Keyword: biography

Carbine Williams

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1952

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David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in World War II.

Dreams with Sharp Teeth

7.8

2008

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The documentary story of Harlan Ellison

Tom of Finland

6.8

2017

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Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.

The Photographer of Mauthausen

6.7

2018

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Based on real events, Francesc Boix is a Spaniard inmate in the Nazi concentration camp of Mauthausen in Austria who tries to save the evidences of the horrors committed inside its walls.

Shine

7.9

1996

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Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.

What The Durrells Did Next

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2019

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The Durrells (2016) star Keeley Hawes hosts this documentary about the extraordinary lives of The Durrell family after WWII forced them to leave Corfu, with special focus on Gerald, his seminal naturalist work and his visionary zoo.

Hawking

7.6

2004

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Theoretical physicist/cosmologist Stephen Hawkings life and search for the beginning of time (1963-6).

Hemingway & Gellhorn

6.3

2012

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A drama centered on the romance between Ernest Hemingway and World War II correspondent Martha Gellhorn, Hemingways inspiration for For Whom the Bell Tolls, and the only woman who ever asked for a divorce from the writer.

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

7.4

1996

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Born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1934, Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the fantasy world of show-biz. Her ballet training and her long-legged pixie charm led to rapid success on Broadway in musical comedy. Inevitably, Hollywood called and by 1955 Shirley was cast in Hitchcocks The Trouble With Harry. It wasnt too long before the fine dramatic roles also came to her opposite the most popular leading men of the time, like Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, Clint Eastwood and Robert Mitchum. But Shirley was not only known for her capacity to play opposite major male stars, she also soon made it clear that women had equal importance for her, both as fellow players and as real life friends. These women included Audrey Hepburn, Julia Roberts, and former Congresswoman Bella Abzug. It was apparent that this once perky gypsy of Broadway would leave her mark as one of the finest actresses of her day, an Academy-Award winner, who is ready and able to tackle any role that seems equal to her intelligence and talent. Her widely varied interests encompass the political, the literary and the mystical.

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

7.5

1988

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A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers.

Infamous

7.1

2006

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While researching his novel In Cold Blood, Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.

Andre the Giant

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2018

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A look at the life and career of professional wrestler André Roussimoff, who gained notoriety in the 1980s as Andre the Giant.