Biography: Holly Patricia Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2008, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For her performance as Ada McGrath in the 1993 drama film The Piano, Hunter won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She earned three additional Academy Award nominations for Broadcast News (1987), The Firm (1993) and Thirteen (2003). For her roles in the television films Roe vs. Wade (1989), and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993), she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. She also starred in the TNT drama series Saving Grace (2007–2010). Hunter's other film roles include Raising Arizona (1987), Always (1989), Home for the Holidays (1995), Crash (1996), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Incredibles (2004), its sequel Incredibles 2 (2018), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and The Big Sick (2017), the latter of which earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 20, 1958
Deathday: N/A
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2000-08-30
Overview: In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's 'Odyssey'.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-30
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1996-07-17
Overview: After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims, and he begins to use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-07-17
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1987-03-13
Overview: When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-13
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1993-05-18
Overview: When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-18
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1995-10-27
Overview: An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-27
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2000-05-27
Overview: In California, a group of women struggle with personal problems as their paths intertwine in unexpected ways. Dr. Elaine Keener, the sole caretaker for her aging mother, turns to tarot card reader Christine for spiritual aid. Christine grapples with her own angst due to her lover's debilitating illness. Meanwhile, a bank manager deals with an unwanted pregnancy, two sisters pursue romantic interests and a housewife gets back into the dating game.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-27
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2003-08-20
Overview: When average 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, Tracy's world is turned upside down as Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before Tracy's new world and attitude finally takes a toll on her, her family, and old friends.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-20
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1989-12-22
Overview: Aerial firefighter Pete risks himself and his vintage World War II airplane in a constant and death-defying quest to fight forest wildfires, much to the dismay of his girlfriend, Dorinda. His love for Dorinda and the advice of fellow pilot Al convince Pete to give up his perilous career, but he flies one last mission. Pete heroically saves Al's plane from certain destruction, but with supernatural consequences.
Genres: Romance Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-22
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2002-09-09
Overview: As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-09
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1981-05-08
Overview: A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the caretaker making his way back to his old stomping ground to confront one of the youths that accidentally burned him.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-08
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1997-10-24
Overview: A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is kidnapped by janitor Robert. Although Celine quickly frees herself, she stays with Robert for thrills. O'Reilly and Jackson pursue, hoping to unite the prospective lovers.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-24
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2000-06-16
Overview: A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-16
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Overview: In an attempt to save Anna Nicole Smith's life, her devoted therapist, Khristine embarks on a 36-hour odyssey in which she unknowingly delivers the fatal blow.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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1995-11-02
Overview: After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her unhinged family.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-02
Popularity:
1987-12-16
Overview: Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and substance.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-16
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2005-10-27
Overview: To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-27
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2000-04-28
Overview: A production company begins casting for its next feature, and an up-and-coming actress named Rose tries to manipulate her filmmaker boyfriend, Alex, into giving her a screen test. Alex's wife, Emma, knows about the affair and is considering divorce, while Rose's girlfriend secretly spies on her and attempts to sabotage the relationship. The four storylines in the film were each shot in one take and are shown simultaneously, each taking up a quarter of the screen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-28
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2004-08-06
Overview: Determined to learn about her boyfriend's past relationships, Stacy -- who works for a talk show -- becomes a bona fide snoop. With her colleague, Barb, Stacy gets the names of Derek's ex-lovers and interviews them, supposedly for an upcoming show. But what she learns only adds to her confusion, and her plans begin to unravel when she befriends one of the women.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-06
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1993-06-30
Overview: Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-30
Popularity:
2005-09-02
Overview: Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-02
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1991-01-18
Overview: Renata Bella feels like a failure at life and career. But when Renata attends a seminar on selling real estate, she finally finds True Love. Sam Sharpe, while a top-notch, successful salesman, is much older than Renata. She is swept away by his excessively flamboyant style and irrepressible nature. The very traits she finds romantic, however, lead to repeated conflict with her family, especially her beloved father Joe, leaving Renata trapped in the middle.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-18
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1984-04-13
Overview: In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, she takes a job at the local aircraft plant where she meets Hazel, the singer from across the way. The two soon become firm friends and with the other girls become increasingly expert workers. As the war drags on, Kay finally dates her trumpet-playing foreman and life gets more complicated.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-13
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1998-10-30
Overview: Judith Moore is suddenly single after discovering her husband of fifteen years, a successful doctor, has been having an affair with a younger woman. Judith stews, plans, plots and fantasizes, but she can't decide what to do with her life until she goes out to a night club to see singer Liz Bailey, who is full of advice on life and love. While out on the town, Judith is suddenly kissed by a total stranger, which opens her eyes to new possibilities... which is when she notices Pat, the elevator operator in her building.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-30
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1993-04-10
Overview: A Texas housewife plots hire a hit man to kill the girl who beat out her daughter for a place on the cheerleading squad.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-10
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1987-08-28
Overview: When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-28
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1999-08-14
Overview: After the death of his wife, Richard hires a recently divorced housekeeper, Emma. Soon finding himself falling for her, his emotionally destructive son, Wendell, also grows attached to Emma, threatening to tear apart the family's already hostile relationship.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-14
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2001-04-16
Overview: The historic 1973 tennis match between middle-aged champion Bobby Riggs and young feminist Billie Jean King.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-16
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1987-05-10
Overview: A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing of a white racist, whom one of their members has shot. As the sheriff confronts the suspects, the young plantation owner stands alone in her daring defense of this group of men, provoking racial tension that makes a compelling drama.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-10
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2012-05-10
Overview: Two Dutch twin sisters travel to the United States, looking for their long-lost mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2012-05-10
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1992-08-10
Overview: Three generations of women live on a small island off the coast of Washington state with their men with whom they have no end of problems.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-10
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2013-10-18
Overview: After surviving a plane crash a young conservative woman suffers a crisis of faith.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-18
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2000-05-19
Overview: A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-19
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2012-02-04
Overview: A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 2012-02-04
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2015-06-03
Overview: AJ Manglehorn is an aging, ordinary guy in a small town. He nurses his sick cat, squeezes out a conversation with the local bank teller every Friday, and eats at the same place every day. But there is more to Manglehorn than meets the eye: he’s an ex-con who, 40 years ago, gave up the woman of his dreams for a big ‘job’. After a dramatic effort to start over, Manglehorn faces a terrifying moment and is unmasked as a guy with a very, very dark past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-03
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2016-03-23
Overview: Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-23
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1989-05-15
Overview: Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-15
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1989-04-28
Overview: Carnelle Scott is a restless Mississippi girl looking for a life change. She decides to enter a beauty pageant, which her cousin had won years before. Despite a lack of support from those close to her Carnelle remains determined. She enlists the help of a seamstress to outfit her for the competition, while rebuffing the advances of predatory men, as she aims to bring home the crown.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-28
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2003-03-16
Overview: Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell, the newly paroled man seeks redemption. Instead, redemption—in the form of a mysterious minister and two needy women— finds him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-16
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2006-01-01
Overview: Short movie about a grandfather, with memory issues, and his grandson taking a road trip to San Diego for the grandfather's and wife's 50th wedding anniversary.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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2013-09-18
Overview: The creative process at the heart of creating TV series Top of the Lake (2013). From the writing process with long-time collaborator Gerard Lee to shooting in New Zealand, filmmaker Jane Campion struggles and rises to the occasion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-18
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1984-03-26
Overview: The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-26
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2012-09-28
Overview: Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-28
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2016-09-12
Overview: Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-12
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2004-10-27
Overview: Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it's time to get back into costume.
Genres: Action Adventure Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-27
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2017-01-07
Overview: A divorced playwright and his therapist ex deal with new relationships and their daughter.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-07
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2011-07-05
Overview: A series of 40 art films created by artist David Michalek featuring performances of theater artists and actors of all genres and nationalities both well-known and under-recognized.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-05
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2017-03-17
Overview: In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensnares — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-17
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2017-03-30
Overview: Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-30
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1989-09-01
Overview: The Three Billy Goats Gruff: When a troll threatens to eat up the billy goats who want to eat the grass on the other side of the bridge, the biggest billy goat is the one who teaches the troll a lesson he'll never forget. The Three Little Pigs: When the wolf eats up the first and second little pigs, he'll learn the hard way that he shouldn't mess with the smartest pig of the three little pigs.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-01
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2003-03-11
Overview:
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-11
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2017-10-05
Overview: A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-05
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2013-08-28
Overview: In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, and left Stockholm to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special film buffs, came from all over the world, travel to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy. (An abridged version of Bergman's Video, 2012.)
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-28
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2000-11-01
Overview: During the promotional campaign for "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" in 1999, BBC broadcast a documentary about the Coen brothers, mainly concerning their past. The documentary consists of featured interviews with many of the actors that they have worked with, along with family, friends and crew members.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-01
Popularity:
2018-07-12
Overview: The year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two films, released two of his most celebrated films and produced four plays and a TV movie while juggling with a complicated private life.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2018-07-12
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2018-06-14
Overview: Elastigirl springs into action to save the day, while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of the problems of his three children.
Genres: Action Adventure Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-14
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1989-10-27
Overview: Biologist Alex Brisco develops a new method to communicate with chimpanzees. Instead of using machines, she teaches the chimps simple sign language. Her research is overlooked by ignorant colleagues, but one man, Mark, a cellist, helps Alex with her research.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-27
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
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1983-03-09
Overview: An old singer coaches a young woman whom he believes will be the next singing sensation. As she starts off with her career, their bond gets stronger. An adaptation of George L. Du Maurier's novel "Trilby"
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-09
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2020-04-27
Overview: The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters. Includes never-before-seen footage and photographs of Johnny Cash and Rosanne Cash, as well as footage featuring Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix, Tim Robbins, Whoopi Goldberg, John C. Reilly and many more.
Genres: Documentary Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-27
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2001-06-05
Overview: On May 24, 2000, the historic Ryman Auditorium was booked to offer Nashvillians an evening of sublime beauty. Label executives and soundtrack producers so loved the music of O Brother, Where Art Thou? that they brought it to life as a benefit concert for the Country Music Hall of Fame. Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen loved it so much that they hired famed documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker to record the show for posterity. The concert that unfolded that night was one of the greatest musical moments in the annals of Music City. Performers: John Hartford, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Chris Thomas King, The Cox Family, Fairfield Four, Union Station, Colin Linden, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, The Peasall Sisters, Ralph Stanley, David Rawlings, The Whites.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-05
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2002-07-13
Overview: Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-13
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1983-11-30
Overview: Recently divorced college professor, Kinser, becomes attracted to comely student Cynthia who's studying marine biology, only to learn that she is not only working her way through school by a job in a massage parlour, but is in fact a prostitute.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-30
Popularity:
2001-11-03
Overview: Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe bogus) deal maker, promises $3 million if she'll use Millie, an aging French star. But, Rick, a big producer, needs Millie for a small part in a fall movie or he loses his star, Tom Hanks. Is Kaz for real? Can Rick sweet-talk Alice and sabotage Kaz to keep Millie from taking that deal? Millie consults with Victor, her ex, about which picture to make, Rick needs money, an ingenue named Blue is discovered, Kaz hits on Victor's new love, and Rick's factotum connects with Blue. Knives go in various backs. Wheels spin. Which deals - and pairings - will be consummated?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-03
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1984-10-24
Overview: A high school football hero Bo Reinecker tries to piece together the events leading up to murder of his girl friend Lisa Nolen. Claiming to have experienced a total blackout, Bo is ultimately found not guilty of the murder by reason of insanity and placed in an institution for four years. Meanwhile, the dead girl's father, Tom Nolen, and her sister Wynn, bitterly prepare a campaign to put Nolen away in prison for life. Things come to a boil when Bo is released--and Tom and Wynn take "due process" into their own hands.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-24
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2025-03-13
Overview: In a retro-futuristic past, orphaned teenager Michelle traverses the American West with an eccentric drifter and a sweet but mysterious robot in search of her younger brother.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-13
Popularity:
1993-01-01
Overview: This 1993 program about the making of 'The Piano' features interviews with director Jane Campion; actors Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, and Sam Neill; and producer Jan Chapman.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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