The UK Film Index 1908-2024

March 1998 (Good Will Hunting)

• 24 7: TwentyFourSeven (UK - 1997 - bw) (Dolby)

• Un air de famille [see: Family Resemblances]

• Anastasia (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS)

• As Good as It Gets (USA - 1997) (DTS / SDDS)

• Bent (UK/USA/Jpn - 1996) (Dolby)

• Best Men (USA/UK - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital)

• Cremaster 5 (USA - 1997) (Dolby SR)

• Double Team (USA/HK - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / SDDS)

• Everest (LF) (USA - 1998) (IMAX) (IMAX 6-track) [BBFC]

• Fallen (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS)
• Family Resemblances (Un air de famille) (Fr - 1996) (scope) (Dolby)

• Gattaca (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / SDDS)
• Good Will Hunting (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• Jackie Brown (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital / SDDS)

• Kiss the Girls (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / DTS)

• Love, etc. (Fr - 1996) (scope) (Dolby)

• The Man in the Iron Mask (USA - 1998) (DTS)

• Middleton’s Changeling (UK - 1997) (scope) (Dolby)

• Mother and Son (Мать и сын) (Russia/Ger - 1997) (Dolby SR)

• Mrs Dalloway (USA/UK/Neth - 1997) (Dolby)

• Sphere (USA - 1998) (scope) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS)

• Thieves (Les voleurs) (Fr - 1996) (Dolby Digital)

• Wag the Dog (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS)

Primary sources:

Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first screened theatrically in the UK in Mar 1998 according to data published in Film Review 1998-99 (James Cameron-Wilson, 1998).

Sunday, July 30, 2023

February 1998 (The Edge)

• Amistad (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS)

• The Blackout (USA/Fr - 1997) (Dolby SR)

• The Boxer (Ire/UK/USA - 1997) (DTS / SDDS)

• The Butcher Boy (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS)

• Clubbed to Death (Lola) (Fr/Port/Neth - 1997) (Dolby)

• Desperate Measures (USA - 1998) (Dolby Digital / SDDS)

• Downtime (UK/Fr - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• The Edge (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital)

• FairyTale: A True Story (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• Flubber (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS)

• Good Burger (USA - 1997) (Dolby)

• The Ice Storm (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital)
• In & Out (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• Paws (UK/Aus - 1997) (Dolby)
• The Postman (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS)

• Prisoner of the Mountains (Кавказский пленник) (Russia/Kazakh - 1996) (Dolby)

• Rothschild's Violin (Le violon de Rothschild) (Fr/Swz/Fin/Hung - 1996) (Dolby)

• The Secret Agent (USA/UK - 1996) (Dolby Digital)

• Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan: Supermasochist (USA - 1997) (Dolby)

• This is the Sea (Ire/USA/UK - 1996) (scope) (Dolby)

• The Ugly (NZ - 1996) (Dolby)

• The Woodlanders (UK - 1997) (scope) (Dolby)

Primary sources:

Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first screened theatrically in the UK in Feb 1998 according to data published in Film Review 1998-99 (James Cameron-Wilson, 1998).

Updated 12 Nov 2024.

January 1998 (Titanic)

• Boogie Nights (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / SDDS)

• Breaking Up (USA - 1996) (Dolby Digital)

• Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (UK - 1997) (Dolby)

• Def Jam’s How to Be a Player [see: How to Be a Player]
• The Devil’s Advocate (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS)
• Devil's Island (Djöflaeyjan) (Ice/Nor/Ger/Den - 1996) (Dolby Digital)

• The End of Violence (USA/Ger/Fr - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / DTS)

• Frisk (USA - 1995)

• In the Company of Men (USA - 1997)
• I Went Down (Ire/UK/Sp - 1997) (Dolby)

• The Jackal (USA - 1997) (scope) (DTS)

• Kissed (Can - 1996) (Dolby)

• Lucie Aubrac (Fr - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / DTS)

• Picture Perfect (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• Pretty Village Pretty Flame (Lepa sela lepo gore) (Serb - 1996) (Dolby)

• Resurrection Man (UK - 1997) (Dolby)

• Starship Troopers (USA - 1997) (DTS / SDDS-8)

• Stella Does Tricks (UK - 1996) (Dolby)

• Titanic (USA - 1997) (scope) (DTS-70) ¹

• Traveller (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital / DTS)

• Up 'n' Under (UK - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital)

• The Wings of the Dove (USA/UK - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital)
• The Winner (USA/Aus - 1996) (Dolby)

• The Winter Guest (USA/UK - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

¹ Digitally converted to 3-D for a 2012 reissue, including IMAX and IMAX Digital (IMAX 6-track sound), reframed at 1.90:1 aspect ratio.

Primary sources:

Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first screened theatrically in the UK in Jan 1998 according to data published in Film Review 1998-99 (James Cameron-Wilson, 1998).

Saturday, July 29, 2023

December 1997 (Tomorrow Never Dies)

• Blue Planet (LF) (USA/Can - 1990) (IMAX) (IMAX 6-track) [BBFC]

• The Borrowers (USA/UK - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• The Break (see: Further Gesture, A)

• Cop Land (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• A Further Gesture /USA: The Break (UK/Sp/Ger/Jpn/Ire - 1996) (Dolby SR)

• George of the Jungle (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital / SDDS)

• Home Alone 3 (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• I Know What You Did Last Summer (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / SDDS)

• Kiss Me, Guido (USA - 1997) (Ultra-Stereo)

• Kitchen (我愛廚房) (HK/Jpn - 1997)

• Marius et Jeannette (Fr - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• Paradise Road (USA/Aus - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital)

• Persons Unknown (USA - 1996) (Ultra-Stereo)

• Prince Valiant (Prinz Eisenherz) (Ger/UK/Ire/USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• Spice World (UK - 1997) (Dolby Digital / SDDS)

• This World, Then the Fireworks (USA - 1996) (Dolby Digital)
• Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun (LF) (Belg/USA - 1997) (IMAX) (IMAX 6-track) [BBFC]

• Tomorrow Never Dies (UK/USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / DTS)

Primary sources:

Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first screened theatrically in the UK in Dec 1997 according to data published in Film Review 1998-99 (James Cameron-Wilson, 1998).

November 1997 (Face/Off)

• 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (USA/UK - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• Alien: Resurrection (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / DTS)

• Chasing Amy (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• Excess Baggage (USA - 1997) (SDDS-8)

• Face/Off (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / DTS)

• Full Contact (俠盜高飛) (HK - 1992)

• The Gambler (UK/Neth/Hung - 1997) (Dolby Digital)
• G.I. Jane (USA/UK - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / SDDS)

• How to Be a Player (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• Incognito (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital)

• Inventing the Abbotts (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• Keep the Aspidistra Flying /USA: A Merry War (UK - 1997) (Dolby SR)

• Last Summer in the Hamptons (USA - 1995)

• Lawn Dogs (UK/USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• Maximum Risk (USA - 1996) (scope) (SDDS)

• A Merry War (see: Keep the Aspidistra Flying)

• My Mother's Courage (Mutters Courage) (Ger/UK/Austria/Ire - 1995) (scope) (Dolby SR)

• The Myth of Fingerprints (USA - 1996) (Dolby)

• Nothing to Lose (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital / SDDS)

• One Night Stand (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital / SDDS)

• Regeneration (UK/Can - 1997) (Dolby SR)

• Seven Years in Tibet (USA/UK - 1997) (scope) (SDDS-8)

• Small Time (UK - 1996)
• The Swan Princess: Escape From Castle Mountain (see: Swan Princess: The Secret of the Castle, The)
• The Swan Princess: The Secret of the Castle (The Swan Princess: Escape From Castle Mountain) (USA - 1997) (Dolby SR) [S&S]

• The Tango Lesson (UK/Fr/Arg/Jpn/Ger - 1997 - bw and col) (Dolby Digital)

• Trial and Error (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / SDDS)

• Under the Skin (UK - 1997) (Dolby SR)

• Up on the Roof (UK - 1997) (scope) (Dolby SR)

• Welcome to Sarajevo (UK/USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital)

• Will It Snow for Christmas? (Y'aura t'il de la neige à Noël?) (Fr - 1996) (Dolby SR)

Primary sources:

Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first screened theatrically in the UK in Nov 1997 according to data published in Film Review 1998-99 (James Cameron-Wilson, 1998).

Friday, July 28, 2023

October 1997 (Bullet in the Head)

Bullet in the Head (1990)

• An American Werewolf in Paris (USA/Lux/Fr/UK - 1997) (Dolby Digital / SDDS)

• Booty Call (USA - 1997) (SDDS)

• Bullet in the Head (喋血街頭) (HK - 1990) [BBFC]

• Darklands (UK - 1996) (Dolby SR)

• Fathers' Day (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS)
• First Strike (see: Jackie Chan’s First Strike)
• Fools Rush In (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital / SDDS)
• Free Willy 3: The Rescue (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS)

• The Game (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS)

• Hard Eight (USA - 1996) (scope) (Dolby)

• Head Above Water (USA - 1996) (Dolby Digital / SDDS)

• Hercules (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS)

• House of America (UK/Neth - 1996)

• Jackie Chan's First Strike (First Strike) (警察故事4之簡單任務) (HK - 1996) (scope) (Dolby Digital)

• L.A. Confidential (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital)

• A Life Less Ordinary (UK - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital) ¹

• Ma vie en rose (Fr/Belg/UK/Swz - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• Nil by Mouth (UK/Fr - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• The Peacemaker (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS)

• Pusher (Den - 1996) (Dolby Digital)

• Shooting Fish (UK - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital)
• A Simple Wish (USA - 1997) (DTS)

• Smilla's Feeling for Snow (Fräulein Smillas Gespür für Schnee) /USA: Smilla’s Sense of Snow (Ger/Den/Swd - 1996) (scope) (Dolby Digital)
• Smilla’s Sense of Snow (see: Smilla's Feeling for Snow)

• Snow White: A Tale of Terror (TVM) (USA/UK - 1996) (Dolby Digital)

• SubUrbia (USA - 1996) (Dolby)

• Temptress Moon (風月) (HK/China - 1996) (Dolby)

• Volcano (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS)

• Wilde (UK/USA/Jpn/Ger - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital)

¹ Released theatrically with a 1.85:1 aspect ratio, then restored to its intended 2.39:1 ratio for home video.

Primary sources:

Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first screened theatrically in the UK in Oct 1997 according to data published in Film Review 1998-99 (James Cameron-Wilson, 1998).

September 1997 (Mrs Brown)

• 187 [see: One Eight Seven]

• Air Force One (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS-8)

• The Apartment (see: appartement, L’)

• L’appartement /USA: The Apartment (Fr/Sp/It - 1996) (Dolby)

• Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / SDDS)

• Career Girls (UK - 1997) (Dolby SR)

• Contact (USA - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS)

• Dancehall Queen (Jam - 1997)

• Deep Crimson (Profundo carmesí) (Mex/Fr/Sp - 1996)

• Face (UK - 1997) (Dolby)

• Fetishes (UK/USA - 1996)

• Gallivant (UK - 1996)

• The Leading Man (UK - 1996) (Dolby)

• Mrs Brown (UK/USA/Ire - 1996) (Dolby)
• My Best Friend’s Wedding (USA - 1997) (scope) (SDDS-8)

• Night Falls on Manhattan (USA - 1996) (Dolby Digital)

• One Eight Seven (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS)

• Photographing Fairies (UK - 1997) (Dolby Digital)

• Spawn (USA - 1997) (Dolby Digital / SDDS)

• The Sweet Hereafter (Can - 1997) (scope) (Dolby Digital)

Primary sources:

Unless otherwise indicated, titles listed in this entry were first screened theatrically in the UK in Sep 1997 according to data published in Film Review 1998-99 (James Cameron-Wilson, 1998).

Updated 12 Nov 2024.