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Shadow Conspiracy
Shadow Conspiracy (1997) on 31 january 1997
, 1h43
Directed by George Cosmatos
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Political films
Actors Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, Linda Hamilton, Stephen Lang, Ben Gazzara, Sam Waterston
Rating49% 2.452132.452132.452132.452132.45213
Set in Washington D.C., this film documents an attempted power grab by White House Chief of Staff Jacob Conrad (Donald Sutherland). Bobby Bishop (Charlie Sheen) is a special aide to the President who finds out about a plot to assassinate the President from a former professor. Bobby's old professor is murdered shortly thereafter and Bobby is left to try to uncover the conspiracy on his own. He recruits his journalist friend Amanda Givens (Linda Hamilton) to help him uncover the mystery and stop the assassination.
Gridlock'd
Gridlock'd (1997) on 29 january 1997
, 1h25
Directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Hip hop films, Buddy films, Gangster films
Actors Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth, Thandie Newton, Charles Fleischer, Bokeem Woodbine, James Pickens Jr.
Rating68% 3.4477853.4477853.4477853.4477853.447785
Set in Detroit, Gridlock'd centers around heroin addicts Spoon (Tupac Shakur), Stretch (Tim Roth) and Cookie (Thandie Newton). They are all in a band together in the spoken word genre. They go by the name of Eight Mile Road, with Cookie on the vocals, Spoon on the bass guitar (plus secondary vocals), and Stretch on the piano. Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their habit after Cookie overdoses on her first hit. Throughout a disastrous day, the two addicts dodge police and local criminals while struggling with an apathetic government bureaucracy that thwarts their entrance into a rehabilitation program.
It's in the Water
It's in the Water (1997) on 30 january 1997
, 1h40
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Nancy Chartier, Liz Mikel, Jerry Haynes
Rating60% 3.0483353.0483353.0483353.0483353.048335
Alex is a married Junior Leaguer with a penchant for interesting shoes. Her Junior League chapter's annual project is to volunteer at Hope House, an AIDS hospice that recently opened in her home town of Azalea Springs, Texas. Alex and her League friends, including her friend Sloan, tour Hope House. Alex runs into her best friend Spencer, whose lover Bruce is a resident, and Grace, a friend from high school who had recently moved back to Azalea Springs to work at Hope House as a nurse.
Happiness Is in the Field
Happiness Is in the Field (1995) on 31 january 1997
, 1h46
Directed by Étienne Chatiliez
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about the labor movement
Actors Michel Serrault, Eddy Mitchell, Sabine Azéma, Carmen Maura, Patrick Jean Marie Bouchitté, François Morel
Rating69% 3.4930153.4930153.4930153.4930153.493015
Francis Bergeade, owner of a toilet seats and brushes' factory in Dole, has just turned 65 and his life is a misery. Tax services are harassing him, his snobby wife Nicole despises him, and his daughter whimsically wants to have an expensive wedding. Francis knows only moments of relief while having lunches or dinners in fancy restaurants with his best friend, car dealer Gérard. Stress become too overwhelming and while on a lunch, he suffers an attack from a blocked nerve.
Meet Wally Sparks
Meet Wally Sparks (1997) on 31 january 1997
, 1h45
Directed by Peter Baldwin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Rodney Dangerfield, Debi Mazar, Michael Weatherly, Cindy Williams, Alan Rachins, Burt Reynolds
Rating51% 2.599742.599742.599742.599742.59974
Wally Sparks (Rodney Dangerfield) is the host of a sleazy tabloid-style TV talk show who makes Jerry Springer seem gentle by comparison. His show has become so foul that he's alienated his not-especially-discriminating viewers, and his ratings are taking a nosedive.
Mommy's Day
Mommy's Day (1997) on 31 january 1997
, 1h27
Directed by Max Allan Collins
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Patty McCormack, Paul Petersen, Gary Sandy, Brinke Stevens, Del Close
Rating47% 2.3790652.3790652.3790652.3790652.379065
In this sequel to 1995's Mommy, Mrs. Sterling (Patty McCormack), who had been convicted of murder and sentenced to death, escapes execution when she is wounded in a prison breakout attempt. While she is recovering, a physician convinces the courts that she would be able to live in a halfway house if she takes a violence-suppressing drug that he designed. Although her parole forbids contact with her daughter (who is now living with her sister and brother-in-law), she violates her parole by secretly visiting her one night. When people who are trying to keep her from seeing her daughter start turning up murdered, a local cop starts investigating her.
Waiting for Guffman
Waiting for Guffman (1997) on 31 january 1997
, 1h24
Directed by Christopher Guest
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about television
Actors Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, Bob Balaban
Rating73% 3.698363.698363.698363.698363.69836
In the fictional small town of Blaine, Missouri, a handful of utterly delusional residents prepare to put on a community theater production led by eccentric director Corky St. Clair (Christopher Guest). The show, a musical chronicling the town's history titled Red, White and Blaine, is to be performed as part of the town's 150th anniversary celebration.
Future War
Future War (1997) on 28 january 1997
, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Films about music and musicians, La préhistoire, Time travel films, Animaux préhistoriques, Musical films
Actors Daniel Bernhardt, Robert Z'Dar, Mel Novak, Forrest J Ackerman, David Hasselhoff, Tom Richards
Rating16% 0.812840.812840.812840.812840.81284
Future War begins aboard a spaceship undergoing a revolt. A man enters and activates an escape pod which travels to Earth and crashes into the Pacific Ocean. The pod contains “The Runaway,” a human slave played by Daniel Bernhardt. He is being pursued by cyborg slavers and dinosaurs that they use as “trackers.” Since he was kidnapped some time from Earth’s past, the Runaway is familiar with the English language and the King James Bible and he regards Earth as a literal heaven.
Prisoner of the Mountains
Prisoner of the Mountains (1996) on 31 january 1997
, 1h42
Directed by Sergueï Bodrov, Sergei Bodrov, Jr.
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, War
Themes Prison films, Political films
Actors Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov, Jr.
Rating74% 3.74423.74423.74423.74423.7442
A group of Russian soldiers is ambushed by rebels in the Chechen mountains and the two survivors are taken prisoner by an old man Abdul Murat, who wants to swap them for his son held by the Russians. The two prisoners cope with the situation in very different ways, as the war-hardened and cynical sergeant Sasha (Oleg Menshikov) works to escape while the young and naive conscript Vanya (Sergei Bodrov, Jr.) tries to make friends with his captors and falls in love with the daughter Dina. After an escape attempt fails, the different personalities of the two prisoners determine their fate.