All Films

Gipsy Kings: Tierra Gitana

1996 • 57 min

Documentary blending concert footage with behind-the-scenes shots and interviews to profile the musical group as well as the history and culture of Gypsies and flamenco music. The importance of singing is emphasized in an acoustic concert in a traditional tavern in the Camargue region in the south of France; the band is also seen in performance at Wolf Trap, VA, on its recent American tour.

In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes

1996 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Actor Patrick Macnee leads the viewer through London in the footsteps of the genius private investigator Sherlock Holmes and his assistant and friend, Dr. Watson.

Tulpanmysteriet

1996 • 36 min

Tulpanmysteriet (or "Peter & Fredde på uppdrag i Holland") is the first of two films that Peter Settman and Fredde Granberg have made for Stena Line and the Netherlands Tourist Board. From 1996.

Japan in Paris in L.A.

1996 • 30 min

Japan in Paris in L.A. centres on Saeki Yuzo, an early twentieth-century Japanese artist who makes a pilgrimage to Paris to seek his artistic fortunes, only to find that ethnic and cultural differences stand in his way. Around this narrative, the Yonemotos construct a multi-layered and self-reflexive work in which strategies of disjunction and contradiction are key. Employing heightened theatricality, experimental narrative strategies and archival footage, the film proposes a complex meditation on issues of modernity, representation, ethnocentrism and identity.

Garbage: Bizarre Festival

1996 • 54 min

Garbage performing onstage at the Bizarre Festival in Cologne, Germany on August 17, 1996

The Prince and the Pauper

1996 • 44 min • Canada

The story began in the 1860s in London, England. For as long as he could remember, twelve year old Tom Canty had dreamed of being a Prince. Whenever he was not begging for money for his cruel father, Tom played "being Prince" with his friends. Tom Canty and Prince Edward, the soon to be king, bear a striking resemblance to one another and decide to swap places. Unfortunately, the once innocent trick turns into a nightmare, and the Pauper and the Prince become desperate in their struggle to prove their real identity before it is too late and the Pauper is crowned King.

Chornobyl. Epilogue

1996 • 54 min • Ukraine

The film is dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the accident at the Chornobyl NPP.

The Wizard of Oz on Ice

1996 • 60 min • United States of America

An ice-skating television adaptation of the 1939 musical film based on Lyman Frank Baum's 1900 fairy tale novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".

Janis the Little Piglet

1996 • 30 min • Germany

On the farm six little pigs are born. But one of them is not like it’s brothers and sisters. It does not act piggish at all. No lazy hanging around, no digging the dirt, no getting real fat. It seems much more exciting to roam about on the farm. The watchdog, which has to keep everything in order on the farm, is getting more and more desperate. Janis, that's the name of the little pig, is creating a wicked disorder all the time. Until the day when a man appears on the farm who wants to buy a sucking pig. And it is just Janis, he chooses.

Must Be the Music

1996 • 20 min • United States of America

Four gay men on a Friday night out in Los Angeles.

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.