All Films

Nike: Good vs. Evil

1996 • 2 min • United States of America

In this commercial for Nike, a total eclipse of the sun occurs behind the ruins of an ancient coliseum. "And on that day, a dark warrior arose on the Earth," the announcer explains, "to destroy the beautiful game." A special-effects extravaganza ensues, ostensibly as a soccer match pitting the forces of good and evil against each other in mortal combat. As crowds in the stands wave banners and martial music blares on the soundtrack, the forces of evil are vanquished. In a final apocalyptic moment, the Devil himself is dispatched from the field after being hit by a flaming soccer ball.

Muppet Sing Alongs: Things That Fly

1996 • 30 min

Things That Fly is a 30-minute sing-along special released direct-to-video by Jim Henson Video in 1996. In the special, Kermit the Frog and a young boy Muppet, Lindy, explore different varieties of things that fly in an effort to return a young, lost alien named Norberta return to her home planet. The video is a companion to Muppets On Wheels. (https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Things_That_Fly)

Zion Canyon: Treasure of the Gods

1996 • 39 min • United States of America

A breathtaking view of Zion National Park filmed originally in the IMAX format.

Wer hat Angst vorm Weihnachtsmann?

1996 • 14 min

A businessman books a Santa Claus with his wife from the student employment service for his children on Christmas Eve. He appears too late and when he realizes that he should only be the mess clown for the children so that they can go to bed quickly, because business friends are supposed to come to dinner, he calls his colleagues.

Disney Sing-Along Songs: Pongo & Perdita

1996 • 30 min

It's the day of the annual Bow-Wow Ball at the Dalmatian Plantation! Pongo, Perdita, and Nanny do their best to keep your favorite puppies from Disney's live-action hit, 101 Dalmatians, out of trouble before their friends arrive for the big party. Features a song from Disney's animated classic 101 Dalmatians.

A Bit Bitter

1996 • 14 min • South Korea

A woman leads a tiresome life trying to make ends meet, doing housework, and bring up her children. She tries her best to save money but she feels something is missing inside of her. She cannot communicate with her husband who brings his friends home at night to drink; they all seem to be speaking in incomprehensible gibberish

PROBE: Ghosts of Winterborne

1996 • 42 min • United Kingdom

The Devil of Winterborne has only recently been exorcised by PROBE. But when the body of its last victim disappears, and a book of black magic spells is stolen from a local museum, Liz Shaw begins to wonder if the ghosts of the past have really been laid to rest. Forced into an unholy alliance with the school’s disgraced headmaster, Liz must fight not only her own warring emotions, but a festering evil that threatens to corrupt the Earth again after 100 years. But how do you fight a shadow from Hell?

Duke of Groove

1996 • 32 min • United States of America

Mother takes her teenage son to a party, to make sure he will not be at home when father leaves the family for good.

Penthouse: All Access

1996 • 55 min • United States of America

A video about and featuring Penthouse models, and their taking it off!

Le Livre de minuit

1996 • 17 min • France

In 1942, in the middle of World War II, a young boy uses the tales in the 1001 Nights book and the wonderful story of Sheherazade to protect his mother who is engaged in undercover activities with the publisher Editions de Minuit.

The Dead Alewives

1996 • 30 min • United States of America

A sketch comedy program made by Milwaukee's (now defunct) Dead Alewives improv comedy troupe (famous for their Summoner Geeks sketch). This is a VHS tape that they sold at some of their shows.

The Toys Room

1996 • 29 min • Germany

There is jealousy brewing in the toy chest. A new toy has taken all of the little boy's attention. When Pino the Toy decides to run away the others become worried he might never return. Will the other toys be able to find their friend and save the day?

Penthouse: Wild Weekend with the Pets

1996 • 54 min • United States of America

Eight incredible Penthouse Pets are throwing a party and you're invited! They'll take you through their weekend of fun and share those private moments that you've come to love from Penthouse Video. Your fantasies will come alive with the Penthouse Pets at their one-of-a-kind party.

Scream, Teen, Scream!

1996 • 38 min

In a plot broadly spoofing teen horror movies, three teenage "girls" have a slumber party on Halloween night. Gay Power-rangers, pizza delivery guys in jocks, and anorexic ghosts put the best laid plans to shame.

Just Above My Head

1996 • 10 min

The artist walks with a stride, his camera pointed up from around his stomach. The sky, some trees and occasionally his head pops up in the lower third. The title is taken from an essay by James Baldwin.

The Continuum

1996 • 60 min • United States of America

Shot on location in Idaho, Wyoming, Alaska and New Zealand, TGR’s flagship film won two awards at the international Film Festival and was voted Best movie of the Year by France’s acclaimed SKIEUR Magazine. The all time soul favorite.

Billy and Mandy in: Trepanation of the Skull and You

1996 • 2 min • United States of America

Maxwell Atoms' debut short has his characters Billy and Mandy having fun with trepanation.

The Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott

1996 • 52 min • Ireland

When Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott died on 4 January 1986, he was 36 years old. His early death from a drug-related illness placed him in the same rock 'n' roll league as his idols Elvis and Jimi Hendrix. This documentary looks behind the image to reveal the strains of life in the fast lane. It also focuses on Lynott as family man, writer, and black Irishman with a Brazilian father. Includes contributions from Bono, Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Scott Gorham, and Lynott's wife Caroline Crowther, who speaks publicly for the first time. (Radio Times)

Får jag lov

1996 • 47 min

A documentary about the people who gather at the restaurant Sandgrund in Karlstad. They are looking for love, friendship or just a dance or two to Swedish "dansband"-music.

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

1996 • 50 min • United States of America

Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winning stardom by guts, determination and hard work. During her 50-year career, she made over 80 films. But her obsessive perfectionism led to the later caricature of coat-hanger-wielding harridan that even the adoration of fans could not counter. Still, she has endured as one of the most popular icons of the movies, an early role model to a million young women who aspired to her image of stylish magnetic power and unquestioned independence.

From Your Head

1996 • 2 min • United States of America

The power of imagination.

From Bridgend to Basilica

1996 • 25 min • Italy, United Kingdom

A documentary film which tells the story of a Bridgend-born Roman Catholic priest, who rose to the high role of Monsignor at the Basilica in Rome.

Nobody's Business

1996 • 60 min • United States of America

Director Alan Berliner takes on his reclusive father as the reluctant subject of this affecting and graceful study of family history and memory. Ultimately this complex portrait is a meeting of the minds -- where the past meets the present, where generations collide and where the boundaries of family life are stretched, torn and surprisingly, at times, also healed. Berliner has transformed a story of a troubled man who has sealed himself off from life's pain into a work of universal resonance.

Vem Var Dracula

1996 • 52 min • United Kingdom

A look at "Dracula" in the arts and his supposed real-life inspiration Vlad Tepes.