Miloš Forman
Biography: Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman (/ˈmiːloʊʃ/; Czech: [ˈmɪloʃ ˈforman]; February 18, 1932 – April 13, 2018) was a Czech and American film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the United States in 1968. Forman was an important figure in the Czechoslovak New Wave. Film scholars and Czechoslovak authorities saw his 1967 film The Firemen's Ball as a biting satire on Eastern European Communism. The film was initially shown in theatres in his home country in the more reformist atmosphere of the Prague Spring. However, it was later banned by the Communist government after the invasion by the Warsaw Pact countries in 1968. Forman was subsequently forced to leave Czechoslovakia for the United States, where he continued making films, gaining wider critical and financial success. In 1975, he directed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) starring Jack Nicholson as a patient in a mental institution. The film received widespread acclaim, and was the second in history to win all five major Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actor in Leading Role, and Actress in Leading Role. In 1978, he directed the anti-war musical Hair which premiered at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. In 1981, he directed the turn of the century drama film, Ragtime, which was known for its large ensemble cast. The film went on to receive 8 Academy Award nominations. His next feature was a period biographical film, Amadeus (1984), based on the life of famed classical musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart starring Tom Hulce, and F. Murray Abraham. The film was both a critical and financial success earning 11 nominations with 8 wins including for Best Picture, and another win for Forman as Best Director. In 1996, Forman received another Academy Award nomination for Best Director for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996). Throughout Forman's career he won 2 Academy Awards, 3 Golden Globe Awards, Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, a British Academy Film Award, a César Award, David di Donatello Award, and the Czech Lion. Description above from the Wikipedia article Miloš Forman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: February 18, 1932
Deathday: April 13, 2018
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Keeping the Faith
2000-04-14
Keeping the Faith
Overview: Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, once their childhood friend and now grown into a beautiful corporate executive, suddenly returns to the city, she reenters Jake and Brian's lives and hearts with a vengeance. Sparks fly and an unusual and complicated love triangle ensues.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-14
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Heartburn
1986-07-25
Heartburn
Overview: Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are living happily ever after until she discovers that Mark is having an affair while she is waddling around with a second pregnancy.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-25
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TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976-03-30
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Overview: Made in 1976, TVTV's close-up look at Hollywood's annual awards ritual mixes irreverent documentary with deadpan comedy. TVTV's cameras go behind the scenes to follow major Hollywood figures (including Steven Spielberg, Michael Douglas, Lee Grant, Jack Nicholson, and many others), capturing them in candid moments—inside their limousines, dressing for the ceremony, backstage at the awards.
Genres: Documentary Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-30
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It Is Hell with the Princess
2009-01-29
It Is Hell with the Princess
Overview: To help his daughter avoid marriage to an inept prince, King Leopold claims that Lucifer himself is wooing the princess. Satanic panic ensues.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2009-01-29
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Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003-05-01
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Overview: Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world's greatest comedian and the cinema's first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced, written and directed by renowned film critic Richard Schickel.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-01
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Beloved
2011-08-17
Beloved
Overview: From Paris in the 1960s to London in the first decade of the third millennium, Madeleine and her daughter Véra flit from one amorous adventure to the next, living for the moment and taking all the opportunities that life offers. But not every love affair is without its consequences, its upsets and its disappointments. As time goes by and gnaws away at one’s deepest feelings, love becomes a harder game to play.
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-08-17
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Ceiling
1962-03-15
Ceiling
Overview: The young Marta has made a break in her medical education to fully invest in her career as a model. We follow her for a day in her life, almost completely without hearing her voice. It is seldom that Marta gets the space to speak, instead she is mostly subject to the voice of others.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1962-03-15
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Life and Film: The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtech Jasny
2009-09-01
Life and Film: The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtech Jasny
Overview: After being one of the most successful filmmakers in Europe in the sixties, Vojtech Jasny (Czech Republic, 1925) lives in a small apartment in New York. For Jasny, life and cinema are inseparable concepts. By visiting friends who still live in Life and Film Jasny first person will have their own history and some decisive events in his life: the Nazi invasion and subsequent Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, exile and his arrival in New York years later.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-01
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Tam za lesem
1962-11-23
Tam za lesem
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Genres: War Drama
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1962-11-23
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Carrière, 250 Meters
2011-01-01
Carrière, 250 Meters
Overview: A portrait documentary tracing the inspiration, philosophy and imagination of the celebrated theatre and screen writer - and Bunuel's long term collaborator - Jean Claude Carrière. Carrière predicts that between the house he was born in and the cemetery in which he will end there is a life journey of just 250 meters. "Carrière: 250 Meters" follows him as he reflects on the wealth of global traditions of storytelling, travelling through past and present, across countries and cultures from Paris to New York, Mexico and India and joined by his family, friends and collaborators. A testament to the life and work of an extraordinary man and a key architect in contemporary cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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The Beatles Revolution
2000-11-17
The Beatles Revolution
Overview: A primetime special celebrating The Beatles and exploring the lasting impact on pop music of Beatles innovations like stadium concerts, music videos, and the idea of rock album as art form. The filmmakers were provided rare, previously unseen footage from the Apple archives, and afforded complete access to their recorded music and film library.
Genres: Documentary Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-17
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Remembering Ragtime
2004-11-16
Remembering Ragtime
Overview: Memories from the making of the classic Milos Forman film "Ragtime".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-16
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The Republic Pictures Story
1991-03-15
The Republic Pictures Story
Overview: A history of Republic Pictures studios, featuring hundreds of clips plus on-camera interviews with stars, director, stuntman, etc.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-15
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Visions of Eight
1973-10-06
Visions of Eight
Overview: Eight acclaimed filmmakers bring their unique and differing perspectives to the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held in Munich. The segments include Lelouch's take on Olympic losers and their struggle to remain dignified even in the face of bitter disappointment and defeat; Zetterling's dramatic exploration of the world of weightlifting; and Pfleghar's piece on young Russian gymnast Ludmilla Tourischev's majestic performance on the uneven bars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-06
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New Year's Day
1990-02-09
New Year's Day
Overview: A man returns to his sublet apartment to find the previous tenants, three offbeat young women, still in residence, under the mistaken belief that they have the apartment until the end of New Year's Day.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-09
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Why Havel?
1991-10-01
Why Havel?
Overview: The first part of the block will be dedicated to the monograph Vojtěch Jasný: The Film Poet in Exile (2020) authored by the film historian Jiří Voráč. The monograph is centered on the legendary director’s life and career after his emigration to Western Europe and to the US after 1968, which have so far received little attention. In exile, Jasný established himself as a film director (he authored over thirty cinema and TV films and documentaries), stage director, photographer, and film studies lecturer. The first part will be followed by the screening of Jasný’s documentary Why Havel? co-produced by himself and Miloš Forman in Canada and Czechoslovakia in 1991. As remarkable as this reflection of the paradoxical transformation of a dissident into a president in the carnival-like atmosphere of the euphoric post-revolution period with the first question marks already appearing may be, it did not meet the expectations of the head of state.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1991-10-01
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The Making of 'Amadeus'
2002-09-24
The Making of 'Amadeus'
Overview: This riveting film takes a look behind the scenes at one of the 20th century's cinema classics and at one of contemporary cinema's most maddeningly brilliant directors, Milos Forman.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-24
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Chaplin - The Legend of the Century
2014-05-13
Chaplin - The Legend of the Century
Overview: A new TV documentary on Chaplin that celebrates a 100 years of the iconic Tramp, presented by Laurent Delahousse.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-13
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Shapes of Rhythm: The Music of Galt MacDermot
2010-01-29
Shapes of Rhythm: The Music of Galt MacDermot
Overview: Documentary on Galt MacDermot.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-29
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The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
The Presence of Arnošt Lustig
Overview: "A man is immortal as long as he lives in the memory of others,” said well-known Czech writer Arnošt Lustig with a wry smile. In December 2006 when her father turned 80, filmmaker Eva Lustigová began to see just how closely his words applied to himself personally. Her method involved recording their meetings and personal interviews together, until Lustig’s death in February 2011. Employing his notorious sense of humor, the film presents the world-renowned author as he recalls a carefree childhood cut short by the Nazi occupation, the horror of life in a concentration camp, the beginnings of his writing career, living in Israel and the USA, and his lifelong friendship with Ota Pavel. Geneva-based Eva Lustigová’s documentary is not a traditional portrait compilation of a famous writer that chronologically investigates his life, but rather a loosely assembled, lively movie about a person with an eternal love for life as it is.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
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A Room Nearby
2003-11-07
A Room Nearby
Overview: Paul Fierlinger's unique animation captures five individuals from diverse backgrounds as they describe their bouts with loneliness, its challenges and benefits.
Genres: Animation Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-07
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An Occasion to Speak
1966-09-28
An Occasion to Speak
Overview: Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-09-28
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An Interview with Milos Forman
2002-02-12
An Interview with Milos Forman
Overview: “This video interview with director Milos Forman was conducted in New York City in 2001.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-12
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François Truffaut, une autobiographie
2004-10-01
François Truffaut, une autobiographie
Overview: A documentary tracing the career of filmmaker François Truffaut through the testimony of collaborators and admirers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-10-01
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Mark Donskoy, King and Jester
2011-04-01
Mark Donskoy, King and Jester
Overview: Documentary about the Soviet film director and his changing fortunes during the Stalin years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2011-04-01
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Milos Forman Taking Off in America
2012-06-04
Milos Forman Taking Off in America
Overview: Milos Forman and guests look at his career from his departing Czechoslovakia and his arrival in America with stories and interviews about The Fireman's Ball, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The People Vs Larry Flynt, and The Man on the Moon.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-04
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Miloš Forman
2010-09-06
Miloš Forman
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-09-06
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Completely Cuckoo
1997-12-16
Completely Cuckoo
Overview: Behind the scenes interviews for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-16
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Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998-05-10
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Overview: A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to glory.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-10
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Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017-09-05
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Overview: Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon.
Genres: Documentary Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-05
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Olga
2014-05-15
Olga
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2014-05-15
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Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2011-06-27
Once Upon a Time… One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Overview: A documentary about the making of Milos Forman's 1975 film ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, featuring interviews with the director, cast, and crew.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-06-27
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Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009-10-08
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Overview: Why did Milos Forman have to make certain films the way he did? Where does his inner strength come from? What is the story of his life?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2009-10-08
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Chytilová Versus Forman
1982-10-14
Chytilová Versus Forman
Overview: An intellectual match between two dramatically different artists, one permanently unsure and frustrated and questioning everything, the other an astonishing storyteller perfectly at peace, unacquainted with introspection and reliant on intuition.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-14
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Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005-07-17
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Overview: How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to watch by an undemanding audience or even how mutilates them to adapt the original formats and runtimes to the restrictive frame of the television screen and the abusive requirements of advertising. (Followed by “Filmmakers in Action.”)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ca
Release Date: 2005-07-17
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Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
1982-10-09
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Overview: A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-09
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Forman vs. Forman
2019-07-16
Forman vs. Forman
Overview: A moving account, in his own words, of the personal life and work of the brilliant Czech filmmaker Miloš Forman (1932-2018): his tragic childhood, his major contribution to the cultural movement known as the Czech New Wave, his exile in Paris, his troubled days in New York, his rise to stardom in Hollywood; a complete existence in the service of cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2019-07-16
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The Statue of Liberty
1985-10-26
The Statue of Liberty
Overview: For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and provocative portrait of the statue, Ken Burns explores both the history of America’s premier symbol and the meaning of liberty itself. Featuring rare archival photographs, paintings and drawings, readings from actual diaries, letters and newspapers of the day, the fascinating story of this universally admired monument is told. In interviews with Americans from all walks of life, including former New York governor Mario Cuomo, the late congresswoman Barbara Jordan and the late writers James Baldwin and Jerzy Kosinski, The Statue of Liberty examines the nature of liberty and the significance of the statue to American life. Nominated for both the Academy Award ® and the Emmy Award ®, The Statue of Liberty received the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle, the Christopher Award and the Blue Ribbon at the American Film Festival.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-26
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CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
2018-09-16
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Overview: An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most acclaimed exponents - Closely Observed Trains director Jiří Menzel.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 2018-09-16
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On the Trail of the New Wave
2009-03-14
On the Trail of the New Wave
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2009-03-14
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Chelsea on the Rocks
2008-05-23
Chelsea on the Rocks
Overview: Chelsea on the Rocks celebrates the personalities and artistic voices that have emerged from New York’s legendary Chelsea Hotel. Once considered an untouchable, impenetrable tower for writers, artists, musicians and mavericks, it has been recently claimed as a boutique hotel venture for a management company that shows disregard for its formidable history. –Cannes Film Festival
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-23
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Sodankylä Forever
2010-08-05
Sodankylä Forever
Overview: The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki along with Anssi Mänttäri and Peter von Bagh in 1985, the festival has played host to an international who’s who of directors and each day begins with a two-hour discussion. To mark the festival’s silver anniversary, festival director Peter von Bagh edited together highlights from these dialogues to create an epic four-part choral history of cinema drawn from the anecdotes, insights, and wisdom of his all-star cast: Coppola, Fuller, Forman, Chabrol, Corman, Demy, Kieslowski, Kiarostami, Varda, Oliveira, Erice, Rouch, Gilliam, Jancso — and 64 more. Ranging across innumerable topics (war, censorship, movie stars, formative influences, America, neorealism) these voices, many now passed away, engage in a personal dialogue across the years that’s by turns charming, profound, hilarious and moving.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2010-08-05
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In the Shadow of Hollywood
2000-01-01
In the Shadow of Hollywood
Overview: In the Shadow of Hollywood examines this assault on our senses through interviews with directors, producers, writers and other experts in the film industry.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016-10-05
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Overview: Documentary feature about Czech director Jiří Menzel, featuring Menzel himself as well as Miloš Forman, Emir Kusturica, István Szabó and others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-05
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Slovo dělá ženu
1953-05-29
Slovo dělá ženu
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1953-05-29
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Silvery Wind
1956-11-30
Silvery Wind
Overview: Second half of the 19th century. In a small town in South Bohemia, fifth-former Jan Ratkin is living through the confusions of first love together with his classmates.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1956-11-30
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Fog City Mavericks
2007-10-24
Fog City Mavericks
Overview: Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco is a compelling exploration of the legendary filmmakers who call the San Francisco Bay Area home including George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Chris Columbus and producer Saul Zaentz. The special weaves interviews, commentaries and unforgettable moments from some of the most visionary movies ever created such as American Graffiti, the Star Wars film series, the Indiana Jones film series, The Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, Toy Story, The Incredibles, Lost in Translation, Flags of Our Fathers and many others. It also features interviews with those who have worked with Bay Area mavericks: Steven Spielberg, Michael Douglas, Anthony Minghella, Milos Forman and Frank Darabont.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-24
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Drawn from Memory
1995-04-25
Drawn from Memory
Overview: Fierlinger concentrates his considerable talents as an animator to recount through fragmented memories, vivid recollections, and the occasional evocative photograph his life as the rebellious son of Jan Fierlinger, Czechoslovakian career politician.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-25
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Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997-07-08
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Overview: Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "world's worst director," Henry Jaglom obsessively confuses and abuses the line between life and art. Featuring scores of interviews (including Orson Welles, Dennis Hopper, Milos Forman and Peter Bogdanovich) and rare behind-the-scenes footage, this hilarious documentary explores the fascinating question of Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-08
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Vintage Car
1957-03-29
Vintage Car
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Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: cs
Release Date: 1957-03-29
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A Decade Under the Influence
2003-04-25
A Decade Under the Influence
Overview: A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-25
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