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Broken Rainbow
Genres: History, Documentary
Year: 1985
Country: USA
Director: Victoria Mudd
Starring: Burgess Meredith, Martin Sheen, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Laura Nyro
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Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.
The Barbarian and the Geisha
Genres: Adventure, Romance, Drama
Year: 1958
Country: USA
Director: John Huston
Starring: John Wayne, Sam Jaffe, Sô Yamamura, Eiko Ando
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Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to that country. Harris discovers enormous hostility to foreigners, as well as the love of a young geisha.
Ghost Adventures - Season Two
Genres: Thriller, History, Sci-Fi
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Nick Groff, Zak Bagans
Starring: Nick Groff, Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Ghost Adventures is a weekly American paranormal television series that premiered on October 17, 2008 on the Travel Channel. Currently produced by MY-Tupelo Entertainment (a merger of MY Entertainment and Tupelo-Honey Productions), the program follows and stars ghost hunters Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, and Aaron Goodwin, as they investigate locations that are reported to be haunted. Hosted and narrated by Bagans, the show initially airs new episodes on Fridays at 9 p.m. Eastern Time on the Travel Channel. The tagline of the series is: "Can you handle the lockdown?"
Ghost Adventures - Season Three
Genres: Thriller, History, Sci-Fi
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Nick Groff, Zak Bagans
Starring: Nick Groff, Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin
Available Quality: DivX
Self-considered "raw" and "extreme", the program originally began as an independent documentary television film, which was filmed by the crew in 2004 and produced by 4Reel Productions in 2006. The Sci-Fi Channel first presented 4Reel's Ghost Adventures on July 25, 2007. The documentary centers on the trio's investigation of alleged paranormal activity in and around Virginia City, Nevada, which the crew returned to on the third season of the series, and in Goldfield, Nevada in which the crew returned to in order to finish their lockdown at the Goldfield Hotel. On June, 25th 2011 Zak Bagans announced via Twitter that a new contract was signed f...
Savage Journey
Genres: Drama, History, Western
Year: 1983
Country: USA
Director: Tom McGowan
Starring: Richard Moll, Beverly Rowland, Stephen Cracroft, Maurice Grandmaison, Paul Warton, John Mason, Lou Edwards
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They forged a new land in the untamed wilderness - with their heart, their hands, and their faith in god.
Napoleon (TV mini-series)
Genres: Adventure, Romance, Drama
Year: 2002
Country: Germany, USA, UK, Canada, Czech Republic
Director: Yves Simoneau
Starring: Christian Clavier
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The year is 1816, and NAPOLEON, held prisoner by the British on the island of St. Helena, is telling the young English girl BETSY his life story. His meteoric rise to military prominence begins with his victory over the Royalists in 1795, which is followed by campaigns in Italy and Egypt. He marries the young and capricious JOSEPHINE DE BEAUHARNAIS, the love of his life, who unfortunately cannot bear him any children. After a coup d'état he seizes power in France and crowns himself Emperor of the French in 1804. After his decisive victory at Austerlitz, Napoleon reorganizes Europe and makes his relatives into princes and kings. Continuing re...
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Year: 1944
Country: USA
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Van Johnson, Paul Langton, Louis Jean Heydt, Donald Curtis, Phyllis Thaxter, Stephen McNally
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The amazingly detailed true story of "The Doolittle Raid" based on the novel of the same name. Stunned by Pearl Harbor and a string of defeats, America needed a victory - badly. To that end, Colonel Jimmy Dolittle, a former air racer and stunt pilot, devises a plan for a daring raid on the heart of Japan itself. To do this, he must train army bomber pilots to do something no one ever dreamed possible - launch 16 fully load bombers from an aircraft carrier! Remarkable in its accuracy, this movie even uses film footage from the actual raid.
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
Genres: History, Documentary, Biography
Year: 2010
Country: USA
Director: Mary Murphy
Starring: Oprah Winfrey, Tom Brokaw, James Patterson, Mary Badham, Rosanne Cash, Alice Finch Lee, James McBride
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
It is our national novel. Reading to Kill a Mockingbird is something we all have in common. Harper Lee's first and only novel turns 50 this summer and the author hasn't given an interview since 1964 or published a second book. In compelling interviews with Scott Turow, James McBride, Wally Lamb, Rosanne Cash, Anna Quindlen, Oprah Winfrey,Tom Brokaw, among others, and with rare cooperation from Harper Lee's sister and friends, Mary Murphy traces the history of this astonishing phenomenon.
Paradise Road
Year: 1997
Country: USA, Australia
Director: Bruce Beresford
Starring: Glenn Close, Julianna Margulies, Cate Blanchett, Frances McDormand, Jennifer Ehle, Sab Shimono, Clyde Kusatsu
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The group of women from different countries and social levels are prisoners in a Japanese concentration camp, where one of them, Adrienne, who is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, organizes a vocal band in spite of their guards resistance.
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
Genres: History, Documentary, Biography
Year: 2010
Country: USA
Director: Kenneth Bowser
Starring: Sean Penn, Joan Baez, Tom Hayden, Arthur Gorson, Christopher Hitchens, Jac Holzman, Michael Ochs
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From civil rights to the anti-war movement to the struggles of workers, folksinger Phil Ochs wrote topical songs that engaged his audiences in the issues of the 1960s and 70s. In this biographical documentary, veteran director Kenneth Bowser shows how Phil's music and his fascinating life story and eventual decline into depression and suicide were intertwined with the history-making events that defined a generation. Even as his contemporaries moved into folk-rock and pop music, Phil followed his own vision, challenging himself and his listeners. Not one to pull punches, Ochs never achieved the commercial success he desperately desired. But hi...
Gods and Generals
Genres: Action, Drama, History
Year: 2003
Country: USA
Director: Ronald F. Maxwell
Starring: Stephen Lang, Jeff Daniels, Robert Duvall, Mira Sorvino, Kevin Conway, Mark Aldrich, George Allen
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Gods and Generals follows the rise and fall of legendary war hero "Stonewall Jackson". The prequel to the 1993 hit Gettysburg.
The Pillars of the Earth (TV mini-series)
Genres: Thriller, Romance, Drama
Year: 2010
Country: Germany, Canada
Director: Unknown
Starring: Tony Curran, Skye Bennett, Rufus Sewell, Sarah Parish, Ian McShane, Donald Sutherland, Anatole Taubman
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The Pillars of the Earth is set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles which tears lives and families apart. In that time, there rises a magnificent Cathedral in Kingsbridge. Against the backdrop, love-stories entwine: Tom, the master builder, Aliena, the noblewoman, the sadistic Lord William, Philip, the prior of Kingsbridge, Jack, the artist in stone work and Ellen, the woman from the forest who casts a curse. At once, this is a sensuous and enduring love story and an epic that shines with the fierce spirit of a passionate age. Follett masterfully weaves these stories through political turmoil of 12th century Englan...
The Royal Wedding
Genres: History
Year: 2011
Country: UK
Director: Unknown
Starring: David Beckham, David Cameron, Elton John, Chris Hollins, James Middleton, Kate Middleton, Prince William Windsor
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BBC coverage of the wedding of Prince William Windsor and Kate Middleton.
Gettysburg
Year: 1993
Country: USA
Director: Ronald F. Maxwell
Starring: Stephen Lang, Jeff Daniels, Tom Berenger, Royce D. Applegate, Richard Jordan, William Morgan Sheppard, Martin Sheen
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The four and 1/4 hour depiction of the historical and personal events surrounding and including the decisive American civil war battle features thousands of civil war re-enactors marching over the exact ground that the federal army and the army of North Virginia fought on. The defense of the Little Round Top and Pickett's Charge are highlighted in the actual three day battle which is surrounded by the speeches of the commanding officers and the personal reflections of the fighting men. Based upon the novel 'The Killer Angels'.
Munich
Genres: Thriller, Drama, History
Year: 2005
Country: USA, Canada, France
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Mathieu Amalric, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Lonsdale, Yvan Attal, Ayelet Zurer
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, iPod
In the wake of 1972 Munich Olympic tragedy, the Mossad retaliates by deploying a team of agents (led by Avner) in Europe to assassinate Palestinian terrorist leaders suspected of planning the attack, which left eleven Israeli athletes dead.
The Company - Season One
Genres: Thriller, Drama, History
Year: 2007
Country: USA
Director: Michael Keaton, Chris O'Donnell, Alfred Molina
Starring: Alfred Molina, Michael Keaton, Chris O'Donnell
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The Company is an American fiction miniseries that follows the Cold War intelligence battle between the CIA and the KGB from the end of World War II to the fall of the Soviet Union. The protagonist is Jack McAuliffe (Chris O'Donnell), an idealistic and naive "true believer" who was recruited from Yale by his crew coach.
Secret Access: The Vatican
Genres: History
Year: 2011
Country: USA
Director: Unknown
Starring: David Gibson, James Lurie
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The film takes you on a journey inside the Vatican like you've never seen it before. From the ancient "City of the Dead" beneath St. Peter's basilica to the vaults of the Secret Archives, to the Pope's private offices and TV room. The show also explores the long and tumultuous relationship between the Vatican and the U.S., uncovering documents that date back to the Civil War and exploring Reagan's relationship with John Paul II in their quest to combat the Soviets during the Cold War.
Changeling
Genres: Thriller, Drama, History
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Colm Feore, Michael Kelly, John Malkovich, Gattlin Griffith, Jan Devereaux, Erica Grant
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Single parent Christine Collins is a supervisor at the local telephone exchange who, having returned home late from having to work overtime on a Saturday, finds her 9 year old son Walter is missing from their home. As the days and weeks go by, the Collins case becomes the object of a campaign by Pastor Gustav Briegleb who rails against the incompetence and corruption of the Los Angeles police Department. Soon, the police arrive with the news that they have found her boy but when the lad is turned over to her, she realizes that the police have returned a stranger to her in an attempt to bring an end to the public complaints about their handlin...
The Boat (1981)
Genres: Action, Drama, History
Year: 1981
Country: West Germany
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring: Erwin Leder, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Jürgen Prochnow, Heinz Hoenig, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch
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It is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so called "Battle of the Atlantic" to harass and destroy English shipping. With better escorts of the Destroyer Class, however, German U-Boats have begun to take heavy losses. "Das Boot" is the story of one such U-Boat crew, with the film examining how these submariners maintained their professionalism as soldiers, attempted to accomplish impossible missions, while all the time attempting to understand and obey the ideology of the government under which they served...Language: DE...English Subtitles
The Borgias - Season One
Year: 2011
Country: Canada, Ireland, Hungary
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Holliday Grainger, François Arnaud
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The series is based on the Borgia family, an Italian dynasty of Spanish origin, and stars Jeremy Irons as Pope Alexander VI and David Oakes, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger and Aidan Alexander as Juan, Cesare, Lucrezia and Gioffre Borgia, respectively. Derek Jacobi also stars as Cardinal Orsini.