Edwin Newman
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My Fellow Americans
1996-12-20
My Fellow Americans
Overview: They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperately frantic search for the evidence that will establish their innocence.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-20
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A World's Fair Diary
1964-07-30
A World's Fair Diary
Overview: Edwin Newman guides viewers through a tour of the New York World's Fair.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-07-30
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Lily for President?
1982-05-20
Lily for President?
Overview: Comedian Lily Tomlin stars in this comical farce which deals with her experiences running for the office of President of the United States.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-20
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Reading, Writing, and Reefer
1979-04-17
Reading, Writing, and Reefer
Overview: Made for TV documentary on the widespread habitual use of marijuana among schoolchildren and teenagers in the 1970s. Part of the NBC Special Treat series.
Genres: Family TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-17
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Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
2014-08-04
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
Overview: From 1971 to 1973, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House. This film chronicles the content of those tapes, which include Nixon's conversations on the war in Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers leak, his Supreme Court appointments, and more--while also exposing shocking statements he made about women, people of color, Jews, and the media.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-04
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The Louvre
1978-01-01
The Louvre
Overview: Lucy Jarvis -- the plucky camerawoman known for becoming the first Westerner to film inside communist China -- breaks barriers once again with this exclusive look at the world-famous Musée du Louvre, a place that previously barred access to all filmmakers. Charles Boyer is your host on this personalized tour of the museum's most prized possessions, including works by da Vinci, Michelangelo, Vermeer and Van Eyck.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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The Pelican Brief
1993-09-17
The Pelican Brief
Overview: A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-17
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Elvis Meets Nixon
1997-08-12
Elvis Meets Nixon
Overview: A "mockumentary" about Elvis's real-life trip to the White House to become a federal marshal under the DEA
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-12
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The Road Forward
2017-04-30
The Road Forward
Overview: The Road Forward is an electrifying musical documentary that connects a pivotal moment in Canada’s civil rights history—the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s—with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today. Interviews and musical sequences describe how a tiny movement, the Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood, grew to become a successful voice for change across the country. Visually stunning, The Road Forward seamlessly connects past and present through superbly produced story-songs with soaring vocals, blues, rock, and traditional beats.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-30
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1976 First Presidential Debate
1976-09-23
1976 First Presidential Debate
Overview: The first presidential debate between President Gerald Ford and former Governor Jimmy Carter took place on Thursday, September 23, 1976, in the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The debate was moderated by Edwin Newman of NBC moderated the debate with a panel consisting of Elizabeth Drew, Frank Reynolds and James Gannon posed the questions to each candidate. This was the first presidential debate in 16 years. Eighty-one minutes into the broadcast of the 90 minute debate, the sound was lost and the debate was paused for 27 minutes before the problem was fixed and the debate could resume.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-23
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1984 Second Presidential Debate
1984-10-21
1984 Second Presidential Debate
Overview: The second and final presidential debate between President Ronald Reagan and former Vice President Walter Mondale took place on Sunday, October 21, 1984, at the Music Hall, Municipal Auditors in Kansas City, Missouri. The debate was moderated by Edwin Newman, formerly of NBC News and featured a panel featuring Georgie Anne Geyer of Universal Press Syndicate, Marvin Kalb of NBC News, journalist Henry Trewhitt and Morton Kondracke of New Republic. The topics were defense and foreign policy issues. The debate is often seen as a victory for Reagan, most famously due to the line "I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience," it was received with laughter from the audience, and Mondale himself. Mondale later said that it was this moment when he realized he would lose the election.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-21
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