Dragoti, Stan

Mr. Mom

When Jack Butler (Michael Keaton) loses his job at an auto factory, he expects to quickly find another. But instead, his wife Caroline (Teri Garr) starts working for an ad agency and Jack ends up taking care of the house and kids. He soon runs afoul of shopping etiquette, a voracious vacuum cleaner, and he can't even drop his kids off at school properly. He starts losing his pride and letting himself go. He stops shaving, drinks at all hours, and watches soap operas. And not only does a predatory divorcée (Ann Jillian) have her eye on him, Caroline's new boss (Martin Mull) has more than business on his mind. Will their marriage survive? What makes Mr. Mom work isn't its role-reversal premise, but its clever off-the-main-plot scenes like the obstacle course at the company picnic, where a footrace with swim fins is set to a variation on the theme to Chariots of Fire; a poker game using discount coupons for money; or a traumatic, soap-opera-influenced dream Jack has when he realizes his life is going down the toilet. This is the first starring role for Michael Keaton, who went on to star in Beetlejuice and Batman; he makes the most of both its comic and sentimental side. The script, incidentally, is written by John Hughes, who later went on to write and direct The Breakfast Club and Home Alone. --Bret Fetzer

Funnyman Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice) teams with Tootsie's Teri Garr in this "fresh and funny audience pleaser" (Boxoffice) that's all housework...and no pay!Jack and Caroline Butler (Keaton and Garr) are perfectly happy with their roles in life...until a layoff makes him a househusband and her a working wife! And while she wrangles with charts graphs and an all-too-eager-to-be-wrangled boss he has to contend with their hyper kids a ravenous vacuum cleaner an angry washing machine and an oversexed neighbor (Ann Jillian of TV's It's A Living)! From late nights in the boardroom to lonely nights in the bedroom the biggest challenge for both Jack and Caroline is learning to trust one another with their reversed roles...which they'd better do quickly...before Mr. Mom becomes Mr. Single Mom!System Requirements:Starring: Michael Keaton Teri Garr Martin Mull Ann Jillian Jeffrey Tambor Christopher Lloyd Valri Bromfield Frederick Koehler and Taliesin Jaffe. Directed By: Stan Dragoti. Running Time: 100 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Standard" format. Copyright 2000 MGM Studios.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG UPC: 027616809827 Manufacturer No: 908098

Love at First Bite

Dracula has never been so funny and dashing to say nothing of being an awesome disco dancer as in this "delightful movie with a bang-up cast" (The New York Times) led by the epitome of suave George Hamilton and featuring first-rate performances from Susan Saint James Richard Benjamin Dick Shawn Arte Johnson Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford!Evicted from Transylvania Dracula (Hamilton) goes to New York to make Cindy (Saint James) a model with an old soul his eternal bride. To his delight she quickly falls for his necking style. But when her would-be boyfriend (Benjamin) a descendant of the vampire-killing Van Helsings meets his romantic rival he's determined to put a stake in the count's plans!System Requirements: Running Time 96 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG UPC: 027616925626 Manufacturer No: 1008552

The Man with One Red Shoe

Adapted from a popular French comedy-thriller, The Man with One Red Shoe follows a concert violinist (Tom Hanks) used as a patsy in a conflict between two rival factions of the CIA. Singled out at the airport solely because he's wearing mismatched shoes, Hanks is henceforth believed to be a mole with important information; a rogue crew of agents follows him, searches his apartment, and even seduces him in order to find out what he knows. At the same time, loyal agents--who also believe he's a mole--follow and protect him from predation by the rogues. Lori Singer plays a beautiful blonde spy with a conscience and an astonishing backless dress; Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, and Edward Herrmann are agents trying to second-guess each other; Jim Belushi plays Hanks's best friend, a jealous percussionist, and Carrie Fisher plays Belushi's wife, a flautist who's infatuated with Hanks and wants him to make some jungle love. Hanks plays it straight and is reliably pleasant. In the hands of Hitchcock, this might have generated some real suspense; as it is, it's amusing with some good twists, some weak gags, and one remarkable bicycle stunt. --Bret Fetzer

In this hilarious undercover comedy, violinist Richard Drew (Hanks) is mistaken for a spy after wearing one red shoe and triggers a game of rivalry between two feuding CIA bosses (Charles Durning, Dabney Coleman). Though Richard is mugged, shot at and chased, he remains unaware that he is an object of suspicion and even falls in love with the agent (Lori Singer) who's trailing him. Meanwhile, his friend's (Jim Belushi) love-starved wife (Carrie Fisher) has designs on him as well.

Necessary Roughness

Baby Boom / Mr. Mom (Double Feature)

MR. MOM: When a hard working husband becomes a harried housewife and his wife becomes a high powered executive the result is sheer comedic chaos.BABY BOOM: When J.C. Wiatt a total workaholic in charge of her life and career inherits a 13-month-old baby girl she finds her life is no longer her own. Fleeing the city and moving to the country J.C. and Elizabeth market their own applesauce which becomes a nationwide success. But do they return to the fast track or not?System Requirements:Running Time 201 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG UPC: 027616145246 Manufacturer No: 14524

She's Out of Control

Light-hearted spoof about the dynamics of a father's relationship with his teenage daughter when she discovers boys. Stars: Tony Danza (Angels in the Outfield, Who's the Boss), Wallace Shawn (Toy Story, Vegas Vacation, The Princess Bride), Amy Dolenz (Can't Buy Me Love, Stepmonster).

Necessary Roughness [Region 2]

The Man with One Red Shoe [Region 2]

Adapted from a popular French comedy-thriller, The Man with One Red Shoe follows a concert violinist (Tom Hanks) used as a patsy in a conflict between two rival factions of the CIA. Singled out at the airport solely because he's wearing mismatched shoes, Hanks is henceforth believed to be a mole with important information; a rogue crew of agents follows him, searches his apartment, and even seduces him in order to find out what he knows. At the same time, loyal agents--who also believe he's a mole--follow and protect him from predation by the rogues. Lori Singer plays a beautiful blonde spy with a conscience and an astonishing backless dress; Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, and Edward Herrmann are agents trying to second-guess each other; Jim Belushi plays Hanks's best friend, a jealous percussionist, and Carrie Fisher plays Belushi's wife, a flautist who's infatuated with Hanks and wants him to make some jungle love. Hanks plays it straight and is reliably pleasant. In the hands of Hitchcock, this might have generated some real suspense; as it is, it's amusing with some good twists, some weak gags, and one remarkable bicycle stunt. --Bret Fetzer