Elle Fanning
Also Known As: Mary Elle Fanning , Эль Фэннинг, Эль Фаннинг, 艾丽·范宁, 엘 패닝, Ель Фаннінг, Ель Феннінг, Елль Феннінґ, اِل فَنینگ, إيل فانينغ
Biography: Mary Elle Fanning (born April 9, 1998) is an American actress. As a child, she made her film debut as the younger version of her sister Dakota Fanning's character in the drama film I Am Sam (2001). She appeared in several other films as a child actress, including Daddy Day Care (2003), Babel (2006), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Phoebe in Wonderland (both 2008), and the miniseries The Lost Room (2006). She then had leading roles in Sofia Coppola's drama Somewhere (2010) and J. J. Abrams' science fiction film Super 8 (2011). Fanning played Princess Aurora in the fantasy films Maleficent (2014) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) while working in independent films such as Sally Potter's Ginger & Rosa (2012), Nicolas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon (2016), Mike Mills' 20th Century Women (2016), and Coppola's The Beguiled (2017). From 2020 to 2023, she starred as Catherine the Great in the Hulu period satire series The Great, for which she received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. She has since portrayed Michelle Carter in the Hulu limited series The Girl from Plainville (2022), made her Broadway debut in the play Appropriate (2023), and played a character based on Suze Rotolo in the biographical drama A Complete Unknown (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Elle Fanning, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Conyers, Georgia, USA
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Birthday: April 09, 1998
Age: 27 years old
Gender: Female
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The Door in the Floor
Overview: The lives of Ted and Marion Cole are thrown into disarray when their two adolescent sons die in a car wreck. Marion withdraws from Ted and Ruth, the couple's daughter. Ted, a well-known writer, hires as his assistant a student named Eddie, who looks oddly similar to one of the Coles' dead sons. The couple separate, and Marion begins an affair with Eddie, while Ted has a dalliance with his neighbor Evelyn.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-18
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Overview: Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-25
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Déjà Vu
Overview: Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-22
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Reservation Road
Overview: Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In response, the two men react in unexpected ways as a reckoning looms in the near future.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-13
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The Nines
Overview: A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-21
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Super 8
Overview: In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no accident, as a series of unexplained events and disappearances soon follows. Deputy Jackson Lamb, the father of one of the kids, searches for the terrifying truth behind the crash.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-08
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Chippendales
Overview: Several partners turn an idea for a male strip revue catering to ladies into a wildly successful venture and deal with the crazy consequences of it all.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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Astro Boy
Overview: Set in the futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy (Atom) is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he had lost. Unable to fulfill his creator's expectations, Astro embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before returning to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who rejected him.
Genres: Animation Action Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-15
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Somewhere
Overview: After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-03
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Because of Winn-Dixie
Overview: A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in a small Florida town and heals her own troubled relationship with her father.
Genres: Family Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-18
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The Nutcracker
Overview: In 1920s Vienna, a young girl receives a magical doll on Christmas Eve.
Genres: Music Fantasy Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-24
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Phoebe in Wonderland
Overview: The fantastical tale of a little girl who won't - or can't - follow the rules. Confounded by her clashes with the rule-obsessed world around her, Phoebe seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher, even as her brilliant but anguished mother looks to Phoebe herself for inspiration.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-07
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A Complete Unknown
Overview: New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-18
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We Bought a Zoo
Overview: Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.
Genres: Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-08
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Rosebush Pruning
Overview: In the claustrophobic confines of a rural estate, a family struggles with their tangled web of hereditary diseases. Among them is Alessandro, a young man with epilepsy and paranoid tendencies. Feeling burdened by the numerous afflictions that plague his family, he decides to murder them all.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
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I Am Sybil
Overview: Explores the gripping true story behind the best-selling book and cultural-sensation case of Sybil, one of the first mainstream cases of dissociative identity disorder (or multiple personality disorder, as it was then known), which spurred questions in the public consciousness around identity and mental health.
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Original Language: en
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Twixt
Overview: A struggling horror writer visiting a small town on a book tour gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he is approached by a mysterious young ghost named V.
Genres: Mystery Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-10
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Maleficent
Overview: A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. She rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her heart into stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces an epic battle with the invading King's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and to Maleficent's true happiness as well.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Action Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-28
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Ginger & Rosa
Overview: A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-18
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The Boxtrolls
Overview: An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-10
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Young Ones
Overview: In a future where water is scarce, a farmer defends his land and hopes to rejuvenate his parched soil. However, his daughter's boyfriend schemes to steal the land for himself.
Genres: Western Action Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-28
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Likeness
Overview: For Mia, beauty is everything. A trophy, a promise, a ball and chain, a wish upon a star. A life sentence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-19
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Low Down
Overview: The daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany witnesses her beloved father's struggle -- and failure -- to kick his heroin habit.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-19
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First Stars I See Tonight
Overview: A girl with vision defects tells about the first time she saw stars, thanks to night vision goggles bought by her father.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-05
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The Curve of Forgotten Things
Overview: A magical girl, who exists outside of space and time, inhabits an odd, timeless landscape that is both old and modern, and spends her days playing and collecting objects from history, things that she loves.
Genres: Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-08
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Trumbo
Overview: The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-27
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Live by Night
Overview: A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-25
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The Neon Demon
Overview: When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-31
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20th Century Women
Overview: In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-28
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3 Generations
Overview: A teenager transitions from female to male, and his family must come to terms with that fact.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-27
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How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Overview: In 1970s London, a teenage outsider named Enn falls in love with a rebellious alien girl named Zan, who has come to Earth for a party. Together, they navigate the complexities of intergalactic culture and the trials of first love.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-06
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Mary Shelley
Overview: The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-06
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First the Egg
Overview: Which came first? The chicken or the egg? A book about transformations...from egg to chicken, seed to flower, and caterpillar to butterfly. An entirely fresh and memorable presentation on the concepts of transformation and creativity.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Always at The Carlyle
Overview: The iconic Carlyle hotel has been an international destination for a particular jet set as well as a favorite haunt of the most discernible New Yorkers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-11
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Ballerina
Overview: In 1879 Paris, a young orphan dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
Genres: Animation Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-14
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The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
Overview: Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-02
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Predator: Badlands
Overview: Cast out from its clan, an alien hunter and an unlikely ally embark on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-11-05
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The Beguiled
Overview: During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-23
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I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Overview: Life has its downs for James, living with his mom in Chicago at 39, an aging performer at Second City, eating and weighing too much. A woman he's been dating drops him, as does his agent, her brother. James turns down roles in local TV, roles that make him sad. Someone's remaking his favorite movie, "Marty," a role he'd love, but he doesn't even get an audition.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-28
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I Am Sam
Overview: Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-28
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Daddy Day Care
Overview: Two men get laid off and have to become stay-at-home dads when they can't find jobs, which inspires them to open their own day-care center.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-09
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Babel
Overview: Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-26
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Day 73 with Sarah
Overview: Day 73 With Sarah tells the story of a little girl, who with the help of her dead father hatches a plan to save herself and her mother from her abusive stepfather, but the plan has unexpected consequences.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-09
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P.N.O.K.
Overview: Chronicles a day in the life of 2 soldiers on Casualty Notification Duty as they bear the grim news of 3 soldiers killed in Iraq to 3 families back home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Sentimental Value
Overview: Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father — and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2025-08-20
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Galveston
Overview: After a violent encounter, Roy finds Rocky and sees something in her eyes that prompts a fateful decision. He takes her with him as he flees to Galveston, an action as ill-advised as it is inescapable.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-10
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Teen Spirit
Overview: A shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-12
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I Think We're Alone Now
Overview: After a catastrophe destroys most of humanity, recluse Del lives in his small, empty town, content with the utopia he has methodically created for himself, until an interloper, young Grace, disrupts his solitude.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-14
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A Rainy Day in New York
Overview: Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend, but once they arrive they're met with bad weather and a series of adventures.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-26
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All the Bright Places
Overview: Two teens facing personal struggles form a powerful bond as they embark on a cathartic journey chronicling the wonders of Indiana.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-28
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Overview: Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.
Genres: Family Fantasy Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-16
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Wide-Awake
Overview: Ingénues, icons, action heroes, divas and the world's next great comedy star: 13 actresses who gave the dreamiest performances of 2012.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-07
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The Roads Not Taken
Overview: The film follows 24 hours in the life of father and daughter Leo and Molly, as they weave their way around New York City, until their ordinary but stressful day takes on a hallucinatory and epic quality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-13
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Camp! The Movie
Overview: At the Met Gala 2019, Lady Gaga, Cardi B, Kim Kardashian West, Kylie Jenner, Kendall Jenner, Celine Dion, Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid, Harry Styles, Bette Midler, Hailey Bieber, Jared Leto, Gwen Stefani, Lizzo and more of your favorite celebrities helped stage a camp film classic in the halls of the Met Museum, and you have to see it to believe it!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-09
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A Very Brave Witch
Overview: One Halloween, a little witch decides she'd finally like to see what this special night is about. As soon as she makes a new friend, she discusses how much fun trick or treating with humans can be.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-01
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The Nightingale
Overview: The lives of two French sisters are torn apart by the onset of World War II.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
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Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Overview: Sigur Rós have given a dozen film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create whatever comes into their head when they listen to songs from the band's album Valtari. The idea is to bypass the usual artistic approval process and allow people utmost creative freedom. These 16 films are the result. Sad, funny, beautiful and, occasionally, plain bewildering, they represent just some of the available emotional responses to this most contemplative album.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-05
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Penn & Teller: Try This at Home
Overview: A special for these unique times. Filmed entirely at the homes of Penn & Teller and their friends around the world, Penn & Teller: Try This at Home showcases new magic Penn & Teller and their magician friends have developed at home and teaches viewers how to do an array of tricks themselves while being joined by celebrity guests including Elle and Dakota Fanning, Michael Carbonaro and Shin Lim.
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-18
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Twixt: A Documentary
Overview: The making of Francis Ford Coppola's "Twixt," directed by his granddaughter Gia.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-23
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That Click
Overview: A man at the cutting edge of fashion, photojournalism and portraiture, photographer to the stars Douglas Kirkland has portrayed over sixty years of pop culture. This fascinating feature takes a closer look into the career of one of the most important photographers of the last century. His subjects, who are some of the biggest stars of Hollywood and the fashion world, provide testimonials.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-30
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Making Somewhere
Overview: Like the movie, this behind the scenes takes a more artistic turn. It lingers on and around filmmakers as the discuss the movie.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-19
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Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Overview: The making of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel is chronicled through an observational approach that captures the creative and logistical challenges of filming a deeply interconnected narrative across four continents. Directed by Carlos Armella and Pedro González-Rubio, the documentary reveals Iñárritu’s commitment to authenticity and cultural sensitivity, from collaborating with local actors and communities to meticulously recreating environments. Through behind-the-scenes footage and the director’s reflective commentary, it delves into themes of human connection, the boundaries we hold within ourselves, and the visceral nature of communication, offering profound insights into the philosophy behind the acclaimed film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-09-30
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On the Red Carpet Presents: "A Complete Unknown"
Overview: A behind the scenes look at the making of "A Complete Unknown" featuring interviews with the cast and filmmakers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-05
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The Maid of Orleans
Overview: Rebecca Spielman, a young film school graduate travels to Paris to work as the assistant to the brilliant, yet tortured up-and-coming director Sammy Lindberg. As the production of Sammy’s new “Joan of Arc” movie ramps up, Rebecca finds herself struggling to satisfy the growing maze of demands made by her new boss, all the while, caught in a tangled web of passion and allegiance.
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