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 | "American Cinema of The 1990s: Themes & Variations" [2008] Edited by Chris Holmlund Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/2008] for $24.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2008] for $70.00 |
 | "Film Posters of The 90s: The Essential Movies of The Decade" [2005] Edited by Tony Nourmand & Graham Marsh Aurum Press 11¾x9½ pb [10/2005] for $21.90 |
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"The 1990s: American Popular Culture Through History" [2003] by Marc Oxoby Greenwood Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [12/2003] for $55.00 |
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"Movies of The 90s" [2001] by Jürgen Müller Taschen 10x8¼ pb [11/2001] out of print/used |
1991
"The Silence of the Lambs"
[Orion Feb 1991]
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Directed by Jonathan Demme; screenplay by Ted Tally; starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins & Scott Glenn; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Script; nominated for Best Editing, Best Sound; won DGA & WGA awards
MGM/UA color VHS [1/2001] for $9.94 MGM/UA color DVD [8/2001] for $22.48 MGM/UA widescreen color DVD [8/2001] for $21.49 MCA original score audio CD [2/91] for $9.98 full credits from IMDb |
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Novel by Thomas Harris [1988]
St Martin pb [2/91] for $7.99 St Martin 9½x6.4 hardcover [5/99] for $17.47 S&S Audio ABR [11/88] for $11.90 Book about the movie [2002] by Yvonne Tasker
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sequel "Hannibal"
[MGM/Universal Feb 2001]
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Directed by Ridley Scott; screenplay by David Mamet & Steven Zaillian; starring Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman & Ray Liotta
MGM/UA color VHS [2/2002] for $12.99 MGM/UA widescreen color DVD [8/2001] 2 discs for $25.49 PolyGram soundtrack audio CD [2/2001] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb Novel by Thomas Harris Dell pb [5/2000] for $7.99 Delacorte 10x6¾ hardcover [7/99] for $27.95 Bantam UNABR audio [6/99] for $27.97 Bantam ABR audio CD [7/99] for $22.37 |
"Bugsy"
[Baltimore/TriStar Dec 1991]
 | Directed by Barry Levinson; starring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Joe Mantegna & Richard C. Sarafian; nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture, won for Best Art Direction, Best Costumes
Columbia/TriStar color VHS [2/97] for $9.95 Col/TriStar widescreen color DVD [5/2001] for $13.46 full credits from IMDb |
"J.F.K." [Ixtlan/Warner Bros. Dec 1991]
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Co-written & directed by Oliver Stone; co-written by Zachary Sklar; starring Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Tommy Lee Jones, Laurie Metcalf, Gary Oldman & Joe Pesci; nominated for 8 Oscars including Best Picture, won for Best Cinematography, Best Editing
Warner Director's Cut widescreen DVD [1/2001] for $21.49 Warner Video color VHS [1/2001] 2 tapes for $17.98 Warner Video Director's Cut widescreen VHS [2/2001] for $17.98 Warner VHS w/Spanish subtitles [2/2001] for $17.98 full credits from IMDb |
"Thelma & Louise"
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Directed by Ridley Scott; starring Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brad Pitt & Timothy Carhart; won Oscar & WGA for Best Original Script (Callie Khouri), 5 other nominations, 8 BAFTA noms
MGM/UA widescreen DVD [5/2001] for $13.46 MGM/UA Special Edition DVD [2/2003] for $22.48 MGM/UA widescreen VHS [5/2001] out of stock/used MGM/UA color VHS [7/2002] out of stock/used MCA soundtrack CD [4/91] for $11.98 full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 "Thelma and Louise" and "Something To Talk About" two screenplays by Calli Khouri Grove Press 9x6 pb [7/96] for $11.20 |
1992
"Unforgiven"
[Warner Bros Aug 1992]
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Directed by & starring Clint Eastwood; co-starring Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris & Frances Fisher; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (GH), Best Editing, nominated for Best Script, Best Actor (CE), Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound; also won DGA, nominated for Best Script by WGA; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005)
Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [10/2006] for $8.99 Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD [8/97] out of prodn/used Warner Home Video color VHS [8/2000] out of prodn/used Warner Home Video widescreen color VHS [3/2001] out of prodn/used Warner Home Video color VHS w/Spanish subtitles [7/2000] out of prodn/used Verese soundtrack CD [8/92] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
"Malcolm X" [1992]
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"The Player" [Avenue/Spelling April 1992]
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A screenwriter is blackmailing a movie studio executive... Directed by Robert Altman [1925-2006]; novel & script by Michael Tolkin; starring Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Dean Stockwell, Sydney Pollack & Lyle Lovett, plus many cameos; 3 Oscar noms, won 2 BAFTA, won 2 at Cannes, won WGA Best Script/Adaptation
New Line Special Edition widescreen color DVD [7/97] for $14.49 New Line color VHS [6/2002] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
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"The Player" [1988 novel] by Michael Tolkin
Grove Press 8¼x5½ pb [4/97] for $9.60 Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover [6/88] out of print/used Random House ABR audio [5/93] out of stock/used "The Return of The Player" [2006 sequel] by Michael Tolkin Grove Press 8x5¼ pb [7/2007] for $10.40 Grove Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/2006] for $4.80 [sic] |
"Scent of A Woman" [1992]
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"Profumo di donna" [Italian original 1974]
full credits from IMDb
1993
"Schindler's List" [Amblin/Universal Dec 1993]
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Spielberg's cinematic masterpiece – as opposed to his many box-office hits – about Catholic war profiteer Oskar Schindler, who risked his life and business to save more than a thousand Jews from certain death in Nazi death camps during WWII.
Directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the novel by Thomas Keneally; starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes & Embeth Davidtz; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script/Adaptation, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Music, Best Art Direction, nominated for 5 more; won DGA, USC Scripter, WGA & 7 BAFTA awards; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005)
Universal b&w VHS [8/94] 2 tapes for $17.98 Universal widescreen b&w VHS [8/94] for $17.98 Universa VHS limited edition gift set [8/95] for $69.98 Universal widescreen DVD gift set [3/2004] for $55.99 Universal widescreen DVD [3/2004] for $18.89 MCA soundtrack CD [12/93] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb |
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Based on the 1982 novel by Thomas Keneally winner of the Booker Prize Touchstone 8¼x5½ pb [12/93] for $11.20 S&S 8¾x6 hardcover [12/94] for $17.50 S&S Audio ABRIDGED [12/93] for $14.00 |
"The Piano" [1993]
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"Short Cuts" [1993]
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"Sleepless in Seattle" [1993]
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1994
"Forrest Gump" [Paramount July 1994]
 | The hilarious and profound epic story of a dim-wit nobody.
Directed by Robert Zemeckis; starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright & Gary Sinise; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script, Best Actor (Hanks), Best Effects & Best Editing, nominated for 7 more
Paramount widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2009] 2 disks for $19.99 
Paramount widescreen color DVD [8/2001] 2 disks for $8.49 Paramount color VHS [9/96] out of prodn/many, many used Sony soundtrack CD [8/94] out of prodn/many used Sony/Legacy soundtrack double CD [8/2001] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb • theme music [2min:47sec midi file] • movie entry at Wikipedia "Making of.." documentary [1994] Directed by Peyton Reed
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based on the 1988 novel by Winston Groom
Washington Square Press 8x5¼ pb [10/2002] for $10.80 Pocket mass pb [8/94] out of print/used Pocket 8x5¾ hardcover [11/94] out of print/used |
"Blue Sky" [1994]
Oscar for Best Actress to Jessica Lange; full credits from IMDb
"Bullets Over Broadway" [1994]
Directed by Woody Allen; full credits from IMDb
"Pulp Fiction" [1994]
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"Yin shi nan nu" aka 'Eat Drink Man Woman' [Taiwan 1994]
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1995
"Braveheart" [1995]
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"Apollo 13" [1995]
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"Il Postino" [Italy 1995]
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"Nixon" [Hollywood Pictures Dec 1995]
![Oliver Stone's "Nixon" [1995]](covers/dNixonOS.gif)  | The discovery of the Watergate burglary and the subsequent attempted cover-up by the White House leads to the resignation of President Nixon.
Co-produced, co-written & directed by Oliver Stone; starring Anthony Hopkins {as Nixon}, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, E.G. Marshall, David Paymer, David Hyde Pierce, Paul Sorvino, Mary Steenburgen, J.T. Walsh & James Woods; Oscar noms for Best Original Script, Best Actor [AH], Best Supporting Actress [JA], Best Music Score
Disney Video widescreen color Blu-ray [8/2008] for $24.49 Disney Video Collector's Edition widescreen color DVD [3/2002] out of prodn/used Disney Video color VHS [3/97] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used Hollywood Rcds soundtrack CD by John Williams [12/95] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb "Nixon: An Oliver Stone Film" annotated screenplay & essays [1995] |
1996
"The English Patient" [1996]
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"Fargo" [1996]
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"Ghosts of Mississippi" [1996]
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"Jerry Maguire" [1996]
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"Lone Star" [1996]
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1997
"Titanic" [1997]
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"Amistad" [1997]
 | Africans kidnapped into slavery in 1839 rise up and take over the ship 'La Amistad'. After reaching land in America, they are treated as slaves and put on trial for murder.
Directed by Steven Spielberg; starring Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey & Djimon Hounsou; nominated for 4 Oscars
DreamWorks widescreen DVD [7/2000] for $17.99 Universal color VHS [1/2000] for $9.99 Universal widescreen VHS [1/2002] for $9.99 Universal VHS w/Spanish subtitles [1/2000] for $9.99 full credits from IMDb |
 | "Amistad: A Celebration of The Film" [1998] by Steven Spielberg & Debbie Allen, photos by Andrew Cooper Newmarket Press hardcover [2/98] for $19.25 Novelization by Alexs D. Pate
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"The Voyage of La Amistad: A Quest For Freedom" [independent documentary Jan 1998]
MPI Home Video color/b&w VHS [3/98] for $19.98; no entry on IMDb
"As Good As It Gets" [1997]
full credits from IMDb
"Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life" [documentary Feb 1998]
 | Written & directed by Michael Paxton; Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature
Strand Releasing Director's Vision DVD [10/99] 2 disks for $32.49 Image Ent. letterbox DVD [10/99] out of prodn/used Strand Releasing color VHS [3/2000] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb | official website |
Ayn Rand [1905-82] Pages at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore
Magic Lantern's Ayn Rand Film Festival Page
"L.A. Confidential" [1997]
full credits from IMDb
"La Vita è Bella"
aka 'Life Is Beautiful' [Italy 1997]
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1998
"Saving Private Ryan" [1998]
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"Shakespeare in Love" [1998]
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'Shakespeare On Film' Festival at Magic Lantern
1999
"American Beauty" [1999]
full credits from IMDb
"Being John Malkovich" [1999]
full credits from IMDb
"The Insider" [Touchstone Nov 1999]
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Co-written & directed by Michael Mann; co-written by Eric Roth; starring Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall & Lindsay Crouse; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Crowe), Best Script (Adapted), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound; nominated for ACE, ASC, BAFTA, DGA & WGA awards
Disney Honme Video widescreen DVD [6/2004] for $11.98 Touchstone widescreen VHS [4/2001] out of stock/used Touchstone widescreen VHS [4/2002] out of stock/used Sony soundtrack CD [10/99] for $17.98 full credits from IMDb • official movie website 11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com Jeffrey Wigand, whistleblower: official website Time Magazine 10 Questions Interview [Feb 2005] |
"The Straight Story" [1999]
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"Sweet and Lowdown" [1999]
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"Todo Sobre mi Madre"
aka 'All About My Mother' [Spain 1999]
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2000
"Gladiator" [2000]
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'Gladiator' fansites WebRing
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
aka 'Wo hu cang long' [China 2000]
full credits from IMDb
"Erin Brockovich" [2000]
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"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" [2000]
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"Pollock" [Sony Dec 2000]
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Produced, directed & starring Ed Harris; co-starring Marcia Gay Harden, Tom Bower, Jennifer Connelly, Bud Cort, John Heard, Val Kilmer, Robert Knott, David Leary & Amy Madigan; won Oscar for Best Supporting Actress [Harden], Oscar nomination for Best Actor
Sony widescreen color DVD [7/2001] for $14.99 Sony color VHS [12/2001] out of stock/used Rounder soundtrack CD by Jeff Beal [2/2001] for $17.98 full credits at IMDb; official movie site Jackson Pollock entry at Wikipedia |
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