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Driving Miss Daisy [DVD](1989) DVD
The winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actress, tells the poignant story of the decades-long relationship between an elderly stubborn Jewish woman living in the '40s South and her benevolent black chauffeur. Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd star in this touching comedy-drama, adapted from Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer-winning play. 99 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; audio commentary; featurette; photo gallery; theatrical trailer; interactive menus; scene access.
Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (Special Edition) [DVD](1991) DVD
In this large-scale swashbuckler, Kevin Costner plays the legendary archer hero who romances Maid Marian (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) and, with help from his Moor sidekick (Morgan Freeman), leads his Merrie Men against the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman). Christian Slater and Nick Brimble also star. Extended version; 155 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, DTS 5.1; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; bonus footage; audio commentary by Costner, Freeman, Slater, others; theatrical trailer; interactive menus; scene access; "making of" documentary; interviews; isolated music score; photo gallery; more. Two-disc set.
Unforgiven (Special Edition) [DVD](1992) DVD
Four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director and Supporting Actor, went to director/star Clint Eastwood's superb revisionist western about a gunslinger-turned-rancher who joins his old partner and a young sharpshooter to capture a pair of cowhands responsible for mutilating a prostitute. With Gene Hackman as a cruel sheriff, Richard Harris, Morgan Freeman and Frances Fisher. 131 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; filmographies; production notes; scene access; audio commentary; theatrical trailer; documentaries; "Maverick" episode; more. Two-disc set.
The Shawshank Redemption [DVD](1994) DVD
A powerful look at men fighting to maintain hope in the most hopeless of circumstances, this adaptation of a Stephen King story stars Tim Robbins as a convicted murderer who is tutored in the brutal realities of life in New England's Shawshank Prison by hardened fellow inmate Morgan Freeman. James Whitmore, William Sadler co-star. 142 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; audio commentary; DVD-ROM content; documentaries; photo gallery; storyboards; theatrical trailer; more. Two-disc set.
Seven (Special Edition) [DVD](1995) DVD
Intense shocker starring Morgan Freeman as a veteran big city detective who teams with young partner Brad Pitt to find a diabolically clever serial killer responsible for a series of grotesque murders inspired by the seven deadly sins. Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey and John C. McGinley also star. 127 min. on two discs. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS ES 6.1, Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, French; audio commentary by Pitt, Freeman, others; deleted scenes; extended scenes; photo gallery; theatrical trailer; DVD-ROM content; scene access. Two-disc set.
Kiss The Girls [DVD](1997) DVD
When his North Carolina college student niece disappears and is thought to be the latest target of a psychopathic kidnapper calling himself "Casanova," Washington, D.C., police psychologist Morgan Freeman begins his own investigation. Together with doctor Ashley Judd, the only victim to escape captivity, they begin a desperate search for the maniac in this gripping hit suspense tale. Carey Elwes, Tony Goldwyn also star in this adaptation of James Patterson's thriller. 107 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: Spanish; theatrical trailer; scene access.
Deep Impact (Special Edition) [DVD](1998) DVD
A special-effects-filled disaster epic with a sensitive side, this hit stars Tea Leoni as a TV reporter who uncovers the suppressed news that a newly-discovered comet is on a collision course with Earth. With time running out, a NASA team led by veteran astronaut Robert Duvall is sent to try and destroy the comet, while a lottery is held to pick the million Americans to be housed in specially-built caves to survive the coming catastrophe. Morgan Freeman, Elijah Wood, Maximilian Schell, and Leelee Sobieski also star. 121 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; "making of" featurette; photo gallery; featurettes; theatrical trailer.
Nurse Betty [DVD](2000) DVD
This unpredictable, darkly comic road fantasy from director Neil LaBute ("Your Friends and Neighbors") centers on Renee Zellweger, a Kansas waitress who becomes delusional after witnessing her husband's murder and heads to Hollywood to meet soap opera actor Greg Kinnear, whom she believes is a real doctor and her long-lost true love. Trailing her are Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock, the hit men behind Zellweger's hubby's death. With Crispin Glover, Aaron Eckhart. 110 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English; audio commentary by LaBute, Rock; theatrical trailer; TV spots; deleted scenes; soap opera episodes; DVD-ROM content; scene access.
Along Came A Spider [DVD](2001) DVD
Hit follow-up to "Kiss the Girls" finds Morgan Freeman back as forensic psychologist Alex Cross, who gets caught up in another high-profile crime when a senator's daughter is kidnapped and the villain communicates his demands through Freeman. Paired with the Secret Service agent (Monica Potter) present during the crime, the two work together to find the girl in this shocking thriller. 103 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English; theatrical trailer; "making of" featurette; interactive menus; scene access.
High Crimes [DVD](2002) DVD
Dynamite courtroom drama boasts Ashley Judd as an attorney who has to defend craftsman husband Jim Caviezel for his part in a secret 1988 Marine Corps operation in which civilians were massacred in El Salvador. Joining Judd for the defense are appointed counsel Adam Scott and Morgan Freeman, an unpredictable lawyer with a penchant for annoying the military. Bruce Davison and Amanda Peet also star in this riveting story directed by Carl Franklin. 115 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital Surround; audio commentary by Franklin; featurettes; theatrical trailer.
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