Movies: Biography
- 2022
George Michael: Freedom Uncut (2022)
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Freedom Uncut chronicles the tumultuous — yet creatively fruitful — period of George Michael’s life and career following the release of his 1987 solo debut, Faith, then through the creation and release of his 1990 follow-up Listen Without Prejudice, ...
- 1996
The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera (1996)
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In a documentary about Samuel Fuller, the spectator gets different impressions about the Hollywood director and his films. The film is divided into the three sections: The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera. The first segment covers Fuller's ...
- 2023
Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert (2023)
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When Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch meet for the first time in Paris in the summer of 1958, they are already international celebrities of the literary world. In the four years that follow, they dabble in great love and an open relationship between ...
- 2010
The 5th Quarter (2010)
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In the wake of a car crash that killed his brother, football player Jon Abbate leads his school's struggling team to its most successful season ever....
- 2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
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Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. ...
- 2017
Bill Nye: Science Guy (2017)
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Bill Nye is retiring his kid show act in a bid to become more like his late professor, astronomer Carl Sagan. Sagan dreamed of launching a spacecraft that could revolutionize interplanetary exploration. Bill sets out to accomplish Sagan's mission, bu...
- 2021
The Super Bob Einstein Movie (2021)
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This documentary explores Bob Einstein’s unlikely discovery and enduring career, sharing the many evolving layers of his comedy from the people that knew him best....
- 2012
Liz & Dick (2012)
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On the set of Cleopatra, Hollywood's most beautiful star, Elizabeth Taylor, fell into the arms of one of the world's greatest actors, Richard Burton - and she didn't leave. Their subsequent white-hot, scandalous love affair gave rise to the paparazzi...
- 1981
This Is Elvis (1981)
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Though several actors portray Elvis Presley at different stages of his life, this documentary is comprised mostly of actual performance footage and interviews with Elvis, his fans and those close to him. This biographical docu-drama features rare foo...
- 1952
The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
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The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 1940s....
- 2014
Mafia Millionaires (2014)
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Based on a real Italian crime boss and family, their 40-year saga, as seen through their eyes, reflects the history, beauty, and strife of Naples....
- 2014
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This (2014)
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The life and times of Tommy Cooper...
- 1999
The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)
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Author Ayn Rand becomes involved with a much younger and married man, to the dismay of those close to her....
- 2023
Let the Canary Sing (2023)
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A chronicle of Cyndi Lauper's meteoric ascent to stardom and her profound impact on generations through her music, ever-evolving punk style, unwavering feminism and tireless advocacy. This documentary takes the audience on an engaging exploration of...
- 1989
Rikyu (1989)
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Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan’s most powerful warlord, unifying the country....
- 1991
Mother (1991)
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Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian of Armenian parentage on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, Turkey, and his family fled to France and settled in Marseilles when he was a young child. He later recounted his childhood experience in the novel Mayrig, ...
- 2005
Champion (2005)
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Danny Trejo, you know the man. He has fierce tattoos, and frequently plays a thug in your favorite movies. Behind the ink and the wicked characters he plays on screen lies the story of a troubled childhood which included drug addiction, armed robbery...
- 1988
Liberace: Behind the Music (1988)
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A gifted classical pianist, fueled by poverty, Wladiziu Valentino Liberace was already playing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of 17. Through a variety of his highs and lows, chaptered in TV-style format, Liberace's life from his earl...
- 2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)
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Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds....
- 2019
Parchís: the Documentary (2019)
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The spotlight's on Parchís, a record company-created Spanish boy/girl band that had unprecedented success with Top 10 songs and hit films in the '80s....