Carl Franklin
Biography: Carl Franklin (born April 11, 1949) is an American actor, screenwriter and film and television director. Franklin is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley and continued his education at the AFI Conservatory, where he graduated with an M.F.A. degree in directing in 1986. Franklin is most noted for Devil in a Blue Dress, which was based on the book by Walter Mosley and starred Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Franklin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Birthday: April 11, 1949
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A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1986-12-14
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
Overview: A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman — and a witch.
Genres: Music Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-14
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It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
1974-11-19
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
Overview: When Harry Walters runs out of gas, he gets picked up by a beautiful young woman. But when she pulls a gun on him and orders him to take his clothes off, Harry puts up no resistance and is sexually assaulted. He reports the incident to the authorities, but they either don't believe him, or, if they do, can't understand why he would consider it a crime - a reaction he also gets from his friends and family.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-19
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Full Fathom Five
1990-09-07
Full Fathom Five
Overview: Adapted from the bestselling novel. Navy Captain Peter Mackenzie is sent on his toughest assignment when the Soviet nuclear sub KIROV is stolen and the weapons are aimed at the United States.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-07
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Too Good to Be True
1988-11-14
Too Good to Be True
Overview: A self-entitled woman is determined to keep her new man to herself at all costs.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-14
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Loose Change
1978-02-26
Loose Change
Overview: Three girlfriends -- an author, an artist, and a political activist -- mature and change during the turbulent 1960s.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-26
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Hitchcocked!
2006-08-11
Hitchcocked!
Overview: A tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, featuring contemporary filmmakers, writers, performers, and cultural critics.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-11
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One Cooks, the Other Doesn't
1983-09-27
One Cooks, the Other Doesn't
Overview: A real estate agent has a problem: his ex-wife and son are moving in with him-and his jealous bride.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-27
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Five on the Black Hand Side
1973-10-25
Five on the Black Hand Side
Overview: Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife (Clarice Taylor) joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-25
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The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979-07-05
The Legend of the Golden Gun
Overview: In Kansas during the middle of the Civil War, John Golden is left for dead and his family has been killed by the ruthless Confederate outlaw William Quantrill. Rescued by runaway slave Joshua Brown, Golden is determined to get revenge. With the help of a legendary gunfighter and a special gun, Golden must not only deal with Quantrill and his men, but has to dodge General Custer and his army, as well.
Genres: Western Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-05
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ALF’s Special Christmas
1987-12-14
ALF’s Special Christmas
Overview: The Tanners decide to spend Christmas in a cabin in the woods but ALF soon gets trapped in a box of toys going to a children's hospital.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-14
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Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
1995-06-01
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
Overview: One of the first film noir documentaries, made for British Channel Four, and including interviews with Paul Schrader, Robert Wise, John Dahl, Bryan Singer, Edward Dmytryk, Dennis Hopper, John Alton.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-01
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Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy
1989-06-20
Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy
Overview: When soldier Anthony Glenn discovers that Mai is missing, he sets out to rescue her from the corrupt Major Sorenson pitting soldier against soldier in a bloody game of honor.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-20
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Joshua's World
1980-08-21
Joshua's World
Overview: The pilot story, set in the small town of Strawee, Arkansas in the '30s, follows the experiences of Joshua Torrance, a doctor whose practice is jeopardized by his opposition to racism as he attempts to treat blacks as equals.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-21
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In the Heat of Passion
1992-01-24
In the Heat of Passion
Overview: A struggling actor lands the part of a rapist in a TV reenactment for a "Crimebusters" segment. He soon meets a beautiful rich woman whom he begins an affair with, even though she is married. Her husband soon finds out and is accidently killed. The two lovers cover up the crime, but the actor begins to wonder if there's more going on than he knows.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-24
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Last Stand at Lang Mei
1989-12-01
Last Stand at Lang Mei
Overview: Vietnam, 1968. Army Headquarters has written off Captain Fahey's men as Missing In Action after they were fighting deep over enemy lines. Cut off from their platoon, they must fight their way back, or die! A true story of bravery and courage set amidst the chaos of war, and witness the gripping conclusion to the bloodiest day in American war history
Genres: War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-01
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Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
2006-07-01
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film
Overview: Documentary about how police have been portrayed on screen.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-01
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The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman
1999-02-01
The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman
Overview: Documentary on Roger Corman
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-01
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Dancing with the Devil: Carl Franklin on 'Devil in a Blue Dress'
2020-12-14
Dancing with the Devil: Carl Franklin on 'Devil in a Blue Dress'
Overview: This conversation between director Carl Franklin and film noir historian Eddie Muller was recorded live onstage for a screening of 'Devil in a Blue Dress' at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago on August 17, 2018, as part of the Noir City Film Festival.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-14
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The Fantastic Journey
1977-02-03
The Fantastic Journey
Overview: 1 hour 55 minute edited "movie" version comprised of primarily episodes 1 and 2 of TV series of same name available on Tubi. Travelers are stranded in the Bermuda Triangle. On an island, they meet Varian, a man from the future, and Liana, an Atlantean. Together, they journey through different worlds, in hopes of returning home.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-02-03
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