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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.

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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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Millennium

Millennium VHS cover art. Movie starring Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J. Travanti. With Robert Joy, Lloyd Bochner, Maury Chaykin. Directed by Michael Anderson. 1989.

Millennium on VHS. Starring Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J. Travanti. With Robert Joy, Lloyd Bochner, Maury Chaykin. Directed by Michael Anderson. 1989.

From the box:

The people aboard Flight 35 are about to land 1000 years from where they planned to.

MILLENNIUM

WE’VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU

Time travel, the fate of air disaster victims and the future of mankind provide the thrilling ingredients for MILLENNIUM. In this on-the-edge-of-your-set sci-fi thriller, Bill Smith (Kris Kristofferson), chief investigator of the NTSB, is sifting through wreckage of two jumbo jets involved in a midair collision when he uncovers a strange alien device amid the rubble. What is it? Where did it come from?

His questions are answered when he meets Louise (Cheryl Ladd), a woman from the future whose do-or-die mission is to travel back in time and recover the lost “stunner.” Is she running out of time? Will Bill Smith’s knowledge of the future jeopardize the course of history? Is the future of mankind now a thing of the past? One thing’s for sure… the suspense never lets up.

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Somewhere in Time

Somewhere in Time VHS cover art. Movie starring Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer. With Teresa Wright, Bill Erwin, William H. Macy, George Wendt. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc. 1980.

Somewhere in Time on VHS. Starring Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer. With Teresa Wright, Bill Erwin, William H. Macy, George Wendt. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc. 1980.

From the box:

Beyond fantasy. Beyond Obsession. Beyond time itself… he will find her.

Somewhere in Time is the story of a young writer who sacrifices his life in the present to find happiness in the past, where true love awaits him. Young Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve) is approached by an old woman who gives him an antique gold watch and who pleads with him to return in time with her. Years later, Richard Collier is overwhelmed by a photograph of a beautiful young woman (Jane Seymour). Another picture of this woman in her later years reveals to him that she is the same woman who had given him the gold watch. Collier then becomes obsessed with returning to 1912 and the beautiful young woman who awaits him there.

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Time Bandits

Time Bandits VHS cover art. Movie starring John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Sean Connery, Michael Palin, David Warner, Craig Warnock, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Jack Purvis, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Mike Edmonds, Malcolm Dixon, Tiny Ross. Directed by Terry Gilliam. 1981.

Time Bandits on VHS. Starring John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Sean Connery, Michael Palin, David Warner, Craig Warnock, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Jack Purvis, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Mike Edmonds, Malcolm Dixon, Tiny Ross. Directed by Terry Gilliam. 1981.

From the box:

…they didn’t make history, they stole it!

This adventure-fantasy-comedy is a wildly imaginative trip to a new dimension in time and space crammed with humor, action and spectacular special effects. A young time traveler (Craig Warnock) encounters Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon, as well as the sinking of the Titanic, in this spaced-out romp through the heavens and history, produced and directed by Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam. The musical score by ex-Beatle George Harrison adds to the excitement of castles, legends, battles between good and evil and the capricious rewriting of history.

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