Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5549 Films to Buy & Rent
Forces of Nature (1999)
- Dir. Bronwen Hughes
Feat. Ben Affleck, Sandra Bullock
- Cutesy–pie screwball romance with wedding–bound hunk Ben Affleck enduring savage weather and travel catastrophes while saddled with kooky…
Freaks and Geeks (TV Series) (1999)
- Dir. Judd Apatow
Feat. Linda Cardellini, James Franco, Jason Segel…
- Much loved but unfortunately short lived classic about two distinct groups of teenagers dealing with high school in the eighties. Created by a…
Funny by George (The George Wallace Story) (1999)
- Dir. Don Percy
- Celebrates the life and times of unashamedly Australian vaudeville comedian and movie star, George Wallace.
Futurama (TV Series) (1999)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Billy West, Katey Sagal, John Di Maggio
- Matt Groening’s sci–fi followup show to THE SIMPSONS is a similarly clever adult–oriented cartoon, again with layers of satire and…
Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Dir. Dean Parisot
Feat. Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver…
- Tim Allen and his cast of a sci–fi TV show are recruited to assist a naive alien race who have modelled their strategies and technologies on…
Games, The (TV Series) (1999)
- Dir. Bruce Permezel
Feat. John Clarke, Gina Riley, Bryan Dawe
- An exacting TV–satire that paralleled the lead–up to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, turning the 'real TV' documentary format on its head…
Girl (1999)
- Dir. Jonathan Kahn
Feat. Dominique Swain
- Hybrid of the teen–flick with grunge–rock movie, starring Dominique Swain (LOLITA) as a brainy virgin who decides to fall in with some…
Go (1999)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Sarah Polley, Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr…
- The director of SWINGERS switches focus to the reckless chic of LA's twentysomething rave scene, brandishing a slew of racy taboos, an impossibly…
Gun Shy (1999)
- Dir. Eric Blakeney
Feat. Liam Neeson, Sandra Bullock, Oliver Platt…
- Implausible and cartoonish, this crime comedy has the novelty of Liam Neeson trying out a comedy role – as stressed–out undercover cop…
Happy, Texas (1999)
- Dir. Mark Illsley
Feat. Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn, William H. Macy
- Sweetly sardonic crowd–pleaser indeed took the audience award at Sundance '99, adding a pinch of fashionable 'gay irony' to the more familiar…