Biography: Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress and former fashion model. She won five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her portrayal of the title character on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown (1988–1998, 2018-2019). She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama Boston Legal (2005–2008). In films, Bergen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Starting Over (1979), and for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Gandhi (1982). Bergen began her career as a fashion model and appeared on the cover of Vogue before she made her screen debut in the film The Group (1966). She starred in The Sand Pebbles (1966), Soldier Blue (1970), Carnal Knowledge (1971), and The Wind and the Lion (1975). She made her Broadway debut in the 1984 play Hurlyburly and starred in the revivals of The Best Man (2012) and Love Letters (2014). From 2002 to 2004, she appeared in three episodes of the HBO series Sex and the City. Her other film roles include Miss Congeniality (2000), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), The Women (2008), Bride Wars (2009), Book Club (2018) and Let Them All Talk (2020).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 09, 1946
Deathday: N/A
Popularity:
2000-12-22
Overview: When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.
Genres: Comedy Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-22
Popularity:
1982-12-01
Overview: In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-01
Popularity:
2009-01-09
Overview: Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-09
Popularity:
2008-05-12
Overview: A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadvertently leads Mr. Big to jilt her.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-12
Popularity:
2003-05-23
Overview: Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are international smugglers.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-23
Popularity:
1966-12-20
Overview: Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-20
Popularity:
2003-03-21
Overview: No one thought Donna would go very far. But when she sets her sights on becoming a first-class international flight attendant, Donna throws caution to the wind and takes off in pursuit of her dream. The ride is anything but smooth, however, and Donna's laugh-packed journey of a lifetime is rocked by more turbulence than she bargained for.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-21
Popularity:
2002-09-26
Overview: New York fashion designer, Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-26
Popularity:
1977-03-23
Overview: Roy Tucker, a Vietnam war veteran with excellent shooting skills, is serving a long prison sentence when a mysterious visitor promises him that he will be released if he agrees to carry out a dangerous assignment.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-03-23
Popularity:
1985-04-26
Overview: After getting out of jail, car thief Ernest "Stick" Stickley witnesses the murder of his friend Rainy during a drug deal. To avoid getting killed by the same people, who work for mobster Chucky, Stick gets a job as a chauffeur for millionaire Barry Braham and lies low. As he gets used to his new routine, Stick woos Barry's financial consultant, Kyle McClaren, but must fight back when Chucky's men come after him.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-26
Popularity:
1975-09-26
Overview: At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.
Genres: Action Western Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-09-26
Popularity:
1968-12-10
Overview: A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.
Genres: Mystery Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-10
Popularity:
2008-09-12
Overview: The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-wedded Mary Haines finds her marriage in trouble when shop girl Crystal Allen gets her hooks into Mary's man.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-12
Popularity:
1970-08-12
Overview: After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more with them than with the US government. Together, they must try to reach the cavalry's main base camp. As they travel onward, Honus is torn between his growing affection for Cresta.
Genres: Western Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-08-12
Popularity:
1971-06-30
Overview: Two lifelong friends navigate complex sexual encounters and emotional entanglements, wrestling with societal norms and personal desires.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-30
Popularity:
2010-09-10
Overview: Alliances are tested when seven college pals reunite to watch two of their own say “I do” at a seaside wedding. But the maid of honor and the groom share a passionate history, and the bride isn’t the only one who’s wondering if it’s all in the past.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-10
Popularity:
1974-09-26
Overview: A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 Harrowhouse.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-26
Popularity:
1970-05-13
Overview: Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student movements, and Harry's girlfriend, Jan, is caught up in most of them. As Harry gets closer to finishing his degree, he finds his iconoclastic attitude increasingly aligned with the students rather than the faculty.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-13
Popularity:
1975-05-22
Overview: At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers, and the attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-22
Popularity:
1967-09-27
Overview: A plane carrying a weapon more dangerous than a nuclear weapon goes down near Greece. To prevent panic, the officials go in dressed as tourists (who are dressed so casually that the pilots assume that they are all gay). The pilots are not to make themselves known and can't contact the rescue team. The secrecy causes a comedy of errors including the desolate Greek Isle deciding that since tourists have now arrived, they have to become touristy.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1967-09-27
Popularity:
1971-07-16
Overview: A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-07-16
Popularity:
Overview: Story about the early months of the pandemic, where a young boy named Charlie tries to get his estranged parents together again.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date:
Popularity:
1979-10-05
Overview: After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-05
Popularity:
1966-03-04
Overview: It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper- class group at a private girl's school, about to graduate and start their own lives. The film documents the years between their graduation and the beginning of the World War in Europe, and shows, in a serialized style, their romances and marriages, their searches for careers or meaning in their lives, their highs and their lows.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-03-04
Popularity:
1967-09-13
Overview: Famous TV newscaster Robert Colomb is married to Catherine, but is continually unfaithful to her. Then he meets, and becomes fascinated with Candice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-09-13
Popularity:
1993-05-09
Overview: A chance to hear admirers including Elton John, Gloria Estefan, Smokey Robinson, PM Dawn, Bonnie Raitt and Rod Stewart sharing a stage with the Queen of Soul herself. The concert took place at New York City's Neederlander Theatre in 1993, as an Aids benefit. Elton, Smokey and Rod provide backing vocals on the first number Chain of Fools.
Genres: Music Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-09
Popularity:
1999-01-01
Overview: Even big stars need to stand in front of the director and audition for their roles, and some of the best screen tests are from the early years of legends. See some of Hollywood's top names and greatest talents in their very first appearances on celluloid. From Dustin Hoffman's 1966 stock and personality tests to Raquel Welch and James Coburn cavorting for Our Man Flint, from The Three Stooges to Rock Hudson, see stars trying to get on film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
Popularity:
1970-03-25
Overview: The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country- a man who was his father's friend and who, in fact, his father had helped put into power. He returns from living a jet-set life in Europe to lead a revolution against the government, only to find out that things aren't quite as black and white as he'd assumed.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-25
Popularity:
1987-11-15
Overview: Inspired by the explosive sex-for-sale scandal that rocked Manhattan in 1984, the infamous Sydney Biddle Barrows, a driven young socialite, opens an exclusive escort service catering to the wealthy and affluent. From Sydney's rise to become a million-dollar, modern-day madam to her notorious plummet into bankruptcy and public disgrace, experience a private glimpse into the forbidden world of high-class prostitution-where money talks...pleasure sells...and discretion is everything.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-15
Popularity:
1981-09-23
Overview: Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-23
Popularity:
1978-01-17
Overview: Lizzy, a liberated American photographer, falls for narrow-minded journalist Paolo. Then finds she can't live with him or without him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-17
Popularity:
2021-09-10
Overview: Newly discovered interviews with friends of Truman Capote made by Paris Review co-founder George Plimpton invigorate this fascinating documentary on the author (and socialite) behind Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood, while situating Capote in the 20th-century American literary canon.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-10
Popularity:
1985-04-26
Overview: Classic tale of King Arthur and how his wife is kidnapped by his evil sister. Lancelot is sent out to try and retrieve the lost queen and unfortunately falls in love with her. Forbidden love, revenge, family rivalry, and magic are all prominent themes.
Genres: TV Movie Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-26
Popularity:
1971-10-20
Overview: Enthusiastic young woman runs away to Chicago to start a new life. She is soon confronted with the emotional coldness of the big city and has to search for her place in the scheme of things.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-20
Popularity:
1978-12-15
Overview: Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his wife Jenny, and, while he tries to lose himself in his work as a lawyer, the long hours don't ease his pain, especially when he finds that his leftist views conflict with those of the senior partners at the firm. Eventually, Oliver's inconsolable grief begins to alienate those around him, until he finds new love with Marcie Bonwit, the wealthy and beautiful heiress to the Bonwit Teller fortune. Despite his affection for her, Oliver finds it difficult to leave the memory of Jenny behind, which causes major problems in their relationship.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-15
Popularity:
2013-05-03
Overview: It's the most mythic of all American emporiums - and the scene of many an ultimate fashion fantasy. Now audiences get a rarified chance to peek behind the backroom doors and into the reality of the fascinating inner workings and fabulous untold stories from Bergdorf Goodman's iconic history in Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-03
Popularity:
2011-11-26
Overview: Narrated by Candice Bergen, Elusive Justice is an unprecedented examination of the more than six-decade global hunt for the 20th century's most notorious war criminals, thousands of whom are still presumed to be alive. Featuring intimate portraits of the Nazi hunters, the film also examines the nations and institutions that helped bring war criminals to justice or, in too many cases, helped them to escape.
Genres: History Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-26
Popularity:
1993-08-03
Overview: Join astronomers and astrophysicists as they probe light years beyond the Milky Way, in Understanding The Universe, part of TLC's popular television series. Narrated by actress Candice Bergen, This enriching and entertaining video employs graphic models and spectacular computer animation to illustrate some of the most complex theories of all time. Peer through the largest telescopes on Earth. Get a close-up look at our sun, nebulas and supernovas, capture by the Hubble Space Telescope. Listen via satellite to echoes of the Big Bang. See how "red Shift" among the stars suggests that our universe if much younger than previously thought. Visit the set of Star Trek: Voyager and ponder the questions, could black holes be "worm holes," or shortcuts to other worlds? Understanding the Universe boldly goes where no television show has gone before.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-03
Popularity:
2003-10-11
Overview: Daisy Lowendahl is a best-selling suspense novelist who finds herself at her isolated beach house with a local young fan who knows almost everything about her, and two men — one of whom may be trying to kill her, the other of whom could save her life, causing Daisy to be thrown into the middle of a real-life drama.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-11
Popularity:
2023-05-11
Overview: Four best friends take their book club to Italy for the fun girls' trip they never had. When things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their relaxing vacation turns into a once-in-a-lifetime cross-country adventure.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-11
Popularity:
1995-06-05
Overview: Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is the story told by its protagonists, actors and writers and other people who made life in this business, interspersing images of famous movies.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-05
Popularity:
2013-01-19
Overview: Based on Reich's 2010 book Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future, the film examines widening income inequality in the United States. U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich tries to raise awareness of the country's widening economic gap. publicly argued about the issue for decades, and producing a film of his viewpoints was a "final frontier" for him. In addition to being a social issue documentary, Inequality for All is also partially a biopic regarding Reich's early life and his time as Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton's presidency. Warren Buffett and Nick Hanauer, two entrepreneurs and investors in the top 1%, are interviewed in the film, supporting Reich's belief in an economy that benefits all citizens, including those of the middle and lower classes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-19
Popularity:
2014-11-07
Overview: Boyd Mitchler and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits. Upon realizing that he left all his son's gifts at home, he hits the road with his dad in an attempt to make the 8-hour round trip before sunrise.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-07
Popularity:
2016-11-23
Overview: It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also defies Hughes' number one rule: No employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. Hughes' behavior intersects with Marla and Frank in very separate and unexpected ways, and as they are drawn deeper into his bizarre world, their values are challenged and their lives are changed.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-23
Popularity:
2009-12-17
Overview: Holiday special including brand-new material with Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, the infamous troublemaker "Gilly," and others. The special also features favorite holiday-themed sketches from SNL's 35-year history.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-17
Popularity:
2015-06-08
Overview: Following the murder of hotel heir Ben Novack Jr., police focus their investigation on his wife, Narcy.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-08
Popularity:
1985-10-01
Overview: A married couple from Poland emigrates to the U.S.,. but things don't turn out as well as they had imaged. The husband's business fails, while his wife's career really takes off. The husband, unable to cope with the pressures of his failed business, his failing marriage and the adjustments necessary to live in a completely different society, begins to take out his frustrations on his wife.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-01
Popularity:
2014-08-25
Overview: The life story of the film director, movie star and industry figure who furthered the cause of cinema: Lord Richard Attenborough.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-25
Popularity:
1998-01-01
Overview: Classic Saturday Night Live skits featuring the hilarious Phil Hartman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
Popularity:
1984-12-06
Overview: While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-06
Popularity:
2015-09-15
Overview: The film follows Henson’s career from his first work with his Muppets in the early 1950’s during television’s Golden Age up to his sudden and shocking death in 1990, as he transcended puppetry to become one of the most creative, prolific and influential artists of his time. Key events include his early television work with the Muppets while still a student at the University of Maryland, his commercial work and network appearances in the late 1950s and early 1960’s, his breakthrough with Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and his groundbreaking fantasy films, Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. Among those interviewed for the Jim Henson episode are his children, Lisa, Cheryl, Brian and Heather Henson, actors Neil Patrick Harris and Candice Bergen, Willard Scott, director John Landis, former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, and Sesame Street cast members Bob McGrath and Carroll Spinney.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-15
Popularity:
2021-02-16
Overview: A filmmaker explores his Mennonite roots and identity.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-16
Popularity:
2017-10-13
Overview: An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-13
Popularity:
1990-04-22
Overview: The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner, the two hour special featured an all-star cast addressing concerns about global warming, deforestation, and other environmental ills.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-22
Popularity:
2006-03-22
Overview: William Shatner performs a concert of biographical songs that take the audience into the reality of his life and career: from STAR TREK to BOSTON LEGAL. Shatner sings in front of a live audience with Ben Folds, Brad Paisley and Joe Jackson. Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Kate Mulgrew and Candice Bergen make cameos.
Genres: TV Movie Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-22
Popularity:
2017-09-07
Overview: Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-07
Popularity:
2007-06-05
Overview: The Making of 'The Sand Pebbles' features video clips of surviving cast and crew, including Richard Attenborough, Candice Bergen, and Neile Adams, the former Mrs. Steve McQueen. The program's 65 minute runtime, which is divided into six featurettes of various lengths and covers in fine detail nearly every aspect of the film's production, release and lasting legacy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-05
Popularity:
1969-09-21
Overview: A Woody Allen special for CBS, in 1969.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-21
Popularity:
1989-06-26
Overview: A camera crew follows Helmut Newton, the fashion and ad photographer whose images of tall, blond, big-breasted women are part of the iconography of twentieth-century erotic fantasy. He's on the go from L.A., to Paris, to Monte-Carlo, to Berlin, where he was a youth until he escaped from the Nazis in 1936. We see him on shoots, interviewing models, and discussing his work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-26
Popularity:
2018-05-18
Overview: Four lifelong friends decide that their lives could change by becoming nasty and reading Fifty Shades of Grey in their monthly book club to get inspiration on how to handle sexual pleasure at an elderly age.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-18
Popularity:
1986-01-14
Overview: Celebrities are interviewed about the social and working lives of Bugs, Daffy, Porky and the rest of the Looney Tunes.
Genres: Animation Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-14
Popularity:
1996-11-03
Overview: Another adaptation of the novel "Tim", about the love that develops between a mentally challenged young man and the older, lonely widow who takes him under her wing.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-03
Popularity:
2010-11-01
Overview: A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-01
Popularity:
1990-05-16
Overview: A television special broadcast on PBS in honor of composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist Joe Raposo after he passed away.
Genres: Family Documentary Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-16
Popularity:
2020-12-10
Overview: A celebrated author takes a journey with some old friends to have some fun and heal old wounds. Her nephew comes along to wrangle the ladies and finds himself involved with a young literary agent.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-10
Popularity:
2014-02-01
Overview: The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-01
Popularity:
2015-03-30
Overview:
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-03-30
Popularity:
1994-11-23
Overview: In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second commercial beginnings to a five-season run on ABC of The Muppet Show to several theatrically released films, including five Muppet movies, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-23
Popularity:
2019-10-12
Overview: "Alan Pakula: Going for Truth" encompasses the personal and professional life of Alan J. Pakula, a lauded filmmaker and extremely private man, who was unflinching in his commitment to bringing some of the most memorable movies of the last half of the 20th century to the big screen.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-12
Popularity:
2020-10-14
Overview: Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the too-short life of the once-in-a-generation talent who captured the hearts and funny bones of devoted audiences.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-14
Popularity:
1999-09-25
Overview: A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts return to perform their signature monologues and present a look back at some of the best comedy skits and musical numbers of the past two and a half decades.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-25
Popularity:
1979-05-16
Overview: Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movie. Hosts Dick van Dyke and Rita Moreno interview the wide array of celebrities and Muppets who attend the event. Gary Owens serves as off-camera announcer, and appears on-screen to introduce Miss Piggy.
Genres: TV Movie Family Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-16
Popularity:
2005-02-20
Overview: A retrospective of the first 5 years of Saturday Night Live.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-20
Popularity:
1975-01-01
Overview: A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
Popularity:
1983-02-01
Overview: The making of the film Gandhi (1982).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-01
Popularity:
2022-04-08
Overview: Abigail, a divorced mother of two, is struggling to balance the dynamics within her dysfunctional family as she attempts to cultivate new love.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-08
Popularity:
1994-05-18
Overview: Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! was a 1994 TV special that aired on ABC to celebrate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary. It was originally broadcast on May 18, 1994. The show featured Joe Pesci (as Ronald Grump), Corbin Bernsen (as real estate attorney, Arnie), Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman (as a Worm TV hosts), John Goodman (as Tough Guy Helpline operator), Charles Grodin (as Chaz), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (as reporter Kathie Lee Kathie), Rosie O'Donnell (as the Good Hope Fairy), Susan Sarandon (as Bitsy), Barbara Walters (reporting for 25/25), and Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford (as themselves).
Genres: Family TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-18
Popularity:
1997-07-08
Overview: Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "world's worst director," Henry Jaglom obsessively confuses and abuses the line between life and art. Featuring scores of interviews (including Orson Welles, Dennis Hopper, Milos Forman and Peter Bogdanovich) and rare behind-the-scenes footage, this hilarious documentary explores the fascinating question of Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-08
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2002-06-11
Overview: A look at one hundred years of romance in American cinema.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-11
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2021-06-13
Overview: An evening of celebrated stars performing the titles songs from Broadway’s best.
Genres: Music Comedy History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-13
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