Paul Newman
Biography: Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver, auto racing team owner, and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money and eight other nominations, three Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing. Newman was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 26, 1925
Deathday: September 26, 2008
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958-08-29
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Overview: An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-29
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Cool Hand Luke
1967-11-01
Cool Hand Luke
Overview: When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-11-01
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Cars
2006-06-08
Cars
Overview: Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-08
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A Long Way from Nowhere
1970-01-01
A Long Way from Nowhere
Overview: A Long Way from Nowhere is a 1970 American short documentary film produced and directed by Bob Aller. The film traces the progress of four autistic children over one year in a behavioral modification program conducted by psychologist Ivar Lovaas. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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The Hustler
1961-09-25
The Hustler
Overview: Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-09-25
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969-09-23
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Overview: As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in hopes of evading the law.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-23
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Message in a Bottle
1999-02-22
Message in a Bottle
Overview: A woman finds a romantic letter in a bottle washed ashore and tracks down the author, a widowed shipbuilder whose wife died tragically early. As a deep and mutual attraction blossoms, the man struggles to make peace with his past so that he can move on and find happiness.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-22
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Exodus
1960-12-15
Exodus
Overview: Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-15
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The Prize
1963-12-25
The Prize
Overview: A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now writing pulp detective stories to earn a living. Craig, who is infamous for his drinking and womanizing, formulates a wild theory that physics prize winner Dr. Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-25
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Road to Perdition
2002-07-12
Road to Perdition
Overview: Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-12
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Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
2006-05-02
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Overview: The making of the film with Drew Casper.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-02
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Silent Movie
1976-06-17
Silent Movie
Overview: Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-17
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Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005-09-23
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Overview: Twelve men who belong to one of the world's most exclusive fraternities -- people who've walked on the surface of the moon -- are paid homage in this documentary. Using newsreel footage, rare NASA photographs, and digitally animated re-creations, Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon examines the Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972 which put astronauts on the moon.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-23
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The Towering Inferno
1974-12-14
The Towering Inferno
Overview: At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-14
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Torn Curtain
1966-07-15
Torn Curtain
Overview: During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution, but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-07-15
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Super Speedway
1997-01-01
Super Speedway
Overview: We follow the Newman-Haas (Andretti) racing team through the process of building, testing, and racing for a season. This includes extensive race speed on-track footage, including some pre-race footage with a full squad of cars. From time to time, we check in with a small shop building/restoring one of the first roadsters Mario Andretti raced; the finale includes him taking it for a spin.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Slap Shot
1977-02-25
Slap Shot
Overview: To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-02-25
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Nobody's Fool
1994-12-23
Nobody's Fool
Overview: A rascally nearing-retirement man juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for his nemesis and flirting with his nemesis' young wife. As his estranged son returns, he faces new family responsibilities, while a banker plots to evict him from his home.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-23
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The Verdict
1982-12-08
The Verdict
Overview: Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by serving it to Galvin on a silver platter—all parties are willing to settle out of court. Blundering his way through the preliminaries, Galvin suddenly realizes that the case should actually go to court—to punish the guilty, to get a decent settlement for his clients... and to restore his standing as a lawyer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-08
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What a Way to Go!
1964-07-31
What a Way to Go!
Overview: A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-07-31
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Blaze
1989-12-15
Blaze
Overview: A middle-aged Louisiana governor falls in love with a young stripper, which jeopardizes his political career and the radical policies which have made him a controversial figure.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-15
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The Hudsucker Proxy
1994-03-11
The Hudsucker Proxy
Overview: A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-11
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Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981-02-06
Fort Apache, the Bronx
Overview: From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. The story follows officer Murphy, who seems to be a tuff cynic, but in truth he's a moralist with a sense for justice.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-06
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Hud
1963-05-28
Hud
Overview: Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-28
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The Color of Money
1986-10-17
The Color of Money
Overview: Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-17
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Where the Money Is
2000-04-14
Where the Money Is
Overview: Henry Manning has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for one thing: the woman assigned to take care of him at the nursing home, Carol Ann McKay, has a plan of her own.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-14
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The Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968-02-29
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
Overview: When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the guard house dozens of times. He is promoted to Major General and ordered to get the generals out once he is captured. Harry is willing to escape, but then he meets the countess...
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-29
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The Hustler: The Inside Story
2002-01-01
The Hustler: The Inside Story
Overview: A brief overview of The Hustler's making and the players involved.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Harper
1966-02-22
Harper
Overview: Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-02-22
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Twilight
1998-03-06
Twilight
Overview: A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-06
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The Drowning Pool
1975-07-18
The Drowning Pool
Overview: Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-18
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The MacKintosh Man
1973-11-08
The MacKintosh Man
Overview: A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-08
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The Sting
1973-12-25
The Sting
Overview: A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-25
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Sweet Bird of Youth
1962-03-21
Sweet Bird of Youth
Overview: Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom "Boss" Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-03-21
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972-12-18
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Overview: Outlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice upon strangers passing by.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-18
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Fat Man and Little Boy
1989-10-20
Fat Man and Little Boy
Overview: Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-20
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Paris Blues
1961-09-27
Paris Blues
Overview: During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and love.
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-09-27
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Hombre
1967-03-21
Hombre
Overview: John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-21
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Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956-07-04
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Overview: The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-04
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The Long, Hot Summer
1958-05-17
The Long, Hot Summer
Overview: Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-17
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Sometimes a Great Notion
1971-12-17
Sometimes a Great Notion
Overview: Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue working despite the town going broke and the other loggers go on strike ordering the Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to push his family on cutting more trees. Hank's wife wishes he would stop and hopes that they can spend more time together. When Hank's half brother Leland comes to work for them, more trouble starts.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-17
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Mater and the Ghostlight
2006-07-27
Mater and the Ghostlight
Overview: Mater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pranks on his fellow townsfolk. That night at Flo's V8 Café, the Sheriff tells the story of the legend of the Ghostlight, and as everyone races home Mater is left alone primed for a good old-fashioned scare.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-27
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The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980-01-04
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Overview: A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-04
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Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976-06-24
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Overview: Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden agenda, involving the President and General Custer.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-24
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The Left Handed Gun
1958-05-07
The Left Handed Gun
Overview: When a crooked sheriff murders his employer, William "Billy the Kid" Bonney decides to avenge the death by killing the man responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-07
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From the Terrace
1960-07-15
From the Terrace
Overview: Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles. At the brink of attaining his career goals, he is forced to choose between business success, married to the beautiful, but unfaithful Mary and starting over with his true love, the much younger Natalie.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-07-15
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Winning
1969-05-22
Winning
Overview: Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one - the Indianapolis 500. But to get there he runs the risk of losing his wife Elora to his rival, Luther Erding, and strains the relationship with his stepson.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-22
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A New Kind of Love
1963-10-10
A New Kind of Love
Overview: A down-and-out reporter and a fashion designer fall in love in Paris.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-10-10
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The Young Philadelphians
1959-05-21
The Young Philadelphians
Overview: Up and coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and professional skills are tested as he tries to balance the needs of his fiance Joan, the expectations of his colleagues and his own obligation to defend his friend Chester on a murder count.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-21
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La Classe américaine
1993-12-31
La Classe américaine
Overview: George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-12-31
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Quintet
1979-02-09
Quintet
Overview: During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not enough. They play the game with living pieces, and only the winner survives.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-09
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Hollywood and the Stars
1964-05-04
Hollywood and the Stars
Overview: NBC's pioneering documentary series, produced by the David L. Wolper Production Company, in association with United Artists Television. Each 30-minute show concentrated on a Hollywood genre, film or legendary star. This series ran from September 30, 1963 until May 18, 1964, and many of its individual episodes were released into the home gauge market in shortened form. Certain episodes would focus on films being made at the time, notably Preminger's The Cardinal and Huston's Night of the Iguana.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-05-04
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Pocket Money
1972-02-01
Pocket Money
Overview: Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy and his buddy get mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked cattle dealer.
Genres: Comedy Western Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-02-01
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The Meerkats
2008-10-15
The Meerkats
Overview: A coming of age story following a young meerkat pup, Kolo, growing up in the Kalahari desert; and an inspiring look at how one family's connection to each other and their surroundings is a model of resilience and fortitude for us all. Shot using ground-breaking techniques, this dramatised documentary is a one-of-a-kind presentation from The Weinstein Company and the BBC, featuring narration by Paul Newman.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-15
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The Silver Chalice
1954-12-20
The Silver Chalice
Overview: A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-20
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When Time Ran Out...
1980-03-28
When Time Ran Out...
Overview: An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-28
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Roving Mars
2006-01-27
Roving Mars
Overview: Join the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity for an awe-inspiring journey to the surface of the mysterious red planet.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-27
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WUSA
1970-08-19
WUSA
Overview: Rheinhardt, a cynical drifter, gets a job as an announcer for right-wing radio station WUSA in New Orleans. Rheinhardt is content to parrot WUSA's reactionary editorial stance on the air, even if he doesn't agree with it. Rheinhardt finds his cynical detachment challenged by a lady friend, Geraldine, and by Rainey, a neighbour and troubled idealist who becomes aware of WUSA's sinister, hidden purpose. And when events start spinning out of control, even Rheinhardt finds he must take a stand.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-08-19
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Absence of Malice
1981-11-19
Absence of Malice
Overview: Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-19
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Lady L
1965-12-17
Lady L
Overview: Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and lusty, scandalous adventures she has lived through.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-17
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Our Town
2003-05-24
Our Town
Overview: Our Town is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It is a character story about an average town's citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives. Using metatheatrical devices, Wilder sets the play in a 1930s theater. He uses the actions of the Stage Manager to create the town of Grover's Corners for the audience. Scenes from its history between the years of 1901 and 1913 play out. Originally broadcast on the Showtime Network, then as part of the PBS series "Masterpiece Theatre" (season 33, episode 1).
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-24
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The Rack
1956-11-02
The Rack
Overview: Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the U.S. after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In the camp, he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince the other prisoners that they were fighting an unjust war. When he comes back he is charged for collaboration with the enemy. Where does loyalty end in a prison camp, when the camp is a living hell?
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-02
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Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
2021-12-04
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
Overview: From the very beginning, actor Paul Newman captivated the cinema audience with his exceptional azure eyes. The reserved Newman himself finds it trivial and even disturbing that everyone is so taken with his appearance. The actor and director - who has played in more than sixty films and directed twelve of them - prefers to focus on his work and family. And, at least as important, on his philanthropic ventures and political activism.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-04
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Harry & Son
1984-03-02
Harry & Son
Overview: Widower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working for a living. He takes a dim view of his sensitive son Howard's lackadaisical lifestyle and has a strained relationship with his daughter Nina as he does not approve of her husband. When Harry is fired from his job, his life changes drastically as he is made to focus on the relationships around him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-02
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The Outrage
1964-10-07
The Outrage
Overview: At a disused railway station, three men -- a con artist, a preacher, and a prospector -- discuss the recent trial and sentencing of the outlaw Juan Carrasco for the murder of a man and the rape of his wife. In their recounting, the three explore the conflicting testimonies of the parties involved in the crimes. Disconcerting new questions arise with each different version of the event.
Genres: Drama Crime Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-07
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Paul Newman: The Restless
2023-06-11
Paul Newman: The Restless
Overview: Multi-talented, Paul Newman is one of the greatest American actors of all time. With his silhouette of a Greek statue and his unreal blue eyes, he embodied the quintessential Hollywood star. But he never seemed satisfied. The son of a Jewish sporting goods retailer who despises him and a Catholic mother who adores him, driven by self-doubt and an inherited need for approval from his childhood, he has worked throughout his fifty-year career to break the image of the pretty boy. He made his first experiences in the famous Actors Studio. The breakthrough as a screen star came in 1958 with "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". From then on he preferred characters on the edge of the American dream. With archive images and film excerpts, the documentary paints a portrait of a socio-politically committed man with many facets and also pays tribute to the role of his wife Joanne Woodward.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-06-11
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The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness
1972-01-01
The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness
Overview: The life of man is poor and nasty. A few plants give temporary relief: marijuana, alcohol, and opium. After a history of opium, including the 19th-century Opium Wars, we learn of the discovery of heroin; the rest of the film examines heroin trade and addiction in the U.S. Two tons a year enter the U.S., with only 100 pounds interdicted. Most is used in New York City. Interviews with customs officials, prosecutors, medical doctors and junkies provide points of view. The harsh 1956 law and the medically-oriented law of 1966 are contrasted, with the film on the side of treatment and rehabilitation. It ends with advocating reducing use here and finding other cash crops for farmers abroad.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002-08-16
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Overview: Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-16
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The Emperor's New Clothes
2015-04-24
The Emperor's New Clothes
Overview: An uproarious critique of the world financial crisis. Building on actor, comedian, and provocateur Russell Brand’s emergence as an activist following his 2014 book Revolution, where he railed against “corporate tyranny, ecological irresponsibility, and economic inequality".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-24
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Overview: A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension this provides a general history of Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary studio system.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-10
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Until They Sail
1957-10-08
Until They Sail
Overview: Four sisters in New Zealand fall for soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.
Genres: Romance Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-08
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All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
2006-01-01
All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
Overview: A retrospective on the 1969 classic "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," its impact on the careers of the filmmakers and cast, and how the film made a distinct impact on the Western genre.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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The Helen Morgan Story
1957-10-02
The Helen Morgan Story
Overview: Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-02
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Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
1958-12-23
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
Overview: Harry Bannerman, a Connecticut suburbanite, becomes involved in various shenanigans when his wife Grace leads a protest movement against a secret army plan to set up a missile base in their community.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-23
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Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
1962-07-25
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
Overview: Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-07-25
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Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990-11-23
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Overview: Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-23
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Knife in the Dark
1954-12-07
Knife in the Dark
Overview: A tormented convict must take a stand against the violent inmate who murdered his best friend.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-07
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Harper Days are Here Again
1975-01-01
Harper Days are Here Again
Overview: Promotional behind-the-scenes look at 'The Drowning Pool' (1975).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
2022-12-16
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
Overview: A retrospective of director Roland Joffé’s first four films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-16
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Angel Death
1979-03-01
Angel Death
Overview: A documentary depicting the dangers of PCP use. Shows how both animals' and humans' behavior is affected by the drug and describes its physical, psychological, and emotional aftereffects.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-01
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A Year Towards Tomorrow
1966-01-01
A Year Towards Tomorrow
Overview: Documentary about the VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
2023-06-18
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
Overview: Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty. A major figure in genre and auteur films, she is unclassifiable: between presence and absence, shyness and audacity, she's always hypnotic, magnetic and fascinating. From her film debut in the mid-1960s in England, to her unconventional career path, through the tragic loss suicide of her older sister that will irremediably mark her acting, this film is a dive into the existential quest of a complex actress, whose every facet is discovered through her roles. Through a conversation with the actress herself, along with personal archives and extracts from her films, this documentary raws a dazzling portrait of her life and career.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-06-18
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Hello Actors Studio
1988-11-09
Hello Actors Studio
Overview: After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed the leadership of this exceptional organization. For the first time ever, filmmakers have been allowed to film their work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-09
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Who Needs Sleep?
2006-01-19
Who Needs Sleep?
Overview: A documentary that highlights the deadly combination of sleep deprivation and long days of work, focusing on the American film industry.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-19
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Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009-09-05
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Overview: By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish control. These conditions produced a series of box-office flops and pessimistic forecasts: maybe the best days of animation were over. Maybe the public didn't care. Only a miracle or a magic spell could produce a happy ending. Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairy tale. It's the true story of how Disney regained its magic with a staggering output of hits - "Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast ," "Aladdin," "The Lion King," and more - over a 10-year period.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-05
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Cars 3
2017-06-15
Cars 3
Overview: Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician with her own plan to win, inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and a few unexpected turns. Proving that #95 isn't through yet will test the heart of a champion on Piston Cup Racing’s biggest stage!
Genres: Family Animation Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-15
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970-03-24
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Overview: Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-24
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Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
2015-05-08
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
Overview: The world knows Paul Newman as an Academy Award winning actor with a fifty-plus year career as one of the most prolific and revered actors in American Cinema. He was also well known for his philanthropy; Newman's Own has given more than four hundred and thirty million dollars to charities around the world. Yet few know the gasoline-fueled passion that became so important in this complex, multifaceted man's makeup. Newman’s deep-seated passion for racing was so intense it nearly sidelined his acting career. His racing career spanned thirty-five years; Newman won four national championships as a driver and eight championships as an owner. Not bad for a guy who didn't even start racing until he was forty-seven years old.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-08
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989-06-26
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Overview: A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg, who were strongly influenced by the naturalistic acting of Konstantin Stanislavski’s Moscow Art Theatre.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-26
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Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain
2022-10-15
Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain
Overview: In 30 years of a deeply committed career and 50 roles, Denzel Washington, double-Oscar winner, placed the figure of the Black man in all its complexity at the heart of the American paradoxes: from Black activist, rebel soldier to gangster torn between violence and charity. Voted best actor of the 21st century by the New York Times a few months ago, Denzel Washington, 65, has risen to the top of American cinema. As an Actor, director and producer, he has shaken up a "color line" as immutable as it is subtle. Often identified with his characters, he reveals himself to be disconcerting and paradoxical. As if he were holding up a mirror to America in which all of its contradictions and failings were reflected. A documentary that chronicles the extraordinary career of the world-renowned African-American actor.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-10-15
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Bennies and Goofballs
1966-01-23
Bennies and Goofballs
Overview: This anti-drug abuse and addiction educational film features the well known American actor Paul Newman. In the movie, Newman and Dr. James L. Goddard, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, examine the effects of misuse of barbiturates and amphetamines.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-23
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Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990-02-02
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Overview: Abandoned by his father, he was a reform school kid with nothing going for him and a giant chip on his shoulder. He joined the Marines but never stayed far from trouble. Then he discovered acting — and the woman who would be with him for most of his meteoric career. He was Steve McQueen, one of Hollywood's highest paid stars — and one of its most difficult, most rebellious and, when he wished, most charming.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-02
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The Art of 'The Sting'
2005-09-06
The Art of 'The Sting'
Overview: An inside look into how a great original screenplay was turned into a classic film that still has an important legacy in film culture. Newman, Redford, writer David S. Ward and other cast members discuss the importance and the making of George Roy Hill's striking hit The Sting (1973) and their experiences while shooting the picture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-06
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Cars Wal-Mart Exclusive Geared UP
2006-11-07
Cars Wal-Mart Exclusive Geared UP
Overview: The Making of "Life is a Highway". A musical Road Trip with Rascal Flatts.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-07
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Bang the Drum Slowly
1956-09-26
Bang the Drum Slowly
Overview: A pitcher of a major-league baseball team finds out that his teammate and pal is desperately trying to hide that he is dying of a terminal disease so the owner won't find out and fire him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-26
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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988-10-24
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Overview: Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highly respected filmmakers in the world.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-24
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McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter
1975-01-01
McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter
Overview: Documentary of the U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, who rose to prominence in the early 1950s by trumpeting allegations of a vast conspiracy by alleged Communist agents whom he claimed had infiltrated the U.S. government, media, film industry, labor unions and other organizations.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Five in Judgement
1955-04-10
Five in Judgement
Overview: When two brothers traveling across country stop in a small town diner to escape a storm, they are taken to be murderers by the locals.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-10
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The Army Game
1956-07-03
The Army Game
Overview: Danny considers his time in the army a waste and pretends to be crazy to get a psychiatric discharge.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-03
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The Rag Jungle
1956-11-20
The Rag Jungle
Overview: Charlie, working in the garment industry, refuses to pay the protection money demanded by racketeers. After his father Vito is beaten up Charlie organizes the other clothing manufacturers into standing together against the mob.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-20
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Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020-03-06
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
Overview: An illuminating portrait of Jay Sebring — the long-forgotten artist, designer, and entrepreneur who created a billion-dollar hair & beauty industry and defined iconic Hollywood styles for men.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-06
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The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance
2006-06-06
The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance
Overview: Comparisons between what is known from the real lives of Robert Leroy 'Butch Cassidy' Parker and Harry 'Sundance Kid' Longabaugh, and their lives as told in the film 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-06
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Dale
2007-02-01
Dale
Overview: Archival race footage, outtakes, home videos and interviews Dale Earnhardt's friends, family, and competitors are used in this documentary on the racing legend who won seven NASCAR championships before his death in 2001 at the Daytona 500.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-01
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Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story
2020-01-07
Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story
Overview: An in-depth profile of the life and career of Willy T. Ribbs - the controversial Black driver who shattered the color barrier of professional auto-racing and became the first Black qualifier in the storied history of the Indy 500.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-07
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Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
1994-12-19
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Overview: A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Williams' work, among them extracts of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Night of the Iguana, The (1964), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (TV). Contains footage of Williams being interviewed, including conversations with David Frost, 'Edward R. Murrow (I)', and Melvyn Bragg, as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him, among them Edward Albee, Gore Vidal, and his lifelong friend, Lady Maria St. Just. Features readings from Elia Kazan's Notebook by Kim Hunter.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-19
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Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players
2000-01-01
Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players
Overview: Black Light Dreams - 25 Years of the Famous People Players, Toronto
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Tell Them Who You Are
2004-09-06
Tell Them Who You Are
Overview: The son of acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler confronts his complex father by turning the camera on him. What results is a portrait of a difficult genius and a son's path out of the shadow of a famous father.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-06
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Tab Hunter Confidential
2015-03-15
Tab Hunter Confidential
Overview: Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter was gay, and spent his Hollywood years in a precarious closet that repeatedly threatened to implode and destroy him. Tab Hunter himself shares first hand, for the first time, what it was like to be a studio manufactured movie star during the Golden Age of Hollywood and the consequences of being someone totally different from his studio manufactured image.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-15
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Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1
1980-01-01
Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1
Overview: This is the follow up documentray to 1978's Speed Fever.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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The Education of Gore Vidal
2003-06-30
The Education of Gore Vidal
Overview: A contrarian and wickedly funny man, this PBS American Masters special explores Gore Vidal's extraordinary life and work, joining him at his cliff-side villa in Ravello, Italy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-30
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The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
2001-06-13
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
Overview: A wonderfully entertaining series of interviews with Pollack, Newman, Field and Luedtke about the film, its development, its themes and the experience of making it.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-13
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Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
2015-10-04
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-10-04
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And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
And the Oscar Goes To...
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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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time
2002-07-02
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time
Overview: Documentary feature about the real Butch and Sundance, produced with the DVD release of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-02
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The Battler
1955-10-18
The Battler
Overview: Wandering around America, young Nick Adams encounters a washed-up punch-drunk boxer known as "The Battler".
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-18
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Come Along with Me
1982-02-16
Come Along with Me
Overview: Newly-widowed Mabel Lederer, who has psychic and mediumistic abilities, sells her house and belongings, changes her name, and moves to a new town. There she rents a room in a boarding house and holds a seance with the other tenants, with comical results.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-16
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The Celluloid Closet
1996-01-30
The Celluloid Closet
Overview: What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Lily Tomlin narrates as Oscar-winning moviemaker Rob Epstein ("The Times of Harvey Milk" and "Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt") and Jeffrey Friedman assemble fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s. Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Curtis, Harvey Fierstein and Gore Vidal are just a few of the many actors, writers and commentators who provide funny and insightful anecdotes.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-30
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Circuit
1985-01-01
Circuit
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the crucial last four races of the 1981 Can-Am season.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Our Town
1955-09-19
Our Town
Overview: Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get married, live, and die. Milk and the newspaper get delivered every morning, and nobody locks their front doors. This musicalization of Thornton Wilder's classic play stars Frank Sinatra who introduces the song, "Love and Marriage," which would go on to be immortalized as the theme song to the sitcom Married with Children.
Genres: Music Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-19
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The Price of Sugar
2007-03-11
The Price of Sugar
Overview: On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches, with little knowledge that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians are under armed guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, most of which ends up in US kitchens. Cutting cane by machete, they work 14 hour days, 7 days a week, frequently without access to decent housing, electricity, clean water, education, healthcare or adequate nutrition. The Price of Sugar follows a charismatic Spanish priest, Father Christopher Hartley, as he organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people, challenging the powerful interests profiting from their work. This film raises key questions about where the products we consume originate, at what human cost they are produced and ultimately, where our responsibility lies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-11
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Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002-11-07
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Overview: Veteran radio, theatre, television and film actor Christopher Plummer has played a thousand parts, but beneath that elegant stage presence lies the restless heart of a risk-taker. Don't miss this engaging biography.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-07
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kid 90
2021-03-12
kid 90
Overview: As a teenager in the '90s, Soleil Moon Frye carried a video camera everywhere she went. She documented hundreds of hours of footage and then locked it away for over 20 years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-12
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The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
1970-01-01
The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the classic western about the lives of two of America's most famous outlaws. Director George Roy Hill narrates this film, talking about some of the experience, both good and bad, of bringing the film to life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
Night of 100 Stars
Overview: The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers paid up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-08
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Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024-05-16
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Overview: Newly discovered interviews with Elizabeth Taylor and unprecedented access to the star’s personal archive reveal the complex inner life and vulnerability of the groundbreaking icon.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-16
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War Without Winners
1978-01-01
War Without Winners
Overview: Paul Newman joins ordinary people in the US and the USSR in taking on the military-industrial complex and campaigning for nuclear-war prevention.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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What She's Doing Up There is Not Accidental
1972-01-01
What She's Doing Up There is Not Accidental
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the production of the 1972 film "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds," directed by Paul Newman and starring his wife, Joanne Woodward, and their daughter, Nell Potts.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
1969-03-10
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
Overview: Story essentially dealt with the dedication of three young Yanks - G, Smith's concern for wilderness preservation, H. Haskin's work with a Philadelphia black street gang, and M.M. Goodwin's concern for water pollution.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-03-10
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A Step Away from War
1986-06-02
A Step Away from War
Overview: Paul Newman hosts a film advocating for a ban on nuclear weapons tests by the United States and the Soviet Union.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-02
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The Racing Experience
1988-08-22
The Racing Experience
Overview: Join Paul Newman on this exploration of Formula 1 racing. Visit the Motor Speedway Celebrity Pro Am Race, and see Wilt Chamberlain, Roger Moore, Kirk Douglas, and other celebrities test their skills.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-22
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Ancient Forests: Rage Over Trees
1989-09-24
Ancient Forests: Rage Over Trees
Overview: Paul Newman hosts this documentary about trees.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-24
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Paul Newman
1973-03-26
Paul Newman
Overview: Recording of the actor in conversation with Joan Bakewell at the National Film Theatre, London.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-26
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Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy
1989-09-01
Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy
Overview: Paramount promotional film about the making of Fat Man and Little Boy (1989).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-01
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The Mastery of Motion
1990-11-01
The Mastery of Motion
Overview: Documentary showcasing the racing skills of Actor Paul Newman, NFL Legend Walter Payton, and Scott Sharp
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-01
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Driven to Excellence
1987-05-05
Driven to Excellence
Overview: Paul Newman and Mario Andretti explain why they are driven to excellence.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-05
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