Category: Biography
Posted on May 21, 2013 |
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Killing Lincoln (2013)
Biography | Drama | History | War
Based on The New York Times best-selling novel, Killing Lincoln is the suspenseful, eye-opening story of the events surrounding the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. While some aspects of the plot to slay Lincoln and cripple the newly forming union are widely known, much more of the history unfolds in this insightful drama. As actor John Wilkes Booth becomes increasingly obsessed with removing Lincoln from office, a secret cabal forms, and ultimately empowers Booth to carry out an event that will change America forever. Narrated by Oscar® Winner Tom Hanks (Actor: Forrest Gump, 1994; Philadelphia, 1993) and produced by Tony Scott and Ridley Scott, this historical masterpiece stars Billy Campbell in a spectacular turn as President Lincoln.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Regen Wilson, Billy Campbell, Jesse Johnson, Geraldine Hughes, Graham Beckel, Benjamin Perkinson
Director: Adrian Moat
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Tags: Adrian Moat, Benjamin Perkinson, Billy Campbell, Geraldine Hughes, Graham Beckel, Jesse Johnson, Regen Wilson, Tom Hanks
Posted on May 16, 2013 |
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Les saveurs du Palais / Haute Cuisine (2012)
Biography | Comedy
The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.
Starring: Catherine Frot, Arthur Dupont, Jean d'Ormesson, Hippolyte Girardot
Director: Christian Vincent
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Posted on May 15, 2013 |
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Leonie (2010)
Biography | Drama
A film about the life and relationships of the early 20th American educator, editor, and journalist Leonie Gilmour, the mother of the acclaimed artist and architect Isamu Noguchi.
Starring: Emily Mortimer, Shidô Nakamura, Christina Hendricks, Mieko Harada, Jan Milligan
Director: Hisako Matsui
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Tags: Christina Hendricks, Emily Mortimer, Hisako Matsui, Jan Milligan, Mieko Harada, Shidô Nakamura
Posted on May 14, 2013 |
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Spartacus: War of the Damned (TV Series 2010-2013)
Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History
Betrayed by the Romans. Forced into slavery. Reborn as a Gladiator. The classic tale of the Republic’s most infamous rebel comes alive in the graphic and visceral new series, Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment. But not all battles are fought upon the sands. Treachery, corruption, and the allure of sensual pleasures will constantly test Spartacus. To survive, he must become more than a man. More than a gladiator. He must become a legend.
Starring: Manu Bennett, Daniel Feuerriegel, Peter Mensah, Lucy Lawless, Nick Tarabay, Viva Bianca, Liam McIntyre, Pana Hema Taylor, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Dustin Clare, Heath Jones, Katrina Law, Ellen Hollman, Barry Duffield
Creator: Steven S. DeKnight
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Tags: Barry Duffield, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Daniel Feuerriegel, Dustin Clare, Ellen Hollman, Heath Jones, Katrina Law, Liam McIntyre, Lucy Lawless, Manu Bennett, Nick Tarabay, Pana Hema Taylor, Peter Mensah, Steven S. DeKnight, Viva Bianca
Posted on May 13, 2013 |
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Chaplin (1992)
Biography | Drama
A dramatized biography of the highs and lows in the life of one of the foremost comic geniuses the silver screen has ever known. With the use of flashback, an elderly Chaplin (Downey Jr.) discusses his autobiography with his editor (Hopkins) who urges him to be more vulnerable and emotionally honest with his memoirs. Together, they journey through Chaplin's poverty-stricken childhood, closest friendships, many marriages, and his ingenious invention of "The Little Tramp," as well as J. Edgar Hoover's merciless pursuit, Chaplin's shocking exile to Switzerland and his triumphant return to Hollywood.
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Dan Aykroyd, Geraldine Chaplin, Kevin Dunn, Anthony Hopkins, Milla Jovovich
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Posted on April 25, 2013 |
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Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | War
Brad Pitt stars as the arrogant Heinrich, a famed Austrian mountain climber who leaves behind his wife and infant son to head a Himalayan expedition in 1939, only to fall into the hands of the Allied forces as a prisoner of war. He and a fellow escapee, Peter Aufschnaiter (David Thewlis), make their way to the Forbidden City of Tibet, where Peter finds a wife and Heinrich befriends the Western culture-obsessed teenage Dalai Lama (Jaamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk), the spiritual leader of his Buddhist nation. As Heinrich waits out the war, his friendship with the Dalai Lama begins to transform him from naughty to humble.
Starring: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B.D. Wong, Mako, Danny Denzongpa, Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Posted on April 24, 2013 |
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In the Name of the Father (1993)
Biography | Drama | Thriller
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. Bullied by the British police, he and four of his friends are coerced into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends 15 years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence with the help of a British attorney, Gareth Peirce.
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Jim Sheridan
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Posted on April 22, 2013 |
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What's Love Got to Do With It (1993)
Biography | Drama | Music
The filmed biography of R&B/pop singer Tina Turner (Angela Bassett), documenting her efforts to break away from her abusive husband Ike (Laurence Fishburne).
Starring: Angela Bassett, Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly, Virginia Capers, Laurence Fishburne, Khandi Alexander
Director: Brian Gibson
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Posted on April 16, 2013 |
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Désirée (1954)
Biography | Drama | Romance
The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte as seen through the eyes of a woman who spurned him when he was impoverished and then fell in love with him as he rose to power but was unrequited in her passion as he married Josephine.
Starring: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Cameron Mitchell, Michael Rennie
Director: Henry Koster
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Tags: Cameron Mitchell, Henry Koster, Jean Simmons, Marlon Brando, Merle Oberon, Michael Rennie
Posted on April 4, 2013 |
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Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Biography | Drama
The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau, Frederic Forrest, Mako, Elias Koteas, Christian Slater, Nina Siemaszko
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Tags: Christian Slater, Elias Koteas, Francis Ford Coppola, Frederic Forrest, Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Mako, Martin Landau, Nina Siemaszko
Posted on April 1, 2013 |
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Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | History
The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.
Starring: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Samuel West, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Marvel
Director: Roger Michell
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Posted on March 31, 2013 |
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Dirch / A Funny Man (2011)
Biography | Drama
A biography of the Danish actor and comedian, Dirch Passer.
Starring: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Ranthe, Lars Brygmann
Director: Martin Zandvliet
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Posted on March 31, 2013 |
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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler / A Courageous Heart (2009)
Biography | Drama | War
The story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazis for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto.
Starring: Anna Paquin, Marcia Gay Harden, Goran Visnjic, Nathaniel Parker, Steve Speirs, Paul Freeman, Michelle Dockery
Director: John Kent Harrison
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Posted on March 28, 2013 |
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Gods and Monsters (1998)
Biography | Drama
One of the most critically acclaimed films of 1998 and winner of several awards including the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, Gods and Monsters is a compassionate speculation about the final days of James Whale (1889-1957), the director of Frankenstein and 20 other films of the 1930s and '40s, who was openly gay at a time when homosexuality in Hollywood was discreetly concealed.
Starring: Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich, David Dukes, Kevin J. O'Connor, Mark Kiely
Director: Bill Condon
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Posted on March 26, 2013 |
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Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
Biography | Drama | Romance
A drama centered on the romance between Ernest Hemingway and WWII correspondent Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's inspiration for For Whom the Bell Tolls and the only woman who ever asked for a divorce from the writer.
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Clive Owen, Lars Ulrich, David Strathairn, Santiago Cabrera, Joan Chen
Director: Philip Kaufman
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Posted on March 26, 2013 |
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Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | History
The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.
Starring: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Samuel West, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Marvel
Director: Roger Michell
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Tags: Bill Murray, Elizabeth Marvel, Laura Linney, Olivia Colman, Olivia Williams, Roger Michell, Samuel West
Posted on March 22, 2013 |
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The Last Emperor (1987)
Biography | Drama | History
Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor won nine Academy Awards, unexpectedly sweeping every category in which it was nominated. The power and scope of the film was, and remains, undeniable-the life of Emperor Pu Yi, who took the throne at age three, in 1908, before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval, within and without the walls of the Forbidden City. Recreating Ching dynasty China with astonishing detail and unparalleled craftsmanship by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti, The Last Emperor is also an intimate character study of one man reconciling personal responsibility and political legacy.
Starring: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
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Posted on March 16, 2013 |
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The Hurricane (1999)
Biography | Drama | Sport
This film tells the story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, an African-American man who rose above his troubled youth to become a top contender for the middle-weight boxing title. However, his dreams are shattered when he is accused of a triple murder, and is convicted to three natural-life terms. Despite becoming a cause celebre and his dogged efforts to prove his innocence through his autobiography, the years of fruitless efforts have left him discouraged. This changes when an African-American boy and his Canadian mentors read his book and are convinced of his innocence enough to work for his exoneration. However, what Hurricane and his friends learn is that this fight puts them against a racist establishment that profited from this travesty and have no intention of seeing it reversed.
Starring: Denzel Washington, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger
Director: Norman Jewison
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Posted on March 13, 2013 |
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Nightwatching (2007)
Biography | Drama | History | Mystery
An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting "The Night Watch".
Starring: Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Eva Birthistle, Jodhi May, Toby Jones
Director: Peter Greenaway
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Posted on March 12, 2013 |
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Heavenly Creatures / Maiden's Prayer (1994)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Fantasy
The story concerns Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, outcasts who become best friends, whose bizarre fantasy life becomes more intense as their bond becomes increasingly more obsessive. When Pauline's mother tries to intervene and split the girls apart, they bring about a terrible revenge, resulting in what is to this day still a celebrated and controversial case.
Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison, Simon O'Connor
Director: Peter Jackson
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Tags: Clive Merrison, Diana Kent, Kate Winslet, Melanie Lynskey, Peter Jackson, Sarah Peirse, Simon O'Connor
