Will Oldham
Also Known As: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Biography: Will Oldham (born December 24, 1970), better known by the stage name Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded under variations of the Palace name, including the Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, and Palace Music. After releasing material under his own name, he adopted the "Bonnie 'Prince' Billy" moniker for the majority of his output since 1998. Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Oldham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Birthday: January 15, 1970
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Gender: Male
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Matewan
Overview: Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-28
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Music Makes a City: A Louisville Orchestra Story
Overview: In 1948, a small, struggling, semi-professional orchestra in Louisville, Kentucky began a novel project to commission new works from contemporary composers around the world.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-17
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Old Joy
Overview: Soon to be a father, Mark feels the pressure of domestic responsibility closing in, so he is more than happy to accept when his old friend Kurt proposes a camping trip in the Oregon wilderness. During their time together, the men come to grips with the changes in their lives and the effect on their relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-25
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A Wilderness of Mirrors
Overview: A motion picture soundtrack based on the life of Lexington, Kentucky songwriter and musician Paul K.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-15
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The Guatemalan Handshake
Overview: A mysterious power failure in a small mountain town coincides with the disappearance of one of its most eccentric young residents. Mystery piles upon mystery as his family and friends search for him, fail, and ultimately try to forget about him, an undertaking that results in many unexpected, and in some cases bizarre, effects on the town's already peculiar community.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-23
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Pioneer
Overview: A father tells his little boy the most epic bedtime story ever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-21
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Thousand Pieces of Gold
Overview: In 1880s China, young Lalu is sold into marriage by her impoverished father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in an Idaho gold-mining town, the property of a saloon owner who renames her China Polly and plans to sell her as entertainment for the locals. Refusing to become a whore, Lalu ultimately finds her own way in this strange country filled with white demons.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-26
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Tripping With Caveh
Overview: With longtime collaborators Greg Watkins (A Little Stiff) and Thomas Logoreci, the charismatic, experimental filmmaker Caveh Zahedi approaches legendary songwriter Will Oldham (Palace Brothers, Bonnie "Prince" Billy) in an unconventional interview. Caveh offers up a serving of psychedelic mushrooms and a view on the relationship between the musician and his fan.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-15
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New Jerusalem
Overview: Returning from Afghanistan, Sean is befriended by lke, a strong willed evangelical who endeavors to ensure the fragile Sean's salvation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-06
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Eden
Overview: Alma returns to Mexico seeking the man who caused the loss of her childhood home. He is not easily found, but the road to him brings her closer to her late father, and the secrets he took with him to his grave.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-01-25
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Close To The Sultan
Overview: An early 20th-century sultan is introduced to the cinematograph with the help of a former operator for the Lumiere brothers.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Adventure Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-11-15
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Revenge of the Mekons
Overview: Documentary about the Mekons.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-14
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The Bikeriders
Overview: After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-19
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Breadcrumb Trail
Overview: Breadcrumb Trail focuses on Slint's seminal album, Spiderland, and the Louisville music scene from which the band originated.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-15
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Slitch
Overview: A short comic film about a teenage girl's summertime lust, featuring fantasizing, bubble gum and bicycle riding.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-16
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Daniel London and Will Oldham on Old Joy
Overview: In this conversation, shot by the Criterion Collection in 2019, actors Daniel London and Will Oldham reunite for the first time since the release of Old Joy and discuss their memories of making the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-10
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A Ghost Story
Overview: Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-24
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The Dirty Three
Overview: The Dirty Three are the rough and ready jewels in the crown of Australian rock and roll history. Born from the need to put food on the table and spawned from the intensely collaborative local Australian music scene in the 80's and early 90's, the Dirty Three pioneered the instrumental rock and roll music scene in Australia with their cathartic, sometimes violent and always spellbinding brand of music. Within a few short years, they achieved local and international success and left Australian shores to take their Music to the world. To this day the band continues to tour the world and serve the music that they see as a real, living and breathing thing that chooses the Dirty Three's custodianship.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-14
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Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
Overview: Trapped in the Closet is a rap opera by American R&B singer R. Kelly. Written and produced by Kelly, the series tells a story of a one-night stand which sets off a chain of events, gradually revealing a greater web of lies, sex, and deceit.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-01
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Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
Overview: The second half of R. Kelly's unfinished hip hop opera
Genres: Music Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-21
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Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
Overview: Based on the true story of baby Jessica McClure who fell into a drain pipe in her back yard while playing. She was stuck in the pipe about 20 to 30 feet down and it took rescuers 58 hours to get her out. There was fear that if they shook the earth too much with machinery they could cause Jessica to fall further down and die.
Genres: Drama Action Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-21
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Hands That Bind
Overview: A hired hand's plans to take over his boss farm are shattered when the landowner's son returns to claim his birthright.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-01
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Junebug
Overview: On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop to meet his family in North Carolina. Madeleine's affluent lifestyle clashes with the family, but she befriends George's wide-eyed and pregnant sister-in-law, Ashley, who is nearing her due date. Through the family, Madeleine gains greater insight into George's character.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-03
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Them That Work
Overview: Documentary about the impact left by John Sayles’ 1987 film Matewan, about a shooting between company gun thugs and union organizers in Southern West Virginia. Along with a lasting legacy of support for union rights, the film inspired many West Virginians to become filmmakers and introduced the world to many great actors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-29
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Magnetic Reconnection
Overview: A short documentary film contrasting the Northern Lights with decaying man-made debris littered throughout the landscape surrounding the town of Churchill, Manitoba in Canada's Arctic. The film touches on the regenerative power of nature and the futility of mankind's struggle against natural processes of decay.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-04
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The Difficulties of Being an Interpretive Dancer in the Year of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 2020 AD
Overview: A captivating dance performance catches the attention of one of the audience members.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-16
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Jackass 3D
Overview: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Wee Man and the rest of their fearless and foolhardy friends take part in another round of outrageous pranks and stunts. In addition to standing in the path of a charging bull, launching themselves into the air and crashing through various objects, the guys perform in segments such as "Sweatsuit Cocktail," "Beehive Tetherball" and "Lamborghini Tooth Pull."
Genres: Comedy Documentary Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-15
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Wonder: The Lives of Anna and Harlan Hubbard
Overview: What Henry David Thoreau did for two years Anna and Harlan Hubbard did for forty. Anna and Harlan lived life as few people in modern times have and in doing so inspired thousands. Wonder: The Lives of Anna and Harlan Hubbard , a new documentary by Morgan Atkinson, brings to life their adventures. Harlan was an artist, writer and naturalist born in northern Kentucky. Anna, a scholar and librarian from Grand Rapids, MI. They met in Cincinnati and began their life together in the mid-1940's by building a boat, then floating from Cincinnati to New Orleans. Their voyage lasted five years. They then settled on the banks of the Ohio River in rural Kentucky. In a house they built by hand, sustained by food they raised or caught, aided by no electricity or modern convenience, Anna and Harlan, met the world on their own terms and found deep meaning. Wonder considers their astonishing life of freedom and what it says to Americans today.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
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Wendy and Lucy
Overview: A near-penniless drifter's journey to Alaska in search of work is interrupted when she loses her dog while attempting to shoplift food for it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-10
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