1997 movies

Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Fantasy | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Sigourney Weaver | Sam Neill | Monica Keena | Viola Davis | Gil Bellows | Brian Glover | David Conrad | Anthony Brophy | Frances Cuka | Chris Bauer | John Edward Allen | Miroslav Táborský | Andrew Tiernan | Bryan Pringle | Dale Wyatt
Directors: Michael Cohn
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Based somewhat more authentically on the Grimm Brothers’ story of a young woman who is unliked by her stepmother, the film includes the talking mirror, a poisoned apple, and some ruffian gold (not diamond) miners (and they aren’t dwarfs or cute). It takes place at the time of the Crusades, and depicts the attitudes of the wealthy and the peasant classes toward one another.

Deathline (1997)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action
Countries: Canada | Netherlands
Actors: Rutger Hauer | Mark Dacascos | Yvonne Sciò | Patrick Dreikauss | Randall William Cook | Michael Mehlmann | Ildikó Szücs | István Kanizsay | Gabor Peter Vincze | Attila Árpa | Jak Osmond | Roger La Page | Ágnes Bánfalvy | Gábor Nagy | Magda Scheer
Directors: Tibor Takács
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When a man is murdered in Moscow, experimental bionic research brings him back to life. He then sets out to find his murderers and money that was stolen during the crime.

The Full Monty (1997)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: UK
Actors: Robert Carlyle | Mark Addy | William Snape | Steve Huison | Tom Wilkinson | Paul Barber | Hugo Speer | Lesley Sharp | Emily Woof | Deirdre Costello | Paul Butterworth | Dave Hill | Bruce Jones | Andrew Livingston | Vinny Dhillon
Directors: Peter Cattaneo
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Six unemployed steel workers, inspired by the Chippendale’s dancers, form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for “the full monty” - total nudity.

Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Sandra Bullock | Jason Patric | Willem Dafoe | Temuera Morrison | Brian McCardie | Christine Firkins | Michael G. Hagerty | Colleen Camp | Lois Chiles | Francis Guinan | Tamia | Jeremy Hotz | Enrique Murciano | Jessica Diz | Connie Ray
Directors: Jan de Bont
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Annie and her policeman boyfriend Alex decide to take a romantic ocean cruise together. Once at sea, however, one of the passengers, a disgruntled computer genius named Giger, disables the ship. Alex must now foil Giger’s plans and bring everyone back safely to shore, but how can he outwit a man who can control the entire ship from his keyboard?

Face/Off (1997)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: John Travolta | Nicolas Cage | Joan Allen | Alessandro Nivola | Gina Gershon | Dominique Swain | Nick Cassavetes | Harve Presnell | Colm Feore | John Carroll Lynch | CCH Pounder | Robert Wisdom | Margaret Cho | James Denton | Matt Ross
Directors: John Woo
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Sean Archer is a government agent who for six years has been trying to apprehend terrorist, Caster Troy, who tried to kill him but ended up killing Archer’s son instead. When Archer corners Troy, Troy tells Archer that he has planted a bomb that will go off, unless he lets him go but Archer thinks that Troy is bluffing so a fight erupts that leaves Troy comatose. But later when they go through some of his brother, Pollux’s things, they discover that Troy was telling the truth. All what they need now is to find out where it is and the only person who knows is Pollux. And the only person that he will talk to about it, is his brother, Caster but unfortunately he is a vegetable. A government official then suggests to Archer that he assume Caster’s identity and ask Pollux about the bomb. So she brings him to a doctor who has perfected a method wherein the face of one individual is removed from him and placed on another. Archer agrees. The operation is a success so Archer as Troy goes to the prison where Pollux is being held and successfully gets him to tell him where the bomb is. Meanwhile, Troy who was believed to be comatose awakens and forces the doctor who operated on Archer to place Archer’s face on him. He then goes to the prison as Archer and taunts Archer by telling him that he has destroyed all documentation of the operation and eliminated everyone who knew about it. He then takes his brother out and leaves Archer in prison. But Archer somehow manages to escape and is now trying to find someone who will believe and help him, while Troy is plotting something.

Dante’s Peak (1997)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Pierce Brosnan | Linda Hamilton | Charles Hallahan | Jamie Renée Smith | Jeremy Foley | Elizabeth Hoffman | Grant Heslov | Kirk Trutner | Arabella Field | Tzi Ma | Brian Reddy | Lee Garlington | Bill Bolender | Carole Androsky | Peter Jason
Directors: Roger Donaldson
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Volcanologist Harry Dalton and mayor Rachel Wando of Dante’s Peak try to convince the city council and the other volcanologists that the volcano right above Dante’s peak is indeed dangerous. People’s safety is being set against economical interests.

The Hunchback (1997)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: Canada | Czech Republic | Hungary | USA
Actors: Mandy Patinkin | Richard Harris | Salma Hayek | Edward Atterton | Benedick Blythe | Nigel Terry | Jim Dale | Trevor Baxter | Vernon Dobtcheff | Nickolas Grace | Matthew Sim | Cassie Stuart | Gabi Fon | Michael Mehlmann | Olga Antal
Directors: Peter Medak
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Based on the novel, a young gypsy becomes a Minister’s obsession in 1483. Only the bell ringer and her husband and the court of miracles can save her.

The Peacemaker (1997)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: George Clooney | Nicole Kidman | Marcel Iures | Aleksandr Baluyev | Rene Medvesek | Gary Werntz | Randall Batinkoff | Jim Haynie | Alexander Strobele | Holt McCallany | Michael Boatman | Joan Copeland | Carlos Gómez | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Slavko Juraga
Directors: Mimi Leder
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Two trains crash somewhere in Russia, one carrying a nuclear payload. A nuclear explosion follows the crash and the world is on alert… However, White House nuclear expert Dr. Julia Kelly (Nicole Kidman) doesn’t think it was an accident… Special Forces Intelligence Officer Colonel Thomas Devoe (George Clooney) doesn’t think so either… Together they must unravel a conspiracy that goes from Europe to New York, to stop a terrorist who has no demands…

As Good as It Gets (1997)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Jack Nicholson | Helen Hunt | Greg Kinnear | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Skeet Ulrich | Shirley Knight | Yeardley Smith | Lupe Ontiveros | Jill the Dog | Timer the Dog | Billy the Dog | Bibi Osterwald | Ross Bleckner | Bernadette Balagtas | Jaffe Cohen
Directors: James L. Brooks
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New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

Amistad (1997)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Drama | History | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Morgan Freeman | Nigel Hawthorne | Anthony Hopkins | Djimon Hounsou | Matthew McConaughey | David Paymer | Pete Postlethwaite | Stellan Skarsgård | Razaaq Adoti | Abu Bakaar Fofanah | Anna Paquin | Tomas Milian | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Derrick N. Ashong | Geno Silva
Directors: Steven Spielberg
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AMISTAD is about a 1839 mutiny onboard a slave ship that is traveling towards the Northeast Coast of America. Much of the story involves a court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.