Movie Releases by Genre
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Without Limits
September 11, 1998
The life of renowned runner Steve Prefontaine and his relationship with legendary coach Bill Bowerman.
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Cube
September 11, 1998
Six people wake up from their daily lives and find they are imprisoned in a deadly maze. Slowly they discover that each holds a key to unlocking this diabolical puzzle. But as a mathematical formula for escape begins to reveal itself, the enemy rises from within themselves and survival is threatened by the same human weaknesses that created the Cube. [Trimark Pictures]
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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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Rounders
September 11, 1998
A story of passion, risk, and the extreme price of friendship in the world of high-stakes poker. (Miramax)
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54
August 28, 1998
A portrait of the legendary Manhattan disco and its colorful cofounder, Steve Rubell.
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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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The Eel
August 21, 1998
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After the release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking almost to no one except an eel he befriended while in prison.
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Your Friends & Neighbors
August 21, 1998
Six urbanites play musical beds.
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back
August 14, 1998
The story of a woman who must break the rules of love and her own way of thinking to find her heart. (Fox)
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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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Return to Paradise
August 14, 1998
Return to Paradise is a twisted thriller of passion and betrayal in which two men face the decision of a lifetime. (Universal)
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Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
August 5, 1998
It's been twenty years since Laurie Strode escaped her brother's wrath. Now, it's time for one hell of a family reunion. [Trancas International Films]
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The Governess
July 31, 1998
Set in early 1840's London, Rosina (Driver), the eldest daughter, rejects an arranged marriage and sets out to support her family after they fall into debt when her father is murdered. She finds it hard to locate a job because she is Jewish and invents a new identity to work as a governess.
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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 Negotiator
July 29, 1998
Maverick negotiator Danny Roman (Jackson) is framed for embezzlement and the murder of his partner and best friend. Newly married and faced with an unjust prison sentence, Roman turns hostage-taker to smoke out the guilty ones in his own squad. Brought in to square off against Danny is the respected and methodical negotiator Chris Sabian (Spacey). Under siege and battling against time, the two lock in a deadly battle of wits, finding that when your friends betray you, sometimes the only person you can trust is a stranger. (Warner Bros.)
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Saving Private Ryan
July 24, 1998
During the WWII D-Day invasion, a squad of soldiers led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) is sent into Normandy to find Private James Ryan (Matt Damon), and return him to his mother in America. She has already lost three other sons in this war.
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Lolita
July 22, 1998
Irons plays Humbert Humbert, the professor who can not control his physical desires for 12 year-old Dolores Haze (Swain) in yet another adaptation of Nabokov's classic novel.
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Pi
July 10, 1998
Max Cohen, a mathematician and computer genius, finds himself pursued by Wall Street traders and a Hasidic cabal in this award-winning film.
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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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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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Mulan
June 19, 1998
Mulan chronicles the daring adventures of a young Chinese woman whose irrepressible spirit clashes with her tradition-bound society. [Disney]
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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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High Art
June 12, 1998
An award-winning romantic drama about a photo magazine editor (Mitchell) and the heroin-addicted former photo prodigy (Sheedy) with whom she falls in love.
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The Truman Show
June 5, 1998
Twenty-nine years ago, a baby boy was adopted by the OmniCam Corporation to become the subject of the most popular television show of all time. His name is Truman Burbank. (Paramount Pictures)
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Hope Floats
May 29, 1998
Birdee Calvert (Bullock) seems to have it all. She's been married for years to her handsome high school sweetheart Bill and has a brilliant and sensitive child. But when her picture perfect life comes crashing down around her, Birdee must start over. With no place else to turn, the former beauty queen heads back home...to Smithville, Texas. (Fox)
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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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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
May 22, 1998
When a writing assignment lands journalist Raoul Duke (Depp) and sidekick DR. Gonzo (Del Toro) in Las Vegas, they decide to make it the ultimate business trip. But before long, business is forgotten and trip has become the key word. Fueled by a suitcase full of mind-bending pharmaceuticals, Duke and Gonzo set off on a fast and furious ride through nonstop neon, surreal surroundings and a crew of the craziest characters ever. (Universal Pictures)
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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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The Horse Whisperer
May 15, 1998
After her daughter is injured in a horseback riding accident, a sophisticated New York woman (Thomas) desperately seeks the help of a Montana horse whisperer (Redford) to help her daughter and the horse recover from the trauma.
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Deep Impact
May 8, 1998
When a comet is on a collision course with earth, humans have to prepare for their survival.
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Les Misérables
May 1, 1998
Valjean, a former criminal, has atoned for his past and now finds himself in the midst of the French Revolution, avoiding a law-obsessed policeman hell-bent on capturing him.
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He Got Game
May 1, 1998
Denzel Washington stars as a prison inmate trying to earn himself an early release by talking his estranged son into playing basketball at the governor of New York's alma mater.
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Wilde
May 1, 1998
The turmoil in poet/playwright Oscar Wilde's life after he discovers his homosexuality.
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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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Nightwatch
April 17, 1998
College student Martin Bells (McGregor) takes a job as the night watchman at the local morgue. A serial killer is on the loose and Martin soon becomes the number one suspect in Inspector Cray's (Nolte) eyes.
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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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The Spanish Prisoner
April 3, 1998
This film centers on an elaborate confidence game, and its labyrinthine plot is laden with twists and reversals. (Sony Pictures Classics)
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Mercury Rising
April 3, 1998
Shadowy figures in the National Security Agency target a nine-year old autistic savant for death when he has shown the ability to decipher a top secret code.
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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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The Newton Boys
March 27, 1998
The true story of America?s most successful bank robbing family. (20th Century Fox)
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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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Fireworks
March 20, 1998
Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.
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Taste of Cherry
March 20, 1998
An Iranian man drives his truck in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide.
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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 Man in the Iron Mask
March 13, 1998
The Musketeers' most glorious, and dangerous, adventure begins with the rescue of a mysterious prisoner from a fortress island prison. But they soon realize that their mission may lead to the destruction of the very throne they serve. (MGM)
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Funny Games
March 11, 1998
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
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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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Dangerous Beauty
February 20, 1998
A Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.
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Palmetto
February 20, 1998
Woody Harrelson plays a small-timer suckered into a fake kidnapping plot and facing hard time if he can't untangle a mystery involving three women (Shue, Gershon, Sevigny), false identities, cold corpses and assorted clues framing him. (Warner Home Video)
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Nil by Mouth
February 6, 1998
A rough, short-tempered patriarch of a working-class family sees his life and the relationships around him slowly unravel.
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The Replacement Killers
February 6, 1998
After he betrays Mr. Wei, the ruthless crime boss who hired him to avenge his son's death, professional killer John Lee (Yun-Fat) goes on the run. Enlisting the aid of beautiful document forger Meg Coburn (Sorvino), Lee attempts to return to his family in China before they are victimized by his betrayal. (Sony)
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Great Expectations
January 30, 1998
An updated version of the story by Charles Dickens, set in modern day New York City.
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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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Phantoms
January 23, 1998
When Dr. Jennifer Pailey (Going) brings her teenage sister Lisa (McGowan) to a little mountain resort community in Colorado, they find the town deathly quiet and realize its inhabitants are either dead, missing or both. Together with Sheriff Bryce Hammond (Affleck), his deputy (Schrieber) and a professor (O'Toole), they try to investigate what seems to be a fabled "Ancient Enemy" that has invaded their town.
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Hard Rain
January 16, 1998
A torrential, excitement-swept thriller set in the flood-ravaged, evacuated town of Huntingburg, where armored car driver Tom (Slater) is in deep danger. (Paramount)
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Live Flesh
January 16, 1998
An obsessed Víctor (Rabal) tries to get with Elena (Neri). Policemen David (Bardem) and Sancho (Sancho) are called in. Victor is sent to jail after accidently shooting David and seeks them out after he gets out of jail.
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Fallen
January 16, 1998
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution, the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
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Oscar and Lucinda
December 31, 1997
Oscar (Fiennes) is a priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucinda (Blanchett) is an Australian businesswoman who boldly defies society’s rules. When they meet over an innocent game of cards, their lives are changed forever. (Fox Searchlight)
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The Boxer
December 31, 1997
Star-crossed lovers (Lewis, Watson) are torn between unquestioning loyalty to the ties of tradition and the passion they share in this film set in 1990s Belfast, torn apart by years of religious conflict and IRA violence.
(Universal)
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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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Kundun
December 25, 1997
Martin Scorsese directs the incredible true story of one of the world's most fascinating leaders -- Tibet's Dali Lama and his daring struggle to rule a nation at one of the most challenging times in its history. (BV Entertainment)
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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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Jackie Brown
December 25, 1997
What do a sexy stewardess, a street-tough gun runner, a lonely bail bondsman, a shifty ex-con, an earnest federal agent, and a stoned-out beach bunny have in common? They're six players on the trail of a half million dollars in cash! The only questions are ... who's getting played ... and who's gonna make the big score! [Miramax]
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The Postman
December 25, 1997
Set in the year 2013, after a war has devastated America, the film focuses on a lone drifter who becomes the reluctant leader of the fight against the forces of destruction. (Warner Bros.)
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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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Titanic
December 19, 1997
A fictional romantic tale of a rich girl (Winslet) and a poor bohemian boy (DiCaprio) who meet on the ill-fated voyage of the 'unsinkable' ship.
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The Apostle
December 17, 1997
He was touched by the power and filled with the spirit. A man of faith. A man of the flesh. A man plagued by the darker side of human desire, and rage. Robert Duvall is Sonny, a gifted Southern preacher loved by his community. When Sonny loses control and commits a crime of passion, he is forced to run from the law. Hiding out in the small town of Bayou Boutte, Sonny adopts a new identity and sets out on a new mission ' to find the road to redemption. (Universal)
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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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Amistad
December 10, 1997
Based on a true story, a group of enslaved Africans aboard the slaveship La Amistad overtake the ship and attempt to return to their homeland. When the ship is seized, the captives are brought to the United States where an enthralling courtroom battle ensues that captures the attention of the entire nation while confronting the very foundation of the American justice system. (DreamWorks)
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Good Will Hunting
December 5, 1997
Will Hunting (Matt Damon) is a brilliant mathematician, but also an angry young man. To avoid jail time, he agrees to work with Sean (Robin Williams) a therapist who comes from the same tough Boston neighborhood.
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Welcome to Sarajevo
November 26, 1997
Living on the edge amid the constant threat of attack, an offbeat band of TV journalists, lead by hotshot Jimmy Flynn (Harrelson), report from a devastated war-torn country. The action intensifies when one of the journalists crosses the line and risks his life in a bold attempt to smuggle an orphaned girl to safety. (BV Entertainment)
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
November 21, 1997
A scandalous murder trial lays bare the secrets and pretensions the genteel townfolk of Savannah, GA, hold dear. (Warner Bros.)
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The Rainmaker
November 21, 1997
Francis Ford Coppola directs and scripts this adaptation of John Grisham's novel about an idealistic young attorney who takes on the case of a lifetime. (Paramount)
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Anastasia
November 21, 1997
From St. Petersburg, Russia to Paris, France, join Anya on an epic journey of breathtaking animated action and intrigue. (20th Century Fox)
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The Sweet Hereafter
November 21, 1997
On a winter's day, in the small rural community of Sam Dent, British Columbia, a school bus inexplicably crashes into a frozen lake, taking the lives of fourteen children and injuring many others. Shortly thereafter, Mitchell Stephens (Holm), a big city lawyer, comes to the community with promises to compensate its citizens for their loss. (Fine Line Films)
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The Tango Lesson
November 14, 1997
A filmmaker (Sally Potter), dissatisfied wth her latest screenplay, stumbles upon the tango and an Argentinian tango dancer (Pablo Veron) living in Paris. Fascinated by both, she places herself under Pablo's tutelage, striking a deal — if Pablo will make her a tango dancer, she will let him star in her next film. He accomplishes his side of the bargain when they perform in a show, but her attempt to make a film with Pablo in Buenos Aires exposes the complexities at the heart of the story — how do you follow when your instinct is to lead? [Sony Pictures Classics]
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The Wings of the Dove
November 7, 1997
Based on the Henry James novel, this is a provocative tale of passion, temptation, and greed. (Buena Vista Entertainment)
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Eve's Bayou
November 7, 1997
After a daughter witnesses her father having an affair, she begins a chain reaction that could tear her family apart.
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Mad City
November 7, 1997
A network television journalist is banished to a backwater station for bad behavior on the job. He meets a security guard who got laid off and the two form a bond of mutual need which changes the course of their lives forever. (Warner Bros.)
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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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Gattaca
October 24, 1997
An engrossing sci-fi thriller about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. [Sony]
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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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Gummo
October 17, 1997
Residents of tornado-stricken Xevia, Ohio wander the deserted landscape passing time.
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The Devil's Advocate
October 17, 1997
A drama about the eternal struggle between power and weakness, between temptation and surrender, between good and limitless evil. (Warner Bros.)
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Telling Lies in America
October 15, 1997
In 1960s Cleveland, Billy Magic (Bacon) is the coolest DJ in town and Karchy (Renfro), a young Hungarian immigrant trying to fit in, cheats to win a contest to be Billy's assistant.
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Boogie Nights
October 10, 1997
A multifaceted look at the porn industry in Los Angeles in the 70's and 80's, focusing on the journey of a young man (Wahlberg) from restaurant dishwasher to porn star and beyond.
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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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Gang Related
October 8, 1997
After murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.
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Seven Years in Tibet
October 8, 1997
Brad Pitt stars in the soaring adventure and incredible true story of an Austrian prisoner of war who is transformed by his friendship with the young Dalai Lama. (Sony)
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