Clear Filters
Showing 24 of 207,202 films
Atomic Filmmakers: Hollywood's Secret Film Studio

Atomic Filmmakers: Hollywood's Secret Film Studio

1997 • 49 min
For years, a secret U.S. government film studio operated in Hollywood capturing images of atomic bomb testing! This documentary chronicles the top secret film studio that for over twenty years during the height of the Cold War, photographed hundreds of nuclear weapons tests and other classified projects. Their work is among the most spectacular ever captured on film. From the Nevada desert to remote Pacific atolls to outer space, these top secret filmmakers developed advanced techniques and methods to create their fantastic movies. With the end of the Cold War, the story of Hollywood's secret film studio can now be told.
The Wall

The Wall

1997 • 11 min
Early experimental film by Angela Christlieb.
Radioactive Crotch Man

Radioactive Crotch Man

1997 • 2 min • United States of America
Don't miss out on turning Radioactive Crotch Man into the explosive hilarious cinematic juggernaut that he was always meant to be!!!!!
Witches in Stitches

Witches in Stitches

1997 • 22 min • United States of America
Ready for a hilarious adventure? Hop aboard a broomstick for this tale of two dim-witted witches who accidentally turn their sister into a jack-o-lantern on Halloween...and that's just the beginning of the story. Join the silly sisters as they turn a typical suburban town topsy-turvy with their inept attempts to rescue their sister-turned-pumpkin on Halloween night. Watch them fly around town, go trick-or-treating for the first time, and pop in on a children's Halloween party. These "Witches in Stitches" will delight children with their entertaining tactics and humorous happenings. This is one Halloween story that can be enjoyed all year long!
The Wiggles: Wiggledance!

The Wiggles: Wiggledance!

1997 • 49 min • Australia
Now you can have your very own Wiggles concert at home! Murray, Greg, Jeff, and Anthony join with their friends Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the Dog, Henry the Octopus and Captain Feathersword in the fun packed show that has made The Wiggles Australia's most successful children's entertainers.
Beyond the Shadow Place

Beyond the Shadow Place

1997 • 9 min
In a series of vignettes from the Arctic, South America and ancient Egypt, death is revealed as a transition, rather than the end.
Ducktators

Ducktators

1997 • 46 min • Netherlands
Documentary about WWII propaganda cartoons.
The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the United States Navy Adventure

The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the United States Navy Adventure

1997 • 30 min
Travel with the pint-sized supersleuths, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen ("Full House"), and their sidekick dog, Clue, to the Edge of the World, where a fleet of UFOs have been flying over Earth every 93 minutes.
Chicks Who Love Guns

Chicks Who Love Guns

1997 • 4 min
If you love chicks and you love guns, this video is for you. Meet Sidney and friends and their guns of choice.
White Fang

White Fang

1997 • 47 min • United States of America
Adventure awaits in the story of White Fang, a peaceful courageous wolf who overcomes all odds in this animated tale for children based on Jack London's original classic. A young wolf pup and his mother are forced to join a Native American tribe to survive after their pack leader perishes. He is reluctantly traded to a greedy businessman in compensation for a grievance and entrained in a corrupt dog fighting ring. Rescued by a compassionate young man, White Fang begins a lifelong bond, finds puppy love and room for more adventures...
Traces of Time: The Director Frank Beyer

Traces of Time: The Director Frank Beyer

1997 • 60 min • Germany
Documentary about the East German director Frank Beyer, a remarkable man with a remarkable career whose films should be much better known.  
Cinema Português? - Diálogos com João Bénard da Costa

Cinema Português? - Diálogos com João Bénard da Costa

1997 • 53 min • Portugal
Through a conversation with João Bénard da Costa and his ideas about the Portuguese cinema, an interaction between the construction of the documentary and the sights and sounds clips from some movies is established. Despite the difficulties, the films continue to exist and to resist. Is it worth it? What would happen if they disappeared? Each viewer must find their answer. This film aims to be an approach to Portuguese cinema in its hundred years of existence, opening, hopefully, ways for their dissemination and making light for its knowledge.
Leopard: The Agent of Darkness

Leopard: The Agent of Darkness

1997 • 49 min
In this documentary produced by the BBC, Sir David Attenborough leads us through an examination of the lives of two leopards living in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley.
Soft Bodies: Pajama Party

Soft Bodies: Pajama Party

1997 • 57 min
soft bodies pajama party
Sledgehammer O'Possum - What's Going on Back There?

Sledgehammer O'Possum - What's Going on Back There?

1997 • 7 min • United States of America
Seeking refuse from the cold, Sledgehammer O'Possum takes up living in a post box, but doesn't sit well with an angry letter carrier.
The Ultraworld

The Ultraworld

1997 • 16 min
Landscape film, The Ultraworld (1997) marks a certain break. The artist demonstrates the ability of the film device to transform the perception of a reality. Hence, the filming, the editing and handling of the film cause destruction, disruption of a wild landscape.
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special

1997 • 34 min
Whoopi Goldberg is the voice of Mother Goose in this all-star, all-rhyming tale set in multi-ethnic nursery-rhyme land.
Deszcz

Deszcz

1997 • 3 min • Poland
The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the Volcano Mystery

The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the Volcano Mystery

1997 • 25 min • United States of America
The girls receive a call from some miners of marshmallows that a snowball-throwing monster has been "terrorizing" them. The girls eventually find out that the "snow" is really ash, and the "monster" is actually a geologist warning them that an active volcano is not a safe place to work.
Putting Our Best Foot Forward

Putting Our Best Foot Forward

1997 • 22 min • Yugoslavia
During the 1996/97 protests in Serbia a group of 200 students walked from Novi Sad to Belgrade to support students and citizens of the capital. A photobook by the same name, with photos from the same protests was published in 2016.
Biblioteca Nacional

Biblioteca Nacional

1997 • 22 min • Brazil
A reflection on books and culture through testimonies and images from the Rio de Janeiro's National Library. In this work commissioned by the Ministry of Culture, the director forgoes voice-over in favor of a polyphonic discourse, combining more informative speeches from representatives of institutions with speeches by, for example, Sérgio Sant'Anna and Lygia Fagundes Telles, who express, in a different tone, their passion and vocation for books.
Perverted Family: Big Brother's Tutor

Perverted Family: Big Brother's Tutor

1997 • 60 min • Japan
Two brothers live in a fine house that was left to them as an inheritance after their parents died. The older brother is a medical school student, and the younger brother is a law student. However, the younger brother doesn't seem to be able to rely on his older brother's academic ability. Worried that if things continue like this, he won't be able to graduate or even become a doctor, he decides to ask for an excellent private tutor. The tutor who came was a very beautiful woman, and she said that her brother's lack of confidence was due to his virginity, and that she would teach him both studies and sex. The younger brother is stunned, but he is told that he will introduce his younger sister to you, and when she arrives, he is taught how to have sex. And the tutor sisters end up living with the brothers at home. SEX lectures are held every day in the house. Eventually, the sisters' mothers and fathers come and live with them...
Cirque du Soleil: Saltimbanco

Cirque du Soleil: Saltimbanco

1997 • 56 min
From the Italian 'saltare in banco' – which literally means 'to jump on a bench' – Saltimbanco explores the urban experience in all its myriad forms. Between whirlwind and lull, prowess and poetry, it takes spectators on an allegorical and acrobatic journey into the heart and soul of the modern city.
The 120 Days of Bottrop

The 120 Days of Bottrop

1997 • 60 min • Germany
An eccentric homage to the Rainer Werner Fassbinder days of German filmmaking.