George Takei
Also Known As: George Takai, 武井乔治, ジョージ・タケイ, 武井穂郷, جورج تاكاي, Джордж Такей
Biography: George Hosato Takei Altman (born April 20, 1937) is an American actor of Japanese descent, best known for his role in the television series Star Trek, in which he played Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise. He is a proponent of gay rights and active in state and local politics as well as continuing his acting career. He has won several awards and accolades in his work on human rights and Japanese-American relations, including his work with the Japanese American National Museum. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Takei, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthday: April 20, 1937
Adult: No
Gender: Male
TMDb-Id: 1752
IMDb-Id: nm0001786
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Known For
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Overview: When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-07
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Overview: The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-04
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Overview: A surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-01
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Overview: When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-26
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Overview: After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when a Klingon ship is nearly destroyed by an apparent attack from the Enterprise. Both worlds brace for what may be their deadliest encounter.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-06
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Overview: A renegade Vulcan with a startling secret hijacks the U.S.S. Enterprise in order to find a mythical planet.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-09
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Mulan
Overview: To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-18
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The Green Berets
Overview: Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for two missions in South Vietnam. The first is to strengthen a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy. The second is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-07-04
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Mulan II
Overview: Fa Mulan gets the surprise of her young life when her love, Captain Li Shang asks for her hand in marriage. Before the two can have their happily ever after, the Emperor assigns them a secret mission, to escort three princesses to Chang'an, China. Mushu is determined to drive a wedge between the couple after he learns that he will lose his guardian job if Mulan marries into the Li family.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-03
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New World Order
Overview: The diary of an occult novelist sends a young college student, on a journey into the paranormal and fantastic, evolving into a living nightmare of paranoia and terror.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-13
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The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms
Overview: A grandfather and curio shop owner in a small town in Arizona and his granddaughter are transported to a mystical land through a portal stone and have to find their way back.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-21
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Art of Submission
Overview: Johnny Sanchez has a troubled past which manifests in the dissonance between him and his family, particularly with his father and son. As Johnny gets released from prison, his father's garage is going to be shut down. The only way to save it is to fight in the Red Canvas tournament, an MMA event. Amidst preparing for an opponent who can't be defeated, Johnny must deal with the turmoil of his family and answer for mistakes of the past.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-21
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PT 109
Overview: Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He and the survivors had to make their way to an island, find food and shelter and signal the Navy for rescue.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-26
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A.I. Assault
Overview: When a plane carrying a pair of top secret military robots crashes on a deserted Pacific island, a team of Navy seals must find them and turn them off as soon as possible for the longer they are activated, the smarter they become.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-11
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Hell to Eternity
Overview: Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his foster family is interned at the Manzanar camp for Japanese Americans, while he enlists in the Marines, where his ability to speak Japanese becomes a vital asset. During the Battle of Saipan, he convinces 800 Japanese to surrender after their general commits suicide.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-08-01
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Trekkies
Overview: Denise Crosby takes a first look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" from around America and how the series has affected and shaped their lives.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-18
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Walk Don't Run
Overview: During the housing shortage of the Summer Olympic Games in 1964, two men and a woman share a small apartment in Tokyo, and the older man soon starts playing Cupid to the younger pair.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-29
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Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
Overview: The Mystery Inc. gang takes a trip to Japan and finds themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a treasure hunt, racing against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate, an ancientblade fabled to possess extraordinary supernaturalpowers.
Genres: Family Mystery Animation Comedy Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-07
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Ice Palace
Overview: Alaska: America's last great wilderness frontier. A land of primitive grandeur, of glaciers, mountains and ice-fields. And of ambitious cannery tycoon Zeb "Czar" Kennedy and rugged activist leader Thor Storm, two rough-hewn men whose bitter 40-year rivalry mirrored their powerful land's struggle for statehood.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-02
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The Eavesdropper
Overview: Fifteen deaf patients took part in an experimental clinical trail aimed at hearing restoration. Within days, fourteen of the fifteen participants in the trial become violently psychotic, ultimately taking their lives to stop violent side effects brought on by the treatment. This is the story of the sole survivor of the experiment, Patient #14 - Liza Raines, who participation in the experiment gave her super-normal hearing abilities - particularly, the ability to hear the frequency emitted by the brain when it thinks. When her life is suddenly thrown into jeopardy, Liza is forced to use her ability against those set on covering up the fact that she even existed
Genres: Drama Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Roddenberry on Patrol
Overview: A very funny short film that parodies Gene Roddenberry's quest to find Star Trek. On the way he encounters several people who help him create the Sc-Fi TV show we all know and love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-22
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These Amazing Shadows
Overview: Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-22
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Oblivion 2: Backlash
Overview: In the alien-western world of Oblivion, a suave, yet lethal bounty hunter named Sweeney arrives to arrest the seductive outlaw Lash on multiple charges, including murder. Lash, who just "inherited" a mine of Derconium (the most valuable mineral in the universe) from Crowley in a game of cards, meets up with Redeye's brother, Jaggar, who wants the mine for himself to rule the galaxy. It's a fight over Lash between the sheriff of Oblivion, Jaggar, and Sweeney. But who will emerge victorious?
Genres: Science Fiction Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-02
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Ninja Cheerleaders
Overview: 3 college cheerleaders use their martial arts know-how to save their Sensei from mafia kidnappers, but must keep their extra curricular activities a secret in order to make it into an Ivy League school.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-10
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Blood Oath
Overview: On an obscure Pacific Island just north of Australia, the Japanese Empire has operated a prisoner of war camp for Australian soldiers. At the close of World War II, the liberated POWs tell a gruesome tale of mass executions of over eight hundred persons as well as torture style killings of downed Australian airmen. In an attempt to bring those responsible to justice, the Australian Army establishes a War Crimes Tribunal to pass judgement on the Japanese men and officers who ran the Ambon camp. In an added twist, a high ranking Japanese admiral is implicated, and politics become involoved with justice as American authorities in Japan lobby for the Admiral's release. Written by Anthony Hughes
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-26
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The Curse of the Dragon
Overview: A 1993 documentary film about Bruce Lee. The film includes interviews from some of his fellow students and opponents who worked alongside him in his movies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-30
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Josie's Castle
Overview: Three free spirits cut their ties with the old-fashioned square world and shack up in a love commune. A Seventies cult favorite featuring Star Trek's George Takei (Mr. Sulu).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-01
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Bug Buster
Overview: After the mayor uses a potentially dangerous substance to protect the local plantation, the lakeside town of Mountview, in California, is attacked by a lethal species of large cockroach. After some of the town's inhabitants are killed, the mayor enlists the help of eccentric pest exterminator General George S. Merlin in order to prevent further harm to the local dwellers.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-18
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Return from the River Kwai
Overview: A group of war prisoners has spilt blood, sweat and tears to construct a bridge over the river Kwai in Thailand. Just when the bridge is ready, an American bomber arrives and destroys it. Camp commander Tanaka wants to set an example and orders that some of the prisoners must be executed. Just in time major Harada arrives with orders that the healthiest prisoners must be transported to Japan by train and boat. A treacherous journey since the allied forces keep a close eye on railroads and practically own the seas.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-07
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Larry Crowne
Overview: When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-30
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Who’s on Top?
Overview: Narrated by Star Trek legend George Takei, “Who’s on Top?” is the emotional story of members of the LGBTQ community who challenge stereotypes about gender and sexuality and demonstrate their diverse journeys in overcoming physical and figurative mountains.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-11
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To the Journey - Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
Overview: The documentary explores the legacy of Star Trek: Voyager (1995).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-07
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Strange Frame
Overview: 28th century, 200 years after the Great Earth Exodus. Naia, a feisty, young singer/songwriter, falls in love with the beautiful saxophonist Parker in Ganymede, one of Jupiter's moons. The two form a band - and now they have to not only make it as musicians but also to fight for their freedom. Dramatically rendered in rich, hand drawn animation, Strange Frame brings us into a world of space pirates, indentured slaves and genetic mutations - infused with music throughout, to create a dreamlike tale unlike anything you've ever seen.
Genres: Science Fiction Romance Action Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-03
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DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
Overview: This is the story of the days directly after 9/11, and the president's whereabouts. Scheduled to air shortly before the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks, DC 9/11 takes an inside look at the Bush Administration, beginning with the day of the attacks, and following the President's journey to Ground Zero, culminating with his now famous national address nine days after the attacks.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-07
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Free Birds
Overview: Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history—and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-30
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Toyo's Camera
Overview: Even though bringing in cameras to the internment camps was prohibited, one man managed to smuggle in his own camera lens and build a camera to document life behind barbed wires, with the help of other craftsmen in the camp. That man was Toyo Miyatake, a successful issei (first generation immigrant) photographer and owner of a photo-shop in the Los Angeles Little Tokyo district, and of one of the many Americans who was interned with his family against his will. With his makeshift camera, Miyatake captured the dire conditions of life in the camps during World War II as well as the resilient spirit of his companions, many of whom were American citizens who went on to fight for their country overseas. Miyatake said, "It is my duty to record the facts, as a photographer, so that this kind of thing should never happen again."
Genres: Documentary War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-11
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You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story
Overview: The film tells actor Jack Soo's story through a montage of film and television clips, rare footage, interviews with family members, friends, co-workers, and others who knew him best. From his early appearances on programs such as The Jack Benny Show and Valentines' Day, Soo's life is examined both in the historical context of the times, and the grandeur of an earlier Hollywood where stars like Soo succeeded in a multitude of artistic mediums, reminiscent of vaudevillian times. From Soo's early training as an announcer and stand-up comic, to his singing, acting and dancing career on Broadway, culminating with his signature role as Detective Nick Yemana, Soo's unique talent and dedication to his craft are fully explored and captured through a dazzling kaleidoscope of images, music, montages, interviews and stories.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-15
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Live by the Fist
Overview: A man is unjustly convicted of a brutal crime. In prison he must fight for survival, justice and freedom.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-07
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To Be Takei
Overview: Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei journeyed from a World War II internment camp to the helm of the Starship Enterprise, and then to the daily news feeds of five million Facebook fans. Join George and his husband, Brad, on a wacky and profound trek for life, liberty, and love.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-22
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Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage
Overview: Primetime program celebrating the diversity and recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of the vibrant Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-05-27
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One Fighting Irishman: Wayne M. Collins and the Tule Lake Segregation Center
Overview: One Fighting Irishman tells the story of San Francisco attorney Wayne M. Collins whose uncompromising defense of the Constitution drove him to spend twenty-three years representing over 5,000 of the most maligned Japanese Americans who renounced their American citizenship under duress while imprisoned at the Tule Lake Segregation Center during World War II.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-28
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Holograms All the Way Down
Overview: It's Holodecktastic.
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Original Language: en
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The Missing Scarf
Overview: A black comedy exploring some of life's common fears: fear of the unknown, of failure, rejection and finally the fear of death. Narrated by George Takei.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-13
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Kissinger and Nixon
Overview: A dramatization of the relationship between Kissinger and Nixon during the six-month period in 1972-73 when Kissinger was negotiating an end to the Vietnam War and Nixon was grandstanding politically.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-10
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
Overview: When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Comedy Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-26
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Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
Overview: A young boy becomes an unlikely hero when he sets out on an adventure-filled quest to find the legendary Bonta oasis.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-02
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Who's Who
Overview: Produced for American Public Television, this documentary on the long-running Doctor Who television series features interviews with actors and actresses who played the traveling companions of the Time Lord hero and with three actors, Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison, and Colin Baker, who portrayed the title character, as well as footage of a U.S. fan convention where Tom Baker, appeared and answered questions. The fan backlash against the 1985-6 hiatus for the series and the finding of some previously lost Jon Pertwee era episodes are addressed, and this documentary closes with some on-the-street interviews with British viewers, who tell who their favorite Doctor is.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-13
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Eat With Me
Overview: When Emma moves in with her estranged, gay son, the pair must learn to reconnect through food where words fail, and face the foreclosure of the family’s Chinese restaurant and a stubborn fear of intimacy.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-05
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Red Line 7000
Overview: The lives and passions of a stock car team are revealed against the turbulent backdrop of the professional racing world.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-09
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An American Dream
Overview: Stephen Rojack is a decorated war vet who has now found success as an outspoken television personality. During a vicious argument with his wife, Deborah, Stephen snaps and pushes her from his high-rise apartment to her death. He manages to convince the authorities that she killed herself, then reignites an old affair with singer Cherry McMahon -- which doesn't sit well with her jealous mobster boyfriend, Nicky.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-08-31
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The Great Buck Howard
Overview: When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs on to work for a belligerent has-been magician struggling to resurrect his career. This leads to a journey across the country staging the comeback of a lifetime.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-18
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Never So Few
Overview: A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.
Genres: War Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-07
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Which Way to the Front?
Overview: Brendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in its war against Hitler. Byers does not take "No" for an answer and recruits other 4-F's to fight against Hitler.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-03
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Space Milkshake
Overview: Four low-ranking astronauts are stuck together on an orbital Sanitation Station after they bring a mysterious device aboard their ship and all life on Earth disappears. Little do they know they are about to come under attack by a mutating rubber duck named Gary, who wants to open a portal to his evil dimension and take over the Universe.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-26
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Bring Back... Star Trek
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-09
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Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
Overview: It's William Shatner's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central Roast. A parade of Shatner's friends have gotten together to boldly go ...
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-20
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Yamasong: March of the Hollows
Overview: An automated girl and tortoise warrior journey with a band of outlaws on an incredible quest. Their one hope is to find a legendary relic to defeat a sinister mechanized army and save the creatures of their world.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-10
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Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
Overview: Cool Cat, the coolest cat in the world, tells his friends, the audience, a crazy dream, how he was invited to a celebrity party and meets many celebrities. And he loved it.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-26
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Entourage
Overview: Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate the capricious and often cutthroat world of Hollywood.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-03
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Roddenberry's Trek
Overview: The Gene Roddenberry Project is a half hour documentary exploring the genesis of Star Trek through the personal insight of its creator.Directed by Trude Forscher, the film compiles footage shot during a recently uncovered interview with Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and surviving cast members
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-05
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Who Gets the House?
Overview: Don and Rebecca Reece are facing the toughest decision of their lives whether or not to end their marriage of nearly 20 years. The Reeces agree to a trial separation. The kids get the house; Mom and Dad will shuttle back and forth.
Genres: Drama Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-15
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The Best Bad Thing
Overview: After her husband's death, Mrs. Hata desperately needs help on her cucumber farm. Rinko' mother wants her to spend the summer helping Mrs. Hata, her life-long friend. But 12-year-old Rinko sees Mrs. Hata's traditional Japanese ways as being backward and "crazy." When she gives in to her mother's request, she discovers Mrs. Hata is kind and courageous, fighting to save her farm. Before summer ends, RInko comes to appreciate and defend "crazy" Mrs. Hata.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-05
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Message From Hiroshima
Overview: This documentary provides an inside look at the devastating effects of the first atomic bomb dropped, as depicted in testimonials from survivors, and computer-generated recreations of the city and way of life that were lost.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-04
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Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Overview: Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young composers and romantic partners, are caught in the web of silent film star Gloria Swanson when she hires them to write a musical version of Sunset Boulevard, her 1950 film directed by Billy Wilder.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-08-16
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Do I Sound Gay?
Overview: What makes a voice “gay”? A breakup with his boyfriend sets journalist David Thorpe on a quest to unravel a linguistic mystery.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-10
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The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
Overview: The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations was a documentary which was broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel in the US on 4 November 1996. The documentary looks at the writing and production of the episode and features footage filmed during production of the episode. Some of the interviews later appeared as special features in the DS9 Season 5 DVD.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-04
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Kubo and the Two Strings
Overview: Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-18
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William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
Overview: Cast members of the television and movie series "Star Trek" reminisce about the making of the series and the films, and give their opinions on why the series has been so successful.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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For the Love of Spock
Overview: The life of Star Trek's Mr. Spock — as well as that of Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Mr. Spock for almost fifty years —written and directed by his son, Adam.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-09
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How William Shatner Changed The World
Overview: William Shatner presents a light-hearted look at how the "Star Trek" TV series have influenced and inspired today's technologies, including: cell phones, medical imaging, computers and software, SETI, MP3 players and iPods, virtual reality, and spaceship propulsion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-13
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Tab Hunter Confidential
Overview: Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter was gay, and spent his Hollywood years in a precarious closet that repeatedly threatened to implode and destroy him. Tab Hunter himself shares first hand, for the first time, what it was like to be a studio manufactured movie star during the Golden Age of Hollywood and the consequences of being someone totally different from his studio manufactured image.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-15
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The Star Trek Dream
Overview: A documentary about Star Trek: The Original Series and its fanbase narrated by Bob Wilkins, featuring interviews with cast members and important early fans.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-09-24
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Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Overview: A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's wicked plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant mentor, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-14
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Ava & Lala
Overview: Ava, a spirited and imaginative girl, meets a curious animal named Lala. Together they go on a wild and magical adventure, where they encounter new animal friends and battle with the evil General Tiger for power over Cloud Land.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-01
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8
Overview: Live chronicle of the landmark federal trial of California's Prop. 8 using the actual court transcripts and first-hand interviews.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-03
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William Shatner: Captain's Log
Overview: William Shatner worked tirelessly to turn the Star Trek television franchise into movies, but the journey was not without its perils. In this documentary, Shatner captures the trials and tribulations of the project in refreshingly honest detail. Included are interviews with Gene Roddenberry, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalban and more, plus discussions on the challenges of hewing to a budget and filming during a writer's strike.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-30
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Dark Vengeance
Overview: A serial killer sows panic in the city of Seattle leaving several victims behind, all chosen under the same pattern: young women related to the world of nightclubs and a mysterious ritual of black magic.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-10
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Allegiance
Overview: Inspired by the true-life experience of its star George Takei, Allegiance follows one family's extraordinary journey in this untold American story following the events of Pearl Harbor. Their loyalty was questioned, their freedom taken away, but their spirit could never be broken.
Genres: History Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-13
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Moving Memories
Overview: A journey into the 1920s and 1930s featuring restored and edited home movies taken by Japanese American immigrant pioneers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Oblivion
Overview: On another planet which resembles the Old West, a die-hard pacifist is forced to re-examine his ways after an evil alien bandit and his gang murder his estranged sheriff father, take over his home town, and threaten his friends.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-01
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Star Trek: A Captain's Log
Overview: Star Trek: A Captain's Log was a CBS television documentary which aired on 30 November 1994 across the network. It consisted of film and video clips mixed with interviews from the Star Trek: The Original Series actors William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, and Nichelle Nichols. Star Trek: A Captain's Log is a retrospective of the episodes of TOS and also features archival footage of astronautical engineer Scott Crossfield, President John F. Kennedy, astronaut Alan Shepard, and Trek actors Marj Dusay and John Glenn. Michael Mahler worked as director and writer and also held the same position on the William Shatner's Star Trek Memories documentary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-30
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Batman Beyond: The Movie
Overview: Fuelled by remorse and vengeance, a high schooler named Terry McGinnis becomes the new Batman as he fights crime in the futuristic Neo-Gotham City.
Genres: Animation Action Family Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-10
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Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
Overview: The love in Star trek
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Birth of a Timeless Legacy
Overview: William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy some nice thoughts in The Birth of a Timeless Legacy doc, which tells about the way Star Trek came to be.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
Overview: This History Channel special examines Christie's 40th Anniversary auction of the franchise's most recognizable film and television memorabilia, and features interviews with cast, crew and fans.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-19
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And Then They Came for Us
Overview: Seventy-five years ago, Executive Order 9066 paved the way to the profound violation of constitutional rights that resulted in the forced incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans. Featuring George Takei and many others who were incarcerated, as well as newly rediscovered photographs of Dorothea Lange, And Then They Came for Us brings history into the present, retelling this difficult story and following Japanese American activists as they speak out against the Muslim registry and travel ban. Knowing our history is the first step to ensuring we do not repeat it.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-01
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Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
Overview: This documentary is hosted by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and they take us through the history of Trek. We also get to see bloopers from the original series and the current space program and how progression has been in reality, hosted by LeVar Burton.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-28
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40 Years of Star Trek
Overview: The Space Channel celebrates the 40th anniversary of the original STAR TREK. Produced by Mark Askwith, hosted by Jonathan Llyr and featuring interviews with George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, William Shatner, Peter David, Michael Okuda, Denise Okuda, F. Murray Abraham, Lawrence Montaigne, Leonard Nimoy, Garrett Wang, France Nuyen, Michael Reeve, George Clayton Johnson, Denise Crosby, Marc Scott Zicree, Garfield Reeves-Stevens, D.C. Fontana, Scott Bakula, Jolene Blalock, DeForest Kelley, LeVar Burton, Dr. Mae Jemison, Rob Salem, Walter Koenig, J.G. Hertzler, Dean Devlin, Harlan Ellison, Richard Arnold, Jeffrey Combs, Rick Berman, Bjo Trimble, Jim Lee, Alice Cooper, and Robert Picardo.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Overview: A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-21
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The Year of the Dragon
Overview: Frank Chin's edgy story breaks down the stereotypes of Asian Americans and centers on San Francisco Chinatown tour operator Fred Eng. Eng hides his contempt for the tourists while dealing with the uproar that occurs within his oddball family after his dying father reveals he's hiding a second wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-15
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The Gettysburg Address
Overview: In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous speech, separating fact from fiction along the way. Lincoln's greater journey to Gettysburg is chronicled, from his early anti-slavery sentiments as a poor farmer's son to his rousing orations as one of America's greatest leaders.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-11-19
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Backyard Blockbusters
Overview: For years, people have been making home movies, many times using pop culture properties that they may not own, but love. In recent years, these types of projects have come to be known as "fanfilms". Backyard Blockbusters looks at the history and influence of the fanfilm genre, as well as the copyright and fair use problems these films create, featuring highlights from and interviews with the creators of many popular films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-31
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The Big Mouth
Overview: A fisherman crosses paths with a diamond-smuggling gangster–who is his doppelgänger—and inadvertently takes his place at a resort hotel where he meets a special girl.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-07-12
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You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Overview: An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver -- to make his dreams come true.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-06-05
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The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
Overview: This special is hosted by Patrick Stewart and traced the history of Star Trek from its inception with "The Cage" through to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It also showed brief previews of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and TNG's second season. Also it was principally a container for the premiere of a full color print of "The Cage" which had, according to the special, recently been recovered from Paramount's studio archives.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-03
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Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Overview: Fifty years after the original Star Trek first arrived on television, is there anything about Gene Roddenberry's space opera that hasn't been uncovered? Plenty! On December 13, 2016 fans can experience Star Trek: The Original Series - The Roddenberry Vault, a newly produced multi-part documentary featuring footage from the cutting room floor, long preserved in film canisters by the Roddenberry Estate. The origins of the classic series are explored with new interviews featuring cast and production personnel combined with newly-found deleted scenes, alternate angles, outtakes, behind the scenes moments, and original visual effects elements to tell the definitive story on the making and enduring legacy of Gene Roddenberry's creation.
Genres: Science Fiction Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-05
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Aliens Stole My Body
Overview: The Galactic Patrol is back - but they've lost Deputy Rod Allbright's body. It's been stolen by B'KR, the most fiendish villain in the galaxy, which leaves Rod's mind sharing one body with his annoying cousin Elspeth. Stranded on a mysterious alien planet, our young heroes embark on a mission to find the only being who can stop B'KR once and for all, the legendary time-strider himself; Art Allbright - who also happens to be Rod's dad. The Galactic Patrol's high-flying adventures continue in this thrilling second film based on the global best-selling book series from acclaimed author Bruce Coville and Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing. This rip-roaring sequel draws the crew of the Good Ship Ferkel into a web of alien plots that will test their courage to the utmost -- and ultimately bring them face-to-face with one of the galaxy's most guarded secrets.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-04
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Annul Victory
Overview: Annul Victory is a documentary on the fight for marriage equality and the Proposition 8 election battle. The film documents the roller coaster ride of emotions in California after the historical state Supreme Court decision in May of 2008, finding it unconstitutional to deny gays and lesbians the right to be married in the state, and then the passage of Proposition 8 in November, denying gays and lesbians marriage rights, and “annulling” thousands of marriages. The story is told through the life and experiences of Robin Tyler and Diane Olson, one of the 14 couples involved in the historic litigation, with a look at some of the 18,000 couples who got married during the window of “legality” between May and November, with thought and commentary provided by a host of celebrities.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-02
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Yorktown: A Time to Heal
Overview: Having escaped capture by the Klingons, a damaged Starfleet reconnaissance probe crashes undetected on the planet Pahl III. Hikaru Sulu, serving as first officer on the retrofitted USS Yorktown, is sent by Admiral Nogura on a secret mission to help locate the missing spy drone.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-04-05
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The Soul of America
Overview: Writer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer John Meacham offers his timely and invaluable insights into the country’s current political and historical moment by examining its past. Based on his 2018 bestseller of the same name.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-22
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Have I Got a Christmas for You
Overview: Members of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and neighbors so they can enjoy Christmas. The good folk humorously attempt jobs they have never done before.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-16
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Woman in Motion
Overview: Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including the trailblazing astronauts who became the first African American, Asian and Latino men and women to fly in space.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-02
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Futurama: Bender's Game
Overview: When Leela is insulted by a group of space-rednecks (like regular rednecks, but in space) she enters the Planet Express ship in a demolition derby. She emerges victorious, but when she brings the damaged ship home and the Professor sees the fuel gauge, he's enraged by the hit he's going to take at the Dark Matter pump. Now the crew have to find a way to break Mom's stranglehold on starship fuel, even if they have to wade through a Lord of the Rings-inspired fantasy-land to do it!
Genres: Animation Comedy Science Fiction TV Movie Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-03
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The Pool Boys
Overview: A pool boy and a gardener turn an empty mansion into a home for women who belong to the world's oldest profession.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-30
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Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
Overview: In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to find a replacement. This outrageous satire looks at the entire process, from the oddball candidates to the greed and racial motivations that drive the final decision. There's big business in the movies, and Finishing the Game skewers it with an eye for '70s detail.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-21
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The Magic Pearl
Overview: An animated story derived from a Chinese folk tale. Follows the magical journey of a sister and brother as they travel with their grandmother to a mystical world. In this world, they confront a talking frog, a fierce dragon, a wicked witch, etc. Protecting them during their travels is a bright, white pearl that possesses extraordinary powers.
Genres: Animation Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-01
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Coroner to the Stars
Overview: Coroner to the Stars chronicles the extraordinary journey of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the former Los Angeles County Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner whose groundbreaking autopsies forever shaped American culture. From Marilyn Monroe and Robert Kennedy to Sharon Tate and Natalie Wood, Noguchi’s outspoken expertise pushed forensic science into the spotlight—even as Hollywood elites and political adversaries sought to silence him. A Japanese immigrant who unwittingly rose to fame in a city driven by stardom, Noguchi’s fearless pursuit of truth often placed him in the crosshairs of controversy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-02-20
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The Untold Story of Ralph Carr and the Japanese: The Fate of 3 Japanese-Americans and the Internment
Overview: This historical documentary tells the little-known story of Ralph Carr, who was the Governor of Colorado from 1939-1943. Governor Carr was a passionate defender of Japanese Americans' rights when people of Japanese ancestry, including many American citizens, were relocated to internment camps in 1942.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-01
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Star Trek: The Menagerie
Overview: Spock hijacks the Enterprise and risks death to help his former Captain, Christopher Pike who has been paralyzed and disfigured in a horrible accident. Spock sets a course for Talos IV, knowing that any contact with this forbidden planet will automatically bring a death penalty! What could motivate him to do such a thing? Kirk, forced to convict his First Officer, and best friend, wonders if Spock could have gone mad! In his defense, Spock uses the illusionary powers of Talosians to recall Captain Pike's original visit to Talos IV, almost 13 years ago. It was a surrealistic planet of mind games and mysticism inhabited by eerie telepathic creatures. Kirk is both stunned and amazed as he learns the story of Captain Pike's kidnapping and mental torture at the hands of the Talosians, and how even a young Spock and the original Enterprise crew could not save him! In the tension-filled climax, Kirk must decide to uphold Federation law ... or do what he knows is morally just!
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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