Keyword: biography

The Trials of Muhammad Ali

7.4

2013

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The legal battles of the great American boxer against being conscripted into the US military during the Vietnam War.

Bill

6.3

1981

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Bill, a retarded man, ventures out into the world for the first time, having spent most of his life in a dreary inner city Institution. He is taken in by a kind family and learns what it means to love for the first time in his life.

Many Beautiful Things

7.6

2015

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From Executive Producer Hisao Kurosawa (Dreams, Ran) comes the untold story of one of the worlds greatest women artists and why her name nearly was lost to history. Many Beautiful Things plunges viewers into the complex age of Victorian England to meet Lilias Trotter, a daring young woman who defied all norms by winning the favor of Englands top art critic, John Ruskin. In an era when women were thought incapable of producing high art, Ruskin promised that her work could be \immortal.\ But with her legacy on the line, Lilias made a stunning decision that bids us to question the limits of sacrifice. As Lilias journeys to French Algeria in the late 1800s to pioneer work with women and children, viewers are left to wonder, \Could you abandon a dream to pursue your true calling?\ Featuring the voices of Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey) and John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones).

Queen: Rock the World

6.9

2017

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Behind-the-scenes archive documentary where BBC music presenter Bob Harris follows Queen as they record their 6th album, NEWS OF THE WORLD, shoot videos, promote it, rehearse and ultimately embark on a groundbreaking tour of North America.

I Dream of Jeanie

6.1

1952

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The life and career of famed American composer Stephen Foster.

By Player

6.8

2000

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Film inspired by the life of Japanese actor Taiji Tonoyama, with whom Kaneto Shindo had worked on many occasions, with the help of archive images and fragments of the most famous films of the director. The actress Nobuko Otowa adds dialogues facing the camera, as if she was talking to Tonoyama and remembering together old episodes of the interpreter, a past marked by alcoholism and a hectic sex life.

Mangoré

5.2

2015

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The life and times of famed Paraguayan musician Agustín Pío Barrios, from the years of his youth to his international success.

Super Duper Alice Cooper

7.4

2014

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Super Duper Alice Cooper is the twisted tale of a teenage Dr Jekyll whose rock n roll Mr Hyde almost kills him. It is the story of Vincent Furnier, preachers son, who struck fear into the hearts of parents as Alice Cooper, the ultimate rock star of the bizarre. From the advent of Alice as front man for a group of Phoenix freaks in the 60s to the hazy decadence of celebrity in the 70s to his triumphant comeback as 80s glam metal godfather, we will watch as Alice and Vincent battle for each others souls. The is the first ever doc opera - a dizzying blend of documentary archive footage, animation and rock opera that will cement forever the legend of Alice Cooper.

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

6.5

2016

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How the inventor of the detective story became his own greatest mystery.

Madonna: Goddess of Pop

6.4

2012

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This fascinating programme gives you a real insight into the life and the career of one of the greatest figures in popular music. Madonna deservedly has won the accolade of Goddess of Pop.

Anelka: Misunderstood

6.4

2020

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Bad boy of the French football, arrogant, precocious, misunderstood, scorer, unclassifiable, genius, unmanageable. Despite a having a career of almost 20 years at the highest level, Nicolas Anelka is still hard to define.

The Maestro

6.7

2018

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After the Second World War, budding film composer Jerry Herst moves to Hollywood to study with infamous master teacher Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.