Penelope Spheeris
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Biography: Penelope Spheeris (born December 2, 1945) is an American director, producer and screenwriter. She is best known as a documentary film director whose works include the trilogy titled The Decline of Western Civilization. She has also directed feature films, including Wayne's World, her highest grossing film.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Birthday: December 02, 1945
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Gender: Female
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Thunder and Mud
Overview: An entertaining combination of heavy-metal rockers and female mud wrestlers hosted by Jessica Hahn.
Genres: Documentary Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-12
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Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Overview: The greatest cult horror and science fiction films of all-time are studied in vivid detail in the second volume of Time Warp. Includes groundbreaking classics like "Night of the Living Dead," and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and sci-fi gems such as "Blade Runner," and "A Clockwork Orange."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-19
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The Second Coming of Suzanne
Overview: Jared Martin plays an aspiring film maker obsessed with the idea of Christ as a woman, and tries to film his vision with Sondra Locke as his subject. 'Based' on a song by Leonard Cohen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-04
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Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Overview: From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to "The Big Lebowski" and everything in between, this fascinating deep-dive documentary begins its celebration of the greatest cult movies of all-time discussing the birth of the midnight movie.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-04-21
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The Kid & I
Overview: Aaron Roman is a teenager with cerebral palsy who dreams of starring in a big-time action movie. When his father grants Aaron his wish for his eighteenth birthday, he experiences the reality a bit hard to manage.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-02
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Direct Your Own Damn Movie!
Overview: Legendary director Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and Creator of the Toxic Avenger, reveals 40 years worth of maverick cinematic know-how in Direct Your Own Damn Movie! Lloyd offers you the magic key to operating outside the film studio system as well as providing you with the roadmap to script writing, pre-production, casting, managing your set, post-production and the secrets of selling you movie!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-19
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The Decline of Western Civilization
Overview: The Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980 is the focus of this film. With Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Circle Jerks, Fear, Germs, and X.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-01
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The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
Overview: An exploration of the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, with particular emphasis on glam metal. It features concert footage and interviews of legendary heavy metal and hard rock bands and artists such as Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Megadeth, Motörhead, Ozzy Osbourne and W.A.S.P..
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-17
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At the Video Store
Overview: Equal parts personal essay, intense rumination, and playful satire, this movie laments the death of the American Video Store while it searches for the missing human element in today's digital landscape.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-11
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Half the Picture
Overview: At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors talk about their art, lives and careers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-23
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Brothers
Overview: Set in Los Angeles, Brothers tells the story of Vince, a brooding, mustachioed stud who’s visited by his kid brother Rick, a soldier serving in Vietnam. During Rick’s stay, the two siblings slowly confront their mutually hidden desires.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Overview: A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel's eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power of cable television.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-16
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The Ski Bum
Overview: A ski instructor tries to teach a bunch of insanely eccentric people how to ski while dealing with everyone wanting his attention.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-08
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Wedding Band
Overview: A couple who both work at wedding receptions encounter complications when they decide to marry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-02
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Corman's World
Overview: A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-16
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Decade
Overview: Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they reflect on the 1980s.
Genres: Documentary Music History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-09
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For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
Overview: The story of American film criticism.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-01
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Calling the Shots
Overview: Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-08
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Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Overview: Investigates the politics of cinematic shot design, and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women, with over 80 movie clips from 1896 - 2020.
Genres: Documentary Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-21
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Superman's Loneliness
Overview: UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A man and his wife suffer under the monotony of everyday life with work at an insurance company and unhappy marriage.
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Original Language: en
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