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2 unusual facts about 1997 in film


Girdwood, Anchorage

The town has served as a backdrop for at least two films: The Chechahcos, a 1924 silent film about the Klondike Gold Rush, and Warren Miller's 1997 Snowriders II.

Hit the Road to Dreamland

Betty Hutton's 1956 rendition of the song was featured on the soundtrack to L.A. Confidential (1997).


Apprehensive Films

Established in 1997 as a production company, Apprehensive Films' main focus was low-budget Grindhouse-inspired films shot in Super 8 mm film and 16 mm film.

Báječná léta pod psa

Báječná léta pod psa (English - The Blissful Years of Lousy Living) is a 1997 movie, adapted from the book of the same title by Michal Viewegh.

Cholera Street

Cholera Street (Original Turkish title: Ağır Roman, literally meaning "Heavy Romani") is a 1997 Turkish film directed by Mustafa Altıoklar, adapted from Metin Kaçan's best selling novel Ağır Roman.

Dennis Dun

Dun has had prominent roles in several films, notably Year of the Dragon (1985), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), The Last Emperor (1987), Prince of Darkness (1987), and A Thousand Pieces of Gold (1991), Warriors of Virtue (1997).

Lhakpa Tsamchoe

She is the first Tibetan woman ever to break into mainstream film; most famous for starring alongside Brad Pitt and David Thewlis in the 1997 Hollywood blockbuster Seven Years in Tibet, in which she played Pema Lhaki, a Tibetan tailor and wife of Austrian mountaineer, Peter Aufschnaiter.

MVP: Most Valuable Primate

MVP was the working title of the 1997 film Air Bud, but the subtitle was Most Valuable Pooch, not Most Valuable Primate.

Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist is a 1997 documentary film directed by Kirby Dick about Bob Flanagan, a Los Angeles writer, poet, performance artist, comic, and BDSM celebrity, who suffered from and later died of cystic fibrosis.

Strip Mall

Bob Koherr, who had directed Brown in the 1997 movie Plump Fiction, played a biker named Blank and his identical brothers Blair and Blunt.

The Bad Pack

The Bad Pack is a 1997 independent action film directed and written by Brent Huff, and starring, Robert Davi, Ralf Möller, and Roddy Piper.


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