Allison Argo
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Biography: Allison Argo (born December 23, 1953) is a film producer, director, writer, editor, and narrator. She is best known for her documentaries that focus on endangered wildlife and conservation. Argo's films have received awards including six National Emmys and the duPont-Columbia Award for journalism.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Richmond, Virginia
Birthday: December 23, 1953
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Gender: Female
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Casino
Overview: Mike Connors is a suave gambler who owns a floating hotel/casino which takes a turn when the passengers are stalked by a saboteur during the casino ship's maiden voyage.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-01
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Whatever Happened to the Future?
Overview: In a series of wistful vignettes, Segalove looks at how her childhood vision of the future holds up (or doesn't) in adulthood. Commissioned by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-06
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Parrot Confidential
Overview: From PBS and NATURE - From the wilds of Costa Rica to the suburbs of our own country, parrot owners, rescuers, breeders, and biologists involved in conservation programs share their stories and the stories of their parrots in this bittersweet and unforgettable film about the difficulties and consequences of keeping and caring for parrots as pets.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-13
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The Return of Frank Cannon
Overview: Private detective Frank Cannon comes out of retirement to investigate an old friend and Army Intelligence colleague's death, which has been ruled a suicide, but which smells like murder.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-31
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Cathy
Overview: An animated special based on the comic strip Cathy by Cathy Guisewite.
Genres: TV Movie Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-15
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The Gift
Overview: A sailor on Christmas leave visits his boozing, one-legged father and dreamer mother in 1950s Brooklyn.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-15
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Star Street: The Happy Birthday Movie
Overview: Star Street is a Dutch children's cartoon that was popular both in Benelux and in the United Kingdom. The protagonists were pink big-nosed creatures comically fashioned after horoscopes of the western zodiac and was set on a small star-shaped planet in the outer reaches of the universe. The antagonists were green blobbish creatures known appropriately as blobs governed by an even larger pink blob creature, Momo the Glutton. The cartoon's premise was somewhat similar to The Smurfs and The Care Bears.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Frogs: The Thin Green Line
Overview: An examination of the extinction threat faced by frogs, which have hopped on Earth for some 250 million years and are a crucial cog in the ecosystem. Scientists believe they've pinpointed a cause for the loss of many of the amphibians: the chytrid fungus, which flourishes in high altitudes. Unfortunately, they don't know how to combat it. Included: an isolated forest in Panama that has yet to be touched by the fungus, thus enabling frogs to live and thrive as they have for eons.
Genres: Documentary Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-05
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Cry from the Mountain
Overview: The film centers on an emotional kayaking trip between a father and a son. The father has taken his boy into the deep Alaskan wilderness to tell him that he is divorcing the boy's mother, who is pregnant and waiting for them back home. While on the trip, the father and son get involved in a potentially fatal accident. Fortunately, an enigmatic mountain man appears to save them. Later he helps the troubled twosome find hope and salvation through God. Meanwhile, the wife, also finds a new life through old-time religion and happiness ensues all around.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-01
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The Secret Life of Cats
Overview: From pampered show cats to strays in Miami, NGC explores the human bond with felines and the killer that still lives in these beloved companions.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-13
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Cheetah Story
Overview: The Serengeti is Africa's largest nature reserve and one of its most notable inhabitants is the cheetah, also called cheetah. A young cheetah tells of his carefree childhood on the Serengeti Plain in Tanzania, thanks to his wonderful mother. She takes care of food on the shelf and with her he and his brothers and sister have nothing to fear. Lesson one: tripping the calf, lesson two: choking and biting to death, lesson three: Catching a calf yourself. Mother cheeta allows her boy to practice on a gazelle calf she has caught for them. One day, the young cheetahs will have to hunt themselves. Without Mommy's help.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Cathy's Valentine
Overview: As Valentine's Day approaches, Cathy, ever the romantic, becomes passionately consumed with thoughts of hearts, flowers and candle-lit dinners.
Genres: Animation Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-10
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Cathy's Last Resort
Overview: Cathy's preparations for an idyllic, romantic vacation with her boyfriend, Irving, go awry.
Genres: Animation Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-11
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Vytor: The Starfire Champion
Overview: In a world where arcane magic and futuristic technology coexist, a brave tribal warrior with a mysterious ring and a brave female warrior from the futuristic city in the sky must battle an evil warlord who holds an orb of tremendous power.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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High Ice
Overview: A grizzled veteran forest ranger finds himself in conflict with a decisive but impatient Army Search and Rescue officer who does not want to share command of an operation to rescue several stranded weekend climbers from a mountain ledge.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-07
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Between the Lines
Overview: The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate of the '70s amid rumors that the paper is about to be sold to a media giant.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-27
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