All Films

Nichols and May: Take Two

1996 • 55 min

A documentary made for the PBS program American Masters about the comedy team Nichols and May.

A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave

1996 • 28 min

A documentary following the life of Olaudah Equiano, based on his autobiography "The Interesting Narration of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa the African".

An Evening with Spike Milligan

1996 • 49 min • United Kingdom

Spike recalls his exploits in the army, setting up a jazz band and other sources of his comic inspiration. He patiently answers impertinent questions from Harry Secombe, Peter O'Toole, Lynsey de Paul, Roy Hudd and Denis Norden with often amusing answers.

Winslow the Christmas Bear

1996 • 45 min • United States of America

Winslow the bear isn't like the other bears. Instead of hibernating this winter like the rest of his kind, he decides to ask each of his animal friends what Christmas is all about.

Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy II

1996 • 22 min

Amy thinks her father has bought her the perfect gift: a new ventriloquist's dummy. However, it soon becomes apparent that there is more to this dummy than meets the eye.

Um Homem Sério

1996 • 20 min • Brazil

Hilário Pestana, the most famous, funniest and, ironically, saddest Brazilian actor, has died. He has passed through many stages of Brazilian cinema: the chanchadas, the Vera Cruz classics, the pornochanchadas, and even experimental movies. He was beloved by the public and had a gift for laughter, but he only desired to be a serious man.

Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar

1996 • 42 min • United States of America

Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar is a documentary on Jackie Chan.

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

1996 • 52 min • United Kingdom, Canada

In January 1996 filming began on a new episode of Doctor Who set in San Francisco, but shot in Vancouver, Canada. Sylvester McCoy flew out to join the production team to re-create his role as the Seventh Doctor and to hand over to Paul McGann. In this behind-the-scenes video diary, Sylvester gives us a personal account of his final days as the famous Timelord. Reminiscing about the "old days" and drawing comparisons with the experience of working on this latest adventure, he talks to Paul McGann, Daphne Ashbrook (Dr Grace Holloway) from the new production and Anneke Wills (Polly) from the show's past. All shot on Hi-8 camcorder.

Bird Watching

1996 • 15 min • Japan

This short film won acclaim in several international film festivals.

The Street

1996 • 58 min • Canada

Every day, on the streets of Canada's cities, we pass them on our way to work or school. Bums, beggars, winos, bag people we call them. But who is the person at the end of that outstretched arm? What is life on the street really like? Is there a way off the street? For six years, director Daniel Cross followed the lives of three homeless men who spent much of their time in and around a Montreal subway station. Filmed in a cinema verité style, the film is unique: it humanizes the homeless, breaking down the barrier between us and them, neither moralizing nor offering easy answers. This is a gritty, compelling look at life on the streets that moves beyond the media stereotypes to show both the humanity of the homeless and the street-toughened aspects of their existence.

An Audience with Charles Dickens

1996 • 29 min

A live recording from the Vaudeville Theatre in London where Simon Callow recreates the reading performances of Charles Dickens.

Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace

1996 • 45 min • United States of America

Documentary overview of Peter Lorre's ascension to fame as a master purveyor of silky but disquieting peril.

The Adventures of Moby Dick

1996 • 45 min • Canada

Animated feature about a young whale named Moby Dick.

Goosebumps: Stay Out of the Basement

1996 • 44 min • Canada

When her mother leaves town to visit a sick relative, Margaret's concern for her father grows. She does not know what he is working on in the basement and cannot figure out why his behavior has changed.

Beyond的精彩 Live & Basic演唱会

1996 • 60 min

Dance Lexie Dance

1996 • 15 min • United Kingdom

Lexie is a single parent father of a young girl. One day, coming home from work, he is told by her that she wants to be am Irish River Dancer. He refuses, replying laconically, 'We don't dance'. With time, her fascination grows and he begrudgingly becomes accepting of her passion, helping her out with an instructional video and then a costume. She enters a contest, and he enthusiastically applauds her performance. In the final scene, she teaches him a few steps as they move together along the shore.

Capul de zimbru

1996 • 52 min • Romania

Film inspired by a short story of the same name by Vasile Voiculescu. During the Second World War a Romanian army unit, isolated in a strange landscape, is visited by a German general. The disappearance of a valuable postage stamp - the head of a zebu - dating back to the sec. The disappearance of a valuable 19th-century stamp head - a 19th-century stamp head - during this visit creates a highly tense situation.

Cremaster 1

1996 • 41 min • United States of America

CREMASTER 1 (1995) is a musical revue performed on the blue Astroturf playing field of Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho - Barney's hometown. Two Goodyear Blimps float above the arena like the airships that often transmit live sporting events via television broadcast. Four air hostesses tend to each blimp. The only sound is soft ambient music, which suggests the hum of the engines.

Transworld - Uno

1996 • 41 min

Video #1 Bill Pepper, Brian Howard, Caine Gayle, Chad Muska, Chet Thomas, Chris Lambert, Eric Koston, Geoff Rowley, Gershon Mosley, Heath Kirchart, Jason Maxwell, Jeremy Klein, Marc Johnson, Matt Mumford, Mike Frazier, Nanda Zipp, Paul Sharpe, Rick Jaramillo, Ron Whaley, Tim Brauch, Tom Penny, Tony Hawk, Willy Santos

Vermin of the Vortex

1996 • 22 min • United States of America

Alienation in academia beneath the chandeliered opulence of a political correctional facility that caters to clashing cultures with chicken fajitas and carefully worded alphabet soup. Features George at the Flaherty Seminar and the Chicago Underground Film Festival.

Happy Birthday Bunnykins

1996 • 25 min

When young William Bunnykins' upcoming birthday coincides with his hometown's 500th anniversary and a commemorative royal visit from Queen Sophie, he begins to worry that his family and friends are so busy preparing that they have forgotten him.

The Battle of Brazil: A Video History

1996 • 55 min

This documentary, based on author Jack Mathew's book "The Battle of Brazil," reunites the players involved in the struggle over the film's U.S. release. This take on one of the noisiest, most unusual, and most instructive behind-the-scenes controversies in Hollywood history features Mathews, director Terry Gilliam, producer Arnon Milchan, and studio executives Frank Price, Marvin Antonowsky, Bob Rehme, and Sidney Sheinberg.

Pilot Brothers Cook Pasta for Breakfast

1996 • 7 min • Russia

The brothers woke up in the morning in the city of Berdichev and began to prepare breakfast, without looking up from their usual business and cheerful conversations.

Four Boys in a Volvo

1996 • 4 min • United States of America

The short film was made from material shot for a Levi’s commercial on which Gus Van Sant was given complete freedom. Van Sant delivered the ad, and separately made his own short film; one that feels complete in and unto itself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.