Tom Wolfe
Also Known As: Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr.
Biography: Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. was an American author and journalist widely known for his association with New Journalism, a style of news writing and journalism developed in the 1960s and 1970s that incorporated literary techniques.
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Richmond, Virginia, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: March 02, 1930
Age: 95 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: May 14, 2018
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Overview: A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-06
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Radical Wolfe
Overview: With a distinctive style all his own, author and journalist Tom Wolfe reshapes how American stories are told.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-15
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Bill Cunningham New York
Overview: Doubling as a cartography of the ever-changing city, Bill Cunningham New York portrays the secluded pioneer of street fashion with grace and heart.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-16
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Homevideo
Overview: Shy, sensitive high school outsider Jakob Moormann is miserably lacking immaterial support at home, where his strict father, uniformed cop Claas, and selfish mother are too busy breaking up to be there for him. Jakob focuses on class dream-girl Hannah, without much luck. His secret recording of himself masturbating gets into class bullies Henry and Erik's hands through the mother's thoughtlessness. The rascals blackmail Jakob and post the video on the Internet. After a raging lecture phase, dad stands up for Jakob, but his life is already wrecked more than anyone realizes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2011-08-18
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The Real Men with 'The Right Stuff'
Overview: The "real men with the right stuff", Chuck Yeager and the Mercury astronauts, discuss the early days of the space program and its portrayal in the film "The Right Stuff".
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-23
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Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show
Overview: While recorded in the late 70s and early 80s, the theme to this Tom Snyder release is icons of the 1960s. Features Ken Kesey, the Grateful Dead, Dr. Timothy Leary, and Tom Wolfe as Guests The Dead play a short set of 'On the Road Again,' 'Dire Wolf,' 'Deep Elm Blues' and an abbreviated 'Cassidy.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-26
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Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Overview: Directors Jonathan Alter, John Block and Steve McCarthy bring New York columnists Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill’s courageous writing to life, celebrating the acclaimed journalists and the city they loved.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-15
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Up Your Legs Forever
Overview: The film consists of continuous panning shots up a series of 367 human legs.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-12
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Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Overview: Iconic American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol is the subject of this documentary, which looks at both his life and his influence on pop culture. The film provides details about Warhol's upbringing in Pittsburgh and follows his move to New York City, where he found massive success turning pop imagery into art and eventually founded "The Factory," his famed studio and party venue. Among the many notables interviewed are Dennis Hopper, David Hockney, and Roy Lichtenstein.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-18
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Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Overview: An account of the professional and personal life of renowned American photographer Annie Leibovitz, from her early artistic endeavors to her international success as a photojournalist, war reporter, and pop culture chronicler.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-19
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Tales of the Rat Fink
Overview: This is an interesting look at the Life and Times of car customizer/cartoonist Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. Through the use of many graphically enhanced photographs and "talking" cars, it is a loving look at the car culture in Southern California from the Early 50's to Ed's Passing in 2001.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Salinger
Overview: An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable wall of a self-imposed seclusion: how his dramatic experiences during World War II influenced his life and work, his relationships with very young women, his obsessive writing methods, his many literary secrets.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-06
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The Real Right Stuff
Overview: The story of America's first astronauts, known as the Mercury 7, told through archival news & radio reports, newly transferred & previously unheard NASA mission audio recordings, and more rare & unseen material.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-20
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Bauhaus in America
Overview: Three Americans - who were students there - relive the day the Nazis closed the Bauhaus in Berlin. Forced into exile, the Bauhauslers transform America's cities, design, and art, and are profoundly transformed themselves in the process. Their success has consequences they could never have imagined in Germany.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-05
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