Bobcat Goldthwait
Biography: Robert Francis "Bobcat" Goldthwait is an American screen and voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film and television director. He became recognized as a solo stand-up comedian and had a record "Meat Bob" and two televised concert specials in the 1980s. During the fall of 1993, he performed stand-up material as an opening act for Nirvana on what would be their final North American tour. Goldthwait is commonly known for his energetic, ravenous stage personality, his dark, acerbic black comedy, and his gruff but high-pitched voice.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 26, 1962
Deathday: N/A
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Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985-03-28
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Overview: Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about to hit the streets on their first assignment. Question is, are they ready to do battle with a band of graffiti-tagging terrorists? Time will tell, but don't sell short this cheerful band of doltish boys in blue.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-28
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Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
1987-04-02
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Overview: A new batch of recruits arrives at Police Academy, this time a group of civilian volunteers who have joined Commandant Lassard's new Citizens on Patrol program. Although the community relations project has strong governmental support, a disgusted Captain Harris is determined to see it fail.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-02
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Joy Ride
2021-10-29
Joy Ride
Overview: Frenemies and veteran comedians Dana Gould and Bobcat Goldthwait, having learned very little from their near-fatal car accident, get back on the road and journey throughout the American South. The documentary captures the duo as they carefully navigate highways and their decades-old contentious friendship; reflecting upon their careers and relationship with comedy. Buckle up.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-29
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Hot to Trot
1988-08-26
Hot to Trot
Overview: Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market. With the help of this horse Fred gains a lot at the stock-market of Chicago.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-26
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Radioland Murders
1994-10-21
Radioland Murders
Overview: A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-21
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Mickey's House of Villains
2001-11-15
Mickey's House of Villains
Overview: The villains from the popular animated Disney films are gathered at the House of Mouse with plans to take over. Soon, the villains take over the house and kick out Mickey, Donald and Goofy. It's all up to Mickey and his friends to overthrow evil and return the House of Mouse to normal--or as close to normal as it gets.
Genres: Family Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-15
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Grind
2003-08-15
Grind
Overview: Four skaters follow their idol on his summer tour in an attempt to get noticed, get sponsored, and become stars themselves.
Genres: Action Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-15
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Hercules
1997-06-13
Hercules
Overview: Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded villain Hades, who's plotting to take over Mount Olympus!
Genres: Animation Family Fantasy Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-13
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Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986-03-20
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Overview: When police funding is cut, the Governor announces he must close one of the academies. To make it fair, the two police academies must compete against each other to stay in operation. Mauser persuades two officers in Lassard's academy to better his odds, but things don't quite turn out as expected...
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-20
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Shakes the Clown
1991-08-28
Shakes the Clown
Overview: Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he can't get his act under control.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-28
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Scrooged
1988-11-22
Scrooged
Overview: Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-22
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I Am Comic
2010-01-10
I Am Comic
Overview: Through unprecedented backstage access and candid interviews, the film weaves through the absurd world of the working comedian and reveals a crazy and hilarious psychological profile of its practitioners. We also follow retired comic Ritch Shydner's attempt to climb back on stage after a thirteen-year hiatus. At the top of his game in the 1980's, Shydner had HBO specials, shot five pilot TV shows, and numerous late night appearances (Carson, Letterman, Leno, etc.) but the big time eluded him. Equipped with the collective wisdom and nutty musings of over 80 of his peers, he gives it another shot. Does Ritch have what it takes to connect with today's young crowds and still get the laughs?
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-10
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Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
1986-01-01
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
Overview: A montage of sketch comedy and music videos.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Burglar
1987-03-20
Burglar
Overview: Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade, and she runs a bookstore as well. Her friend Carl Hefler is a dog groomer. After a successful burglary, it's discovered that a dead body was in the house she burgled. As she's the only one who can be placed at the scene of the crime, she has to use her criminal skills to clear her name of the murder AND avoid getting charged with the burglary.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-20
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Meet the Hollowheads
1989-11-15
Meet the Hollowheads
Overview: The Hollowheads are a strange, futuristic family that live in a Jetsons type world complete with many cool gadgets. Henry is hoping for a promotion at the slime factory in which he works and decides to bring his boss home for dinner and to meet the family. Henry's perverted boss doesn't know what he's up against when he tries to make advances with Mrs. Hollowhead
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-15
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Freaked
1993-09-11
Freaked
Overview: A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-11
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Windy City Heat
2003-10-12
Windy City Heat
Overview: A man caught up in the glamor of being a Hollywood celebrity has no idea that the production he's in is a fake.
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-12
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One Crazy Summer
1986-08-08
One Crazy Summer
Overview: An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
Genres: Comedy Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-08
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Hansel & Gretel
2002-10-16
Hansel & Gretel
Overview: Hansel and Gretel is a 2002 film adaptation of the Brothers Grimm children's story. It stars Jacob Smith and Taylor Momsen as the eponymous characters. It includes the Sandman, played by Howie Mandel and Sinbad as a raven.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-16
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Redneck Comedy Roundup, Volume 2
2006-04-25
Redneck Comedy Roundup, Volume 2
Overview: Jeff Foxworthy, Blake Clark, Bob Duback, Vic Henley, Jerry Springer, Gary Mule Dear, Steve Verrett, Bill Engvall, Greg Travis, Bobcat Goldwait, Ron Shock
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-25
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Squirly Town
2009-08-16
Squirly Town
Overview: Straight-laced squirrel Lance gets a splitting headache after his crazy friend Zoopie puts a tarantula in the acorn butter. To cure his pain, Zoopie takes Lance on an adventure that tests the meaning of true friendship.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-16
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Sweethearts
1997-11-01
Sweethearts
Overview: Arliss goes to a coffee house to meet Jasmine on a blind date, but she's not quite what she seems.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-01
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Massive Retaliation
1984-09-01
Massive Retaliation
Overview: Three families that are best friends head to their secret retreat when WW3 seems to be nearing. The adults arrive at the retreat and must endure the stress to come while the children are separated from the adults and have their own troubles along the way.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-01
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Rusty: A Dog's Tale
1998-09-22
Rusty: A Dog's Tale
Overview: Two orphans named Jory and Tess live with their grandparents. However, their cousins Bart and Bertha try to take them away because the two kids have trust funds from their dead parents. When Bart and Bertha kidnap the newborn puppies, Rusty the dog decides to save them.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-22
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Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don't Look the Same Either
2012-04-03
Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don't Look the Same Either
Overview: Bobcat Goldthwait is back with a vengeance in his long-awaited stand-up comedy special "You Don't Look The Same Either". The genre-defying Police Academy alum, comedian, actor, and now accomplished film director takes us on a hilarious journey through his 30 year career as an 80's icon to the guy who lit the tonight show set on fire... literally.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-03
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Bobcat Goldthwait Comedy Central "Pulp Comics"
1996-12-04
Bobcat Goldthwait Comedy Central "Pulp Comics"
Overview: Woah dude! It's the Bobcat! Very 90s Stand-Up & Sketch Comedy. Lots of fun.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-04
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HBO Comedy Half Hour: Bobcat Goldthwait
1995-08-31
HBO Comedy Half Hour: Bobcat Goldthwait
Overview: A half-hour of stand-up with Bobcat Goldthwait, one of the most original and controversial comics of our time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-31
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Chop & Steele
2022-06-17
Chop & Steele
Overview: Follows childhood friends turned professional comedians, Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, the founders of the Found Footage Festival. When Nick and Joe book their gag strongman routine on unsuspecting morning news shows, their pranks go viral and land them in federal court with a vengeful media conglomerate. The stress of the lawsuit and pressure to continue their pranks threatens their livelihood and tests their lifelong friendship.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-17
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G-Men from Hell
2000-12-07
G-Men from Hell
Overview: Two G-Men, returning from hell, must perform good deeds to save themselves from a doomed fate.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-07
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An Evening with Bobcat Goldthwait - Share the Warmth
1987-02-21
An Evening with Bobcat Goldthwait - Share the Warmth
Overview: Bobcat Goldthwait in concert, scaring the bejezus out of the people and being funny as hell!
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-02-21
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Lion of Oz
2000-09-26
Lion of Oz
Overview: Before Dorothy landed on the Wicked Witch of the East with her little farm house, the witch had to contend with another resident of middle America. The Lion, who was once part of the Omaha Circus, comes to Oz with the Wizard and starts on an adventure to stop the witch from obtaining the Flower of Oz. As new friends and strange characters look to him for his courage, Lion could loose exactly what it is that makes him so brave. Based upon the book by Roger S. Baum (Great-Grandson of Oz L. Frank Baum, the original author of the Oz books). Written by Max Vaughn
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-26
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When Stand Up Stood Out
2003-01-01
When Stand Up Stood Out
Overview: Documentary covering what came to be known as "The Boston Gold Rush" of the late 1970s and early 1980s, when Boston stand-up comedians like Dennis Leary, Steven Wright and Colin Quinn burst upon the national scene, giving audiences a taste of the hard-edged social and political commentary that came out of that city.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Bob Goldthwait: Is He Like That All the Time?
1988-11-26
Bob Goldthwait: Is He Like That All the Time?
Overview: Goldthwait's outrageous, out-of-control humor spanning the full realm of topical material from animals to Heritage USA taped live in 1988 at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco for HBO.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-26
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Tapeheads
1988-10-21
Tapeheads
Overview: The story of Ivan and Josh, two dim witted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video production company. They soon learn the in's and out's of the business in LA and with some help from Mo Fuzz, they soon become hot property. But not all goes smoothly when they try to resurrect the career of their favorite R&B duo, the Swanky Modes.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-21
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A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
2023-03-11
A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
Overview: In 1978, CBS aired the “Star Wars Holiday Special” the week before Thanksgiving to an audience of 13 million people. Considered one of the worst shows in television history, it aired only once. George Lucas tried to bury it and an infamous camp legend was born. This documentary unravels the mysteries behind the most bizarre Star Wars spin-offs of all time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-11
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Mrs. Winterbourne
1996-04-19
Mrs. Winterbourne
Overview: Connie Doyle is eighteen, pregnant and alone. She accidentally ends up on a train where she meets Hugh Winterbourne and his wife pregnant Patricia. The train wrecks and she wakes up in the hospital to find out that it's been assumed that she's Patricia. Hugh's mother takes her in and she falls in love with Hugh's brother Bill. Just when she thinks everything is going her way, her ex-boyfriend shows up.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-19
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Apt. 2C
1985-06-01
Apt. 2C
Overview: A comedy film showing a fictional day in the life of George Carlin, at his apartment where he lives.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-01
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Call Me Lucky
2015-08-07
Call Me Lucky
Overview: An inspiring, triumphant and wickedly funny portrait of one of comedy’s most enigmatic and important figures, CALL ME LUCKY tells the story of Barry Crimmins, a beer-swilling, politically outspoken and whip-smart comic whose efforts in the 70s and 80s fostered the talents of the next generation of standup comedians. But beneath Crimmins’ gruff, hard-drinking, curmudgeonly persona lay an undercurrent of rage stemming from his long-suppressed and horrific abuse as a child – a rage that eventually found its way out of the comedy clubs and television shows and into the political arena.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-07
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Blow
2001-04-04
Blow
Overview: A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-04
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The Comedy Club
2016-03-05
The Comedy Club
Overview: When a fire destroys Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco, defiant owner Tom Sawyer and his crew of comedians rebuild it, hoping to revive the struggling indie comedy scene.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-05
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Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful
1991-12-01
Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful
Overview: In this made for Showtime television spoof of Madonna's "Truth or Dare" documentary, comedienne Julie Brown portrays Medusa, an egocentric, hyper-sexual (and not particularly talented) pop star on an international five-day world tour, "The Blonde Leading the Blonde" show. Brown painstakingly duplicates costumes, sets and hairstyles while spoofing Madonna's seeming self-obsession. Madonna visits the cemetery where her mother is buried; Medusa visits the pet cemetery where her dog Buster is laid to rest. (Or is it "Boomer"?) Madonna performs fellatio on a bottle, at the dare of a friend; Medusa does it on a watermelon. And so on...
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-01
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Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show
1986-05-24
Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show
Overview: The young comedian presents his brand of insanity, featuring stand-up comedy, skits, TV parodies, and gags.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-24
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Back to Back
1996-08-29
Back to Back
Overview: An ex-cop finds himself caught up in a battle between Japanese mobsters and local gangland thugs and discovers that he was framed for wrong-doings by a corrupt cop.
Genres: TV Movie Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-29
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Dog's Best Friend
1997-03-23
Dog's Best Friend
Overview: Animals communicate with a boy while he's staying at his grandparents' farm and warn him about an impending foreclosure.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-23
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Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
2018-01-19
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Overview: A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild days of late-1970s L.A. to his death in 2014.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-19
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Henchmen
2018-12-07
Henchmen
Overview: When a new recruit joins the Union of Evil, he is assigned to a motley crew of blue-collar workers led by fallen henchmen Hank. But when “The Kid” accidentally steals the ultimate weapon, Hank must break his “risk nothing” code to save the boy he’s befriended, even if it means becoming the one thing he has always avoided… being a hero.
Genres: Animation Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-07
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It Started As a Joke
2019-03-10
It Started As a Joke
Overview: This documentary chronicles the decade-long run of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival – including a final farewell show. The film celebrates Eugene’s unique brand of humor and his role in the alternative comedy movement, offers a bittersweet goodbye to an era, and reminds us of the healing properties of comedy – even in the most challenging of life’s circumstances.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-10
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A Halfway House Christmas
2005-12-16
A Halfway House Christmas
Overview: When the counselor of a halfway house, Daryl, agrees to let cameras film the residents for reality television, he soon realizes the show's "do anything for ratings" producer has some tricks up his sleeve.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-16
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Curbside
1999-01-01
Curbside
Overview: A parody of late night talk shows hosted by Terrytoons characters Heckle and Jeckle, accompanied by three brand new Terrytoons shorts.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Destiny Turns on the Radio
1995-04-28
Destiny Turns on the Radio
Overview: Johnny Destiny burns into Las Vegas in his hot Plymouth RoadRunner, stopping only to pick up a stranger stranded in the desert. But then, things aren't always as they seem. Anything can happen in that town of many possibilities...especially since there's been some weird electrical disturbances. As the stranger, fresh out of prison, tries to put his life back together--to recover his money from an old bank heist and the girl he lost in doing the job--something keeps interfering with his plans. Is it fate...or just Destiny?
Genres: Crime Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-28
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Out There
1995-11-19
Out There
Overview: A Pulitzer Prize winning photographer is fired from his job for not being sensationalistic enough. After he purchases an old camera at a yard sale, he discovers some undeveloped film in it, including photos of an apparent alien abduction. When he goes public with the photos, he garners the attention of his former boss, the government and a woman who thinks her father was the abductee.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-19
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Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999-08-17
Hercules: Zero to Hero
Overview: The film briefly gives Hercules' history after defeating Hades for good, in which he marries Meg and revisits his teenage years. In particular, it shows an adolescent Hercules's enrollment and the beginning of his adventures at the Prometheus Academy, a school for gods and mortals, which Hercules supposedly attended during the time when he was training to be a hero with his mentor, the satyr Philoctetes.
Genres: Animation Family Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-17
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Leroy & Stitch
2006-06-23
Leroy & Stitch
Overview: Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley have finally caught all of Jumba's genetic experiments and found the one true place where each of them belongs. Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley are offered positions in the Galactic Alliance, turning them down so they can stay on Earth with Lilo, but Lilo realizes her alien friends have places where they belong – and it's finally time to say "aloha".
Genres: Animation Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-23
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World's Greatest Dad
2009-08-20
World's Greatest Dad
Overview: In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of fame, fortune and popularity, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-20
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Encino Woman
1996-04-20
Encino Woman
Overview: After thawing, a young prehistoric woman, Lucy, gets herself taken care of by David, a young intern at a marketing firm. Working on a campaign ad for a cosmetics company, David becomes Mr. Bigshot when his protégé is chosen to be the model/spokeswoman for her animal personality.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1996-04-20
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