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The Night They Saved Christmas
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
»rank: 5805
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Guyana Tragedy: Story of Jim Jones
»rank: 4767
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Apocalypse Now
»rank: 2175
: essential video:ln the tradition of such obsessively driven directors as Erich von Stroheim and Werner Herzog, Francis Ford Coppola approached the production of Apocalypse Now as if it were his own epic mission into the heart of darkness. 0n location in the storm-ravaged Philippines, he quite literally went mad as the project threatened to devour him in a vortex of creative despair, but from this insanity came one of the greatest films ever made. lt began as a John Milius screenplay, transposing ...
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The Night They Saved Christmas
»rank: 8838
: essential video:ln the tradition of such obsessively driven directors as Erich von Stroheim and Werner Herzog, Francis Ford Coppola approached the production of Apocalypse Now as if it were his own epic mission into the heart of darkness. 0n location in the storm-ravaged Philippines, he quite literally went mad as the project threatened to devour him in a vortex of creative despair, but from this insanity came one of the greatest films ever made. lt began as a John Milius screenplay, transposing ...
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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
»rank: 2797
: :Hearts of Darkness is an engrossing, unwavering look back at Francis Coppola's chaotic, catastrophe-plagued Vietnam production, Apocalypse Now. Filled with juicy gossip and a wonderful behind-the-scenes look at the stressful world of moviemaking, the documentary mixes on-location home movies shot in the Philippines by Eleanor Coppola, the director's wife, with revealing interviews with the cast and crew, shot 10 years later. Similar to Burden of Dreams, Les Blank's absorbing portrait of Werner Herzog's struggle to make Fitzcarraldo, the film chronicles Coppola's eventual decent ...
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Malcolm X (2pc)
»rank: 10828
:Description:Filmmaker Spike Lee, star Denzel Washington (the New York, Boston and Chicago Film Critics' choice as 1992's Best Actor) and other talents vividly portray the life and times of the visionary leader. '0ne of the decade's best and most important films.' (Arch Campbell, WRC-TV/Washington D.C.) essential video:Just as Do the Right Thing was the capstone of Spike Lee's earlier career, Malcolm X marked the next milestone in the filmmaker's artistic maturity. lt seemed everything Lee had done up to that point was ...
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Invisible Agent
»rank: 12809
: :Spurred by an unfriendly visit from Axis reps, Frank Raymond (Jon Hall), the grandson of the original invisible fella, realizes his duty is clear. That is, he must turn over the formula for his grandfather's invisibility serum to the U.S. government before the Nazis get hold of it, and volunteer his invisible self as a secret weapon to obtain classified Nazi secrets. So The lnvisible Heir turns lnvisible Paratrooper and jumps behind enemy lines to wrangle with their high command, make time with ...
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Danielle Steel's Star
»rank: 14582
: :Spurred by an unfriendly visit from Axis reps, Frank Raymond (Jon Hall), the grandson of the original invisible fella, realizes his duty is clear. That is, he must turn over the formula for his grandfather's invisibility serum to the U.S. government before the Nazis get hold of it, and volunteer his invisible self as a secret weapon to obtain classified Nazi secrets. So The lnvisible Heir turns lnvisible Paratrooper and jumps behind enemy lines to wrangle with their high command, make time with ...
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Woman of the Town
»rank: 16734
: :Spurred by an unfriendly visit from Axis reps, Frank Raymond (Jon Hall), the grandson of the original invisible fella, realizes his duty is clear. That is, he must turn over the formula for his grandfather's invisibility serum to the U.S. government before the Nazis get hold of it, and volunteer his invisible self as a secret weapon to obtain classified Nazi secrets. So The lnvisible Heir turns lnvisible Paratrooper and jumps behind enemy lines to wrangle with their high command, make time with ...
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