Today, Chad and I went to yard sales. I didn’t have any luck finding books, but we did buy a lot of great movies. All of these movies are VHS except for Red Dragon which is a DVD. We also bought another VCR (which works perfectly), so now we have a total of three. All of the movies and the VCR cost us under $15. I think that’s pretty awesome. There are more yard sales next weekend, so I might get more goodies. Here are the movies that we got today:
*All descriptions taken from IMDb.
The Silence of the Lambs
Rating – R
A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.
Director: Jonathan Demme
Writers: Thomas Harris (novel), Ted Tally (screenplay)
Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Lawrence A. Bonney
Red Dragon
Rating – R
A retired FBI agent with psychological gifts is assigned to help track down “The Tooth Fairy”, a mysterious serial killer; aiding him is imprisoned criminal genius Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter.
Director: Brett Ratner
Writers: Thomas Harris (novel), Ted Tally (screenplay)
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes
The NeverEnding Story
Rating – PG
A troubled boy dives into a wonderous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Writers: Wolfgang Peterson, Herman Weigel
Stars: Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach
The Rescuers
Rating – G
Two mice of the Rescue Aid Society search for a little girl kidnapped by unscrupulous treasure hunters.
Directors: John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman
Writers: Margery Sharp, Larry Clemmons
Stars: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, Geraldine Page
Doug’s 1st Movie
Rating – G
Doug and his pal Skeeter set’s out to find the monster of Lucky Duck Lake. Though things get really out of hand when some one blurts out that the monster is real.
Director: Maurice Joyce
Writers: Ken Scarborough, Joe Aaron
Stars: Thomas McHugh, Fred Newman, Chris Phillips
The Flintstones
Rating – PG
In this live-action feature of the cartoon show, Fred Flintstone finally gets the job he’s always wanted, but it may just come at a price.
Director: Brian Levant
Writers: Tom S. Parker, Jim Jennewein
Stars: John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Rosie O’Donnell
Good Will Hunting
Rating – R
Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.
Director: Gus Van Sant
Writers: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
Stars: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
Total Recall
Rating – R
When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real, or does he?
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writers: Philip K. Dick, Ronald Shusett
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside
A Beautiful Mind
Rating – PG-13
After a brilliant but asocial mathematician accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.
Director: Ron Howard
Writers: Akiva Goldsman, Sylvia Nasar
Stars: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly
Mad Max
Rating – R
A vengeful Australian policeman sets out to avenge his partner, his wife and his son whom were murdered by a motorcycle gang in retaliation for the death of their leader.
Director: George Miller
Writers: James McCausland, George Miller
Stars: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne
Double Jeopardy
Rating – R
A woman framed for her husband’s murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can’t be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.
Director: Bruce Beresford
Writers: David Weisberg, Douglas Cook
Stars: Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Greenwood
Lethal Weapon
Rating – R
A veteran cop, Murtaugh, is partnered with a young suicidal cop, Riggs. Both having one thing in common; hating working in pairs. Now they must learn to work with one another to stop a gang of drug smugglers.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Shane Black
Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey
Lethal Weapon 2
Rating – R
Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.
Director: Richard Donner
Writers: Jeffrey Boam (screenplay), Shane Black (story)
Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci
Lethal Weapon 3
Rating – R
Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh pursue an arms dealer who is a former LAPD officer.
Director: Richard Donner
Writers: Jeffrey Boam, Shane Black
Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci
Lethal Weapon 4
Rating – R
With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crimelord trying to get his brother out of prison.
Director: Richard Donner
Writers: Shane Black, Jonathan Lemkin
Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci
A Bug’s Life
Rating – G
A misfit ant, looking for “warriors” to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.
Directors: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton
Writers: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Dave Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Fantasia
Rating – G
A collection of animated interpretations of great works of Western classical music.
Directors: Norman Ferguson, James Algar
Writers: Joe Grant, Dick Huemer
Stars: Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, Corey Burton
Some great films you got there! Too many for me to pick out favourites! Heh heh.
I was really surprised we found all of these great movies for such a good price. It was pretty exciting, haha.
Wow, someone else who still uses a VCR. 🙂 I’ve seen most of those movies, but it’s been awhile for some of them.
haha, I know! I love our VCRs. Plus, a good portion of our movie collection is VHS. I’m glad to hear we are not the only ones that still enjoy a good VHS. 🙂