Howard Cosell
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Birthday: March 25, 1918
Deathday: April 23, 1995
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Gender: Male
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The World's Greatest Athlete
Overview: Stuck with a feeble sports department, college coach Sam Archer (John Amos) faces the ax unless he can reverse the school's athletic fortunes. An African vacation with his assistant (Tim Conway) answers Archer's prayers when he spots the athletically gifted Nanu (Jan-Michael Vincent). Sam counts on Nanu's remarkable abilities to put the team back on the winning track. This upbeat farce boasts an impressive cast of comedians.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-14
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Ron Lyle
Overview: Ron Lyle A look back at Ron Lyle, a convicted murderer who upon his release from prison, was able to rebuild his life and become one of the top heavyweight contenders in the 1970s. Lyle would fight Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and Earnie Shavers among others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-01-01
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Monday Night Madness
Overview: For two decades, Monday Night Football has brought color, candor, controversy and non-stop action to 20 million homes every week. Monday Night Madness captures all of it in a thrilling 48 minutes featuring the heroes and villains that made Monday Night an American institution. They are all here: the Juice, the Fridge, Howard, Dandy Don, Joe Willie, the Boz, Bo, Sweetness, Mad Mac, the Snake and many, many more.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-29
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Fol-de-Rol
Overview: A filmed version of Sid and Marty Krofft's 1968 live puppet show, set at a medieval fair. The special was a pilot for a weekly series.
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-02-27
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Wide World of Sports 15th Anniversary Special
Overview: ABC's Wide World of Sports host Jim McKay sets out to travel to the various locations.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-24
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Wide World of Sports: 1970's A Decade in Review
Overview: ABC's Wide World of Sports hosts Jim McKay and Howard Cossell take a look back on the decade in this wrap-up of the top sports stories of the 1970s.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-29
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Bobby Riggs vs. Billie Jean King: Tennis Battle of the Sexes
Overview: In the national limelight Bobby Riggs taunted all female tennis players, prompting Billie Jean King to accept a lucrative financial offer to play Riggs in a nationally televised match that the promoters dubbed the "Battle of the Sexes".
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-09-20
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Casey at the Bat
Overview: Down-on-his-luck baseball player Casey Frank (Elliott Gould) follows his dreams to become the biggest star in the game.
Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-20
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Muhammad and Larry
Overview: In October of 1980 Muhammad Ali was preparing to fight for an unprecedented fourth heavyweight title against his friend and former sparring partner Larry Holmes. To say that the great Ali was in the twilight of his career would be generous; most of his admiring fans, friends and fight scribes considered his bravado delusional. What was left for him to prove? In the weeks of training before the fight, documentarians Albert and David Maysles took an intimate look at Ali trying to convince the world and perhaps himself, that he was still “The Greatest.” At the same time, they documented the mild-mannered and undervalued champion Holmes as he confidently prepared to put an end to the career of a man for whom he had an abiding and deep affection
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-27
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The Real Rocky
Overview: Chuck Wepner is a liquor salesman from Bayonne, N.J., who drives a Cadillac with “Champ” vanity plates. A former New Jersey State Heavyweight Boxing Champion, he took abuse from Sonny Liston, got his nose broken by Muhammad Ali, and inspired Sylvester Stallone to write “Rocky” which won three Academy Awards. Wepner was left out of the “Rocky” glory, and his career took turn after strange turn as he worked to stay in the spotlight: he went on to fight Andre the Giant as “The Assassin” and boxed a 900 pound bear. Twice.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-25
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Frank Sinatra: The Main Event
Overview: Charged with the electricity of a heavyweight prizefight, " The Main Event " was filmed live at Madison Square Garden, a venue usually reserved for sporting events and rock 'n' roll concerts. Sinatrra dazzies the crowd with contemporay numbers as " You are the Sunshine of My Life ", " Let Me Try Again " and delivers the knockout blow with signature tunes " My Kind of Town " and " My Way ".
Genres: Music Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-13
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Night of 100 Stars III
Overview: A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-21
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Larry Holmes vs. Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Overview: Larry Holmes defends his WBC heavyweight crown for the 13th time from challenger Randall 'Tex' Cobb on November 26th, 1982 at Houston's Astrodome. Larry's record at the time of the fight was 40 wins to 0 losses.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-26
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Larry Holmes vs. Leon Spinks
Overview: Larry Holmes defends his WBC heavyweight crown for the 10th time from challenger Leon Spinks on June 12th, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan. Larry's record at the time of the fight was 37 wins to 0 losses. The fight was billed as a tribute to Joe Louis, who died two months earlier.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-12
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Larry Holmes vs. Renaldo Snipes
Overview: Larry Holmes defends his WBC heavyweight crown for the 11th time from challenger Renaldo Snipes on November 6th, 1981 at Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Larry's record at the time of the fight was 38 wins to 0 losses. The fight was billed as "Imminent Danger".
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-06
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Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
Overview: Based on Bleier's 1975 autobiography of the same name, it tells the story of how, after becoming a running back for the Steelers in 1968, he was then drafted by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-07
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When We Were Kings
Overview: It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie History Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-25
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Bananas
Overview: When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-04-28
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Fight of the Century
Overview: Legendary boxing match between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali in Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-08
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The Billy Martin Celebrity Roast
Overview: The famed baseball player and manager gets the gagged filled joke treatment.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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O.J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose
Overview: An independently produced sports documentary on the career of O.J. Simpson, (#32) the upcoming running back for the Buffalo Bills football team.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-28
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The Connection
Overview: An out-of-work newspaperman in need of money becomes the go-between for a jewel thief and an insurance company that wants to settle.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-27
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The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Overview: Video series spotlighting memorable moments and roasts hosted by Dean Martin. "Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts" were periodic specials aired in the 1970s and 1980s, which roasted (or honored) such stars as Lucille Ball, Muhammad Ali and Johnny Carson; guests then recalled comedic moments they shared. Comedian Rich Little (a regular on the "Roast" specials) served as pitchman for the videos in a series of TV infomercials
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Johnny Be Good
Overview: It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and give up his football career?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-22
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Two-Minute Warning
Overview: A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly and the SWAT commander, learn of the plot and rush to the scene.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-12
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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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McEnroe
Overview: Legendary "bad boy of tennis" John McEnroe finally tells his side of his storied career and famously hot-tempered performances on the court in this engrossing documentary revisiting the record-setting career of one of the all-time greats.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-15
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The 500 Pound Jerk
Overview: An advertising man's dream of turning a huge hillbilly into an Olympic weightlifting champion is set back when the hillbilly falls for a Russian gymnast.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-02
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