Subgenre Sampler
Comedy: 5570 Films to Buy & Rent
EdTV (1999)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Ellen DeGeneres…
- Ron Howard's comedy suffered from untimely, post–TRUMAN SHOW release, but this more conventional TV satire has enough of a different angle to…
Election (1999)
- Dir. Alexander Payne
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon
- Mid–life crisis intersects with teenage foibles in this cheerily cynical high–school tale for adults, as crumpled teacher Matthew…
Elephant Juice (1999)
- Dir. Sam Miller
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Sean Gallagher, Daniel Lapaine
- The makers of the cult late–night TV–series ‘This Life’, extract a similar blend of drama, ennui and pathos from the lives of…
Family Guy - Season 1 (TV Series) (1999-2002)
- Feat. Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis…
- A kidult animated series with its own special sense of humour.
Set around the Griffin household which includes teenagers, a cynical dog who is…
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…