Subgenre Sampler
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Shall We Dance? (Shall We Dansu?) (1997)
- Dir. Masayuki Suo
Feat. Koji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari
- Happiness eludes a successful Japanese salaryman, so he plucks up the courage to attend dance lessons. Hugely popular home and international hit got…
Shining, The (Mini Series) (1997)
- Dir. Mick Garris
Feat. Steven Weber, Rebecca De Mornay, Pat Hingle…
- Telemovie adaptation of Stephen King's famous novel about a haunted, snowbound hotel in the Rocky Mountains. More of a literal version of the novel…
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…