SAMUEL L. JACKSON VIDEOS & DVD'S AT HOLLYWOOD TEEN MOVIES

Uncle Tom's Cabin (1903/1914) VHS
Two early versions of Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic story are presented on one tape. The 1903 version was restored from the Library of Congress paper prints, while the 1914 entry features Sam Lucas, the first African-American actor to star in a film. 85 min. total.
Happily Ever After: The Pied Piper VHS
Samuel L. Jackson, Wesley Snipes and Grant Shaud lend their voices to a fresh look at the tale of the pipe-playing rat-catcher who saves the town of Hamlyn.
The Journey Of The African-American Athlete VHS
It's a journey marked with great achievements and a constant struggle for acceptance, and in this thrilling sports documentary you'll follow the exploits of such 20th-century black sports legends as Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson, Althea Gibson, Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and many others. Samuel L. Jackson narrates. 120 min.
The Displaced Person(1977) VHS
A powerful and shocking story about the turmoil released in a small Georgia town by the arrival of a Polish immigrant after World War II. The screenplay is by Horton Foote from the Flannery O'Connor short story. John Houseman and Irene Worth star. 58 min.
The Trial Of The Moke(1978) VHS
This real-life drama tells of Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper, the first black graduate of West Point. Assigned to serve at Fort Davis in 1881, Flipper was framed by racist officers for embezzling government funds and, 94 years later, was vindicated of the crime. Franklyn Seales, Samuel L. Jackson, Alfre Woodard and Howard Rollins, Jr. star; Stan Lathan directs. 90 min.
Ragtime(1981) VHS
Director Milos Foreman spun E.L. Doctorow's semifictional novel of 1900s Americana into a richly detailed period piece with a multifaceted plot and an exceptional cast, including the return of James Cagney after a 20-year hiatus. Co-stars Howard Rollins, Brad Dourif and Elizabeth McGovern. 156 min.
Eddie Murphy Raw(1987) VHS
The language is raw, but the comedy is well done. Eddie Murphy shines in an outrageous concert film, taking on everyone from Michael Jackson to Bill Cosby, from feminists to bigots. Robert Townsend helms this non-stop, not-for-the-young-or-easily-offended laugh experience. 91 min.
Uncle Tom's Cabin(1987) VHS
Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic about slavery set in the pre-Civil War South receives a stirring and powerful treatment. Features a knockout cast that includes Phylicia Rashad, Avery Brooks, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Dern and Edward Woodward. 108 min.
School Daze(1988) VHS
Writer/director Spike Lee blends comedy, drama and music to depict life at a Southern all-black college, taking potshots at black frat life, student activism, and the encroachment of white culture. Larry Fishburne, Tisha Campbell, Giancarlo Esposito, Kyme, and Lee (as would-be frat brother Half-Pint) star. 114 min.
Sea Of Love(1989) VHS
The murders of several men who answered newspaper personal ads send detective Al Pacino out as a decoy, but when he becomes attracted to sexy suspect Ellen Barkin, will he pay with his life? Steamy suspenser also features John Goodman. 113 min.
The Exorcist III(1990) VHS
William Peter Blatty, creator of the original "Exorcist," scripted and directed this all-new shocker of demonic possession. An executed serial killer has come back to resume his reign of terror (thanks to the powers of Hell), and the detective who caught him years earlier must stop him again. George C. Scott, Brad Dourif, Ed Flanders star. 105 min.
Mo' Better Blues(1990) VHS
Spike Lee's enthralling, beautifully photographed look at the jazz world stars Denzel Washington as a talented, driven trumpet player who puts his career above the two women in his life and loyalty to ineffectual manager Lee above his combo's success. Cynda Williams, Joie Lee, Wesley Snipes and Giancarlo Esposito co-star; lively jazz score by Bill Lee, Branford Marsalis and others. 127 min.
Betsy's Wedding(1990) VHS
For bride-to-be Molly Ringwald, it's the biggest day in her life. But for harried father-of-the-bride Alan Alda, it's a day loaded with one comic catastrophe after another. Writer/director/star Alda's hilarious, heartfelt look at marital misadventures also stars Joe Pesci, Ally Sheedy and Madeline Kahn. 94 min. NOTE: This Title Is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer.
The Exorcist III (Spanish Subtitled Version)(1990) VHS
In English with Spanish subtitles.
Goodfellas(1990) VHS
Martin Scorsese's electrifying gangster saga chronicles three decades in the Mafia with Irish-Sicilian mobster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) and his "wiseguy" accomplices (played by Robert De Niro and Academy Award-winner Joe Pesci). Based on Nicholas Pileggi's novel, this violent, darkly funny epic also stars Paul Sorvino and Lorraine Bracco. 146 min.
A Shock To The System(1990) VHS
Much-praised satire on yuppie greed and modern morality (or the lack of it) stars Michael Caine as a Madison Avenue exec who kills the recipient of the promotion he feels he deserved. Soon Caine finds murder an effective method of getting what he wants. Peter Riegert, Elizabeth McGovern and Swoosie Kurtz also star in this clever dark comedy. 87 min.
Def By Temptation(1990) VHS
A black college student travels to New York to visit a childhood friend and is introduced to a beautiful, sexy seductress who lures men to their deaths. Rousing blend of horror, eroticism and laughs from writer/director/co-star James Bond III also features Kadeem Hardison, Cynthia Bond, Bill Nunn and Samuel L. Jackson. 95 min.
Jungle Fever(1991) VHS
Romance blooms between a black Harlem architect and his secretary, an Italian-American from Bensonhurst, but relatives and friends on both sides have strong reactions to their steamy, stormy relationship in Spike Lee's controversial comedy-drama. Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, John Turturro and Lee star; Stevie Wonder performs his own score. 132 min.
Strictly Business(1991) VHS
In this hilarious satire, a black real estate broker is smitten with a gorgeous waitress, but, alas, he's not hip enough to woo her. For lessons in homeboy coolness, the realtor enlists the help of a workplace pal. Tommy Davidson, Joseph C. Phillips and Halle Berry star. 83 min.
Mob Justice(1991) VHS
Nail-biting gangster saga about a man who finds himself caught between the mob, who wants him to be their fall guy for a drug-related murder, and the FBI, who needs him alive as their only witness to the incident. Tony Danza, Ted Levine, Dan Lauria, Nicholas Turturro and Samuel L. Jackson star. 95 min.
Amos & Andrew(1992) VHS
Noted black scholar and writer Samuel L. Jackson rents a New England summer house in an upscale white neighborhood, but the neighbors and police chief Dabney Coleman assume he's a crook. After having his men open fire on the house, Coleman realizes his mistake and hires real thief Nicolas Cage to hold Jackson hostage. Satiric look at race relations also stars Michael Lerner. 96 min.
Jumpin At The Boneyard(1992) VHS
Two brothers, one a jobless wanderer and the other a drug addict, attempt to help each other find meaning in their lives and set things right during a one-day trip through the New York City neighborhoods where they grew up. Gritty slice-of-life drama from rookie writer/director Jeff Stanzler stars Tim Roth, Alexis Arquette, Danitra Vance and Samuel L. Jackson. 107 min.
Juice(1992) VHS
A powerful look at contemporary life in Harlem, focusing on an aspiring disc jockey and his teenage friends who have to make a difficult decision: walk the straight and narrow or lead a life of crime. Eventually, they decide to rob a liquor store in response to an acquaintance's death. Omar Epps, Khalil Kain, Tupac Shakur and Samuel L. Jackson star; Ernest R. Dickerson, Spike Lee's cinematographer, directs. 95 min.
Patriot Games(1992) VHS
Tom Clancy's best-selling novel is turned into an intense action thriller with Harrison Ford playing Jack Ryan, the former CIA advisor who finds his and his family's lives threatened by a group of Irish terrorists after he kills one of them during a trip to London. Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin, Samuel L. Jackson and Richard Harris also star. 117 min.
White Sands(1992) VHS
Arresting thriller starring Willem Dafoe as a New Mexico sheriff who encounters stolen cash, arms dealers, a beautiful woman and duplicitous CIA agents when he tries to uncover the mystery of a corpse found in his territory. Mickey Rourke, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Samuel L. Jackson and Mimi Rogers also star. 101 min.
Fathers And Sons(1993) VHS
Recognizing the danger of living in New York City, a movie director moves his family to a small seaside town in New Jersey. But he and his family soon discover that the town is being terrorized by a serial killer, while a mysterious prophet's predictions begin to come true. Jeff Goldblum, Rosanna Arquette, John C. McGinley and Joie Lee star. 100 min.
Menace II Society(1993) VHS
Set in L.A.'s South Central 'hood, this explosive drama centers on a troubled youth looking to escape his friends' lifestyle of robbery, drugs and murder. When her finally finds hope with a level-headed girl who tries to help him, tragedy ensues. Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, Samuel L. Jackson and Khandi Alexander star in this electrifying first effort from the Hughes Brothers. 104 min.
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon(1993) VHS
In this funny spoof of Hollywood action films, Emilio Estevez and Samuel L. Jackson are "Lethal Weapon"-styled Los Angeles cops who find themselves up against a nefarious creep (William Shatner). Featuring zany car chases, wild shootouts, goofs on flicks like "Basic Instinct" and "The Silence of the Lambs," and Jon Lovitz, Kathy Ireland and Phil Hartman. 82 min.
Jurassic Park(1993) VHS
The brontosaurus-sized blockbuster from director Steven Spielberg, based on Michael Crichton's best-seller, is set on a Central American island where millionaire Richard Attenborough has created the ultimate theme park attraction: live genetically-engineered dinosaurs. Scientists Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum are among the guests for a test weekend that turns into a fight for survival when the beasts escape from captivity. Special two-tape set also includes a "making of" documentary, original theatrical trailers, pre-production footage and other extras. 127 min.
The Meteor Man(1993) VHS
In this good-natured comic fantasy, Robert Townsend (who also directs) plays a schoolteacher and sometime jazz musician who gains superpowers after he's hit by a meteor. With his new abilities to fly, see through walls, heal wounds and translate dog language, Townsend tackles the gangs that are disrupting his neighborhood. Marla Gibbs, James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby and Sinbad co-star. 99 min.
True Romance(1993) VHS
Comic book store worker Christian Slater falls in love with hooker Patricia Arquette, kills her pimp and unknowingly swipes a suitcase loaded with cocaine. The couple heads to L.A. to sell the coke for big money, but both the cops and the drug ring's boss are on their trail. Stylishly violent actioner, directed by Tony Scott from Quentin Tarantino's script, also stars Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper, Brad Pitt, Gary Oldman. Unrated director's cut; 121 min.
Fresh(1994) VHS
Fresh, a 12-year-old motherless boy living in poverty in Brooklyn, serves as a lookout and runner for the local drug dealers while his vagrant father plays chess in the park. When a friend is killed, Fresh takes matters into his own hands, plotting an elaborate scheme to dupe the ruthless drug lords. Sean Nelson and Samuel L. Jackson star in this explosive urban story. 114 min.
Pulp Fiction(1994) VHS
Writer/director Quentin Tarantino's Oscar-winning salute to old-time crime novels flips back and forth in time to interweave tales of temptation, violence and redemption involving an ensemble cast that includes hit man odd couple John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson, coke-sniffing mobster's wife Uma Thurman, and crooked boxer Bruce Willis. With Harvey Keitel, Ving Rhames, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer. Special collector's video features footage not shown in theatres and a behind-the-scenes exclusive hosted by Tarantino. 164 min. total.
The New Age(1994) VHS
Hollywood agent Peter Weller and his wife, graphic artist Judy Davis, are living the good life until Weller quits his job and Davis loses some major clients. Their solution: embrace New Age philosophies, sleep with other people and open a trendy boutique. This darkly humorous tale from Michael Tolkin, creator of "The Player," co-stars Samuel L. Jackson, Adam West. 112 min.
Against The Wall(1994) VHS
An intense story set against the 1971 Attica prison riots and focusing on two disaffected prisoners who start the turmoil in order to obtain better conditions within the New York penitentiary and a young guard caught in the middle of the explosive situation. Kyle MacLachlan, Samuel L. Jackson, Clarence Williams III, Harry Dean Stanton star; John Frankenheimer directs. Unrated version; 111 min.
Kiss Of Death(1995) VHS
The classic crime drama gets a stylish and gritty updating. David Caruso stars as an ex-con trying to go straight who lands back in jail, cut off from his family and caught in the middle of a deadly tug of war between the law (hard-edged cop Samuel L. Jackson) and the mob (deranged crime boss Nicolas Cage). With Michael Rapaport, Kathryn Erbe, Helen Hunt; Barbet Schroeder directs. 101 min.
Losing Isaiah(1995) VHS
Compassionate drama starring Jessica Lange as a social worker who, along with husband David Strathairn, has adopted an African-American "crack baby." When Halle Berry, the baby's destitute mother, learns that the child she left in a trash bin is still alive, she stages a painful custody battle. With Samuel L. Jackson, Cuba Gooding, Jr. and La Tanya Richardson. 108 min.
Fluke(1995) VHS
Touching, often funny family drama about a driven businessman who is killed in a car accident and reincarnated as a dog. As memories of his human life come back to him, Fluke tries to reunite with his wife and son and come to terms with his new existence. With Matthew Modine, Nancy Travis, Eric Stoltz, Max Pomeranc and the voice of Samuel L. Jackson. 95 min.
Hard Eight(1996) VHS
Intense drama about a veteran gambler who takes a down-on-his-luck young man under his wing and shows him how to gamble in Las Vegas. The two new friends take their act to Reno, where the young man falls for a beautiful hooker who eventually leads him into trouble. Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow and Samuel L. Jackson star; directed by Paul Thomas Anderson ("Boogie Nights"). 100 min.
The Long Kiss Goodnight(1996) VHS
Eight years after she was found suffering from amnesia, mild-mannered teacher and suburban mother Geena Davis discovers she was formerly a top assassin for the CIA...and someone from her past wants her dead. Now Davis must use all her latent and lethal skills as she teams with detective Samuel L. Jackson to uncover her enemies in this slam-bang actioner directed by Davis' then-husband, Renny Harlin. 120 min.
The Great White Hype(1996) VHS
Hilarious, on-target look at the circus-like world of heavyweight boxing starring Samuel L. Jackson as a flamboyant fight promoter out to find a white "underdog" to take on undefeated champ Damon Wayans. The opponent he selects is rock guitarist Peter Berg, who beat Wayans in an amateur bout years earlier. Jeff Goldblum, Jon Lovitz and Cheech Marin co-star; co-written by Ron Shelton ("Bull Durham"). 95 min.
A Time To Kill(1996) VHS
The best-selling first novel by John Grisham becomes a powerful courtroom drama featuring Samuel L. Jackson as a Mississippi factory worker on trial for killing two racist attackers who raped his young daughter. After taking on the controversial case, white attorney Matthew McConaughey and idealistic law student Sandra Bullock find their lives in danger from the Ku Klux Klan. With Kevin Spacey, Oliver Platt and Donald Sutherland. 150 min.
Trees Lounge(1996) VHS
Popular independent film actor Steve Buscemi ("Reservoir Dogs") makes his directorial debut with this story, set in and around a Long Island bar, which mixes pathos and laughs. Buscemi is a hard-drinking slacker who gets a chance to turn his life around when he takes over his late uncle's ice cream truck route. With Mark Boone, Jr., Carol Kane, Anthony LaPaglia, Chloe Sevigny. 94 min.
Jackie Brown(1997) VHS
Quentin Tarantino brings his wit and humor back to the big screen with his action-packed adaptation of Elmore Leonard's "Rum Punch." Pam Grier stars as Jackie, the charismatic, street-smart stewardess blackmailed by the FBI to assist in a sting operation to bring down her other employer, gunrunner Samuel L. Jackson. With the help of bail bondsman Robert Forster, though, Jackie has plans of her own. Robert De Niro, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton also star. 154 min.
187 (Spanish Subtitled Version)(1997) VHS
In English with Spanish subtitles.
187(1997) VHS
A year after he was stabbed by a student in a New York high school, idealistic teacher Samuel L. Jackson moves to Los Angeles and takes a job at a violence-plagued school in a mostly Latino neighborhood. A battle of wills between Jackson and a gang leader leads to the teen's murder, but was a rival gang responsible...or has Jackson snapped? Powerful urban drama also stars Kelly Rowan, Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez. 119 min.
Eve's Bayou(1997) VHS
Highly acclaimed directorial debut from actress Kasi Lemmons is a richly-textured gothic family drama set in Louisiana in 1962. Samuel L. Jackson is a loving but philandering doctor whose adulterous ways lead Eve, his youngest daughter, to seek help from a local voodoo queen. The film's superior cast also includes Lynn Whitfield, Diahann Carroll and Jurnee Smollett as Eve. 108 min.
Sphere(1998) VHS
Deep in the Pacific, a gigantic spacecraft that apparently crashed 300 years earlier is discovered, but as a team of scientists (including psychologist Dustin Hoffman, biologist Sharon Stone, mathematician Samuel L. Jackson and astrophysicist Liev Schreiber) investigate the ship, strange and deadly events are set into motion. Barry Levinson directs this gripping adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel. Special edition includes a behind-the-scenes documentary, "Shaping the Sphere." 149 min. total.
The Negotiator(1998) VHS
When Chicago police hostage negotiator Samuel L. Jackson is framed for his partner's murder, he takes over the department Internal Affairs division and holds the officials captive. With the SWAT team and feds threatening, Jackson insists on smooth-as-silk outsider Kevin Spacey as the man to negotiate his own dangerous situation. John Spencer, David Morse and J.T. Walsh also star in this intense actioner. Special video version includes a "making of" documentary. 140 min.
Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace(1999) VHS
Return to "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away," and see how two Jedi knights and a young queen find their destinies linked to a mysterious boy named Anakin Skywalker, in the first "prequel" to writer/director George Lucas' phenomenally popular space epic. Awaiting the heroes and their ally, the lovable Jar Jar Binks: robot warriors, alien armadas, and the black-clad Darth Maul, acolyte to the enigmatic title menace. Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd and Ray Park star. 133 min.
The Red Violin(1999) VHS
This acclaimed film from Quebec helmer Francois Girard traces the history of a violin, from its crafting in 17th-century Italy, and the fates of its various owners through the years. Among those who share in its beauty, joy and tragedy are novelist Greta Scacchi; her lover, violin virtuoso Jason Flemyng; and instrument expert Samuel L. Jackson. 132 min. In English and French, German, Italian and Mandarin with English subtitles.
Deep Blue Sea(1999) VHS
In this sci-fi flavored thriller, a trio of sharks being used in intelligence-enhancing experiments go out of control, sinking their jaws into the occupants of a high-tech undersea compound, including business tycoon Samuel L. Jackson, researcher Stellan Skarsgard, marine biologist Saffron Burrows, shark wrangler Thomas Jane and cook LL Cool J. Renny Harlin ("Cliffhanger") directs. 105 min.
Rules Of Engagement(2000) VHS
Samuel L. Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones are lifelong friends who served in Vietnam together. Twenty-eight years later, Jones, now a Marine lawyer, must defend Jackson in a court martial case after he's accused of instructing his troops to fire on supposedly unarmed protesters outside the U.S. embassy in Yemen. Guy Pearce and Ben Kingsley also star in this tense military courtroom drama from director William Friedkin. 127 min.
Shaft(2000) VHS
This updating of the 1971 hit stars Samuel L. Jackson as original "Shaft" Richard Roundtree's nephew, an NYPD detective who throws away his badge in order to capture a rich creep responsible for killing a black teen in front of a trendy New York restaurant. Christian Bale, Toni Collette, Jeffrey Wright, Vanessa L. Williams and Roundtree also star in this retro actioner from director John Singleton ("Boyz n the Hood"). 99 min.
Unbreakable(2000) VHS
Emerging unscathed as the sole survivor of a horrific train crash, Philadelphia security guard Bruce Willis realizes his life has been free of injury and illness. Samuel L. Jackson is a brittle-boned comic book dealer with whom Willis' condition--and surprising destiny--are linked in "Sixth Sense" writer/director M. Night Shyamalan's suspenseful spin on the superhero genre. With Robin Wright Penn, Spencer Treat Clark. 106 min.
The Caveman's Valentine(2001) VHS
Directed by Kasi Lemmons ("Eve's Bayou"), this intriguing thriller stars Samuel L. Jackson as a schizophrenic recluse who lives in a cave in a New York City park. When a homeless, drug-addicted young model dies mysteriously, Jackson thinks he was murdered, and his investigation takes him from his cave and into the New York art world. Colm Feore, Ann Magnuson also star. 106 min.