Bean
Theatrical Release Date: 11/07/1997
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mel Smith
Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, John Mills, Burt Reynolds, Pamela Reed, Harris Yulin
Plot: The Royal National Gallery board of directors is eager to rid themselves of security guard Bean as all he does is sleep on the job. They ship him off to L.A. as an "art scholar" to present and protect the just-donated painting Whistler's Mother at a small museum. But Bean is far from being a scholar and the painting is anything but safe in his keep.
Cold Around the Heart
Theatrical Release Date: 11/07/1997
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ridley
Actors: David Caruso, Kelly Lynch, Stacey Dash, Chris Noth, John Spencer, Richard Kind
Eve's Bayou
Theatrical Release Date: 11/07/1997
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Actors: Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Good, Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan, Jake Smollett
Plot: 1962, Louisiana, the large Batiste family is headed by Dr. Louis - a charming man who loves his wife, Roz, but also finds it hard to avoid the beautiful women he calls patients. At one of these appointments, his young daughter Eve witness his indiscretion and cannot forget it. She confides in her sister Cisely as the lies spiral out of control.
The Hanging Garden
Theatrical Release Date: 11/07/1997
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Actors: Chris Leavins, Peter MacNeill, Sarah Polley, Martha Irving, Troy Veinotte, Joel S. Keller
The James Gang
Theatrical Release Date: 11/07/1997
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Barker
Actors: John Hannah, Helen McCrory, Jason Flemyng, Toni Collette, James Nesbitt, Lauren McMurray
Mad City
Theatrical Release Date: 11/07/1997
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Costa-Gavras
Actors: John Travolta, Dustin Hoffman, Mia Kirshner, Alan Alda, Robert Prosky, Blythe Danner
Plot: Sam Baily is an out-of-work museum security guard about to make a rash move. Max Brackett is a television reporter stuck in a rut. While investigating a piece, Max sees an incredible situation unfold as he witnesses Sa, waving a gun at a woman. Max takes advantage of the situation for what he thinks will be the story of his career.
Maldoror
Theatrical Release Date: 11/07/1997
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kadour Naimi
Actors: Ian Falconer, Dario Casalini, Gaby Ford, Willow Cox, Christopher Ahrens, Martin Dansky
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame ( Lepa sela lepo gore )
Theatrical Release Date: 11/07/1997
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Srdjan Dragojevic
Actors: Dragan Bjelogrlic, Nikola Kojo, Dragan Maksimovic, Zoran Cvijanovic, Milorad Mandic, Dragan Petrovic
Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
Theatrical Release Date: 11/07/1997
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kirby Dick
Actors: Kirby Dick, Bob Flanagan, Kathe Burkhart, Sheree Rose, Rita Valencia, Sarah Doucette
Starship Troopers
Theatrical Release Date: 11/07/1997
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Patrick Muldoon, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris
Plot: Intergalactic bugs aim to destroy the human race in this futuristic sci-fi, action packed film.
The Wings of the Dove
Theatrical Release Date: 11/07/1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Iain Softley
Actors: Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Alison Elliott, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Gambon, Elizabeth McGovern
Plot: Kate's family once held much wealth - until her mother married an opium
addict who squandered the fortune. But when her mother dies, Kate is
suddenly given the opportunity to return to the privileged world -
provided she severs all ties with her previous life (including her
would-be husband, the muck-raking Merton). She reluctantly agrees - but
when she befriends "the world's richest orphan" - a woman who is dying,
and also attracted to Merton - she sees a way to attain both lives - but
nothing quite works out as well as planned.
Knowledge of Healing, The ( Wissen vom Heilen, Das )
Theatrical Release Date: 11/05/1997
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Franz Reichle
Another 9 1/2 Weeks
Theatrical Release Date: 11/04/1997
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Anne Goursaud
Actors: Mickey Rourke, Agathe de La Fontaine, Angie Everhart, Steven Berkoff, Dougray Scott, Werner Schreyer
Cinderella
Theatrical Release Date: 11/02/1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Iscove
Actors: Brandy Norwood, Bernadette Peters, Veanne Cox, Natalie Desselle, Whoopi Goldberg, Whitney Houston
Plot: An updated version of the classic fairytale that has Brandy taking on the role of Cinderella, Whitney Houston as the fairy godmother and Paolo Montalban as the Prince.
Moe no suzaku
Theatrical Release Date: 11/01/1997
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Naomi Kawase
Actors: Kotaro Shibata, Yasuyo Kamimura, Sachiko Izumi, Jun Kunimura, Machiko Ono
Romance and Rejection ( So This is Romance? )
Theatrical Release Date: 11/01/1997
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kevin W. Smith
Actors: Reece Dinsdale, Victoria Smurfit, Clara Bellar, John Hannah, Frank Finlay, Rowena King
Sweethearts
Theatrical Release Date: 11/01/1997
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Aleks Horvat
Actors: Janeane Garofalo, Mitch Rouse, Margaret Cho, Bobcat Goldthwait, Van Quattro, Vinnie Bilancio
Ulysses' Gaze ( vlemma tou Odyssea, To )
Theatrical Release Date: 11/01/1997
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos
Actors: Harvey Keitel, Erland Josephson, Maia Morgenstern, Thanasis Vengos, Yorgos Michalakopoulos, Dora Volanaki
Uncut
Theatrical Release Date: 11/01/1997
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Greyson
Actors: Michael Achtman, Matthew Ferguson, Damon D'Oliveira, Maria Reidstra, Alexandra Webb, Daniel MacIvor
