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Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (1992)
Documentary | Music
Referred to as "Bobfest" by Neil Young, the Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration took place in Madison Square Garden on October 16, 1992. The four-hour concert commemorated Dylan's first album on Columbia Records. Superstar musical guests like Johnny Cash, Eddie Vedder, and Tom Petty showed up to play Dylan songs. Performance highlights include "Just Like a Woman" by Richie Havens, "Foot of Pride" by Lou Reed, and "Blowin' in the Wind" by Stevie Wonder. Dylan himself performs a few songs at the end, concluding with an improvised version of "Girl From the North Country."
Starring: Bob Dylan, George Harrison, John Mellencamp
Director: Gavin Taylor
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The Devil's Violinist / Paganini: The Devil's Violinist (2013)
Biography | Drama | Musical
1830. Violin virtuoso and notorious womanizer Niccolò Paganini is at the peak of his career, acclaimed throughout Europe. His name alone suggests countless affairs and scandals – which is exactly what his manager Urbani is doing his utmost to cultivate, for it is in his interest to market his famous client the best way possible. Only the London public has yet to be conquered. In a plan to lure Paganini to London for his British debut, English impresario John Watson and his mistress Elisabeth Wells risk all they own. Business-savvy Urbani ultimately manages to bring Paganini to the British capital, albeit against his will. And thanks to the rave reviews by journalist Ethel Langham, Urbani's strategy seems to be working better than he imagined.
Starring: David Garrett, Jared Harris, Joely Richardson, Christian McKay, Veronica Ferres, Helmut Berger, Olivia d'Abo, Andrea Deck
Director: Bernard Rose
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The Razor's Edge (1946)
Drama
An adventuresome young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.
Starring: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb, Herbert Marshall
Director: Edmund Goulding
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The Return of Frank James (1940)
Crime | History | Western
Frank James, the brother of Jesse James, has been laying low, living as a farmer and taking care of Clem, the son of one of the members of the James gang. He gets word that Jesse was killed by Bob and Charlie Ford, he hoped that the law would deal with them but when he learns that the railroad man whom he and Jesse terrorized contracted them to kill Jesse and helped them get off, he goes after them. Clem whom he told to remain on the farm goes with him and when it's impossible for him to do so, Frank has no choice to let him tag along. Now in order to cover their tracks they start telling people that Frank James is dead and that they saw it. Eleanor Stone, a female reporter, who wants to write about it interviews them and they are both taken with each other. But eventually she learns who Frank is from the Pinkerton detective who is tracking them but doesn't turn them in. But eventually Frank learns that his farm hand, Pinky has been arrested as his accomplice and is about to be hung. Now short of knowing who Frank is, he has not done anything to help Frank, so Frank has to decide what is more important getting the Fords or helping Pinky.
Starring: Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper, Henry Hull, John Carradine, J. Edward Bromberg
Director: Fritz Lang
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It Should Happen to You (1954)
Comedy | Romance
A dizzy model in love with fame rents a billboard and puts her name on it.
Starring: Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford, Michael O'Shea, Vaughn Taylor, Connie Gilchrist
Director: George Cukor
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Heat Wave / Kagerô (1991)
Crime | Drama
Jojima Orin is orphaned when Tsunejiro murders her father. She is later adopted by the Kosuji family, who run a restaurant called Yagumo, and becomes a gambler just like her father. Orin meets Tsunejiro again and confronts the Iwabune mob to take back Yagumo that rightfully belongs to her brother.
Starring: Kanako Higuchi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiko Oginome, Masahiro Motoki, Rino Katase, Takuzô Kawatani, Naoto Takenaka
Director: Hideo Gosha
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Tags: Hideo Gosha, Kanako Higuchi, Keiko Oginome, Masahiro Motoki, Naoto Takenaka, Rino Katase, Takuzô Kawatani, Tatsuya Nakadai