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DVDs 1986
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1986 Best Picture Winner - Now On DVD
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Out Of Africa [DVD](1985) DVD
Spectacular, beautiful filming of author Isak Dinesen's accounts of her life in 1910s Africa won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Director. Meryl Streep stars as the Danish woman who reluctantly goes to Africa with husband Klaus Maria Brandauer to run a coffee plantation, but slowly comes to fall in love with the untamed land and with hunter Robert Redford; directed by Sydney Pollack. 161 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital stereo; audio commentary by Pollack; documentary; biographies; theatrical trailer.
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1986 Best Picture Nominees - Now On DVD
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The Color Purple (Special Edition) [DVD](1985) DVD
The award-winning drama about a black woman's struggles to take control of her life in a small Southern town in the early 20th century, based on Alice Walker's novel. Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery and Oprah Winfrey head an impressive cast, under the direction of Steven Spielberg. 152 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1; documentaries; interviews; theatrical trailers; scene access; more. Two-disc set.
Prizzi's Honor [DVD](1985) DVD
Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner are a married couple in the same line of work; they're both contract hit men! What happens when their next assignments turn out to be each other makes for an exciting adventure tinged with dark humor. John Huston directs; with Robert Loggia, William Hickey, and Best Supporting Actress Academy Award-winner Anjelica Huston. 129 min. Standard and Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French.
Witness (Special Edition) [DVD](1985) DVD
Philadelphia detective Harrison Ford must protect the sole witness to a murder, a 10-year-old Amish boy, when the crime is linked to police corruption, forcing Ford to hide on the boy's family's rural farm. Peter Weir's compelling, visually eloquent drama also stars Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Josef Sommer, Danny Glover. 112 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo Surround, French Dolby Digital stereo Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish; deleted scene; "making of" documentary; theatrical trailer; TV spot.
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Other Popular Movies Of 1986 - Now On DVD
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The Color Of Money [DVD](1986) DVD
In his Oscar-winning performance, Paul Newman returns as pool hall hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson, lured back to the table when he serves as mentor to cocky young cue whiz Tom Cruise. Captivating film for all ages, directed by Martin Scorsese, co-stars Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. 119 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 4.1, French.
Round Midnight [DVD](1986) DVD
Drama set in 1950s France, where a friendship develops between an aging black American jazz musician (Dexter Gordon) and a young Parisian artist (Francois Cluzet). Co-written and directed by French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, the movie also stars Lonette McKee, Gabrielle Haker and Herbie Hancock. 131 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish; theatrical trailer.
Mona Lisa [DVD](1986) DVD
Acclaimed British underworld drama stars Bob Hoskins as a small-time crook working for mob boss Michael Caine, who assigns him the job of escorting high-priced call girl Cathy Tyson around London. The at first antagonistic relationship between Hoskins and Tyson causes both to re-evaluate their lives; with Robbie Coltrane, Kate Hardie. 104 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary by Hoskins and director Neil Jordan; theatrical trailer; scene access.
Salvador [DVD](1986) DVD
"Platoon" creator Oliver Stone draws a disturbing parallel between America's involvements in Vietnam and Central America in this acclaimed drama. James Woods stars as an American journalist caught in the turmoil of the 1980 El Salvador revolution; with Jim Belushi, John Savage, Michael Murphy. 123 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: French, Spanish; "making of" documentary; interviews; audio commentary by Stone; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer; photo gallery.
Aliens [DVD](1986) DVD
Smash sequel has Sigourney Weaver returning to the planet where her crew discovered the alien with a squad of "space Marines" to save a group of colonists, only to find themselves in a battle for their lives against an entire hive of the lethal creatures. Exciting sci-fi adventure from director James Cameron also stars Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen. 154 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish; interview; behind-the-scenes footage; photo gallery; theatrical trailer; photo gallery.
Crimes Of The Heart [DVD](1986) DVD
Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek and Diane Keaton star as flaky Southern sisters who are uneasily reunited when Spacek is arrested for shooting her politician husband. More than one skeleton-filled family closet is opened in director Bruce Beresford's adaptation of Beth Henley's Pulitzer Prize-winning play; with Sam Shepard, Tess Harper. 105 min. Soundtrack: English.
The Morning After [DVD](1986) DVD
Engrossing murder mystery highlighted by Jane Fonda's performance as an aging, alcoholic actress who wakens one morning with something much worse than a hangover: a bloodied corpse in her bed. Has she been set up...or is she truly responsible? Jeff Bridges, Raul Julia co-star. 103 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; audio commentary; featurette; theatrical trailer.
Peggy Sue Got Married [DVD](1986) DVD
A woman attending her high school reunion suddenly finds herself back 25 years in time and able to rethink the choices she made in her life. Francis Ford Coppola's comedy/drama of "second chances" stars Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, and Barry Miller. 103 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; theatrical trailers.
Hoosiers (Special Edition) [DVD](1986) DVD
An eloquently understated drama starring Gene Hackman as a former top college basketball coach who finds redemption when he takes over the reins of a small Indiana high school team. The talented supporting cast includes Barbara Hershey as a teacher, and Dennis Hopper as a "town drunk" who assists Hackman. 114 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; audio commentary; documentary; deleted scenes; photo gallery; theatrical trailer; 1954 championship game.
Blue Velvet [DVD](1986) DVD
David Lynch's unsettling drama of violent and erotic surrender in a small town. A young man's investigation of a grisly discovery draws him into affairs with an innocent teenage girl and a masochistic singer involved with a sadistic psychopath. Stars Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Laura Dern and Dennis Hopper. 121 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital stereo Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish; documentary; deleted scenes; photo gallery; more.
About Last Night... [DVD](1986) DVD
Rob Lowe and Demi Moore are the "bar-crossed lovers" out to prove that romance lives, even in the singles-crazed world of the '80s, in this witty comedy. Fine support from Jim Belushi and Elizabeth Perkins; based on David Mamet's play "Sexual Perversity in Chicago." 113 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; theatrical trailers.
Armed And Dangerous [DVD](1986) DVD
"SCTV" alumni John Candy and Eugene Levy reunite as two bumbling security guards whose investigations into a local mob boss could make their future very insecure. Crazy comedy also stars Robert Loggia, Meg Ryan, Kenneth McMillan. 88 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; theatrical trailers.
Big Trouble In Little China [DVD](1986) DVD
Furiously offbeat, lightning-paced adventure by John Carpenter, blending action, horror, comedy and martial arts, about a ragtag group of heroes out to rescue a kidnapped girl from a 2,000-year-old magician in San Francisco's Chinatown. Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, James Hong and Dennis Dun star. 99 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 4.0, Spanish Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary by Carpenter; theatrical trailer; scene access; interactive menus.
Cobra [DVD](1986) DVD
Dull movies are a disease and Stallone is the cure! Watch Sly, as two-fisted, quick-triggered L.A. cop Cobra, as he shoots, blasts, punches and mauls his way through the ranks of a murderous gang terrorizing the streets. With Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni. 87 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; audio commentary; "making of" documentary; theatrical trailers.
The Crocodile Dundee Triple Feature [DVD] DVD
Three-disc set includes "'Crocodile' Dundee" (1986),"'Crocodile' Dundee II" and "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles."
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Bueller... Bueller... Edition) [DVD](1986) DVD
Matthew Broderick is Ferris, a Chicago high school student who's not going to let a little thing like classes get in the way of his enjoying one fine spring day. High-spirited "hooky" comedy from teenmeister John Hughes also stars Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones. 103 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo Surround, French Dolby Digital stereo Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish; interviews; "making of" featurette; more.
Lucas [DVD](1986) DVD
Delightful comedy/drama about a shy, bright 14-year-old high school student whose friendship with an older girl develops into a crush and is threatened when she's courted by the school football captain. Touching, heartfelt tale stars Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen, Winona Ryder. 100 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital stereo, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish.
One Crazy Summer [DVD](1986) DVD
It certainly is for John Cusack, Demi Moore, Tom Villard and Bobcat Goldthwait in this zany comedy about some "misfit" teens who team up to save a Nantucket retirement home from developers. 93 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai; audio commentary; filmographies; theatrical trailer.
Pretty In Pink (Everything's Duckie Edition) [DVD](1986) DVD
Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy are star-crossed high school lovers from opposite sides of the track. Will their romance survive peer pressure in time for the prom? Seriocomedy written by John Hughes co-stars Jon Cryer as Ringwald's best friend; with Annie Potts, Harry Dean Stanton. 96 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo Surround, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurette; deleted scenes; photo gallery; interviews; alternate ending.
Three Amigos! [DVD](1986) DVD
In the 1910s, the natives of an oppressed Mexican village send a plea for help to their favorite movie star gunslingers (Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short). The hapless actors believe they're making a publicity appearance...and get stuck having to face down very real banditos! 103 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; biographies.
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