Subgenre Sampler
: 25145 Films to Buy & Rent
Victoria Wood Live (1997)
- Feat. Victoria Wood, Julie Walters
- Live stand–up sketches from BAFTA winning Brit comedienne and actress Victoria Wood on her sell–out 2007 tour, occasionally accompanied…
Vietnam War - Unknown Images (1997)
- Dir. Isabelle Clarke
- Recently declassified military footage gives a harrowing new look into the years of the Vietnam War. Three episodes – 'Secrets of War',…
Voice of Bergman (1997)
Volcano (1997)
- Dir. Mick Jackson
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, John Carroll Lynch
- A film that presupposes that LA sits on top of a load of steaming bile. A Heston–esque Tommy Lee Jones reigns in the non–stop disasters…
Waco - Rules of Engagement (1997)
- Dir. William Gazecki
- The disastrous FBI siege of the Branch Davidian Sect compound at Waco, Texas in 1993 is pulled to pieces in this acclaimed documentary, revealing a…
Wag the Dog (1997)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Dustin Hoffman
- A Clinton–inspired political satire, coincided with the Lewinsky scandal on release (and then Iraq), sees Whitehouse spin–doctor Robert…
Waiting for Guffman (1997)
- Dir. Christopher Guest
Feat. Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Parker Posey…
- A comic treasure from the writer/star of "This is Spinal Tap", here lining up the fictional US burg of Blaine, Missouri in his satirical sights, as…
Washington Square (1997)
- Dir. Agnieszka Holland
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ben Chaplin, Maggie Smith…
- Portrait of a lady adapted from the pen of Henry James profits from an exemplary Jennifer Jason Leigh performance – as an eccentric, plain…
Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
- Dir. Stephen Surjik
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, Ben Kingsley, Mimi Rogers…
- Media moguls Gabriel Byrne and Ben Kingsley vie for ownership of a pro football team, in an escalating war of one–upmanship, eventually raking…
Weird Al Show, The (TV Series) (1997-1998)
- Dir. Peyton Reed
Feat. Al Yankovic
- Short–lived 'educational' children's TV show from the mind of 'Weird Al' Yankovic, perhaps best known in New Zealand for his pop song parodies,…