Cinematic Era: 1990 Vintage

A definitive collection of his very best work: The Very Best of Peter Sellers.

Jojo was counting on his inheritance from a rich uncle to pay off his gambling debts, but the old man played a dirty trick on him, giving him custody of an oversized dog, and leaving the real cash in the hands of one of his neices. His comfortable fantasy of future solvency has been sorely tried; to restore it, he begins to try wooing his cousin Kathrin (the woman with the loot). However, as things progress, he finds himself actually falling for her, which is perhaps the only really decent thing that he's done in his adult life. When he and a gambling buddy take Kathrin on a jaunt to the south of France, things get pretty dicey when a corrupt cop comes onto the scene. In this romantic thriller, only one will survive.

MTV viewers get the rare opportunity to see legendary hard rockers Aerosmith perform acoustically on this special edition of "MTV Unplugged." Taped live at the historic Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York City in High Definition TV, band members Steven Tyler (vocals), Joe Perry (guitar), Tom Hamilton (bass), Joey Kramer (drums) and Brad Whitford (guitar) perform a rousing 30 minute acoustic medley of their hit songs past and present. Song selections include "Toys In The Attic," "Hang Man Jury," "Big 10 Inch," "Dream On," "Walkin' The Dog," and "Train Kept A Rollin'." "MTV Unplugged" with Aerosmith, with high definition imaging by Captain of America, marks the first airing of a high definition program on the network. Recorded 11 August 1990 at The Ed Sullivan Theater - NYC. Original Premiere Date: 20 September 1990.

Thai horror film.

Follows Cousteau on a trip to Antarctica with 6 children, each chosen to represent one of the other continents in order to raise awareness about the global significance of Antarctica, the continent most crucial to world climate regulation.

Preparations for a carnival are under way in a Bulgarian town. People are very excited. They are head over heels in the forthcoming celebration and gradually, they lose their self-identities and adopt that of masks they put on. All of a sudden, a Stranger lands in the little town. Coming from another planet, he has the ability to impersonate the true image of everyone who violates another man. Misunderstandings and comical situations succeed each other. Quite a number of 'bad guys' come out...

Using his family members and friends as cast, independent filmaker Fumiki Watanabe has brought a drama to the screen which opens a window into the daily lives of modern Japanese living in provincial towns. In the story, (Fumiki is a tutor to junior high students. In Japan, the pressure on pre-college-age students to excel in their studies is so intense that after-school tutors have a very important role in the culture, and tutoring is a respected full-time profession. The tutor is bored with his marriage, and has a liaison with the parent of one of his girl students. At the same time, his son is going out with his new mistress' girl, and as a result of this, the situation rapidly becomes very confusing, and Fumiko is unable to hide this pecadillo satisfactorily.

The Most Happy Fellows, a beloved barbershop quartet, perform a wonderful musical rendition of “The Wizard of Oz” (1939). The show and music was arranged by legenday barbershopper, Lloyd Steinkamp and offers an entertaining approach to this classic film. The 1977 International quartet champions were a perfect fit for this package.

This program explains some of the reasons why people are drawn to the Satanic way of life and reveals the symbols used by members of the occult world. The program also highlights some of the criminal activities associated with ritual practices and ceremonies and gives important dates when these crimes are most likely to occur during the year. (worldcat.org)

A desolate provincial railway station and six People waiting for the late connecting train to the main station. About itchy feet and the longing of the locked in in October 1989, when the big turn of November was not in sight yet.

Terrible Lie, Sin, Something I Can Never Have, Sanctified, That's What I Get, Suck (Pigface cover), The Only Time, Get Down, Make Love (Queen cover), Down in It, Head Like a Hole

A young village leader falls in love with a girl assuming that she is a villager. However, his life takes a turn when he comes to know that she is from a very rich family and a friend of his enemy.

Documentary about the problem district of Gropiusstadt in Berlin.

A pitch black comedy about how blue a Monday morning can be.

Based on the life of Jawaharlal Nehru (played by Pratap Sharma) -- who succeeded Mahatma Gandhi and became independent India's first prime minister -- this red-letter film takes an inside look at the man known as the Jewel of India. Directed by former politician Kumar Kiran, the movie intertwines historical information and human drama to examine the personal and professional life of one of India's master statesmen.

A story about complicated relationships between escaped refugee and a young girl he took hostage.

Mexican feature film

A corrupt, lonely couple manipulates a naive, young couple using money, power, and lies.

Chapala Chennigaraya is a 1990 Indian Kannada film, directed by H. R. Bhargava and produced by M Rajagopal and Suresh Kumar. The film stars Kashinath, Kalpana, Vanitha Vasu and Sundar Krishna Urs in lead roles. Music of the film was composed by Rajan-Nagendra.

The film is based on the life of Jesus Christ until the crucifixion. It was the first Sinhala film based on Christianity and directed by a Buddhist.

A gala evening from the Dominion Theatre in London, presenting a galaxy of star entertainers, from as far afield as the United States of America, Czechoslovakia, Australia and Russia. Plus a host of talented young performers.

A tender showbiz saga about an aging Borscht Belter who passes the mantle to a younger comic who is about to get his big break. Offbeat and kitsch, with a striking six-foot blond chanteuse and a great stand-up sequence in The Persian Room at The Pines. Existentialism lives in the Catskills!

One evening, Mom, Dad, and a maid named Natasha were sitting at a table drinking.

Three people from very different walks of life meet at a large construction site. Young, unmarried, self-confident construction manager Linda Hinrichs dedicates herself completely to her work and enjoys living more independently then most women. Daniel, a student works on the construction site to make money during his summer holiday, and impresses Linda with his spontaneous energy and idealism. Brigadier Böwe, an older, divorced man works his way from one construction site to the other and has lost his own personal happiness on the path to developing what was seen as officially suitable social standards. Both men try to win Linda over, not realizing that they are taking her freedom away from her.

In the increasingly competitive contemporary society, parents hope that their son will become a dragon and their daughter will become a phoenix. However, when their hopes and desires cannot be realized, the distorted mentality leads to the true story of the mother killing her son. Who will return the joyful childhood dreams of children?

Pido and Dida grew up inside an orphanage believing they are siblings. Maltreated by their adoptive parents, they run away and find themselves in a shanty of a kind lady. Forced to live with their real parents, they realize that money alone cannot guarantee happiness.

Twenty-one years (1968 - 1989) in the life of violinist Jan, whose life and social situation forced him to make compromises and personal concessions.

After seven months of pregnancy a husband and wife learn that their unborn child won't survive for long.

Comedy based on the play by M. Orr and R. Denham.

Helenka, a textile industrial student, invents an ideal man who is the envy of all her friends. The dreamy and delusional Helenka resists her complexes with an imaginary lover, her more realistic friend Zuzka would also prefer the dreamy Patrik, but in the end she will probably be happy with the less ideal Honza, and the self-confident vulgar nymphomaniac Sylva flies from one lover to another like a butterfly, finally as she was the only one waiting for her dream Patrick.

Sami Al-Gohary works with an international drug-dealing gang that operates in Egypt. When he gets arrested, the gang manages to break him out, and the police tirelessly try to re-catch him.

Peter Hutton's New York trilogy. An act of urban archaeology, a chronicle of indelible impressions of the city.

In 1990, Robert Kramer receives a grant from the Ford Foundation. He goes to Berlin for 6 months, where he makes an hour long single video shot (for a festival) in the bathroom of his apartment. Facing the camera, the filmmaker thinks, alone, about the fall of the Berlin wall. "I've already spent 6 weeks here. With all the events in eastern Europe, it was like a hurricane. Berlin is a city where you feel the biggest changes, where you meet Polish immigrants, or others, escaping. Berlin will become a very violent city. What happens in eastern Europe is a bit like the end of the civil war in the US. The North, and all it's power stimulated by years of war, took over the South, who has lost everything. And there is this German past, the war, on all levels.

Haunted by the death of her mother and without role models, dreamer Louise scours her world for someone to imitate. With the help of James Joyce's Ulysses and a taxi-driving poet, Louise discovers she is the woman she thought she would never be.

Dandy (Nattakan Petchrapanna) He travelled from Japan for finding Jam, his grandpa. He took his fraud money document of his father's office with him. Dandy was chasing by a secret ninja, but there's an Interpol also chasing him. Dandy got a favor from Thanu (Bin Bunlurit), he got the order to kill Jam, but when he knew the truth, he had changed his mind. The turbulence happened when the secret document was grabbed by the pickpocket gang of Dam (Panna Rittikrai); Then the scramble happened.

Madonna and her crew perform in Barcelona, Spain for the legendary Blond Ambition Tour in 1990. The Blond Ambition World Tour was the third concert tour by Madonna. It was launched to support her fourth studio album Like A Prayer and the soundtrack I’m Breathless. It was a highly controversial tour, mainly for its juxtaposition of Catholic iconography and sexuality.

A pre-war Russian village. Two harmonica player friends are in love with the same girl. The rivalry of the characters unfolds against a musical background — who will outplay whom. The war begins. Both of them return from the war, but one of them can no longer play, which does not mean that he loses...

During the war in 1941, Antoine, 9, lived with his grandparents in Gironde. His mother prefers to keep him away in the free zone, with his cousins, where he discovers a more rigorous world.

A college student goes on vacation to a South American country after learning he has cancer, and gets involved in the local civil war after his best friend is kidnapped by the revolutionary guerilla.

Oleg Borisov’s benefit performance. The plot of this televised stage production is based on Anton Chekhov’s dramatic sketch Swan Song, which tells the story of an aging actor’s fate. As the performance unfolds, the actor recalls some of his past roles in various productions based on the works of Ostrovsky, Griboyedov, Shakespeare, and Gogol. He also recites poems by Pushkin and sings a song by Okudzhava.

Die ägyptische Helena (The Egyptian Helen), is an opera in two acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Chod and his friends take a trip up the hill and get to meet Lum-nau who was up there to help develop and set up a small school to teach the hill tribe children. Chod and Lum-nau relationship is getting better and before he leaves the hill, he gives her his address in Bangkok.

Tommy Davidson shines in this classic 90s special. Whether he's talking about sex, the national anthem, cockroaches, or impersonating Prince & Michael Jackson, he's sure to make you laugh!

This 56-minute documentary on America's most controversial and unique composer manages to cover a great many aspects of Cage's work and thought. His love for mushrooms, his Zen beliefs and use of the I Ching, and basic bio details are all explained intelligently and dynamically. Black Mountain, Buckminster Fuller, Rauschenberg, Duchamp are mentioned. Yoko Ono, John Rockwell, Laurie Anderson, Richard Kostelanetz make appearances. Fascinating performance sequences include Margaret Leng-Tan performing on prepared piano, Merce Cunningham and company, and performances of Credo In Us, Water Music, and Third Construction. Demystifies the man who made music from silence, from all sounds, from life.

Video magazine with interviews and video clips. Featured on this volume is: Judas Priest, W.A.S.P., Michael Monroe, Great White, Alice Cooper, Francis X, Candlemass, Sons of Angels, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, Dio, Slaughter, Thunder, Testament, L.A. Guns and Bang Tango.

A documentary film promoting the life and career of Ho Chi Minh on the 100th anniversary of his birth (1890-1990) through a series of interviews with his contemporaries including Phạm Văn Đồng, Võ Nguyên Giáp and Nguyễn Văn Linh. One of the highly acclaimed films about Ho Chi Minh, this is often broadcast by Vietnam Television on the occasion of his birthday (May 19) or death anniversary (September 2).

A short film made for City Life (1990)

Theatrical recording of the play from "Black Blood": 1917 was the year during the Great War that nearly led to a revolution in France. At that time, Merlin was a modest but passionate professor. Nicknamed Cripure by his students, he spent most of his time reflecting on the human condition, in the light of God, which was supposed to exist. Filmed in Théâtre du Cothurne in Lyon.

A woman obsessed by dogs crapping on her small piece of lawn. A pelican hungry enough to eat a small Chihuahua. A dog who enjoys dressing up in women’s clothing. And another with a penchant for rubber… Discover the wonderful world of dogs… barkers, bullies, crappers, and roamers. Meet Boris, Pebbles, Piglet, Molly and the delinquent dog, Fugly. Meet the people – the devoted dog-lovers and those less enthusiastic about the canine breed. The Wonderful World of Dogs looks at the myths and obsessions surrounding the domestic dog and their doting owners. A story about dogs who just want to be dogs and people who want their dogs to be just like people.

A young couple arrives to the palace, where years ago the Countess Julia, She-Wolf was terrorising its inhabitants. Soon the ghost of the Countess attacks the fiancée.

A cartoon about how glaziers put glass through which everything was seen as curved.

Humorous short about the 1989 Brazilian presidential election.

Mexican feature film