Bill Irwin
Biography: William Mills Irwin (born April 11, 1950) is an American actor, clown, and comedian. He began as a vaudeville-style stage performer and has been noted for his contribution to the renaissance of American circus during the 1970s. He has also made a number of appearances on film and television, and he won a Tony Award for his role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf on Broadway. He is also known as Mr. Noodle on the Sesame Street segment Elmo's World, has appeared in the Sesame Street film short Does Air Move Things?, and regularly appeared as a therapist on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 11, 1950
Deathday: N/A
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Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991-01-01
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
Overview: Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers is a 1991 American short documentary film directed by Bill Couturié. It shows footage from World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Gulf War, overlaid with readings of letters from US troops fighting in each war. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy?
2007-02-01
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy?
Overview: Join Sesame Street's curious red monster as he explores the things that make him happy: friends, singing, and dancing.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-01
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Popeye
1980-12-12
Popeye
Overview: Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-12
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000-11-17
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Overview: The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...
Genres: Family Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-17
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Just the Ticket
1998-02-01
Just the Ticket
Overview: Gary Starke is one of the best ticket scalpers in New York City. His girlfriend, Linda, doesn't approve of his criminal lifestyle, though, and dumps him when she gets the opportunity to study cooking in Paris. Gary realizes that he has to give up scalping if he has any chance of winning her back. But before he does, he wants to cash out on one last big score. He gets his chance when the pope announces he'll be performing Easter Mass at Yankee Stadium.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-01
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Hot Shots!
1991-07-31
Hot Shots!
Overview: The gang that created Airplane and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this often hilarious spoof starring Charlie Sheen, who previously only inspired laughs with his personal life. He plays Topper Harley, a fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing the family name. He gets involved in a relationship with Valerie Golino, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. But his mission is to avenge his father. Lloyd Bridges, late in his career, revealed an aptitude for this kind of silliness, here as a commander who is both incredibly dim and delightfully accident prone. Directed by Jim Abrahams, the film makes fun of a variety of other films as well, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys. It was so successful that they all returned in the sequel, Hot Shots! Part Deux.
Genres: Action Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-31
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Igby Goes Down
2002-09-13
Igby Goes Down
Overview: Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big brother, Igby figures there must be a better life out there -- and sets about finding it.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-13
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Lady in the Water
2006-07-20
Lady in the Water
Overview: Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-20
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Rustin
2023-11-03
Rustin
Overview: Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-03
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Eight Men Out
1988-09-02
Eight Men Out
Overview: Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-02
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Stepping Out
1991-10-11
Stepping Out
Overview: A has-been Broadway performer gives tap lessons to a group of misfits who, through their dance classes, bond and realize what they can achieve.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-11
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A New Life
1988-03-25
A New Life
Overview: Steve Giardino, an abrasive workaholic Wall Streeter, and his wife Jackie divorce after twenty-six years of marriage and find themselves thrust back into the dating world in middle age and in search of a new life.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-25
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Rachel Getting Married
2008-09-03
Rachel Getting Married
Overview: A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-03
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My Blue Heaven
1990-08-17
My Blue Heaven
Overview: FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs...
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-17
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Endgame
2023-04-14
Endgame
Overview: Endgame tells the story of Hamm, who is reduced to living in one room, in which he sits blind and chair-bound. His only escape from his solitary world is the company of his aging, legless parents, who live in garbage bins, and his shuffling servant, Clov, who is at his beck and call, and who, like a dog, comes when whistled for. The only thing left for Hamm is to wait for the inevitable end. A pinnacle of Beckett’s characteristic raw minimalism, Endgame is a pure and devastating distillation of the human essence in the face of approaching death. “Nothing is funnier than unhappiness” invokes Nell, which summarizes the tragicomic nature of this timeless play.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-14
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Scenes from a Mall
1991-02-22
Scenes from a Mall
Overview: A comedy about a married couple -- he's a sports lawyer, she's a psychologist -- which takes place on their 16th wedding anniversary, when they make some startling confessions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-22
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Higher Ground
2011-08-26
Higher Ground
Overview: Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark World, the film tells the story of a thoughtful woman's struggles with belief, love, and trust - in human relationships as well as in God.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-26
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Spoiler Alert
2022-12-02
Spoiler Alert
Overview: Journalist Michael Ausiello embarks on a rollercoaster ride of emotions when Kit Cowan, his partner of 14 years, is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-02
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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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Illuminata
1998-05-21
Illuminata
Overview: It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company offers the owners of the company his new play, "Illuminata". They reject it, saying it's not finished, and intrigue starts that involves influential critic Bevalaqua, theatre star Celimene, young lead actors and other theatre residents
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-21
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Never Stand Still
2012-05-18
Never Stand Still
Overview: The film explores why dance matters - to those who create and perform it and to those who watch it. This documentary tells the remarkable story of how an abandoned Massachusetts farm has evolved into a National Historic Landmark and a nexus for dance throughout the world. Its unlikely purchase by choreographer Ted Shawn during the Great Depression allowed this secluded site in the Berkshires to become the internationally renowned Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Through candid conversations with world-class choreographers and dancers, thrilling performances, backstage access, and rare footage from the Pillow's Archives, 'Never Stand Still' immerses the viewer in this most ephemeral of art forms, celebrating not only its value to our culture but to our lives.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-18
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Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1992-06-10
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Overview: This program features the music of Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim in a 1992 performance at Carnegie Hall. An American Musical Theatre writer for over 40 years, Stephen Sondheim has created the scores for hits such as Passion, Assassins, Bounce, Into The Woods, Sunday In The Park With George, Merrily We Roll Along, Sweeney Todd and Pacific Overtures. Featuring: Liza Minnelli, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, Glenn Close and many more.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-10
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Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010-01-05
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
Overview: A look back at 40 years of Seasame Street.
Genres: Family Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-05
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Silent Tongue
1993-01-28
Silent Tongue
Overview: Mad with grief after the death of his Kiowa wife, Roe awaits death under a tree with her body beside him. She begins to haunt him because he won't bury her. His father, who bought him the wife, thinks her sister might reason with Roe.
Genres: Western Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-28
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Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Families, Mail & Bath Time!
2004-06-08
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Families, Mail & Bath Time!
Overview: What is the Noodle's family dance? Can you guess what Cookie Monster gets in the mail? Discover the answers to these questions and more with Elmo and friends as they explore families, mail and bath time in three exciting new episodes. The Oiker Sisters sing a pig diddy, Elmo gets a special delivery, and Ernie serenades the Rubber Duckie in the tub! New dances, silly music, and good friends from Sesame Street make it a must-see!
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-08
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Interstellar
2014-11-05
Interstellar
Overview: The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Genres: Adventure Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-05
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Subway Stories
1997-07-24
Subway Stories
Overview: An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City, which range from compassion and love to violence and loss.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-24
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Niagara: A History of the Falls
1999-01-31
Niagara: A History of the Falls
Overview: The history of Niagara Falls and the people that made it famous.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-31
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Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
2015-09-01
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
Overview: Come Play with Elmo! Everyone's favorite furry red friend is joined by all kinds of kids to play Elmo Says, Red Light Green Light, Freeze Dance, Pat-a-cake and more. OK Go mix primary colors into a rainbow and Taye Diggs helps Elmo pretend in this playful special featuring singing, dancing, and learning!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-01
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Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Reach for the Sky!
2006-01-01
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Reach for the Sky!
Overview: Join Elmo as he discovers how much fun it can be to go to school, to jump really high, and to reach for the sky. Elmo finds out the importance of going to school.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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High Tide
2024-10-18
High Tide
Overview: Lourenço decides to leave his homophobic family and country behind to get lost in the queer mecca of Provincetown, until the intense and unexpected romance with Maurice, who also feels lost in today's America, changes his life forever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-18
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The Laramie Project
2002-01-10
The Laramie Project
Overview: "The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. To create the stage version of "The Laramie Project," the eight-member New York-based Tectonic Theatre Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, recording hours of interviews with the town's citizens over a two-year period. The film adaptation dramatizes the troupe's visit, using the actual words from the transcripts to create a portrait of a town forced to confront itself.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-10
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Raving
2007-04-29
Raving
Overview: In New York City, a young woman forms a curious bond with a lonely older man after they encounter one another on a street corner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-29
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Waiting for Godot in San Quentin
1998-01-01
Waiting for Godot in San Quentin
Overview: Documentary about the staging of 'Waiting for Godot' in prison.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Confirmation
2016-04-16
Confirmation
Overview: Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-16
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999-05-20
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Overview: The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic entanglements abound in the woods, with married fairy rulers Titania and Oberon toying with various lovers and each other.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-20
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4th Dementia
2024-06-23
4th Dementia
Overview: In this multiverse comedy about Alzheimer's, Nellie travels through alternate dimensions in search of her husband.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-23
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Ricki and the Flash
2015-07-10
Ricki and the Flash
Overview: Meryl Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock-and-roll stardom. Returning home, Ricki gets a shot at redemption and a chance to make things right as she faces the music with her family.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-10
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Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Penguins and Friends
2011-02-06
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Penguins and Friends
Overview: Hop to it and join Elmo for this riveting and ribbiting video where he learns all about frogs, penguins and horses. Featuring 3 Elmo's World shows full of animal antics.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-06
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The Regard of Flight
1983-02-17
The Regard of Flight
Overview: A performer/artist with a bag of vaudeville tricks and the help of his trusty piano player must prove to a critic that there is still a way to present New Theatre without relying on devices. Like trampolines.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-17
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Across the Universe
2007-09-14
Across the Universe
Overview: When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who joins the growing anti-war movement. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find themselves in a psychedelic world gone mad.
Genres: Drama Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-14
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Show Boat
2015-06-29
Show Boat
Overview: Hammerstein and Kern’s Show Boat is a true classic of American musical theater - a tale of life on the Mississippi from the 1880s to the 1920s is both a poignant love story and a powerful reminder of the bitter legacy of racism. The exuberant production from the San Francisco Opera features songbook classics such as “Ol’ Man River” and “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man”.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-29
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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993-12-09
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Overview: Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous chief of a local authority.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-09
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The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018-10-05
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Overview: A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as a true cinematic visionary.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-05
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Goldstar, Ohio
2010-03-23
Goldstar, Ohio
Overview: Four families and a chief of police recount the day marine casualty officers came to their respective small towns in Ohio.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-23
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Old Hats
2017-06-13
Old Hats
Overview: Bill Irwin and David Shiner in their award-winning, critically acclaimed production of Old Hats from Signature Theatre. This production reunites the clowns with original director Tina Landau and introduces their songstress and comic foil Shaina Taub. Using music, magic, technology, and movement, Irwin and Shiner create a hilarious, slapstick piece of theater.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-13
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Identity Theft
2015-06-19
Identity Theft
Overview: A story about separation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-19
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It Takes a Lunatic
2019-05-03
It Takes a Lunatic
Overview: The extraordinary life of beloved acting teacher and theatre producer Wynn Handman is recalled in this portrait of a provocative, innovative artist.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-03
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Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019-11-09
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Overview: C is for Celebrate! Join host Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the residents of Sesame Street - human and monsters alike - to celebrate 50 years of learning, laughter, and love. Familiar felt faces like Roosevelt Franklin, Don Music, Sherlock Hemlock, and the Amazing Mumford join celebrity guests Norah Jones, Nile Rodgers, Sterling K. Brown, Meghan Trainor, Patti LaBelle, and Elvis Costello in this heartwarming special.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-09
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Circus Kid
2016-10-09
Circus Kid
Overview: The Pickle Family Circus was founded by Lorenzo Pisoni's parents in 1974. The film documents the spirit, the lunacy, the daring, the danger and the dynamics of growing up in a circus family.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-09
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Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990-12-01
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Overview: This music special is dedicated to dispelling the prejudices associated with the HIV infection and raising money for AIDS research and relief. Some of today's most celebrated recording artists performing their interpretations of the classic songs of Cole Porter.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-01
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Irresistible
2020-07-01
Irresistible
Overview: A Democratic political consultant helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small, conservative Wisconsin town.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-01
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The Manchurian Candidate
2004-07-30
The Manchurian Candidate
Overview: Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-30
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Mudflat
1980-08-24
Mudflat
Overview: Years ago, artists would walk around the muck at the edge of the San Francisco Bay in Emeryville, and build loads of sculptures out there on the flats, created from driftwood and found objects that drivers would enjoy as they motored south on the old Highway 17 (known in numerous radio ads as 'Highway 17, The Nimitz'). Grabbing material off someone else’s work was considered fair game and part of the fun, and contributed a kinetic dynamic to the ongoing display. Now the place is a park, and the sculptures are gone, but you can see what it used to be like in this neat and funny documentary by Ric Reynolds, augmented by Erich Seibert’s wonderful musique-concrète/time-lapse sequences. The flashback circus sequence includes Scott Beach and Bill Irwin. Sculptors interviewed include Walt Zucker, Tony Puccio, Robert Sommer, Ron & Mary Bradden, and Bob Kaminsky.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-24
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Lust Life Love
2021-02-10
Lust Life Love
Overview: A star-crossed love story set in the world of polyamory and sex parties in New York City.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-10
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The Last Mile
1992-10-09
The Last Mile
Overview: Backstage at the Metropolitan Opera House a soprano is preparing for her debut in the opera Tosca. The stage manager gives her encouraging advice. She is visited by her "tenor for the evening." Equally terrified and nervous yet excited, she thinks fondly of her brother, who died from AIDS. He appears to her in her dressing room as a ghostly apparition.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-09
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