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DVDs 1988
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1988 Best Picture Winner - Now On DVD
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The Last Emperor [DVD](1987) DVD
Bernardo Bertolucci's stunning historical drama, winner of nine Oscars including Best Picture and Director, follows the tragic life of Pu Yi: child ruler of Imperial China, dissolute playboy in exile, Japanese puppet leader, and prisoner of the Communists. Filmed throughout China and in Beijing's Forbidden City, this exquisite film stars John Lone as the adult monarch, Joan Chen, Lisa Lu, and Peter O'Toole. 3 2/3 hrs. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; audio commentary; "making of" documentary; featurettes; interviews; theatrical trailer; more. Four-disc set.
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1988 Best Picture Nominees - Now On DVD
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Broadcast News [DVD](1987) DVD
Writer/director James L. Brooks combines a savage look at TV journalism with a hectic love triangle. William Hurt is the not-too-bright but photogenic news anchor who interests driven producer Holly Hunter and angers veteran correspondent Albert Brooks. Also stars Joan Cusack, Robert Prosky, and Jack Nicholson as the network anchorman. 132 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; theatrical trailer.
Fatal Attraction [DVD](1987) DVD
The hit thriller that scared the pants back on adulterers stars Michael Douglas as a married attorney who has a weekend tryst with editor Glenn Close. The affair soon becomes an obsession to the unbalanced Close, who harasses Douglas' family and eventually threatens their lives. Anne Archer co-stars. 119 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English; audio commentary by Lyne, Douglas, Close; interviews; featurettes; alternate ending; rehearsal footage; theatrical trailer.
Hope And Glory [DVD](1987) DVD
Director John Boorman takes a look back at the London Blitz of World War II, as seen through the eyes of a child, in this haunting, semi-autobiographical seriocomedy. Sebastian Rice-Edwards is the boy who sees the war as a grand adventure; with Sarah Miles, Sammi Davis, Ian Bannen and Charley Boorman. 113 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; theatrical trailer.
Moonstruck (Decades Collection: 1980s) [DVD](1987) DVD
Three Academy Awards, including Best Actress and Supporting Actress, went to this wonderful romantic comedy featuring Cher as an Italian-American widow whose plans to remarry hit a snag when her fiance's brother falls in love with her. Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello, Vincent Gardenia and Olympia Dukakis also star; Norman Jewison directs. 102 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; 16-page "Life" magazine booklet; bonus audio CD.
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Other Popular Movies Of 1988 - Now On DVD
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Big (Extended Edition) [DVD](1988) DVD
Tom Hanks stars in this hit comedy as the fast-rising toy company executive whose big success hides an ever-bigger secret: he's really a 13-year-old kid who magically became an adult thanks to a carnival wishing machine. Hit "body-switch" farce also stars Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jon Lovitz; directed by Penny Marshall. Two-disc set includes both the original theatrical version and the extended version; 104 min./130 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, French Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: Spanish; deleted scenes; featurettes; TV spots; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.
Stand And Deliver [DVD](1987) DVD
Edward James Olmos delivers a bravura performance in the true story of Jamie Escalante, a Colombian-born engineer who left the business world to teach the youth of L.A.'s barrio slums and uses unorthodox methods to inspire them to learn. Winning drama co-stars Lou Diamond Phillips, Andy Garcia. 103 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
The Accused [DVD](1988) DVD
Three men commit a brutal gang rape in a crowded bar, but because their victim has a reputation as a "party girl" the district attorney (Kelly McGillis) can only pursue minor charges against them. Jodie Foster earned an Academy Award for her role as a woman denied justice in this gripping, fact-based drama. 110 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English; theatrical trailer.
Gorillas In The Mist [DVD](1988) DVD
Sigourney Weaver stars in this biography of Dian Fossey, the American naturalist who lived amongst the mountain gorillas of Central Africa, and whose unflagging crusade for their preservation may have cost her her life. Lush and lovingly rendered film co-stars Bryan Brown, Julie Harris; directed by Michael Apted. 130 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround; biographies; featurette; production notes; web links; theatrical trailer; scene access.
A Fish Called Wanda (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) [DVD](1988) DVD
Writer/co-star John Cleese and director Charles Crichton ("The Lavender Hill Mob") blend their comic styles in a frantically funny farce. Stodgy barrister Cleese gets involved with a gang of inept robbers (femme fatale Jamie Lee Curtis, sublimely stupid sadist Kevin Kline, and stuttering icthyophile Michael Palin) who needs him to recover a stolen fortune. 108 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; alternate scenes; audio commentary by Cleese; deleted scenes; "making of" documentary; photo gallery; theatrical trailer; trivia. Two-disc set.
Married To The Mob [DVD](1988) DVD
There's loads of larcenous laughs in Jonathan Demme's offbeat comedy of Mafia manners. When Michelle Pfeiffer's hit man husband is bumped off, she tries to leave "family" life behind her, but is romantically pursued by mob boss Dean Stockwell and FBI agent Matthew Modine. Alec Baldwin, Mercedes Ruehl co-star. 103 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; theatrical trailer; scene access.
Running On Empty [DVD](1988) DVD
Acclaimed drama of a family on the run from the law stars Judd Hirsch and Christine Lahti as '60s radicals wanted for a protest bombing that wounded an innocent victim and River Phoenix as their eldest son, who would welcome a chance at a "normal" life and the music scholarship he can't accept. Compelling story, directed by Sidney Lumet, also stars Martha Plimpton. 116 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English; scene access.
Tucker: The Man And His Dream [DVD](1988) DVD
He was the visionary '40s automaker whose ideas and independence threatened Detroit's "Big Three," and whose courage wouldn't let his dream die. Jeff Bridges stars as Preston Tucker in director Francis Ford Coppola's masterful biodrama. Lloyd Bridges, Frederic Forrest, Joan Allen also star. 110 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English; audio commentary by Coppola; "making of" documentary; 1948 promotional film.
The Last Temptation Of Christ [DVD](1988) DVD
Controversy aside, Martin Scorsese's screen version of Nikos Kazantzakis' novel is a dramatic interpretation of the passion of Christ with a miraculous performance by Willem Dafoe as a self-doubting Savior. Scripted by Paul Schrader, with Harvey Keitel as Judas, Barbara Hershey as Mary Magdalene and David Bowie as Pilate. 164 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English; audio commentary by Scorsese, Dafoe, others; interview with Peter Gabriel; photo gallery; more.
Above The Law [DVD](1988) DVD
That's just what martial arts expert Steven Seagal is, as he smashes his way across the screen in his starring debut, a white-hot actioner about a Chicago cop who finds himself in a one-man battle against corrupt colleagues and ruthless drug runners. Co-stars Pam Grier, Henry Silva. 99 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; filmographies; theatrical trailers.
Casual Sex? [DVD](1988) DVD
Can two attractive, single women find fulfillment through meaningless relationships in the age of "the new monogamy"? Lea Thompson and Victoria Jackson try to find out in a comedic look at romance in the '80s; with Andrew Dice Clay, Mary Gross. 88 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: Spanish.
Cocktail [DVD](1988) DVD
It's risky business behind the taps and bottles of New York's bar scene, but cocky outsider Tom Cruise has dreams the color of money and all the right moves to become a libation legend and a top gun bartender. Can Elisabeth Shue's endless love change him, or does he risk losin' it all? Hit drama co-stars Bryan Brown as Cruise's mixological mentor. 104 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1.
The Crocodile Dundee Triple Feature [DVD] DVD
Three-disc set includes "'Crocodile' Dundee," "'Crocodile' Dundee II"(1988) and "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles."
Fresh Horses [DVD](1988) DVD
Finding love from across opposite sides of the tracks are "Pretty in Pink" co-stars Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy, but pressure from friends threatens to pull them apart. Rocky romantic drama co-stars Patti D'Arbanville, Ben Stiller. 103 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English.
License To Drive [DVD](1988) DVD
It's a rite of passage for American teenagers, but when one young man fails his driving test, he's got to do some fast thinking (and illegal driving) to keep a date with the school beauty. Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Richard Masur, Carol Kane and Heather Graham star. 90 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround stereo; audio commentary; deleted scene; interviews; TV spots; theatrical trailer; DVD-ROM content.
Red Heat [DVD](1988) DVD
The Cold War was never hotter than when no-nonsense Soviet law officer Arnold Schwarzenegger teams up with maverick Chicago cop Jim Belushi to bring back a Russian criminal who's tearing up the streets of the Windy City. Fast-paced hit also stars Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross, Laurence Fishburne, Gina Gershon; Walter Hill directs. 106 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Spanish; featurettes; "making of" documentary; theatrical trailer; TV spots.
Salsa [DVD](1988) DVD
A hot-blooded Hispanic dancer in L.A. changes partners as frequently as he changes steps on the way to a big Salsa dance contest. ``Dirty Dancing'' choreographer Kenny Ortega puts ex-Menudo Robby Rosas and Miranda Garrison through the sizzling Latin paces in this song-filled drama. 97 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese; theatrical trailer.
Young Guns [DVD](1988) DVD
Lean in years, but killers all, a violent range war put them on the wrong end of the biggest manhunt ever in the Wild West. Outlaw mega-hit of Billy the Kid and his band stars Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko; with Jack Palance, Terence Stamp. 102 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: Spanish; audio commentary; theatrical trailer; documentary; trivia.
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