale's doesn't...the full monty or total nudity.
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In the Company of Men
August 1, 1997
A psychological love triangle set within 90's corporate culture. (Sony Picture Classics)
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Picture Perfect
August 1, 1997
Caught up in career complications and romantic roundabouts, Kate (Aniston) is about to learn what truly makes the perfect mate -- and that a picture is worth much more than a thousand words. (Fox)
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Good Burger
July 25, 1997
Two dim-witted teenagers are forced to save the fast food restaurant they work at from going out of business, despite a new-and-improved burger joint opening across the street that want to be the "Top Dog" in the fast food industry.
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Star Maps
July 23, 1997
Carlos wants to be an actor. But his father, Pepe, wants him to work in the family business, that is, male prostitution. Carlos decides that he will be one of his father's boys until he can get his foot in the door in Hollywood. Finally one of his clients, a rich soap star, offers him a bit part in her show. Pepe tell Carlos that she is just using him and demands that he not see the women any longer. Carlos defies his father and when his big day comes he is finds out the harsh realities of life are even harsher than he imagined.
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Kiss Me, Guido
July 18, 1997
Kiss Me Guido puts lifestyles on a comic collision course. One hilarious mix-up follows another as straight-arrow Frankie (Scotti), a pizza maker from the Bronx, comes to terms with Greenwich Village gay culture -- and his new roomie, actor/choreographer Warren (Barrile), comes to terms with Frankie. (Paramount Pictures)
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George of the Jungle
July 16, 1997
Deep in the heart of the African jungle, a baby named George, the sole survivor of a plane crash, is raised by gorillas. George grows up to be a buff and lovable klutz who has a rain forest full of animal friends. When poachers mess with George's pals, the King Of Swing swings into action. (Disney)
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Men in Black
July 2, 1997
Jones is K, a veteran of a government agency so secretive no one in power knows it exists; Smith is J, a former New York cop turned rookie operative. The two dress like the FBI but better, and drive a Ford that moves like the Stealth bomber. And, when not hanging out in their bachelor pad-cum-mission control, they flex muscle like the INS--albeit toward aliens with multiple, mutating heads. [M. Dargis]
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Out to Sea
July 2, 1997
A failed gambler, intent on meeting a rich widow, tricks his widowed brother-in-law into boarding a cruise ship as dance hosts.
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Hercules
June 27, 1997
In order to return home to Mount Olympus, Hercules needs to prove he can move from "zero" to true hero with Pegasus, the flying stallion, and Phil -- a feisty personal trainer. Along the way, Hercules must match wits with Grecian beauty Meg and a comical hothead named Hades who, with the help of Pain and Panic, plans to take over the Universe.
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Underground
June 20, 1997
A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love and hate.
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My Best Friend's Wedding
June 20, 1997
Best friends since college, Jules (Roberts) and Michael (Mulroney) made a pact that if neither had found someone to love by the age of 28, they would marry each other. Now it's their 28th year of life, and Michael just popped the question. There's only one problem: he popped it to someone else. (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
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Brassed Off
May 23, 1997
A story about two old friends -- and ex-lovers -- whose surprise reunion turns their lives, and the lives of everyone else in town, hilariously upside down! (Miramax)
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Addicted to Love
May 23, 1997
First they got mad. Now they're getting even. Two dumped lovers (Broderick & Ryan) team for comic revenge when their exes team up for romance. (Warner Bros.)
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