All Films

The Exultant Beast

1989 • 25 min • Soviet Union

A student is walking through the forest with his beloved. It gradually gets dark, and they realize they are lost. They wander for a long time trying to find their way. Strangers appear and attack the young man, while the girl manages to run away into the forest.

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

1989 • 30 min • United States of America

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Oh, the Thinks You Can Think and The Foot Book...three great Seuss stories all on one video

The Edit

1989 • 14 min • Canada

A television journalist who violates journalistic ethics by altering his story in the editing suite.

Drifting Into Chaos

1989 • 55 min • Japan

Two girls find themselves in the secluded countryside. They are followed by two guys in a van and are eventually attacked and raped by them. Later they are taken to a house and are forced to eat dinner with the crazy family living there, including a perverted grandfather in a wheelchair. Afterwards your standard after dinner activities commence...

Miss Piggy's Hollywood

1989 • 23 min

In this special, Miss Piggy and her associate producer Gonzo attempt to take viewers on a star-studded trip around Hollywood and fail miserably.

Andrea Martin... Together Again

1989 • 45 min

Nightclub performer makes a comeback.

Traces

1989 • 21 min • East Germany

Martin Brandt (1903-1989), an unforgettable Jewish actor and former member of the Jewish Kulturbund Theater in Berlin, recites from Macbeth and Nathan the Wise, the play that opened the theater in October 1933. These last filmic images of Brandt are combined with historic footage and traces of the Jewish past in Berlin.

The Story of the Dancing Frog

1989 • 30 min • Italy, Switzerland, United States of America

Short - This delightful adaptation follows Gertrude and George the Dancing Frog on a whirlwind theatrical tour. - Amanda Plummer, Heidi Stallings, Edna Harris

Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet

1989 • 24 min

A music video compilation was also released by A&M Records alongside the album. It contained (in order) music videos for "Stay" and "Just Another Day" from Dead Man's Party, "Gratitude" from So-Lo, "Little Girls" from Only a Lad, "Nothing Bad Ever Happens" from Good for Your Soul, and "Private Life" from Nothing to Fear.

The Boy Who Became a Cupboard

1989 • 11 min • Czechoslovakia

Parents from around the world hold a congress to discuss how to deal with their misbehaving children. All parents come together — only one set is missing, the parents of Sylvester, the best boy in the world. The congress decides to go see him so he can lead the other children by example. Sylvester is truly an exceptional child, but his "being good at all times and under all circumstances" somewhat gets out of hand.

Molester Train: Don't Stop, Fingertips

1989 • 60 min • Japan

The most extreme "molestation train" was born between the Showa and Heisei eras. An abnormal woman who loves outdoor masturbation and a super lewd woman who loves sex... A big collision on a crowded train!

Can We Be Serious

1989 • 45 min

The Improv in LA, the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, and the universe of comedians and impresarios who called them home.

The Miracles of Jesus

1989 • 30 min • United States of America

The Miracles of Jesus is an exciting panorama of Jesus’ most touching miracles. Healing the sick and afflicted, raising Jairus’ dead daughter, casting out demons and calming the storm are attributed to the principle of faith.

Soviet Elegy

1989 • 35 min • Soviet Union

In "The Soviet Elegy" the long train of photos of the Soviet leaders, dead or alive, stops at the portrait of Yeltsin. At the time of shooting Yeltsin had fallen down from the assembly of the Communist Party deities, and participated in the earthly life through connections of different kinds.

Tarantella

1989 • 5 min • United Kingdom, United States of America

"Tarantella" was an early Super 8 short film directed by Christopher Nolan with his childhood friend Roko Belic. It was made in 1989 while Nolan was studying at University College London. The film aired on "Image Union," a PBS programme in Chicago. It is about the suffering of a young man while he has nightmare about spiders and demons.

The Unforgettable Nat King Cole

1989 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Enjoy the smooth voice and cool rhythms of legendary American recording artist Nat "King" Cole with this music set, which includes popular hits like "Mona Lisa," "Save the Bones for Henry Jones," "Shine On Harvest Moon," "Sweet Lorraine" and more. The first African-American to host a television variety show, Cole sold millions of records throughout the course of his career and continues to possess enduring popularity worldwide.

The Good Samaritan

1989 • 30 min • United States of America

The Good Samaritan tells the most touching parable that Jesus ever taught. The story begins with the lawyer’s trick question, “What is the greatest commandment?” As Jesus answers with the story of the robbers, the Rabbi, the Levite and the wounded traveler becomes real. Imagine the traveler’s emotion as his own countrymen pass by while his enemy, a Samaritan, stops to help him. Jesus teaches us to love and serve one another no matter how we differ.

Sonic Soldier Borgman: Last Battle

1989 • 60 min • Japan

It has been three years since the end of the series. Ryo works for NASA as an engineer on a large rocket project. Anise, fellow Borgman and lover, has been reduced to flipping burgers in a restaurant. So naturally, when she gets a letter offering her a professional job in a big, Japanese, high-tech project, she jumps at the chance. Ryo, however, is as indecisive as ever and so she leaves for Japan without him. Chuck Sweager, the third Borgman, is a police officer, as is his girlfriend Miki...

Groper Train Hurry Up And Come

1989 • 60 min • Japan

Kagawa gropes Marie on the train but she stops him. In order to get revenge on her, Kagawa followed her and tracked her down to her apartment. A few days later, he meets Yurika. With her help, Kagawa began his revenge on Marie. Marie is a mysterious woman who has relationships with multiple men, including company president Harada, elite businessman Ohmae, and part-time worker Osamu.

White Massacre

1989 • 35 min • United States of America

A guy in a bone-white mask kills a bunch of teenagers.

The Wickedest Witch

1989 • 30 min • United States of America

Avarissa, a witch so evil that she was banished to an underground kingdom, attempts to trick a human child into committing a despicable act so that she can switch places with him and escape.

Routed

1989 • 29 min • United States of America

After being fired after a dispute with his boss, Clark is free to take over his son's newspaper route during the boy's illness. Intending only to fill in for a few days, Clark quickly develops a manic enthusiasm for the job, and is even able to take revenge on his former boss (who is on the route) by tearing the comics page out of his newspaper.

The Tip of the Iceberg

1989 • 58 min • United Kingdom

A documentary on the ways in which the symbolism of the breast is expressed in film, fashion and filth, how the bosom is idealised and the means by which it is trivialised and denigrated. Contributors include Barbara Windsor, Jane Russell, Marina Warner, Sheila Kitzinger, American poet Audre Lorde, Vivienne Westwood, Anna Raeburn and Russ Meyer.

Hägar the Horrible

1989 • 23 min • United States of America

Made-for-TV special of popular comic strip.