Kurt Vonnegut
Also Known As: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Biography: Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was an American writer known for his satirical and darkly humorous books. He published 14 novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works over six decades; and further works have been published since his death.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Birthday: November 11, 1922
Deathday: April 11, 2007
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Gender: Male
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Mother Night
Overview: An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role in the war.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-01
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Back to School
Overview: Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton struggles to gain his son's respect, giving way to hilarious antics.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-13
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Howard
Overview: Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely through rare archival footage and interviews with Ashman’s family, friends, associates, and longtime partner Bill Lauch, Howard is an intimate tribute to a once-in-a-generation talent and a rousing celebration of musical storytelling itself.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-22
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: A Self-Portrait
Overview: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., discusses his development as a writer, including references to some of his major novels, his themes and their meaning, his relationship to other writers, problems in sustaining his special vision of American life, and his future. Accompanied by photographs that chronicle the author’s life and selections from home movies taken during his youth.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-22
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Never Down
Overview: Rico reunites with his ex-wife after serving a five year prison term for armed robbery. Upon Rico's release he encounters old and new forces conspiring to bring him down and tear him between what he holds dear and what he most fears.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes
Overview: A documentary featured on BBC's Arena series in 1983. The author discusses his life, his work and his thoughts and opinions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-08
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Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist
Overview: Arguably the most influential person in American comics, Will Eisner, as artist, entrepreneur, innovator, and visual storyteller, enjoyed a career that encompassed comic books from their early beginnings in the 1930s to their development as graphic novels in the 1990s. During his sixty-year-plus career, Eisner introduced the now-traditional mode of comic book production; championed mature, sophisticated storytelling; was an early advocate for using the medium as a tool for education; pioneered the now-popular graphic novel, and served as inspiration for generations of artists. Without a doubt, Will Eisner was the godfather of the American comic book.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-25
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Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots
Overview: He was one of the best-selling authors of the 20th Century. His books became movies. His writings became music. He became an icon. He was Kurt Vonnegut. First, though, he was just a kid from Indianapolis, whose early idyllic life turned tragic. Things got tougher in World War II, when he was captured by the Germans and survived the Dresden firebombing. He overcame all of that to become a literary lion who was both proud of--and frustrated with--his hometown. But as his friend Morley Safer said, he never lost his Hoosier roots. Narrated by NPR Anchor Steve Inskeep, A Writer's Roots talks with Kurt's family and friends, including his daughter, Nan Vonnegut, and fellow writers Morley Safer, Dan Wakefield and James Alexander Thom.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-28
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Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All...
Overview: An in-depth feature length documentary of one of America's greatest and least understood authors, Nelson Algren. This never before told compelling life story reveals a unique literary voice through rare interviews, archival footage and the gritty noirish voice of Algren on Algren. Kurt Vonnegut and Studs Terkel, literary giants in their own right, sing songs of praise along with many of his old friends, which makes this film seem like a hymn from the grave. This stylishly produced film embeds us in the 1950's cold war world when Algren worked. Algren's touching love affair with Simone de Beauvoir weaves it's way through the film along with the damaging impact of FBI and CIA surveillance.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-09
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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Overview: A documentary 33 years in the making. A director and friend of Kurt Vonnegut seeks through his archives to create the first film featuring the revolutionary late writer.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-19
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The Painted Boy
Overview: "Malowany chlopiec" - The first major mystification of the Holocaust was the novel "The Painted Bird" by Polish Emigrant Jerzy Kosinski, who in his book describes himself as an abandoned child who became mute, ended up in an orphanage and only later discovers his Jewish origin. "The Painted Bird" has since its publication in 1965 been the subject of discussion on its authenticity.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1995-06-14
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Breakfast of Champions
Overview: A millionaire car salesman who runs the biggest dealership in Midland City, Dwayne Hoover is a celebrity, loved and trusted by everyone. Then one day, he wakes up and realizes that his life is a total mess! But between the headaches posed by his pill-popping wife, a mistress who won't leave him alone, and a cross-dressing sales manager, Dwayne has picked a bad week for a midlife crisis.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-18
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Brooklyn Bridge
Overview: Today it's a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems and ingenious solutions that marked the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. From conception to construction, it traces the bridge's transformation from a spectacular feat of heroic engineering to an honored symbol in American culture.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-08
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