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  1. The following events occurred in the year 1997 in home video. This year is also known for being the first year that DVDs were sold. March 24 – The first DVDs are released in the United States with the launch of the format there, with Twister being the first release. The first full wave of titles follow on March 26. May – The "DVD Consortium" is replaced by the DVD Forum, open to all other ...

  2. A Christmas Dream. 1948. Castle Films stop motion and Live-action mixed film about how a wealthy little girl who doesn't appreciate Christmas until she has a dream which changes her attitude. The films was originally released in Czechoslovakia and titled Vánoční sen in 1945. Christmas Eve on Sesame Street.

  3. Bonnie Willis (as Sheila Stephens) David Hoffman. ... Burns. Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Ernest Anderson. ... James - Party Servant (uncredited) Edward Biby.

  4. Box office. $126.2 million [2] L.A. Confidential is a 1997 American neo-noir crime film directed, produced, and co-written by Curtis Hanson. The screenplay by Hanson and Brian Helgeland is based on James Ellroy 's 1990 novel of the same name, the third book in his L.A. Quartet series. The film tells the story of a group of LAPD officers in 1953 ...

  5. Backfire is directed by Vincent Sherman and collectively written by Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts and Larry Marcus. It stars Virginia Mayo, Gordon MacRae, Edmond O'Brien, Dane Clark, Ed Begley and Viveca Lindfors. Music is by Daniele Amfitheatrof and cinematography by Carl Guthrie.

  6. Color film noir. Color film noirs were movies that followed the "film noir" style (crime themes, fatalistic outlook, etc.) during the noir "Classical Period" (1940-1959) but, instead of using B&W film stock they were shot in color, often Technicolor. Color noir films after 1959 became known as neo-noirs.

  7. Director Roberto Benigni Stars Roberto Benigni Nicoletta Braschi Giorgio Cantarini. 6. The Sweet Hereafter. 1997 1h 52m R. 7.4 (37K) Rate. 91 Metascore. A bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to defend the families, but he discovers everything isn't what it seems.