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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.

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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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The Groundstar Conspiracy

The Groundstar Conspiracy VHS cover art. Movie starring George Peppard, Michael Sarrazin, Christine Belford. With Cliff Potts, James Olson. Directed by Lamont Johnson. 1972.

The Groundstar Conspiracy on VHS. Starring George Peppard, Michael Sarrazin, Christine Belford. With Cliff Potts, James Olson. Directed by Lamont Johnson. 1972.

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George Peppard and Michael Sarrazin engage in a monumental battle of wills in this critically-acclaimed espionage thriller from the early 1970’s. The riveting suspense yarn begins when an explosion smashed Groundstar, a top secret government space installation. Only one scientist, a spy placed withing the organization to steal the plant’s secrets, survives. But the blast has left him seriously burned and unable to recall anything that happened. It’s then up to Peppard, an overbearing government security head, to do whatever is necessary to get the spy’s memory back. Failing that, the investigator plans to use the impaired scientist as human bait to bring those behind The Groundstar Conspiracy to the surface. The terrifying drama, fashioned in the Hitchcock tradition, makes spectacular use of the breathtaking scenery shot on location at Vancouver Island.

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Patriot Games

Patriot Games VHS cover art. Movie starring Harrison Ford. With Sean Bean, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin, Thora Birch, James Fox, Samuel L. Jackson, James Earl Jones, Richard Harris. Directed by Phillip Noyce. From a Tom Clancy novel. 1992.

Patriot Games on VHS. Starring Harrison Ford. With Sean Bean, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin, Thora Birch, James Fox, Samuel L. Jackson, James Earl Jones, Richard Harris. Directed by Phillip Noyce. From a Tom Clancy novel. 1992.

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Harrison Ford stars as Jack Ryan in this explosive thriller based on Tom Clancy’s international best-seller.

His days as an intelligence agent behind him, former CIA analyst Jack Ryan has traveled to London to vacation with his wife (Anne Archer, Fatal Attraction) and child (Thora Birch, All I Want For Christmas). Meeting his family outside of Buckingham Palace, Ryan is caught in the middle of a terrorist attack on Lord Holmes (James Fox, The Russia House), a member of the Royal Family. Ryan helps to thwart Holmes’ assailants and becomes a local hero. But Ryan’s courageous act marks him as a target in the sights of the terrorist (Sean Bean, Stormy Monday) whose brother he killed. Now Ryan must return to action for the most vital assignment of his life: to save his family.

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The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow VHS cover art. Movie starring Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum. With Ian Holm, Arjay Smith, Austin Nichols, Sela Ward, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders. Directed by Roland Emmerich. 2004.

The Day After Tomorrow on VHS. Starring Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum. With Ian Holm, Arjay Smith, Austin Nichols, Sela Ward, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders. Directed by Roland Emmerich. 2004.

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In this pulse-pounding action-thriller, global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age. As tornadoes flatten Los Angeles and a tidal wave engulfs New York City, the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive.

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Ghost Chase

Ghost Chase VHS cover art. Movie starring Jason Lively, Tim McDaniel, Leonard Lansink. Directed by Roland Emmerich. 1987.

Ghost Chase on VHS. Starring Jason Lively, Tim McDaniel, Leonard Lansink. Directed by Roland Emmerich. 1987.

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Teenage filmmakers Warren, Fred and Lori know that money makes movies and that they desperately need more of it. They are counting on a hefty insurance from Warren’s grandfather, but receive only a pawn ticket, which they exchange for a suitcase full of junk and an old clock.

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The Searchers

The Searchers VHS cover art. Movie starring John Wayne. With Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood. Directed by John Ford. 1956.

The Searchers on VHS. Starring John Wayne. With Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood. Directed by John Ford. 1956.

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Wayne plays ex-Confederate soldier Ethan Edwards, a believer more in bullets than in words. He’s seeking his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won’t surrender to hunger, thirst, the elements or loneliness. And in his obsessive, five-year search, Ethan encounters something he didn’t expect to find: his own humanity.

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The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man VHS cover art with Gene Shalt. Movie starring Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart. Directed by James Whale. Based on the novel by H.G. Wells. 1933.

The Invisible Man on VHS. Starring Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart. Directed by James Whale. Based on the novel by H.G. Wells. 1933.

From the box:

In The Invisible Man, what you don’t see is what you get. This remarkable 1933 movie marked the screen debut of Claude Rains as a scientist who discovers how to make himself invisible but can’t reverse the process. Slowly he realizes with terror that he’s become a prisoner of his unseen self, an unbearable state that drives him to madness and murder. Although he is invisible, his clothes are not, so we witness the bizarre sight of seemingly empty trousers bounding along, his hat suspended in space, or a floating fork feeding a space with no face. Rains is unforgettable as he grasps his character, which is more than the local constables can do when they try to catch him. This spectral spectacle, based on H.G. Wells’ famous novel, is a motion picture classic–gripping and haunting. –Gene Shalt

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Silent Movie

Silent Movie VHS cover art. Movie starring Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar, Bernadette Peters. With Harold Gould, Ron Carey, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Liza Minnelli, Anne Bancroft, Marcel Marceau, Paul Newman. Directed by Mel Brooks. 1976.

Silent Movie on VHS. Starring Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar, Bernadette Peters. With Harold Gould, Ron Carey, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Liza Minnelli, Anne Bancroft, Marcel Marceau, Paul Newman. Directed by Mel Brooks. 1976.

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Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise and Marty Feldman pay affectionate, hilarious tribute to Hollywood’s Silent Era in this classic parody of the movie business. Attempting to save his studio from the conglomerate “Engulf and Devour,” a has-been movie director (Brooks) casts some of the hottest movie stars in town (all of whom spoof themselves) in one huge blockbuster film.

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Fade To Black

Fade to Black VHS cover art. Movie starring Dennis Christopher. With Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford, Norman Burton, Linda Kerridge, Morgan Paull, James Luisi, Eve Brent, Mickey Rourke. Directed by Vernon Zimmerman. 1980.

Fade to Black on VHS. Starring Dennis Christopher. With Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford, Norman Burton, Linda Kerridge, Morgan Paull, James Luisi, Eve Brent, Mickey Rourke. Directed by Vernon Zimmerman. 1980.

From the box:

Eric Binford delivers film cassettes and supplies in Los Angeles, but exists only to see movies and immerse himself in trivia and fantasies about cinematic characters and stars. Frequently bullied and betrayed, Eric is gripped by homicidal rage and launches a series of grotesque murders, all patterned after characters and incidents from his beloved movies.

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Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy VHS cover art. Movie starring Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell. With Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Fred Willard, Seth Rogen, Danny Trejo, Fred Armisen. Directed by Adam McKay. 2004.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy on VHS. Starring Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell. With Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Fred Willard, Seth Rogen, Danny Trejo, Fred Armisen. Directed by Adam McKay. 2004.

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Will Ferrell (Old School, Elf) is Ron Burgundy, a top-rated 1970’s San Diego anchorman who believes women have a place in the newsroom–as long as they stick to covering fashion shows or late-breaking cooking stories. So when Ron is told he’ll be working with a bright young newswoman (Christina Applegate) who’s beautiful, ambitious and smart enough to be more than eye candy, it’s not just a clash of two TV people with really great hair–it’s war! Filled with wicked wit and slapstick humor, Anchorman is the year’s most wildly irreverent, must-see comedy hit!

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