Downhill Racer

Downhill Racer VHS cover art. Skiing movie starring Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv. Directed by Michael Ritchie. 1969.

Downhill Racer on VHS. Starring Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv. Directed by Michael Ritchie. 1969.

From the box:

Director Michael Ritchie’s (The Golden Child) debut film is a tense and taut look at the world of Olympic skiing. Robert Redford is the hero, a handsome loner from Idaho Springs, Colorado, bent on making to the top of the heap. As the pressure and tension build, Redford handles himself well, learning in the process how fleeting and lonely fame can be. Redford is well cast as the all-American boy chasing his dream, and Gene Hackman is excellent as the tough and demanding American ski coach.

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Hoosiers

Hoosiers VHS cover art. Movie starring Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper. Directed by David Anspaugh. 1986.

Hoosiers on VHS. Starring Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper. Directed by David Anspaugh. 1986.

From the box:

It’s 1951 in Hickory, Indiana–a place that takes its basketball as seriously as religion. Into this tiny town strolls Norman Dale, a once-hailed, now-failed college coach taking up the unenviable task of coaching Hickory High’s eight-man hoop squad. Dale has been down on his luck for the last ten years, and hopes this could be a fresh start… but several people have something to say about his suspicious training methods and unorthodox bench manner. The school’s vice-principal, who is keeping his best player in the classroom; the town drunk, who is ruffling midwestern feathers as the new assistant coach, and Dale’s team, who are short on both height and discipline.

The school and the town want him fired. But Coach Dale believes in two things–himself and his team. Amazingly, kids become captains…players become a team…losers become winners…has-beens become once-agains. Together they make history in Hoosiers.

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Enemy Of The State

Enemy Of The State VHS cover art. Movie starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight. With Lisa Bonet, Regina King, Jamie Kennedy, Jack Black. Directed by Tony Scott. 1998.

Enemy Of The State on VHS. Starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight. With Lisa Bonet, Regina King, Jamie Kennedy, Jack Black. Directed by Tony Scott. 1998.

From the box:

Robert Clayton Dean (Will Smith) is a successful Washington, D.C. attorney who–without his knowledge–is given a video that ties a top official of the National Security Agency (Jon Voight) to a political murder! Instantly, every aspect of Dean’s once-normal life is targeted by a lethal team of skilled NSA surveillance operatives, who wage a relentless, ultrahigh-tech campaign to discredit him and retrieve the incriminating evidence!

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