Keyword: biography
Terry
7.7
2005
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The story of Terry Foxs unprecendented cross-Canada marathon on an artificial leg for cancer research that made him a national hero.
Terry
Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion and Tragedy
7.3
2021
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Hardy is not the man he appears to be. Combining radical instincts, a hatred of hypocrisy, poetic brilliance and a deep sense of the tragic basis of life, Hardy had a quiet external appearance but internally was a man of seething, gloomy darkness. The author of a series of a brilliant novels, many of which have been made into successful feature films -Tess of the DUrbevilles, Far from the Madding Crowd and Jude the Obscure -Hardy late in life became a great poet. Despite his respectable outward appearance, Hardys life was more complex than it seemed. He married his first wife Emma Gifford in 1874 and became estranged from her for the last 20 years of their life together. They hardly spoke. Hardy was overcome with grief and sadness following the death of Emma.He had ignored her for half their married life. Hardys uncomfortable secret was that for the last years of his wifes life he had been deeply in love with a young woman -his secretary. Quite simply and rather suddenly, Hardys acts of mourning and regret released a greater poet within himself. The work he created made Hardy one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. At the heart of Hardys writing is the intersection of fate and chance with human tragedy, set in a landscape that Hardy called Wessex -one that has haunted his readers ever since.
Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion and Tragedy
Final Portrait
6.3
2017
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The story of Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Final Portrait
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.
Carbine Williams
Dreams with Sharp Teeth
7.8
2008
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The documentary story of Harlan Ellison
Dreams with Sharp Teeth
Truth
6.8
2015
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Newsroom drama detailing the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes report investigating then-President George W. Bushs military service, and the subsequent firestorm of criticism that cost anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes their careers.
Truth
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.
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
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.
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
England Is Mine
5.9
2017
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A portrait of Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become the lead singer of seminal alternative rock band The Smiths.
England Is Mine
Camille Claudel
7.3
1988
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Camille Claude impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and she also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow.
Camille Claudel
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
6.6
1934
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Elizabeth Barretts tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
One Chance
6.8
2013
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The true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night who became a phenomenon after being chosen for -- and ultimately winning -- Britains Got Talent (2007).
One Chance