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This listing is for Tom Cruise VHS Video 4 Tape Lot.
* Rain Man [VHS]
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen, Jack Murdock
Directors: Barry Levinson
Writers: Barry Morrow, Ronald Bass
Producers: Gerald R. Molen, David McGiffert, Gail Mutrux, Jon Peters, Mark Johnson
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Original recording reissued, NTSC
Language: English, Italian
Rated: R (Restricted)
Number of tapes: 1
Studio: Fox Home Entertainme
VHS Release Date: May 1, 2001
Run Time: 133 minutes
Rain Man is the kind of touching drama that Oscars are made for--and, sure enough, the film took Academy honors for best picture, director, screenplay, and actor (Dustin Hoffman) in 1988. Hoffman plays Raymond, an autistic savant whose late father has left him $3 million in a trust. This gets the attention of his materialistic younger brother, a hot-shot LA car dealer named Charlie (Tom Cruise) who wasn't even aware of Raymond's existence until he read his estranged father's will. Charlie picks up Raymond and takes him on a cross-country journey that becomes a voyage of discovery for Charlie, and, perhaps, for Raymond, too. Rain Man will either captivate you or irritate you (Raymond's sputtering of repetitious phrases is enough to drive anyone crazy), but it is obviously a labor of love for those involved. Hoffman had been attached to the film for many years, as various directors and writers came and went, but his persistence eventually paid off--kind of like Raymond in Las Vegas. Look for director Barry Levinson in a cameo as a psychiatrist near the end of the film.
* Days of Thunder [VHS]
Actors: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes
Directors: Tony Scott
Writers: Tom Cruise, Robert Towne
Producers: Don Simpson, Gerald R. Molen, Jerry Bruckheimer
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Language: English, French
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number of tapes: 1
Studio: Paramount
VHS Release Date: November 12, 1996
Run Time: 107 minutes
When a businessman by the name of Tim Daland (Randy Quaid) needs a new driver for the chance to win the Winston Cup at the Daytona 500. Tim is recruiting his old partner-Chef Crew and Car Builder Harry Hogge (Oscar-Winner:Robert Duvall) to train, young ambitious race driver Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise)-who has the talent for and his burning need to win for his life on the race. When one race, Cole's has survived for a fiery crash, a young brillant doctor (Nicole Kidman), who saved his life. When Cole actually falls in love with the Doctor. Then he puts all his energy, heart and soul to prove himself that he's a winner.
Directed by Tony Scott (Top Gun, Enemy of the State, Spy Game) actually made a fun (If at times-slow moving) flick. From a story by Oscar-Winner:Robert Towne and Cruise. Towne wrote the screenplay, which he acutally avoid most the chiches but it's quite flawed because of Cruise's one-note performance. It's the Performances from the Supportive Cast and Action Race Sequences outshines Cruise's Role, which is actually a good thing. Duvall is Solid as Usual and also Micheal Rooker as One of Cruise's race buddies are the stand-outs in this. Cary Elwes, Fred Dalton Thompson and a young John C. Reilly are in small roles in this one. This was a Box-Office Hit in the Summer of 1990. This is not, one of Cruise's Best films but is one of the few Stand-Out films from Scott. Watch for the late:Don Simpson (which he also produced this film in a cameo).
* Cocktail [VHS]
Actors: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes, Laurence Luckinbill
Directors: Roger Donaldson
Writers: Heywood Gould
Producers: Daniel J. Heffner, Robert W. Cort, Ted Field
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Rated: R (Restricted)
Number of tapes: 1
Studio: Touchstone / Disney
VHS Release Date: April 21, 1994
Run Time: 104 minutes
Tom Cruise is electrifying as Brian Flanagan, a young, confident, and ambitious bartender who, with the help of a seasoned pro (Bryan Brown -- GORILLAS IN THE MIST, F/X 2), becomes the toast of Manhattan's Upper East Side. But when he moves to Jamaica and meets an independent artist (Elisabeth Shue -- ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING, HOLLOW MAN), their vivid romance brings a new perspective to the self-centered bartender's life. Sizzling with high-powered performances and a #1 hit soundtrack, the box office blockbuster COCKTAIL has it all!
* Born on the Fourth of July [VHS]
Actors: Tom Cruise, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Josh Evans, Jamie Talisman
Directors: Oliver Stone
Writers: Oliver Stone, Ron Kovic
Producers: Oliver Stone, A. Kitman Ho, Clayton Townsend, Joseph P. Reidy, Lope V. Juban Jr.
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
Language: English, Spanish
Rated: R (Restricted)
Number of tapes: 1
Studio: Universal Studios
VHS Release Date: March 1, 1992
Run Time: 145 minutes
The second film in Oliver Stone's Vietnam trilogy moves from the brutality of war in Platoon to its equally traumatic aftermath. Based on the memoir of combat veteran Ron Kovic, the film stars Tom Cruise as Kovic, whose gunshot wound in Vietnam left him paralyzed from the chest down. He is deeply embittered by neglect in a veteran's hospital and by the shattering of his patriotic idealism because of the horror and futility of the Vietnam conflict. While painfully and awkwardly adjusting to his disability and a changing definition of masculinity, Kovic joins the burgeoning movement of antiwar protest, culminating in a climactic appearance at the 1976 Democratic national convention. A powerfully intimate portrait that unfolds on an epic scale, Born on the Fourth of July is arguably Stone's best film (if you can forgive its often strident tone), and Cruise's Oscar-nominated role is uncompromising in its depiction of one man's personal anguish and political awakening.
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