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This was my most "international" movie year - so far anyway. Movie 2,3 and 6 was seen in Thunder Bay, Canada, 4 and 5 in Minneapolis, 10 in London and 11 in New York. The rest of course in good old Stockholm, Sweden.

Ransom - Fierce creatures - Absolute power - Star Wars - The empire strikes back - Scream - Larry Flynt - The devil's own - The relic - Everyone says "I love you" -
Kiss the girls - The peacemaker - Tomorrow never dies


Ransom
(Ransom)
Date: 8/1 - 97
Starring

Mel Gibson
Rene Russo
Gary Sinise
Delroy Lindo
Lili Taylor
Liev Schreiber
Evan Handler
Donnie Wahlberg
Brawley Nolte
Dan Hedaya
Screenplay by

Richard Price & Alexander Ignon
Directed by

Ron Howard

Fierce creatures
Date: Februari
Starring

John Cleese
Jamie Lee Curtis
Kevin Kline
Michael Palin
Ronnie Corbett
Carey Lowell
Robert Lindsay
Bille Brown
Derek Griffiths
Cynthia Cleese
Screenplay by

John Cleese & Iain Johnstone
Directed by

Fred Schepisi & Robert Young

Absolute power
Date: Februari
Starring

Clint Eastwood
Gene Hackman
Ed Harris
Laura Linney
Scott Glenn
Dennis Haysbert
Judy Davis
E.G. Marshall
Melora Hardin
Kenneth Welsh
Screenplay by

William Goldman
Directed by

Clint Eastwood

Star wars
Date: Februari
Starring

Mark Hamill
Harrison Ford
Carrie Fisher
Peter Cushing
Alec Guinness
Anthony Daniels
Kenny Baker
David Prowse
Peter Mayhew
Screenplay by

George Lucas
Directed by

George Lucas

The empire strikes back
Date: Februari
Starring
Mark Hamill
Harrison Ford
Carrie Fisher
Billy Dee Williams
Anthony Daniels
David Prowse
Peter Mayhew
Kenny Baker
Frank Oz
Alec Guinness
Screenplay by
Leigh Brackett & Lawrence Kasdan
Directed by
Irvin Kershner

Scream
Date: Februari
Starring

David Arquette
Neve Campbell
Courtney Cox
Matthew Lillard
Rose Mcgowan
Skeet Ulrich
Jamie Kennedy
W. Earl Brown
Joseph Whipp
Liev Schreiber
Drew Barrymore
Screenplay by

Kevin Williamson
Directed by

Wes Craven

Larry Flynt - Skandalernas man
(Larry Flynt)
Date: 20/3 - 97
Starring

Woody Harrelson
Courtney Love
Edward Norton
Brett Harrelson
Donna Hanover
James Cromwell
Crispin Glover
Vincent Schiavelli
Miles Chapin
James Carville
Screenplay by

Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski
Directed by

Milos Forman

En fiende ibland oss
(The devil’s own)
Date: 16/4 - 97
Starring

Harrison Ford
Brad Pitt
Margaret Colin
Rubén Blades
Treat Williams
Mitchell Ryan
George Hearn
Natascha McElhone
Paul Ronan
Simon Jones
Screenplay by

David Aaron Cohen, Vincent Patrick & Kevin Jarre
Directed by

Alan J. Pakula

The relic
(The relic)
Date: 28/5 - 97
Starring

Penelope Ann Miller
Tom Sizemore
Linda Hunt
James Whitmore
Clayton Rohner
Chi-Muoi Lo
Thomas Ryan
Tico Wells
Robert Lesser
Diane Robin
Screenplay by

Rick Jaffa, Amy Holden Jones, John Raffo & Amanda Silver
Directed by

Peter Hyams

Everyone says "i love you"
Date: 24/10 - 97
Starring

Alan Alda
Woody Allen
Drew Barrymore
Lukas Haas
Goldie Hawn
Gaby Hoffmann
Natasha Lyonne
Edward Norton
Natalie Portman
Julia Roberts
Screenplay by

Woody Allen
Directed by

Woody Allen

Kiss the girls
Date: 6/11 - 97
Starring

Morgan Freeman
Ashley Judd
Cary Elwes
Tony Goldwyn
Jay O. Sanders
Justina Vail
Bill Nunn
Brian Cox
Alex McArthur
Richard T. Jones
Screenplay by

David Klass
Directed by

Gary Fleder

Fredsmäklaren
(The peacemaker)
Date: 20/11 - 97
Starring

George Clooney
Nicole Kidman
Marcel Iures
Alexander Baluyev
Rene Medvesek
Gary Werntz
Randall Batinkoff
Jim Haynie
Alexander Strobele
Holt McCallany
Screenplay by

Michael Shiffer
Directed by

Mimi Leder

Tomorrow never dies
(Tomorrow never dies)
Date: 28/12 - 97
Starring

Pierce Brosnan
Jonathan Pryce
Michelle Yeoh
Teri Hatcher
Judi Dench
Desmond Llewelyn
Samantha Bond
Götz Otto
Joe Don Baker
Ricky Jay
Screenplay by

Bruce Feirstein
Directed by

Roger Spottiswoode