Greased Lightning

Greased Lightning VHS cover art. Movie starring Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier. With Richie Havens, Cleavon Little, Vincent Gardenia, Bill Cobbs. Directed by Michael Schultz. 1977.

Greased Lightning on VHS. Starring Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier. With Richie Havens, Cleavon Little, Vincent Gardenia, Bill Cobbs. Directed by Michael Schultz. 1977.

From the box:

Richard Pryor Drives ‘Em Wild

In his first lead role, Richard Pryor plays Wendell Scott, the first black to crack the all-white world of stock car racing, who went on to win the NASCAR and Grand National Crowns. This decades-spanning story shows Scott enduring racial slurs, matching heavily sponsored rivals with cars built from junkyard parts, and surviving crashes engineered by redneck competitors to triumph at the finish.

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Raw Nerve

Raw Nerve on VHS. Movie starring Glenn Ford, Sandahl Bergman, Randall 'Tex' Cobb, Ted Prior, Traci Lords, Jan-Michael Vincent. Directed by David A. Prior. 1991.

Raw Nerve on VHS. Movie starring Glenn Ford, Sandahl Bergman, Randall ‘Tex’ Cobb, Ted Prior, Traci Lords, Jan-Michael Vincent. Directed by David A. Prior. 1991.

From the box:

No Clues! No Motives! No End To The Madness!

Seven women murdered in ten days! The public is panicked and the police are desperate for clues. But, when race car driver, Jimmy Clayton (Ted Prior), has psychic visions of the hideous crimes, Police Captain Gavin (Glenn Ford) and Detective Ellis (Jan-Michael Vincent) dismiss him as insane.

Only a sultry reporter (Sandahl Bergman) believes the anguished Clayton. Their torrid love affair temporarily distracts him, but, soon the visions are back with a vengeance. Only this time the murder he “sees” is his very own sister, Gina (Traci Lords)! Unraveling this bizarre mystery could be the biggest story of the beautiful reporter’s life… if she lives to tell about it.

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Johnny Mnemonic

Johnny Mnemonic on VHS. Starring Keanu Reeves, Dina Meyer, Dolph Lundgren, Beat Takeshi Kitano, Ice-T, Henry Rollins, Udo Kier. Written by William Gibson. Directed by Robert Longo. 1995.

Johnny Mnemonic on VHS. Starring Keanu Reeves, Dina Meyer, Dolph Lundgren, Beat Takeshi Kitano, Ice-T, Henry Rollins, Udo Kier. Written by William Gibson. Directed by Robert Longo. 1995.

From the box:

A Pulse-Pounding Cyber-Slam!

Keanu Reeves is a space-age courier who’s plugged in, turned on and buffed up to deliver the most important data of the 21st century, wet-wired directly into his brain! A rapid-fire roller coaster of action and high-impact imagery!

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Tron

Tron VHS cover art. Movie starring Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, David Warner, Barnard Hughes. Directed by Steven Lisberger. 1982.

Tron on VHS. Starring Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, David Warner, Barnard Hughes. Directed by Steven Lisberger. 1982.

From the box:

Flynn (Jeff Bridges), a computer whiz who invents video games, finds himself at the mercy of the evil human forces who answer to The Master Control Panel–a powerfully corrupt computer presence that has beamed Flynn inside its deathly game grid. There, an electronic civilization thrives, and “Light Cycles” race at heart-stopping speeds. With the aid of his friends, Alan (Bruce Boxleitner) and Lora (Cindy Morgan), Flynn’s only hope is to activate Tron, the courageous and trustworthy counter-program, in a heroic battle to save humankind!

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WarGames

WarGames VHS cover art. Movie starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy. With Michael Madsen, Maury Chaykin, William H. Macy, Michael Ensign, Barry Corbin, James Tolkan. Directed by John Badham. 1983.

WarGames on VHS. Starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy. With Michael Madsen, Maury Chaykin, William H. Macy, Michael Ensign, Barry Corbin, James Tolkan. Directed by John Badham. 1983.

From the box:

When computer “hacker” David Lightman unwittingly taps into the Defense Department’s master war computer, he triggers a game that no one can win: World War III. It’s up to David and his girlfriend — along with a wizardly computer genius played by Tony Award-winner John Wood — to stop this nuclear Armageddon.

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Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now VHS cover art. Movie starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Laurence Fishburne, Harrison Ford, Dennis Hopper, Sam Bottoms, Albert Hall. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. 1979.

Apocalypse Now on VHS. Starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Laurence Fishburne, Harrison Ford, Dennis Hopper, Sam Bottoms, Albert Hall. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. 1979.

From the box:

Francis Ford Coppola Presents

Francis Ford Coppola’s stunning vision of man’s heart of darkness revealed through the madness of the Vietnam War. Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) receives orders to seek out a renegade military outpost led by the mysterious Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando). Willard’s mission: “Terminate with extreme prejudice.”

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Platoon

Platoon VHS cover art. Movie starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen. With Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Johnny Depp. Written and directed by Oliver Stone. 1986.

Platoon on VHS. Starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen. With Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Johnny Depp. Written and directed by Oliver Stone. 1986.

From the box:

The first casualty of war is innocence.

Seen through the eyes of college drop-out, Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen), the war is a real nightmare — a private hell of fears from outside and in — with enemies on both sides of the line. His platoon’s allegiance is split between leaders Sergeant Barnes and Sergeant Elias portrayed by Tom Berenger and Wilem Dafoe in their powerful Oscar-nominated performances. Barnes is a scar-faced, gung-ho fanatic bent on destroying the elusive Viet Cong. Elias is a different type of soldier — he has lost faith in the war, but not in man. Friction between the two sergeants leads to a second war, in every way as deadly as the one being waged against the enemy.

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Major Dundee

Major Dundee VHS cover art. Movie starring Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Senta Berger. With Jim Hutton, James Coburn, Michael Anderson Jr., Slim Pickens. Directed by Sam Peckinpah. 1965.

Major Dundee on VHS. Starring Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Senta Berger. With Jim Hutton, James Coburn, Michael Anderson Jr., Slim Pickens. Directed by Sam Peckinpah. 1965.

From the box:

Columbia Pictures Western Classics

Charlton Heston and Richard Harris are unwilling allies in director Sam Peckinpah’s spectacular Western adventure.

When Apaches massacre a U.S. cavalry troop in New Mexico, Major Dundee (Heston) assembles an army of cutthroats, renegades and Confederate prisoners led by his hated counterpart, Captain Tyreen (Harris). Dundee and his rebel band pursue the Indians into Mexico, where they battle the French army as well as murderous Apaches. Aiding a ravaged village, the men are honored with a fiesta, and the Major finds solace with beautiful Teresa Santiago (Senta Berger). But this idyll is only temporary. In an unforgettable climax, the two officers put aside their fierce rivalry and lead their troops to confront the French in a bloody showdown.

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Airport 1975

Airport 1975 VHS cover art. Movie starring Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark, Helen Reddy, Linda Blair, Dana Andrews, Roy Thinnes, Sid Caesar, Myrna Loy, Ed Nelson, Nancy Olson, Jerry Stiller, Norman Fell, Conrad Janis, Linda Harrison, Erik Estrada. Directed by Jack Smight. 1974.

Airport 1975 on VHS. Starring Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark, Helen Reddy, Linda Blair, Dana Andrews, Roy Thinnes, Sid Caesar, Myrna Loy, Ed Nelson, Nancy Olson, Jerry Stiller, Norman Fell, Conrad Janis, Linda Harrison, Erik Estrada. Directed by Jack Smight. 1974.

From the box:

Star-studded cast trapped in a plunging airplane… And only a death-defying rescue mission can save them!

Columbia Airlines’ flight 409, piloted by Captain Stacy, is on its way from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles when it is struck by a small plane, leaving a gaping hole in the nose of the giant aircraft. Stacy is critically injured and his co-pilot killed, forcing chief stewardess Nancy Pryor to take the controls. Back on the ground, a daring rescue mission is planned: former jet pilot Alan Murdoch is to be lowered from a helicopter into the yawning hole of the 747 to land it safely.

It’s a treacherous mission and one of the most spectacular stunts ever filmed!

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Airport

Airport VHS cover art. Movie starring Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Barry Nelson, Dana Wynter, Lloyd Nolan, Barbara Hale. Directed by George Seaton, Henry Hathaway. Based on the novel by Arthur Hailey. 1970.

Airport on VHS. Starring Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Barry Nelson, Dana Wynter, Lloyd Nolan, Barbara Hale. Directed by George Seaton, Henry Hathaway. Based on the novel by Arthur Hailey. 1970.

From the box:

A Ross Hunter Production

Take a nonstop flight with an all-star cast to a world of tension-filled human drama in this trend-setting box office blockbuster. Based on Arthur Hailey’s runaway bestseller, the emotion-charged adventure stars Burt Lancaster as the manager of a glamorous international airport who must juggle personal crises with professional responsibilities as he attempts to keep his blizzard torn facility open to rescue a bomb-damaged jetliner.

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