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Annabelle's Wish
Annabelle's Wish (1997) on 21 october 1997
, 54minutes
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Christmas films, Musical films
Actors Jay Johnson, Jerry Van Dyke, Jim Varney, Rue McClanahan, Cloris Leachman, Aria Curzon
Rating71% 3.578133.578133.578133.578133.57813
The story of the film is based on an old legend, that Santa Claus (or God in the original legend) gives animals the ability to speak on Christmas. The film takes place in a fictional rural farming community named Twobridge somewhere in Tennessee, where a young calf named Annabelle is born on Christmas Eve. Upon meeting Santa Claus, she becomes fascinated with reindeer and their ability to fly, and wishes to fly herself. At the same time, having been granted the temporary ability to speak, she befriends her farmer's grandson, Billy, who suffered from muteness due to a terrible fire at Annabelle's barn one night. Throughout the course of the year, they learn the true value of friendship and learn that with faith and a willingness to overcome great odds, anybody can achieve their dreams. Once Annabelle loses her ability to talk, the ability is permanently given to Billy, who later finds out. At the end of the movie, when Billy's a grown man and is now in love with and married to his childhood friend, Emily, Santa Claus grants Annabelle's wish of flying by turning her into one of his reindeer, returning her ability to speak in the process.
FairyTale: A True Story
FairyTale: A True Story (1997) on 24 october 1997
, 1h35
Directed by Charles Sturridge
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Les fées, Children's films
Actors Peter O'Toole, Harvey Keitel, Florence Hoath, Paul McGann, Elizabeth Inglis, Joseph May
Rating64% 3.247923.247923.247923.247923.24792
Early 20th Century Europe was a time and place rife with conflicting forces, from the battlefields of World War I to the peaceful countryside of rural England. Scientific advances such as electric light and photography appeared magical to some; spiritualism was championed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle while his friend Harry Houdini decried false mediums who prey upon grieving families. J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan charmed theatergoers of all ages. Young Frances Griffiths, whose father is missing in action, arrives by train to stay with her cousin Elsie Wright in rural Yorkshire.
Under Wraps
Under Wraps (1997) on 25 october 1997
, 1h35
Directed by Greg Beeman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror
Themes Children's films
Actors Bill Fagerbakke, Adam Wylie, Clara Bryant, Corinne Bohrer, Ken Hudson Campbell, Penny Peyser
Rating64% 3.239483.239483.239483.239483.23948
Three 12-year-old kids discover a mummy in the basement of a "dead" man's house. It comes alive due to the conjunction of the moonlight during that time of the month. They are scared of him at first, but with time discover he is friendly, if clumsy and confused. The kids name the mummy Harold, and decide he will temporarily take up residence in one kid's bedroom. After paying a visit to their Halloween-obsessed friend, Bruce, they discover that if the mummy is not put back in his coffin before midnight on Halloween, the mummy will cease to exist.
A Life Less Ordinary
A Life Less Ordinary (1997) on 24 october 1997
, 1h43
Directed by Danny Boyle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about angels
Actors Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Ian Holm, Dan Hedaya
Rating62% 3.148833.148833.148833.148833.14883
In Heaven (which resembles a modern police headquarters), angels are tasked with ensuring that mortals on Earth find love. The "Captain", Gabriel (Dan Hedaya), is upset at reviewing the file of angel partners O'Reilly (Hunter) and Jackson (Lindo), all of whose recent cases have ended in divorce or misery. Gabriel is being pressed for results, so he introduces a radical new incentive: if their latest case isn't "cracked" – meaning, if the pair in question do not fall, and stay, in love, O'Reilly and Jackson must stay on Earth forever, which does not appeal to them. They open their case file to learn their tasks.
Tower of Terror
Tower of Terror (1999) on 26 october 1997
, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Steve Guttenberg, Kirsten Dunst, Alastair Duncan, Melora Hardin, John Franklin, Wendy Worthington
Rating62% 3.1025353.1025353.1025353.1025353.102535
The film begins on Halloween night 1939, revolving around the fate of five people - singer Carolyn Crosson, her boyfriend Gilbert London, child actress Sally Shine (who is modeled after child actress, Shirley Temple), her nanny Emeline Partridge, and bellhop Dewey Todd. They were invited to be at the Tip Top Party located on the hotel's twelfth floor. The elevator suddenly got stuck at the eleventh floor, then at exactly 8:05 pm, lightning strikes the building which causes the elevator to collapse, and the five people mysteriously vanish.
Innocence
Innocence (1997) on 24 october 1997
, 1h50
Directed by Zeki Demirkubuz
Genres Drama
Actors Haluk Bilginer, Derya Alabora
Rating80% 4.048114.048114.048114.048114.04811
Yusuf est libéré de prison après avoir purgé une peine de dix ans. Il a peur de la vie à l'extérieur alors qu'il se rend à une adresse qui lui a été donnée par un autre prisonnier.
The Devil's Child
The Devil's Child (1997) on 26 october 1997
, 2h
Directed by Bobby Roth
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about children, Demons in film
Actors Kim Delaney, Gia Carides, Ivana Miličević, Grace Zabriskie, Thomas Gibson, Rachael Bella
Rating40% 2.0431652.0431652.0431652.0431652.043165
The mother of Nikki DeMarco (Kim Delaney) makes a pact with Satan to save her daughter's life after she has fallen from a building and nearly died. While a priest is performing the last rites, Lucifer appears, and says that he will spare her daughter's life if she promises that one day Nikki will bear his son, the Antichrist. Her mother agrees and the Devil saves Nikki. Years later, Nikki, now a successful photographer, is in a hospital watching over her mother who is now on her deathbed. Her mother tries to warn her of the impending evil, and dies. When Nikki touches her mother's crucifix her hand is burned. Nikki moves into a new apartment, not knowing that the room she is currently living in was the scene of a brutal murder years before. Nikki is skeptical of faith and religion and has become more and more isolated from spiritual ways of life.
Gattaca
Gattaca (1997) on 24 october 1997
, 1h46
Directed by Andrew Niccol
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about computing, L'usurpation d'identité, Films set in the future, Films about disabilities, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Escroquerie
Actors Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Alan Arkin, Loren Dean, Gore Vidal
Rating76% 3.848643.848643.848643.848643.84864
In "the not-too-distant future", eugenics is common. A genetic registry database uses biometrics to classify those so created as "valids" while those conceived by traditional means and more susceptible to genetic disorders are known as "in-valids". Genetic discrimination is illegal, but in practice genotype profiling is used to identify valids to qualify for professional employment while in-valids are relegated to menial jobs.
The Shooter
The Shooter (1997) on 23 october 1997
, 1h31
Directed by Fred Olen Ray
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Michael Dudikoffi, William Smith, Andrew Stevens, Kane Hodder
Rating50% 2.5094952.5094952.5094952.5094952.509495
Steam: The Turkish Bath
Steam: The Turkish Bath (1997) on 24 october 1997
, 1h34
Directed by Ferzan Özpetek
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Alessandro Gassmann, Francesca D'Aloja, Carlo Cecchi, Halil Ergün, Mehmet Günsur, Başak Köklükaya
Rating67% 3.397443.397443.397443.397443.39744
Francesco (Alessandro Gassman) and Marta (Francesca d'Aloja) are an uptight Italian couple running a small design firm. Their marriage, once the most important thing to both, has lost all meaning. Francesco loses interest in Marta, prompting her to start an affair with their business partner.