Video: 'Fargo' trailer

(Friday, March 8, 1996, 10:30 a.m. EST) — Fargo, a neo-noir black comedy crime thriller about a a car salesman’s inept crime that falls apart, opened this morning at Sony Theatres Lincoln Square in New York City.

Directed by Joel Coen, the film starred Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Harve Presnell and Peter Stormare.

Video: 'HAING S. NGOR TRIBUTE'

(Sunday, February 25, 1996, 8:45 p.m. PST) — Actor Dr. Haing S. Ngor, who won a best supporting actor Oscar for his role in The Killing Fields and was a real-life survivor of the Khmer Rouge death camps, was shot to death today outside his home in Los Angeles. He was 45.

Three gang members were later convicted of the murder.

Video: 'Trainspotting' trailer

(Friday, February 23, 1996) — Trainspotting, a British black comedy crime drama film that follows a group of heroin addicts in a late 1980s economically depressed area of Edinburgh, Scotland, and their passage through life, opened today in Britain and Ireland.

Directed by Danny Boyle, the film starred Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle and Kelly Macdonald.

Video: '12 Monkeys' trailer

(Friday, December 8, 1995, evening EST) — 12 Monkeys, a crime film about a convict of the future who is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet, premiered tonight at Gotham Cinema in New York City.

Directed by Terry Gilliam, the film starred Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer and David Morse.

Video: 'Heat' trailer

(Wednesday, December 6, 1995, evening PST) — Heat, a crime film about a group of five lifetime robbers who plan one last heist, premiered tonight at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California.

Directed by Michael Mann, the film starred Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Ted Levine, Jon Voight and Val Kilmer.

Video: 'Sense and Sensibility' trailer

(Monday, December 4, 1995, evening PST) — Sense and Sensibility, a British–American period drama film version of Jane Austen’s classic tale of two sisters with different romantic notions, premiered tonight at Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, California.

Directed by Ang Lee, the film starred Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant.

Video: 'Toy Story' trailer

(Sunday, November 19, 1995) — Toy Story, a computer-animated buddy-comedy adventure film that follows a group of anthropomorphic toys who pretend to be lifeless whenever humans are present, premiered tonight at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.

Directed by John Lasseter, the film starred Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, John Morris, Erik von Detten, Laurie Metcalf, R. Lee Ermey, Sarah Freeman and Penn Jillette.