Robert MacNeil
Also Known As: Robin MacNeil
Biography: Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil OC (1931-2024), often known as Robin MacNeil, was a Canadian-American journalist, writer, and television news anchor. He partnered with Jim Lehrer to create the landmark public television news program The Robert MacNeil Report in 1975. MacNeil co-anchored the program until 1995.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Birthday: January 19, 1931
Deathday: April 12, 2024
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Gender: Male
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Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
Overview: The future of preservation is at stake in the digital age. Into the Future explores the hidden crisis of the digital information age. Will digitally stored information and knowledge survive into the future? Will humans twenty, fifty, one hundred years from now have access to the electronically recorded history of our time?
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Hamlet
Overview: Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-12
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Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Overview: The life and career of conservative icon Barry Goldwater is recounted from his days as an Arizona businessman to his five-term Senate career and his ill-fated run for president in 1964. Produced by the politician's granddaughter C.C. Goldwater, this profile features interviews with a host of media and political luminaries, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Edward Kennedy, John McCain, Al Franken, Robert MacNeil, Ben Bradlee and others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-31
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Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Overview: An abridged dramatic reading of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", performed live at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, and based on Dickens's own adaptation for his dramatic readings.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-25
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An Empire of Reason
Overview: Docudrama about the debate surrounding New York State's ratification of the United States Constitution. Historical figures wear modern dress and use familiar language to help today's audience understand firsthand the forces that shaped this country two hundred years ago. The argument, characters, passions and debating points are historically accurate, but the language and the medium of the debate is modern in form. Present day newscasters and commentators play themselves, reporting on the events of the 1780s as though they were occurring now.
Genres: Documentary Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-03
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The Violent Universe
Overview: Thirty distinguished astronomers are visited at their observatories throughout the world in this comprehensive report of astronomical theories, research, and discoveries.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-04-11
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The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-03
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Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
Overview: The stars come out on Sesame Street in this fun-filled video featuring the show's most memorable moments. Sing-along in this star-studded celebration!
Genres: Family Music TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-05
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Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Overview: This spellbinding documentary re-examines the issues raised by Oliver Stone's JFK, and explores the late Jim Garrison's contention that there was a "second conspiracy" to cover up the truth, including attempts to ruin his own reputation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-20
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