Tag: Dennis Hopper

BackTrack

BackTrack aka Catchfire on VHS. 1992 Director's Cut by Dennis Hopper. Starring Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster, John Turturro, Dean Stockwell, Fred Ward, Joe Pesci, Vincent Price. With Charlie Sheen, Toni Basil, Alex Cox, Bob Dylan, Catherine Keener. Theatrical release directed by Dennis Hopper as Alan Smithee. 1990.

BackTrack aka Catchfire on VHS. 1992 Director’s Cut by Dennis Hopper. Starring Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster, John Turturro, Dean Stockwell, Fred Ward, Joe Pesci, Catherine Keener, Vincent Price. With Charlie Sheen, Toni Basil, Alex Cox, Bob Dylan, Catherine Keener. Theatrical release directed by Dennis Hopper as Alan Smithee. 1990.

From the VHS cover:

When murder is your business, you’d better not fall in love with your work.

Jodie Foster stars as Anne Benton, an artist who see’s what she shouldn’t — a mob assassination. The police want her to testify; the mob wants her dead. So she goes on the lam, moves to another state and adopts another identity. But she can’t hide from Milo, the mobster sent to kill her.

One look at his target and the hit man has a change of heart. He doesn’t want her life, he wants her love. Before long this unlikely couple is on the run from both the cops and the crooks, dodging bullets and trying to sort out who to trust, who to kill, and who to love.

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Easy Rider

Easy Rider on VHS. Movie starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson. With Toni Basil, Karen Black, Phil Spector. Directed by Dennis Hopper. 1969.

Easy Rider on VHS. Movie starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson. With Toni Basil, Karen Black, Phil Spector. Directed by Dennis Hopper. 1969.

From the VHS cover:

A man went looking for America and couldn’t find it anywhere…

Experience the real, uncensored sixties counterculture in this compelling mixture of drugs, sex and armchair politics. In the role that catapulted him to stardom, Jack Nicholson portrays an alcoholic attorney who hooks up with two part-time, drug-dealing motorcyclists (Fonda and Hopper) in search of their “American Dream.” Heading from California to New Orleans, they sample the highs and lows of America the Beautiful in a stoned-out quest for life’s true meaning.

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Blue Velvet

VHS covers: Blue Velvet. Mystery crime thriller movie starring Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern. Directed by David Lynch. 1986.

Blue Velvet on VHS. Starring Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern. Directed by David Lynch. 1986.

Pabst Blue Ribbon:

The Most Talked About Film Of The Decade

No film in recent history has generated more praise or more controversy than Blue Velvet. Director David Lynch (Eraser Head, The Elephant Man, and Dune) takes you on a surreal journey that peeks through the windows and over the well-trimmed hedges of a small town to discover murder, mystery and perversion. His hero (Kyle MacLachlan) finds a severed ear whose trail leads him to a detective’s daughter (Laura Dern) and a mesmerizing beauty (Isabella Rossellini) with a terrible secret. Dennis Hopper’s ferocious performance as the sadistic villain is already legendary. Disturbing, astounding and sometimes oddly comic, Blue Velvet is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before; one touch and you’ll never be the same.

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Rebel Without A Cause

Rebel Without A Cause VHS box cover art. Movie starring James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo. With Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, William Hopper, Edward Platt, Dennis Hopper. Directed by Nicholas Ray. 1955.

Rebel Without A Cause on VHS. Starring James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo. With Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, William Hopper, Edward Platt, Dennis Hopper. Directed by Nicholas Ray. 1955.

From the box:

Jim Stark is another good kid gone bad — and no one knows why. Not his teachers or the cops who arrest him on drunk and disorderly charges. Not even his parents. To all, Jim — like thousands of other middle-class kids — is just another Rebel Without a Cause.

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Waterworld

Waterworld VHS cover art. Movie starring Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dennis Hopper, Tina Majorino. With Michael Jeter, R.D. Call, Jack Kehler, Jack Black, Kim Coates. Directed by Kevin Reynolds. 1995.

Waterworld on VHS. Starring Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dennis Hopper, Tina Majorino. With Michael Jeter, R.D. Call, Jack Kehler, Jack Black, Kim Coates. Directed by Kevin Reynolds. 1995.

From the box:

Beyond The Horizon Lies The Secret To A New Begining

In a future where the Earth is covered with water, the human race struggles to survive on dilapidated boats and makeshift floating cities called atolls. But some still cling to legends of a mythical place called “Dryland.” Seeking clues to its whereabouts, the evil Deacon (Dennis Hopper) attacks the atoll which houses young Enola (Tina Majorino) and her adoptive mother Helen (Jeanne Tripplehorn). When a mysterious drifter/adventurer known as the Mariner (Costner) is caught up in their struggle, he finds himself catapulted into an explosive war of good vs. evil with the open sea as his battlefield. Only later will he discover Enola’s wondrous secret — a revelation that may change the destiny of all mankind.

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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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Space Truckers

Space Truckers on VHS. Starring Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar. Directed by Stuart Gordon. 1996.

Space Truckers on VHS. Starring Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar. Directed by Stuart Gordon. 1996.

From the box:

Earth’s Only Hope

“A $27 MILLION SCI-FI ACTION ADVENTURE EXTRAVAGANZA.”
“Fantastic… Amazing… Pure Genius”
“An Electrifying Cast”

(It’s a screener copy)

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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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