Jack Lemmon
Also Known As: John "Jack" Lemmon, John Lemmon, John Uhler Lemmon III, جک لمون
Biography: John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. He starred in more than 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts (for which he won the 1955 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award), Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger (for which he won the 1973 Best Actor Academy Award), The Out-of-Towners, The China Syndrome, Missing (for which he won 'Best Actor' at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival), Glengarry Glen Ross, Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Birthday: February 08, 1925
Deathday: June 27, 2001
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Some Like It Hot
Overview: Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.
Genres: Comedy Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-19
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The Apartment
Overview: Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-21
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Gregory Peck: His Own Man
Overview: Talented and enduring Academy Award-winning star, Gregory Peck, tells how it was when studios ruled and a shy boy from a broken family could rise to become a famous leading man. Unfashionably modest, Peck describes his fascinating journey from early theater roles, through his first films, to Hollywood’s elder statesman.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-08
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The Front Page
Overview: A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-01
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The China Syndrome
Overview: While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-16
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Debonair Dancers
Overview: Debonair Dancers is a 1986 short American documentary film produced and directed by Alison Nigh-Strelich, and narrated by Jack Lemmon. It is about The Debonaire Special Dancers of Bakersfield, CA, a group started decades ago by John Soiu and continues today under the direction of Sheri Fortino. The group fosters social and life skills while stimulating creativity and confidence in the special needs students it serves. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Short Cuts
Overview: Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-05
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Good Neighbor Sam
Overview: To help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. The ruse spills over into his career in advertising, and his recent promotion relies on his wholesome and moral appearance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-07-22
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JFK
Overview: Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
Genres: Drama Thriller History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-20
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Hamlet
Overview: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-25
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The Fortune Cookie
Overview: A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance-chasing lawyers, starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-19
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Bell, Book and Candle
Overview: A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-25
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Inside 'The Apartment'
Overview: A 2007 documentary on the making of "The Apartment."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-06
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Magic Time: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon
Overview: Documentary on Jack Lemmon featuring interviews with those who knew him and worked with him.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-19
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Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon
Overview: A documentary about actor Jack Lemmon.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Irma la Douce
Overview: When a naive policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn’t want her seeing other men and creates an alter ego who’s to be her only customer.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-05
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The Player
Overview: A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-03
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The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
Overview: Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of "The China Syndrome."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-26
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The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
Overview: Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of "The China Syndrome."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-26
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It Should Happen to You
Overview: Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things, making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-15
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The Out-of-Towners
Overview: George & Gwen Kellerman make a trip to New York, where George is going to start a new job, it turns out to be a trip to hell.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-28
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Dad
Overview: A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-27
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The Odd Couple
Overview: In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him, but their lifestyles are as different as night and day are, so Felix's ideas about housekeeping soon begin to irritate Oscar.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-16
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Grumpy Old Men
Overview: For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-25
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The Great Race
Overview: Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Action Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-07-01
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Airport '77
Overview: Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all while 200 feet underwater.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-03-11
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12 Angry Men
Overview: During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result of their preconceptions and prejudices.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-17
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Days of Wine and Roses
Overview: An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-02-04
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Getting Away with Murder
Overview: When the very moralistic college ethics instructor Jack Lambert finds himself living next door to an accused German death camp commander, he takes it upon himself to rid the world of this man.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-12
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Glengarry Glen Ross
Overview: When an office full of real estate salesmen is given the news that all but the top two will be fired at the end of the week, the atmosphere begins to heat up. Shelley Levene, who has a sick daughter, does everything in his power to get better leads from his boss, John Williamson, but to no avail. When his coworker Dave Moss comes up with a plan to steal the leads, things get complicated for the tough-talking salesmen.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-10
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The Odd Couple II
Overview: Brucey, the son of Oscar, calls his father to invite him to his wedding to Felix's daughter next Sunday in California. Oscar and Felix meet again at Los Angeles International Airport and rent a car in order to go to San Malina for the wedding.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-09
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How to Murder Your Wife
Overview: Stanley Ford leads an idyllic bachelor life. He is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose Bash Brannigan series provides him with a luxury townhouse and a full-time valet, Charles. When he wakes up the morning after the night before - he had attended a friend's stag party - he finds that he is married to the very beautiful woman who popped out of the cake - and who doesn't speak a word of English. Despite his initial protestations, he comes to like married life and even changes his cartoon character from a super spy to a somewhat harried husband.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-26
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Tuesdays with Morrie
Overview: A journalist finds himself questioning his own life when his best friend, a dying man, offers him some very powerful wisdom and advice for coping in relationships, careers and society.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-05
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It Happened to Jane
Overview: Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Railroad staff inattention ruins her shipment, so with her lawyer George, Jane sues Harry Foster Malone, director of the line and the "meanest man in the world".
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-24
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Buddy Buddy
Overview: During a high profile Mafia testimony case, a contract killer checks-in a hotel room near the courthouse while his next door depressed neighbor wants to commit suicide due to marital problems.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-02
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Macaroni
Overview: A businessman from the United States returns to Italy for the first time in four decades only to discover that an old girlfriend of his, along with her brother, have involved him in a massive hoax.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1985-10-24
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Operation Mad Ball
Overview: In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as he tries to throw a party under the nose of his obnoxious commanding officer.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-17
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My Sister Eileen
Overview: Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune and a 'For Rent' sign on Barrow Street". They find an apartment, but fame and fortune are a lot more elusive. Ruth gets the attention of playboy publisher Bob Baker when she submits a story about her gorgeous sister Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-22
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Grumpier Old Men
Overview: A family wedding reignites the ancient feud between next-door neighbors and fishing buddies John and Max. Meanwhile, a sultry Italian divorcée opens a restaurant at the local bait shop, alarming the locals who worry she'll scare the fish away. But she's less interested in seafood than she is in cooking up a hot time with Max.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-22
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Missing
Overview: Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to Chile to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he uncovers a trail of cover-ups that implicate the US State department which supports the dictatorship.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-12
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Under the Yum-Yum Tree
Overview: A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tenant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-10-23
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The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Overview: Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the "Wackiest Ship in the Navy" – a real garbage scow with a crew of misfits who don't know a jib from a jigger. What none of them knows, including Crandall, is that this ship has a very important top-secret mission to complete in waters patrolled by the Japanese fleet. Their mission will save hundreds of allied lives – if only they can get there in one piece.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-29
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Mister Roberts
Overview: Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-10
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Save the Tiger
Overview: A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-14
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The Grass Harp
Overview: Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in the 1940s. Becoming an orphan in 1935, Collin moves to his dad's cousins Verena and Dolly. Verena is a rich, bossy businesswoman. Dolly, Collin and the maid revolt, moving to a tree house.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-10
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Cowboy
Overview: Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-23
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Out to Sea
Overview: Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and the luscious Liz and lovely Vivian, our heroes have lots of mis-adventures before they finally return to port.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-02
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My Fellow Americans
Overview: They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperately frantic search for the evidence that will establish their innocence.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-20
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The Notorious Landlady
Overview: An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-04-13
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Phffft
Overview: Robert and Nina Tracey resolve to live separate lives when their eight-year marriage dissolves into disagreements and divorce. But their separate attempts to get back out on the dating scene have a funny way of bringing them together.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-10
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The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Overview: Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-14
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The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall
Overview: Born in London in 1934, Jane Goodall spent decades in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park, studying the social and family structures of chimpanzees and helping to bring their ecological vulnerability into the public consciousness. She also founded and remains integral to the Jane Goodall Institute, which encourages environmental activism and stewardship among young people. In this program, the famous scientist reflects on her many years spent observing and learning about our primate cousins.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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That's Life!
Overview: A wealthy architect struggles with a severe case of male menopause at the approach of his 60th birthday.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-10
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Pepe
Overview: Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood. There he meets film stars including Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabór, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Jack Lemmon in drag as Daphne from Some Like It Hot. He is also surprised by things that were new in America at the time, such as automatic swinging doors. When he finally reaches the man who bought the horse, he is led to believe there is no hope of getting it back. However, the last scene shows both him and the stallion back at the ranch with several foals.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-21
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The April Fools
Overview: Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy company party early with the stunning Catherine, whom it turns out is herself unhappily married — to the boss. They spend an innocent night in New York becoming more and more attracted to each other, so that when Catherine announces she intends to leave her husband and return to Paris Howard asks to go along too.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-28
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Fire Down Below
Overview: Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island. They both fall for her, leading to betrayal and a break-up of their partnership. Tony takes a job on a cargo ship. After a collision he finds himself trapped below deck with time running out (the ship is aflame), and only Felix, whom he hates and has sworn to kill, left to save him.
Genres: Drama Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-30
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For Richer, for Poorer
Overview: Fresh out of college, a young man lazes about his family's estate, which irritates his father, a self-made millionaire who hatches a bankruptcy plan that he hopes will inspire his son to get a job.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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You Can't Run Away from It
Overview: A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-30
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On Cukor
Overview: Widely thought of as “a woman’s director,” legendary film director George Cukor is profiled with the use of film clips and interviews with his friends and colleagues to provide a picture of the director’s unique accomplishments and to trace the arc of his career.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-22
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Inherit the Wind
Overview: Two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-29
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Mass Appeal
Overview: A young seminarian rattles the established order at a Catholic parish run by an older pastor.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-14
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Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
Overview: A retrospective look at 60 years of great moments in film comedy, from the 1920s to 1982.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-16
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Overview: Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-16
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The Long Way Home
Overview: A retired widower wanders away from his daughter's home, hooks up with a free-spirited young woman, and goes on a cross-country odyssey to look up an old flame he's recently heard from after 55 years.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-01
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Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
Overview: French film critic Michel Ciment interviews Billy Wilder about his life and filmmaking.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-21
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Tribute
Overview: A shallow Broadway press agent learns he is dying just as his son by his ex-wife arrives for a visit.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-15
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Alex & the Gypsy
Overview: A bail bondsman falls in love with one of his "customers" — a gypsy girl, who's been accused of attempted murder.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-03
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The Gentleman Tramp
Overview: A film about the life and work of the master comedy filmmaker, Charles Chaplin.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-10
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The War Between Men and Women
Overview: A sarcastic near-sighted cartoonist, averse to commitment, falls for a single mother of three — the only woman who can stand his strong anti-feminist opinions.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-01
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Luv
Overview: Depressed by the direction his life is taking, Harry decides to take his own life by jumping off the Manhattan Bridge. At the last minute he's stopped by old friend Milt Manville, a successful stock broker. Milt, however, is facing his own problem: he has fallen out of love with his argumentative wife, Ellen. In a misguided effort to solve both of their problems, he introduces Ellen to Harry, hoping the two will fall in love.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-07-26
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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Overview: Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddess. But even though she scaled heights few could even dream of, she was one of the loneliest of stars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-19
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
Overview: Originally staged (with these actors) in 1986 at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theater (appearing first on Showtime cable television in April 1987, and then for free on PBS stations' American Playhouse series in May 1988), 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' is Eugene O'Neill's award-winning and classic play about a day in the life of a dysfunctional family. Wealthy but unsatisfied former thespian James (Jack Lemmon) lives with his morphine-addict wife, Mary (Bethel Leslie), and their two tormented sons, Jamie (Kevin Spacey) and Edmund (Peter Gallagher). As nightfall approaches, truth and madness fight for control over a family tearing itself apart. A landmark production from theater legend Jonathan Miller, this searing drama is a bold, electrifying powerhouse you'll never forget. (Lemmon was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in Mini-Series or Made-for-TV Movie the following year.)
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-13
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The Legacy of 'Some Like It Hot'
Overview: A look back at the impact Billy Wilder's comedy classic "Some Like It Hot" has left since it's release in 1959.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-25
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The Making of 'Some Like It Hot'
Overview: A look back at the making of Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy classic "Some Like It Hot."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-25
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The Entertainer
Overview: A vaudeville entertainer approaches middle age still not having attained success or stardom.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-10
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Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
Overview: In 1995, Chasen's closed its doors after 60 years of serving chili to movie stars and visiting dignitaries, Presidents and the Pope. During its two final weeks, Chasen regulars (actors and producers), staff, and management sat for interviews. There's an Oscar party for 1500, footage and photos of famous diners, and time with Tommy Gallagher, the ebullient head waiter until retirement in 1994, his son Patrick, catering head Raymond Bilbool, general manager Ronnie Clint, hat check girl Val Schwab, ladies' room attendant Onetta Johnson, and foreign- born waiters, including Jaime. When he started in 1970, like other Latins, he wasn't allowed out of the kitchen. It's a family farewell.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-19
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Uta Hagen's Acting Class
Overview: Uta Hagen comments on acting
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-06
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The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Overview: A TV movie with intertwining music numbers and sketches.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-06
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A Weekend in the Country
Overview: Six people. One weekend. The possibilities are endless when city meets country in this roundelay of old flames, new flings, and last chances.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-12
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Three for the Show
Overview: This musical reworking of Too Many Husbands (1940), features Grable as a top singer and dancer who's been widowed by WW II. She marries her late husband's songwriting partner, Gower Champion, but the new marriage is thrown for a loop when Lemmon, her first husband, turns up very much alive and eager to see Grable.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-24
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Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
Overview: Klaus Kinski is one of the few German actors who has achieved international fame. He made headlines. And disappeared behind them. Kinski lived his parts 24/7. This film tells the story of a man who no longer could understand the difference or distinguish between fantasy and reality.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2000-05-21
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The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
Overview: Novice writers from a writers workshop wrote the show's sketches.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-31
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Sly
Overview: His love of film began as an escape from a rocky childhood. From underdog to Hollywood legend, Sylvester Stallone tells his story in this documentary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-16
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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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Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-03-01
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Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen
Overview: Why do movie audiences find men in skirts and women in pants anything but a drag? Discover the playful history of the most daring cross-sexual performances in Hollywood history, from Some Like it Hot to Big Momma's House.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-16
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Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
Overview: Amiable and unassuming, Fred MacMurray went from small-town boy to one of Hollywood and television's most enduring stars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-17
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Kotch
Overview: When retired salesman Joseph Kotcher begins to feel pressure to move out of the house he shares with the family of his son, he opts to embark on a road trip instead of settling in a retirement home. Befriending Erica, a young pregnant woman and his grandson's former nanny, Kotch begins to finds new meaning in life as he helps her prepare to welcome her baby into the world.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-17
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A Life in the Theatre
Overview: A veteran actor and a young up-and-comer join for a season of reparatory theatre.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-09
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Christmas in Hollywood
Overview: Dozens of stars--including Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Bob Hope, and more--demonstrate how the yuletide season is celebrated in the perpetually warm and sunny world of Hollywood, California.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-13
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Puppies for Sale
Overview: A boy enters a pet shop intending to buy a dog with a hip problem. The shop owner tries to convince him not to but the boy has other ideas.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-05
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James Cagney: Top of the World
Overview: Documentary on the life and career of James Cagney
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-05
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Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Overview: An all-star cast celebrates George Burn's 90th birthday and showcases highlights in Burns' career.
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-17
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The Lady Takes a Sailor
Overview: Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters a secret prototype submarine piloted by Bill Craig. Trying to explain her absence after her boat sinks becomes very difficult as Bill and his cohorts attempt to discredit her story.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-16
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The Earth Day Special
Overview: The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner, the two hour special featured an all-star cast addressing concerns about global warming, deforestation, and other environmental ills.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-22
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Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Overview: A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-04
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The Legend of Bagger Vance
Overview: World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, however, he needs to get it back to play in a tournament to save the financially ravaged golf course of a long-ago sweetheart. Help arrives in the form of mysterious caddy Bagger Vance.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-02
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Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
Overview: A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-15
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Killer Cop
Overview: In a crowded hotel in the center of Milan a bomb has been planted. The time device on its detonator has only minutes to run. A young detective discovers the bomb by accident and is drawn into a terrifying nightmare of intrigue, brutality and ruthless killing. This is a world where human life is sold or sacrificed for twisted ideals. A world of international terrorism. The time is now.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-03-27
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Forever Hollywood
Overview: Noted Hollywood stars and directors talk about the history and evolution of the film industry in Los Angeles.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Overview: Jack Lemmon made over 60 films and received numerous awards, including eight Academy Award Nominations and two Oscars. Later in life, his achievement was enriched by new challenges in which he exposed the vulnerability and emotion of the later years as few had dared. He reveled in his ongoing screen partnerships with directors like Billy Wilder and stars like Walter Matthau. Narrated on-camera by Jack Lemmon, this documentary includes interviews with Lemmon's son, the actor Chris Lemmon. Also appearing are such legends as Jack's life-long friend, the writer and director Billy Wilder, writer-director Garson Kanin, drama teacher Uta Hagen and actor Gregory Peck.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-25
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Overview: The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-01
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Once Too Often
Overview: A soldier has a ten-day leave from his military duties. He’s an easygoing guy who rarely thinks about his sometimes reckless behavior until he tempts fate once too often.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-31
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The One, the Only... Groucho
Overview: Groucho's life story, with jokes
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-28
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Earth and the American Dream
Overview: A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From the arrival of Columbus to the simple wilderness living of the 16th and 17th centuries, through the agrarian lifestyle of the 18th century, the changes from the Industrial Revolution, to the 20th century when most of the planet’s resources have been depleted — this film examines the North American landscape and all the wildlife destruction, deforestation, soil depletion and pollution that have been wrought to make the American Dream come true.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-01
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Avanti!
Overview: A successful businessman goes to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon-father's body only to discover dad died with his mistress of long standing.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-17
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Wednesday
Overview: Jack Lemmon stars as a talk radio DJ who runs into some serious trouble live on the air.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot
Overview: Documentary discussing the casting and making of "Some Like It Hot", the film voted as the Best Comedy ever made by the American Film Institute.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-31
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Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
Overview: A documentary insight behind the scenes of Roberts Altman's Short Cuts.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-26
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Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Overview: Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the fantasy world of show-biz. Her ballet training and her long-legged pixie charm led to rapid success on Broadway in musical comedy. Inevitably, Hollywood called and by 1955 Shirley was cast in Hitchcock's "The Trouble With Harry." It wasn't too long before the fine dramatic roles also came to her opposite the most popular leading men of the time, like Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, Clint Eastwood and Robert Mitchum.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-19
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Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Overview: A profile of the life of actor Walter Matthau.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
Overview: Burt Reynolds is honored by more than 100 of his fellow celebrities and co-workers.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-13
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Inside the Dream Factory
Overview: Faye Dunaway hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the Hollywood star-making machine.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-01
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Musical Comedy Tonight II
Overview: A tribute to American musical theater, featuring scenes from "Show Boat", "South Pacific," "Sweet Charity," "Finian's Rainbow," and "Lady in the Dark", among others. There is also discussion of the various creative aspects of the plays.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-11
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S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
Overview: A musical tribute to brothers George and Ira Gershwin
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-17
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Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Overview: This spellbinding documentary re-examines the issues raised by Oliver Stone's JFK, and explores the late Jim Garrison's contention that there was a "second conspiracy" to cover up the truth, including attempts to ruin his own reputation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-20
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Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Overview: Commemorating the centennial of Mercer's birth, this documentary is part biography, part archive, and part recontextualization, taking Mercer's tunes and putting them in the hands of modern singers like Jamie Cullum and Dr. John to show they are still relevant today. Host Clint Eastwood also interviews artists who collaborated with Mercer or performed his songs, including composer John Williams, Blake Edwards, Andre Previn, Tony Bennett, and Julie Andrews. (DVD Talk)
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-04
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Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
Overview: Robert Osborne hosts this TCM original featuring an exclusive interview with the original Odd Couple.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-12
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Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
Overview: Documentary about the life of explorer Jacques Cousteau.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-23
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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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Jack Benny's Bag
Overview: Jack Benny's 1968 TV specials features topical references including a parody of The Graduate.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-16
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John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Overview: An examination of the Oscar-winning director who brought to life some of cinema's most beloved motion pictures.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-01
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