Fallen

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(1998)

Genre: Thriller/Fantasy

Director: Gregory Hoblit

Writer: Nicholas Kazan

Producers: Robert Cavallo, Elon Dershowitz, Patricia Graf, Nicholas Kazan, Ted Kurdyla, Charles Roven, Kelley Smith-Wait, Dawn Steel, Richard Suckle

Synopsis: 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. -- (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Denzel Washington
• John Goodman
• Donald Sutherland
• James Gandolfini

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Living Out Loud

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(1998)

Genre: Drama/Comedy

Director: Richard LaGravenese

Writer: Richard LaGravenese

Producers: Danny DeVito, Eric McLeod, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher

Synopsis: Noted screenwriter Richard LaGravenese made his directorial debut with this dramatic comedy about two unlikely people who find each other while looking for love. -- (Written by New Line Cinema)

Cast:

• Holly Hunter
• Danny DeVito
• Queen Latifah
• Martin Donovan

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Out of Sight

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(1998)

Genre: Action/Comedy

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Writers: Elmore Leonard, Scott Frank

Producers: Danny DeVito, John Hardy, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Barry Sonnenfeld

Synopsis: A career bank robber busts out of jail (Clooney) with the help of his buddy (Rhames) and kidnaps a US Marshal (Lopez) in the process. When the two cons head for Detroit to pull off their final big scam, the Marshal is put on their case but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second thoughts about bringing them in. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• George Clooney
• Jennifer Lopez
• Ving Rhames
• Don Cheadle
• Catherine Keener
• Dennis Farina
• Steve Zahn
• Albert Brooks
• Luis Guzmán

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Holy Man

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(1998)

Genre: Comedy

Director: Stephen Herek

Writer: Tom Schulman

Producers: Roger Birnbaum, Jeffrey Chernov, J.D. Freedman, Jonathan Glickman, Stephen Herek, Ray Murphy Jr. Rebekah Rudd

Synopsis: Stephen Herek directed this comedy-drama in which soul-less exec Ricky Hayman (Jeff Goldblum), programmer for the failing Good Buy Shopping Network, is dismayed by a request to increase sales in two weeks. Bald do-gooder guru G. (Eddie Murphy) assists when Ricky and marketing director Kate (Kelly Preston) get a freeway flat. When G. passes out, tests indicate a heart murmur and heat prostration, so the robed prophet becomes Ricky's house guest. At a party, G. uses hypnosis and psychology to rid guest Nino Cerruti (portraying himself) of his flying fears. Ricky witnesses this and gets the notion to put G. on the air. Unfortunately, G. ignores both cue cards and on-sale products, prompting station owner McBainbridge (Robert Loggia) to calculate Ricky's severance pay. He's back on the job when both sales and ratings soar. The situation eventually causes Ricky to reexamine how his own values became lost in the labyrinth of corporate consumerism. -- (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Eddie Murphy
• Jeff Goldblum
• Kelly Preston
• Eric McCormack
• Jon Cryer

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Practical Magic

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(1998)

Genre: Comedy/Fantasy/Thriller

Director: Griffin Dunne

Writers: Alice Hoffman, Robin Swicord, Akiva Goldsman, Adam Brooks

Producers: Bruce Berman, Denise Di Novi, Mary McLaglen, Robin Swicord

Synopsis: Sally and Gillian Owens have always known they were different. Raised by their aunts after their parents' death, the sisters grew up in a household that was anything but typical--their aunts fed them chocolate cake for breakfast and taught them the uses of practical magic. But the invocation of the Owens' sorcery also carries a price--some call it a curse: the men they fall in love with are doomed to an untimely death. Now adult women with very different personalities, the quiet Sally and the fiery Gillian must use all of their powers to fight the family curse and a swarm of supernatural forces that threatens the lives of all the Owens women.-- (Written by WARNER BROS.)  

Cast:

• Sandra Bullock
• Nicole Kidman
• Stockard Channing
• Dianne Wiest
• Goran Visnjic
• Evan Rachel Wood
• Camilla Belle

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The Object of My Affection

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(1998)

Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance

Director: Nicholas Hytner

Writers: Stephen McCauley, Wendy Wasserstein

Producers: Petra Alexandria, Laurence Mark. Diana Pokorny

Synopsis: A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend. -- (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Jennifer Aniston
• Paul Rudd
• Hayden Panettiere
• Alan Alda
• Allison Janney
• Tim Daly

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A Perfect Murder

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(1998) (Remake)

Genre: Thriller

Director: Andrew Davis

Writer: Patrick Smith Kelly, Frederick Knott

Producers: Lowell D. Blank, Stephen Brown, Mitchell E. Dauterive, Nana Greenwald, Anne Kopelson, Arnold Kopelson, Peter Macgregor-Scott, Christopher Mankiewicz, Lisa Reardon, Teresa Tucker-Davies

Synopsis: A Perfect Murder is based on Frederick Knott's play Dial "M" for Murder, filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954. Married to commodities trader Stephen Taylor (Michael Douglas), Emily Bradford (Gwyneth Paltrow) is romantically involved with artist David Shaw (Viggo Mortensen). Aware of this affair, Stephen researches David's past, visits his loft studio, and informs David that he knows about his aliases, jail sentences, and various cons and scams directed at rich women. Then Stephen offers David $500,000 to murder Emily, and David agrees. The plan is calculated to make the murder look like an accident, but events soon go on an unscheduled course. Enter Detective Mohamed Karaman (David Suchet). Knott's original play opened June 1952 in London, followed by a New York run that began October 1952. Several books and sources describe how Hitchcock's film was made in 3-D but neglect to mention that, despite trade screenings in 3-D, Dial M for Murder was originally released in 1954 with ordinary, flat 2-D prints. It was finally shown to audiences in 3-D during the mid-'80s. ~ (Written by Bhob Stewart)

Cast:

• Michael Douglas
• Gwyneth Paltrow
• Viggo Mortensen

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Return to Paradise

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(1998)

Genre: Drama

Director: Joseph Ruben

Writer: Pierre Jovilet, Olivier Schatzky, Wesley Strick, Bruce Robinson

Producers: David Arnold, Alain Bernheim, Lashan Browning, Steve Golin, Ezra Swerdlow

Synopsis: Rambling around Asia, getting high and just having a good time, are three young men -- Sheriff (Vince Vaughn), Lewis (Joaquin Phoenix), and Tony (David Conrad). Sheriff and Tony say goodbye to Lewis, a conscientious Greenpeace activist and nature-lover who stays on to rescue endangered Borneo orangutans. Two years later, Tony is an architect about to marry, and Sheriff has a job driving a limo around New York City. When Beth (Anne Heche) steps into Sheriff's limo, she tells him that she's a lawyer working to save Lewis. He learns that Lewis was arrested by Malaysian authorities, tried as a drug dealer, convicted, and sentenced to death. (Written by Bhob Stewart)

Cast:

• Vince Vaughn
• Anne Heche
• Joaquin Phoenix
• David Conrad
• Vera Farmiga
• Jada Pinkett Smith

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Six Days, Seven Nights

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(1998)

Genre: Action/Adventure/Comedy

Director: Ivan Reitman

Writer: Michael Browning

Producers: Julie Bergman Sender, Roger Birnbaum, Daniel Goldberg, Sheldon Kahn, Joe Medjuck, Wallis Nicita, Terry Norton, Michael Palmieri, Ivan Reitman, Gordon A. Webb

Synopsis: Robin Monroe, a New York magazine editor, and the gruff pilot Quinn Harris must put aside their mutual dislike if they are to survive after crash landing on a deserted South Seas island. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Anne Heche
• Harrison Ford
• David Schwimmer
• Allison Janney
• Jacqueline Obradors

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The Big Lebowski

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(1998)

Genre: Comedy

Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Writer: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Synopsis: When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude. (Written by J. Lake)

Cast:

• Jeff Bridges
• John Goodman
• Julianne Moore
• Steve Buscemi
• John Turturro
• Phillip Seymour Hoffman
• Tara Reid

 

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