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Sick (1997)
- Dir. Kirby Dick
- Stunning, compassionate feature biography of the life of Bob Flanagan, whose 'super–masochism' and extreme performance art was born of his…
Simple Wish, A (1997)
- Dir. Michael Ritchie
Feat. Mara Wilson, Martin Short, Kathleen Turner
- Mara Wilson's (MATILDA) simple wish for a fairy–godmother upturns the blundering Martin Short, who helps/hinders her crusade to rescue her…
Simpsons, The - Season 09 (TV Series) (1997)
- The first cracks begin to appear in the stories of this almost perfect TV Series:
Disc 9.1: The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson, The Principal…
Six O'Clock News (1997)
- Dir. Ross McElwee
- An interesting chapter in the unfolding saga of dir. Ross McElwee's (SHERMAN'S MARCH) autobiographical filmmaking, here centering on his new…
Slam Nation (1997)
- Dir. Paul Devlin
- Portland, Oregon is the home of The National Poetry Slam, a performance poetry competition which attracts participants from twenty–six states…
Sleepwalker Project, The (TV Series) (Sleepwalkers) (1997)
- Feat. Bruce Greenwood, Naomi Watts
- With a premise that's a cut above the usual sci–fi series imagination, this has a team of researchers at the Morpheus Institute use special…
Sliding Doors (1997)
- Dir. Peter Howitt
Feat. Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah
- The high concept works for this Four Weddings–ish romantic comedy, sustained by a delightful star turn from Gwyneth Paltrow. …
Sling Blade (1997)
- Dir. Billy Bob Thornton
Feat. Billy Bob Thornton, John Ritter, Dwight Yoakam
- Billy Bob Thornton performs a truly impressive writer–director–actor hat–trick for his remarkable tale about an asylum inmate…
Smilla's Feeling for Snow (Smilla's Sense of Snow) (1997)
- Dir. Bille August
Feat. Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Harris
- From Peter Hoeg's acclaimed novel, Julia Ormond glistens in the plumb role of the frosty, feisty half–eskimo woman who over–concerns…
Sound of One Hand Clapping, The (1997)
- Dir. Richard Flanagan
Feat. Kerry Fox, Kristof Kaczmarek
- Sombre and intense story unfolds in the chilly, dank beauty of the 1950s Tasmania, where a Yugoslavian immigrant couple and their daughter find a…