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Milos Forman is a multi-award-winning director with a fascinating backstory. Born in Czechkoslovakia, he was orphaned at an early age when his parents perished in Nazi concentration camps. After an early career making films in his native country, he moved to Hollywood and his career took off. He is most well known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which won five Academy Awards, Hair!, and Amadeus, the biography of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,...
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[1995]
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Television first arrived in American homes just as the Hollywood studio system was collapsing. As the new medium took hold, so did a new era of motion picture entertainment. Top directors, actors, and film scholars trace the influence of each medium on the other, from the live and fresh dramas of the Golden Age of Television and the growth of Hollywood spectacles to the megalithic entertainment industry of today.
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Made in cooperation with the American Film Institute, Directors: Life Behind the Camera features thirty-three legendary directors who reveal intimate and in-depth knowledge about the art of filmmaking and, as well, their own career in the movies. Culled from over 300 hours of interviews, this two-disc, four hour presentation is totally interactive, allowing instant access to a single director, or access to an entire topic involving all directors....
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[2018]
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English
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Fred Zinnemann, the Austrian-born American film director, won 4 Academy Awards as well as 19 for the actors who starred in his films. He was among the first directors to insist on using authentic locations to create more realism. Among his most-noted films were the western classic High Noon (1952) starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, From Here to Eternity (1953), Oklahoma! (1955), The Nun's Story (1959) starring Audrey Hepburn, The Day of the Jackal...
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Paul O’Brien is an entrepreneur, startup consultant, and founder of MediaTech Ventures. Why he says the future is now—and how his secrets could be the key to getting your next big idea funded, whether it’s VC, sponsorship, or grant—Paul breaks down the startup ecosystem as it relates to media and technology. Plus, John and Paul discuss the ever-changing role of today’s CMO, and why data should be at the top of every marketer’s mind. Filmed...
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[2009]
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English
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The letter "Y" quest: the Knights of Sesame Street go on a quest to find things that start with the letter "Y". The shoe fairy: Abby and Telly find that there are shoes for everyone. The cookie touch: Cookie Monster discovers the perils of having the "cookie touch."
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[2001]
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English
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Live theatre production that brings one of the most important periods of our country's history to life. Howard Egger-Bovet is an educator, a children's performing artist, published author, songwriter, and puppeteer. He performs his highly entertaining theater, through song and skit, to teach children a deeper understanding of the events that shaped our country.
12) Reptile
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[2007]
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English
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Reveals the alien world of these often misunderstood cold-blooded vertebrates, uncovering reptilian facts that are stranger than fiction. From the hot, steam swamps to dry-as-bone deserts, travel the world in search of these amazing animals.
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A moving, intimate, funny, and true-to-life look at the colorful stories of midwifery and families in East London in the '50s. Based on the bestselling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth. When Jenny Lee first arrives in Poplar, she knows nothing about hardship, poverty, and life itself. But Jenny is brought up to speed fast once she joins a team of midwives who provide care to the poorest women.
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[2009]
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English
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The Smurfs are a group of over 100 bluish, three-apple tall creatures who live in the mushroom homes of Smurf Village. They are led by 543-year-old Papa Smurf (who doesn't look a day over 530). Their lives would be perfect were it not for the villainous Gargamel, a wizard who spends his days trying to capture them to eat, turn into gold, or for other evil reason.
15) Sinister 2
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[2016]
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English
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The sequel to the 2012 sleeper hit horror movie. In the aftermath of the shocking events in Sinister, a protective mother and her nine-year-old twin sons find themselves in a rural house marked for death.
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[2003]
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When 19-year-old John Groberg is sent on a three-year mission to Tonga, he has no idea what he's getting into. Just getting to Tonga is fraught with danger and unbelievable obstacles. Once there, he finds himself in the midst of a culture as remote to him as the island is to his Idaho Falls home. Not understanding the language, and lonely for his fiancee Jean, John faces suspicion, distrust, typhoons, tidal waves, mosquitoes, and other perils of man...
17) Dr. No
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[1962]
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English
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James Bond, Agent 007, is sent to Jamaica to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a British secret service agent.
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[2015]
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English
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Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived. She awakens from the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell deep inside the bunkered catacombs of District 13. Separated from some of her closest allies and fearing for their safety in the Capitol, Katniss finally agrees to be the Mockingjay, the symbolic leader of the rebellion. Still uncertain as to whom she can trust, Katniss must help 13 rise from the shadows, all the while knowing that President Snow has...
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