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When Sailor Ripley is released from jail he immediately runs off to New Orleans
with his girlfriend Lula. However, when Lula's psychopathic mother discovers
that they are missing, she goes crazy and sends a detective and a hit man across
America to track down the estranged couple. During their journey, Lula and
Sailor try to stay one step ahead whilst relating the bizarre events of their
life to date.
Year: 1990
Director: David Lynch
Stars:
Nicolas Cage - Sailor Ripley
Laura Dern - Lula
William Dafoe - Bobby Peru
Isabella Rossellini - Perdita Durango
Sherilyn Fenn - Girl in Accident
Details: Shot in typical Lynch style with startling imagery and inspired set
pieces.
Rumble Fish
Rusty James is the leader of a small street gang and leads a life that is
influenced by a broken home, poor school grades, bad relationships and an
alcoholic father. Rusty still lives in the shadow of his older brother, The
Motorcycle Boy, who before his mysterious disappearance had headed up the street
gang. When Rusty gets into a fight and seriously injures himself, his brother
reappears and sets into motion a series of events that change Rusty's life
forever.
Year: 1983
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars:
Matt Dillon - Rusty James
Mickey Rourke - The Motorcycle Boy
Dennis Hopper - The Father
Nicolas Cage - Smokey
Chris Penn - BJ Jackson
Diane Lane - Patty
Details: Filmed almost entirely in black and white with the occasional splash
of colour. Stunning visual effects in Copolla's typical, uninhibited style.
Repo Man
Frustrated punk rocker, Otto gets into a fight with a fellow supermarket
worker, is fired and subsequently dumped by his girlfriend. Later that day,
as he wanders the streets feeling dejected, he meets Harry Dean Stanton, a
Repo Man who quickly offers him a job. Otto soon finds himself entangled in
a web of intrigue concerning a huge repossession reward for a car that holds Top Secret cargo in its trunk.
Year: 1984
Director: Alex Cox
Stars:
Harry Dean Stanton - Bud The Repo Man
Emilio Estevez Otto Maddox The Repo Man
Details: Features a famous soundtrack including Iggy Pop, Black Flag
and other 70s bands.
Walker
A film that has great relevance in today's political climate, Walker is set in
19th Century America and is based around William Walker a man who abandons
potential careers in law, politics, journalism and medicine to become a soldier
of fortune. Backed by robber baron, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Walker leads a
bloody and violent invasion of Nicaragua in order to install a new government
and make the country safe for Vanderbilt's steam ships. When Walker overturns
the Nicaraguan government, he sets himself up as their ruthless president in
the belief that 'America has the moral right to protect our neighbours from
oppression'.
Year: 1987
Director: Alex Cox
Stars:
Ed Harris - William Walker
Peter Boyle - Cornelius Vanderbilt
Marlee Martin - Ellen Martin
Isabella Rossellini - Perdita Durango
Sherilyn Fenn - Girl in Accident
Details: The entire soundtrack is written, produced and performed by Joe
Strummer (recently deceased former member of The Clash)
Car Wash
Packed with memorable scenes and catchy tunes this 1976 classic spawned the
song of the same name and is based around a close-knit group of black car wash
employees. On one bizarre day a host of strange visitors arrive on their
forecourt leading to a series of hilarious events. Among the day's guests are
Miss Beverley Hills, a money-hungry preacher, the Pointer Sisters and a man
with a drinks bottle who is thought to be the notorious 'pop bottle bomber'.
Year: 1976
Director: Michael Schultz
Stars:
Richard Pryor - Daddy Rich
The Pointer Sisters - The Pointer Sisters
Details: Car Wash may qualify as the worlds first "disco" movie, with Norman
Whitfield's non-stop musical score available as a top-selling album
Dazed and Confused
In Austin, Texas, it's the last day of high school and the senior kids have an
aimless summer of drugs, drink and sex to look forward to. However, the
ritual hazing of the freshmen must be carried out before the holidays commence.
Led by bullies such as O'Bannion, physical and mental humiliation is forced
upon juniors like Mitch and Sabrina. When school finishes for the day, the
teenagers set out to find a party leading to a night filled with mayhem and
misfortune.
Year: 1993
Director: Richard Lintlaker
Stars:
Ben Affleck - O'Bannion
Milla Jovovich - Michelle Burroughs
Matthew McConaughey - David Wooderson
Details: The Dazed and Confused soundtrack features music from Aerosmith,
Slice Cooper, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, ZZ Top, Bob Dylan, Kiss and Peter
Frampton.
Other cult films DVD titles available from Universal Pictures Video
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Guy Ritchie)
Twelve Monkeys (Terry Gilliam)
Bronx Tale (Robert de Niro)
Coogan's Bluff (Clint Eastwood)
To Die For (Gus Van Sant)
Southern Comfort (Walter Hill)
Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow)
Twin Town (Kevin Allen)
Bad Taste (Peter Jackson)
The Big Lebrowski (Joel Coen)
Blood Simple (Joel and Ethan Coen)
Cheech & Chong: Get Out of My Room (Cheech Marin)
Cheech & Chong: Next Movie (Tommy Chong)
Videodrome (David Cronenberg)
Assault on Precinct 13 (John Carpenter)
Darkman I,II and III (Sam Raimi)
Eraserhead (David Lynch)
Lost Highway (David Lynch)
Mallrats (Kevin Smith)
The Stud (Gerry O'Hara)
Walkabout (Nicholas Roeg)
Cujo (Lewis Teag)
People under the Stairs (Wes Craven)
Serpent and the Rainbow (Wes Craven)
Silent Running (Douglas Trumbell)
News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2003.
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