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The Edge of the World
Genres: Romance, Drama, History
Year: 1937
Country: UK
Director: Michael Powell
Starring: Niall MacGinnis, Finlay Currie, John Laurie, Grant Sutherland, Eric Berry, Belle Chrystall, Kitty Kirwan
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A trio wanders the cliffs of a Shetland island and encounters a gravestone at the edge of a precipice; it reads, "Peter Manson ... gone over." One man in the trio knows the story of the gravestone and tells it to the others... It is ten years earlier, and the way of life on the island is dying; steam trawlers from the mainland threaten its survival as a fishing port. Peter Manson, one of the community's leaders, resists evacuating to the mainland, though his son Robbie is about to leave the island himself. Meanwhile, Robbie's twin sister plans to marry his best friend, Andrew Gray. Andrew and Robbie argue over evacuation and decide to settle ...
The Secret of Oz
Genres: History, Documentary
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Director: William T. Still
Starring: Ellen Brown, James Robertson, Peter Schiff, Byron Dale, Prof. Michael Hudson
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The Secret of Oz won best documentary of 2010 at the Beloit International Film Festival. It won the Silver Sierra Award for Excellence in Filmmaking at the Yosemite Film Festival. It won the Award of Merit at The Accolade Competition in La Jolla, California. It won the Silver Screen Award at the Nevada Film Festival. It's received an excellent review on Nathan's Economic Edge, one of the world's top economics blogs. It's British premier was at the prestigious Bromsgrove conference on Oct. 1. What's going on with the world's economy? Foreclosures are everywhere, unemployment is skyrocketing - and this may only be the beginning. Could it be tha...
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
Genres: Action, Drama, History
Year: 2010
Country: China, Hong Kong
Director: Wai-keung Lau
Starring: Donnie Yen, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Qi Shu, Shawn Yue, Karl Dominik, Ryu Kohata, Jiajia Chen
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Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, who was shot after discovering who was responsible for his teacher's death (Huo Yuanjia) in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. A mysterious stranger arrives from overseas and befriends a local mafia boss. That man is a disguised Chen Zhen, who intends to infiltrate the mob when they form an alliance with the Japanese. Disguising himself as a caped fighter by night, Chen intends to take out everyone involved as well as get his hands on an assassination list prepared by the Japanese.
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Year: 1996
Country: Germany, USA, UK, Japan, India
Director: Mira Nair
Starring: Sarita Choudhury, Naveen Andrews, Ranjit Chowdhry, Harish Patel, Indira Varma, Achala Sachdev, Rekha
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Tara and Maya are two inseparable friends in India. Their tastes, habits, and hobbies are the same. Years later, the two have matured, but have maintained their friendship. Tara gets married to the local prince, Raj Singh, who soon succeeds the throne as the sole heir. After the marriage, Raj gets bored of Tara and starts seeking another female to satisfy his sexual needs. He notices Maya and is instantly attracted to her. He has her included as one of his courtesans, and is intimate with her. Watch what happens when Tara finds out and the extent she will go to keep her marriage intact.
Allegheny Uprising
Genres: Action, Adventure, History
Year: 1939
Country: USA
Director: William A. Seiter
Starring: Ian Wolfe, John Wayne, Robert Barrat, Eddie Quillan, Moroni Olsen, Wilfrid Lawson, George Sanders
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In British colonial America, Captain Swanson's adherence to the rules results in Trader Callendar's selling to the Indians under cover of a government permit. Jim Smith won't sit still for that. He organizes troopers to dress up as Indians and intercept the shipments which, of course, gets him thrown in jail.
The Times of Harvey Milk
Genres: History, Documentary, Biography
Year: 1984
Country: USA
Director: Rob Epstein
Starring: Harvey Fierstein, Tom Ammiano, Harvey Milk, Anne Kronenberg, Tory Hartmann, Jim Elliot, Henry Der
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Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone were assassinated by Supervisor Dan White on November 27, 1978. Milk's life leading up to his election, his successful efforts to politically represent San Francisco's gay community, and the city's reaction to the assassinations are documented with extensive news film and personal recollections.
I Was Monty's Double aka Hell, Heaven or Hoboken
Year: 1958
Country: UK
Director: John Guillermin
Starring: Michael Hordern, Sid James, Barbara Hicks, Leslie Phillips, Cecil Parker, John Mills, James Hayter
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The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the German's about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.
The Devils
Genres: Horror, Drama, History
Year: 1971
Country: UK
Director: Ken Russell
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, Andrew Faulds, Kenneth Colley, Michael Gothard, Gemma Jones, John Woodvine, Dudley Sutton
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Cardinal Richelieu and his power-hungry entourage seek to take control of seventeenth-century France, but need to destroy Father Grandier - the priest who runs the fortified town that prevents them from exerting total control. So they seek to destroy him by setting him up as a warlock in control of a devil-possessed nunnery, the mother superior of which is sexually obsessed by him. A mad witch-hunter is brought in to gather evidence against the priest, ready for the big trial.
61*
Year: 2001
Country: USA
Director: Billy Crystal
Starring: Bob Gunton, Chris Bauer, Barry Pepper, Christopher McDonald, Anthony Michael Hall, Bruce McGill, Michael Nouri
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Summer, 1961: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle are on pace to break the most hallowed record in U.S. sports, Babe Ruth's single-season 60 home runs. It's a big story, and the intense, plain-spoken Maris is the bad guy: sports writers bait him and minimize his talent, fans cheer Mantle, the league's golden boy, and baseball's commissioner announces that Ruth's record stands unless it's broken within 154 games. Any record set after 154 games of the new 162-game schedule will have an asterisk. The film follows the boys of summer, on and off the field: their friendship, the stresses on Maris, his frustration with the negative attention, and his desi...
Atlantis: End of World, Birth of Legend - Season
Year: 2011
Country: Germany
Director: Unknown
Starring: Unknown
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Atlantis tells the dramatic story of the greatest natural disaster to ever happen in the ancient world. In 1620 BC a gigantic volcano in the Aegean Sea stirred from it's 19,000-year sleep. The eruption ending up destroying the island of Thera producing huge tsunamis that flooded the island of Crete. Many experts think that this event created the inspiration for the legend of Atlantis. The series stars Reece Ritchie and Stephanie Leonida.
North West Mounted Police
Genres: Action, Adventure, Romance
Year: 1940
Country: USA
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Starring: Paulette Goddard, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, Walter Hampden, Francis McDonald, Gary Cooper, Lon Chaney Jr.
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Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
The American Experience - Season Twenty three
Year: 2011
Country: USA
Director: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers
Starring: David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough
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From the Civil War, to Vietnam, to World War II, and more contemporary conflicts, soldiers have been writing home from the front lines for centuries. Has anyone ever written to you from the battlefield? Do you have any war letters or stories about wartime correspondence to share with AMERICAN EXPERIENCE?
Marie Antoinette
Genres: Drama, History, Biography
Year: 2006
Country: USA, Japan, France
Director: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Danny Huston, Rose Byrne, Molly Shannon, Rip Torn, Shirley Henderson, Asia Argento
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"All eyes will be on you," says the Austrian duchess, Maria Theresa to her youngest daughter Marie Antoinette. The film, marketed for a teen audience, is an impressionistic retelling of Marie Antoinette's life as a young queen in the opulent and eccentric court at Versailles. The film focuses on Marie Antoinette, as she matures from a teenage bride to a young woman and eventual queen of France.
Western Union (1941)
Year: 1941
Country: USA
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Victor Kilian, Dean Jagger, George Chandler, John Carradine, Russell Hicks, Minor Watson, Randolph Scott
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Vance Shaw gives up outlawing and goes to work for the telegraph company; his brother Jack Slade leads outlaws trying to prevent the company connecting the line between Omaha and Salt Lake City. Lots of Indian fighting and gunplay.
Bread from Heaven
Genres: Family, History, Biography
Year: 1996
Country: USA
Director: Richard Rich
Starring: Marion Calvert, Al Michaels, Morgan Rusler, Ivan Crosland, Chester Johnson, Luco Landy, John Nicolaysen
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Bread from Heaven is an account of how Jesus has compassion for the multitudes that have come to hear Him minister. The story begins with a young street urchin named Jonas who is begging for each bit of food he can get. After an incident of trickery, he takes bread from the local bakers, Zeke and Jethro. He refuses to share his bread with an old man who is weak and clearly in need of nourishment. Later Jonas finds himself listening to the words of Jesus on the mountain. He is inspired by His message. When Jesus asks for food to feed the people, Jonas unselfishly offers the five loaves and two fishes. After Jesus prays over the food, the disci...
The Alamo
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
Year: 1960
Country: USA
Director: John Wayne
Starring: John Wayne, Denver Pyle, Richard Widmark, Ken Curtis, Patrick Wayne, Veda Ann Borg, Jester Hairston
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In 1836 General Santa Anna and the Mexican army is sweeping across Texas. To be able to stop him, General Sam Houston needs time to get his main force into shape. To buy that time he orders Colonel William Travis to defend a small mission on the Mexicans' route at all costs. Travis' small troop is swelled by groups accompanying Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett, but as the situation becomes ever more desperate Travis makes it clear there will be no shame if they leave while they can.
The Alamo
Year: 2004
Country: USA
Director: John Lee Hancock
Starring: Jordi Mollà , Dennis Quaid, Marc Blucas, Billy Bob Thornton, Patrick Wilson, Jason Patric, Leon Rippy
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Historical drama detailing the 1835-36 Texas revolution before, during, and after the famous siege of the Alamo (February 23-March 6, 1836) where 183 Texans (American-born Texans) and Tejanos (Mexican-born Texans) commanded by Colonel Travis, along with Davey Crockett and Jim Bowie, were besieged in an abandoned mission outside San Antonio by a Mexican army of nearly 2,000 men under the personal command of the dictator of Mexico, General Santa Anna, as well as detailing the Battle of San Jacinto (April 21, 1836) where General Sam Houston's rag-tag army of Texans took on and defeated Santa Anna's army which led to the indepedence of Texas.
The Last Station
Genres: Drama, History, Biography
Year: 2009
Country: Germany, UK, Russia
Director: Michael Hoffman
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, Patrick Kennedy, James McAvoy, John Sessions, Kerry Condon
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The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every trick of seduction on her husband's loyal disciple, whom she believes was the person responsible for Tolstoy signing a new will that leaves his work and property to the Russian people.
Missing
Genres: Thriller, Drama, History
Year: 1982
Country: USA
Director: Costa-Gavras
Starring: Jerry Hardin, Janice Rule, Richard Bradford, Melanie Mayron, John Doolittle, David Clennon, Joe Regalbuto
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Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman, this is the story of an American father of conservative background who comes to a South American country to search for his missing son, a journalist. Ed joins with his daughter-in-law Beth, who like her husband is politically polarized from the father, in prying through the bureaucracy and dangerous political intrigue in search of their son and husband. Little by little, the father comes to realize that his own beloved government is not telling him the truth.
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
Genres: History, Documentary
Year: 2010
Country: USA
Director: Mac Carter
Starring: Frank Langella, Sam Huntington, Margot Kidder, Ryan Reynolds, Ronald Reagan, David Cronenberg, Richard Donner
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A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.