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Popeye [DVD](1980) DVD Robin Williams as Popeye and Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl bring the beloved cartoon characters to life in director Robert Altman's fun musical that's a delight for kids of all ages. With Paul Dooley, Ray Walston, Paul L. Smith. Songs include "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man," "I Am What I Am," "He Needs Me" and "Blow Me Down." 114 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English.
Good Morning, Vietnam [DVD](1987) DVD Armed Forces Radio in 1965 Saigon was unprepared for the one-man assault launched on the airwaves by maverick deejay Robin Williams. Williams garnered an Oscar nomination as manic motormouth Adrian Cronauer, whose on-air antics delighted the troops and infuriated his superiors. Co-stars Bruno Kirby, Forest Whitaker, J.T. Walsh, Floyd Vivino. 120 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround; theatrical trailer.
Cadillac Man [DVD](1990) DVD Slick-talking, womanizing car salesman Robin Williams needs all of his oratorical skills to save himself and his co-workers when crazed husband Tim Robbins takes the dealership hostage, looking for the man who seduced his wife. High-test laughfest also stars Pamela Reed, Annabella Sciorra, Fran Drescher and Variety mainstay Zack Norman. 97 min. Widescreen (Enhanced) and Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; theatrical trailer.
Hook [DVD](1991) DVD Steven Spielberg's lavish reworking of the "Peter Pan" story stars Robin Williams as the adult Peter, a work-obsessed father whose children are abducted by his old enemy, Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman). He travels to Never-Never Land and, with help from Tinker Bell (Julia Roberts) and the Lost Boys, battles Hook to retrieve his kids. Maggie Smith and Bob Hoskins also star. 142 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English; biographies; production notes; interactive menus; scene access.
Mrs. Doubtfire [DVD](1993) DVD Family life gets to be a drag, literally, for divorced dad Robin Williams. He's denied custody of his children and decides to impersonate an elderly Englishwoman when estranged wife Sally Field advertises for a nanny. As Mrs. Doubtfire, Williams gets to be with his kids while spoiling Field's new romance. Hit gender-bending farce also stars Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein. 125 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.0, French Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; deleted scenes; behind-the-scenes footage; storyboards; interviews; TV spots; theatrical trailers.
Jumanji [DVD](1995) DVD Thrilling, special effects-filled fantasy about two orphaned kids who find a mysterious board game in an attic. Once they begin playing, a gateway is opened to a jungle-like world filled with stampeding elephants, mischievous monkeys, and Robin Williams, who was trapped in the game as a boy decades earlier. Now, it's up to Williams, childhood friend Bonnie Hunt, and the kids to finish the game and restore reality. With Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, David Alan Grier. 104 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English; "making of" documentary; isolated music score; storyboard comparisons; featurette; photo gallery; biographies; theatrical trailers; audio commentary.
The Birdcage [DVD](1996) DVD Smash hit reworking of the classic French comedy "La Cage Aux Folles" stars Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as lovers who operate a Miami gay nightclub where Lane is the drag revue's star. When Williams' son from a long-ago tryst announces he's engaged to the daughter of ultra-conservative senator Gene Hackman, the pair must "straighten up" their act in order to get through a family dinner and save the planned wedding. With Dianne Wiest, Hank Azaria, Calista Flockhart. 118 min. Widescreen (Enhanced) and Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital stereo, Spanish Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; theatrical trailer.
Fathers' Day [DVD](1997) DVD When conservative lawyer Billy Crystal and off-the-wall writer Robin Williams are each contacted by ex-flame Nastassja Kinski and told they're the father of her runaway teenage son, this "odd couple" sets out on a comical cross-country search for "their boy." Based on the French film "Les Comperes," this laugh-filled hit also stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus. 99 min. Widescreen (Enhanced) and Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.0; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; production notes; theatrical trailer.
Patch Adams [DVD](1998) DVD Robin Williams turns in a tour-de-force performance as the real-life title character, a medical student who mixes mirth with medicine, causing a ruckus with university officials. Using a red rubber nose to entertain child and adult patients alike, Williams starts the Gesundheit Institute to further his cause. With Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman. 116 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.0, French Dolby Digital 5.0; theatrical trailer.
Insomnia [DVD](2002) DVD In this reworking of the 1997 Norwegian thriller, Al Pacino is a maverick Los Angeles detective who, along with partner Martin Donovan, investigates the murder of a teenage girl in a remote Alaskan village. While battling sleeplessness due to the region's 24-hour summertime sunlight and corruption allegations back in L.A., Pacino finds himself enmeshed in a wicked cat-and-mouse game with crime novelist Robin Williams, the prime suspect. With Hilary Swank, Paul Dooley; directed by Christopher Nolan ("Memento"). 118 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; audio commentary by Nolan, Swank, others; bonus scene; "making of" documentary; featurettes; photo gallery; theatrical trailer.
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