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Amityville: Dollhouse
Amityville: Dollhouse (1996) on 18 february 1997
, 1h36
Directed by Steve White, Steve White
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Horror
Themes Jeu, Films about religion, Demons in film, Ghost films, Films about toys
Actors Robin Thomas, Starr Andreeff, Lenore Kasdorf, Lisa Robin Kelly
Rating42% 2.1113752.1113752.1113752.1113752.111375
Newlyweds Bill and Claire Martin move their new family into a new house constructed by Bill himself.
Rosewood
Rosewood (1997) on 21 february 1997
, 2h20
Directed by John Singleton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Historical
Themes Films about racism
Actors Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean, Esther Elizabeth Rolle
Rating71% 3.5958153.5958153.5958153.5958153.595815
A married white woman, Fanny Taylor, claims to have been beaten and raped by a black man. The movie shows a white man, not Fanny’s husband, in her bedroom where they have sex. They have an argument and strike each other. Some black workers outside heard what was happening but did not think they should intervene in white people's business. The white residents readily believe Fanny's claim. Hearing of an escaped black convict, a posse and other unaffiliated white men from Sumner and nearby towns go to Rosewood to investigate. The black residents of Rosewood quickly become targeted by a white mob, including men from out of state and members of the Ku Klux Klan.
Miss Evers' Boys
Miss Evers' Boys (1997) on 22 february 1997
, 1h58
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Sheffer, Joe Morton, Obba Babatundé, E. G. Marshall
Rating70% 3.541623.541623.541623.541623.54162
The film tells the story of the Tuskegee experiment, a U.S. Federal Government secret medical experiment on poor African Americans in the years 1932-1972, designed to study the effects of untreated syphilis. The story is told from the perspective of the small town nurse Eunice Evers (Alfre Woodard) who is well aware of the lack of treatment, but feels her role is to console the involved men, many of whom are her close friends.
Busted
Busted (1997) on 17 february 1997
, 1h25
Directed by Corey Feldman
Genres Comedy
Actors Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Ava Fabian, Elliott Gould, Griffin Drew, Julie Strain
Rating28% 1.4447651.4447651.4447651.4447651.444765
The police force of the somewhat-quiet town of Amity decide to get crime off the streets and decide that the prostitutes are better off working out of the police station. The ladies take over several police duties to ensure their cover.
Miss Evers' Boys
Miss Evers' Boys (1997) on 22 february 1997

Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne, Craig Sheffer, Joe Morton, Obba Babatundé, Ossie Davis
Rating70% 3.541623.541623.541623.541623.54162
Le film raconte l'histoire de l'expérience de Tuskegee, une expérience médicale secrète du gouvernement fédéral américain sur des Afro-Américains pauvres dans les années 1932-1972, conçue pour étudier les effets du non-traitement contre la syphilis. L'histoire est racontée du point de vue de l'infirmière Eunice Evers (Alfre Woodard) qui est bien consciente de l'absence de traitement, mais estime que son rôle est de consoler les hommes impliqués, dont beaucoup sont ses amis proches .
Murder in My Mind
Murder in My Mind (1997) on 19 february 1997
, 1h28
Directed by Robert Iscove
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Actors Nicollette Sheridan, Peter Coyote, Stacy Keach, Peter Outerbridge, Ian Tracey, Peter Flemming
Rating49% 2.4816052.4816052.4816052.4816052.481605
When a serial killer preys on blondes, a blonde federal law enforcement officer investigating the case decides to take a drastic step. Her husband, a scientist experimenting only on lab animals, transplants brain cells from a comatose patient into the agent's brain, hoping it will stimulate memories that will help her find the killer.
Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival, 2h7
Directed by Murray Lerner
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Concert, Musical films
Actors Donovan, Bob Dylan, Roger Daltrey, Kris Kristofferson, Miles Davis, Greg Lake
Rating75% 3.7756953.7756953.7756953.7756953.775695
En août 1970, 600 000 fans ont afflué vers l'île de Wight pour assister au troisième et dernier festival qui se tiendra sur l'île. Outre la musique, ils ont également jeté un coup d'œil sur la cupidité, le cynisme et la corruption qui allaient affliger l'industrie de la musique pour les années à venir. Ils ont également assisté à la performance finale droguée de Jimi Hendrix en Angleterre deux semaines seulement avant qu'il ne rencontre une mort tragique. Quand tout fut fini, la vision du rock and roll par les fans n'a plus jamais été la même.
Junk Mail
Junk Mail (1997) on 21 february 1997
, 1h23
Directed by Pål Sletaune
Origin Norvege
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Andrine Sæther, Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Bjørn Sundquist
Rating66% 3.3464053.3464053.3464053.3464053.346405
Junk Mail tells the story of lazy, nosy postman Roy Amundsen who has a bad habit of dipping into the mail of his customers. He takes this further when he finds the keys to the apartment of laundry assistant Line Groberg and decides to investigate her apartment. This leads to all manner of complications when he saves her life and then discovers that she's been coerced into covering up a crime and looking after money for local gangster.
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder, 1h33
Directed by Richard Colla
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Holly Marie Combs, Cassidy Rae Joyce, Dee Wallace, Gary Grubbs, Kurt Fuller, Joanna García
Rating62% 3.1009653.1009653.1009653.1009653.100965
The story is that of the real-life case of David Graham and Diane Zamora. It revolves around two best friends who turn out to be soul mates and who swear to stay together forever and ever, even to the point where Graham's apparently confessed infidelity leads to the couple's murder of the girl with whom he purportedly cheated.
Lost Highway
Lost Highway (1997) on 21 february 1997
, 2h14
Directed by David Lynch, Mary Sweeney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry
Actors Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Loggia, Robert Blake, Jack Nance
Rating75% 3.79993.79993.79993.79993.7999
After the opening credits, which show a highway's dividing lines at night while blaring techno music plays in the background, Fred Madison (Bill Pullman), a Los Angeles saxophonist, receives a message from an unknown man on the intercom of his house. The voice says that "Dick Laurent is dead." When he looks out his window, the streets outside his house are empty, and faint police sirens are heard in the distance.
Blood and Wine
Blood and Wine (1996) on 21 february 1997
, 1h41
Directed by Bob Rafelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Children's films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Jack Nicholson, Stephen Dorff, Jennifer Lopez, Judy Davis, Michael Caine, Harold Perrineau, Jr.
Rating59% 2.9981052.9981052.9981052.9981052.998105
Alex Gates is a wealthy wine merchant who has distanced himself from his alcoholic wife Suzanne with his philandering, and from his stepson Jason with his indifference. Alex is heavily in debt, and cases the house of his clients, the Reese family. After he steals a valuable diamond necklace with the help of his Cuban mistress Gabriela and his safe-cracker partner Victor, things start to fall apart fast.