Country: United States
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
A musical portrait of composer/singer/dancer George M. Cohan. From his early days as a child-star in his familys vaudeville show up to the time of his comeback at which he received a medal from the president for his special contributions to the US this is the life- story of George M. Cohan who produced directed wrote and starred in his own musical shows for which he composed his famous...
Country: United States
Genre: Biography, Drama
Dr. Jack Kevorkian 1928 - 2011 in the 1990s when he defies Michigan law assisting the suicide of terminally-ill persons. Support comes from his sister a lab tech the Hemlock Society president and a lawyer. The child of survivors of the Armenian genocide interviews applicants: his sister video tapes them. He assembles a device allowing a person to initiate a three-chemical intravenous drip....
Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Biography, Drama
Biographical drama based on the early life of playwright Sean OCasey depicting his rise from the 1910 Dublin slums to the celebrated openings of his early plays. Johnny Cassidy an impoverished idealist whose ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family journeys through the social injustices of Dublin life - involving himself with the rowdy tramway-men strike dawdling...
Country: United States
Genre: Biography, Drama
Ten years in the life of Abraham Lincoln before he became known to his nation and the world. He moves from a Kentucky cabin to Springfield Illinois to begin his law practice. He defends two men accused of murder in a political brawl suffers the death of his girlfriend Ann courts his future wife Mary Todd and agrees to go into...
Country: United States, United Kingdom
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill Simon Ward including his childhood years his time as a war correspondent in Africa and culminating with his first election to...
Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Biography, Drama
The movie chronicles the events of historys man of mystery Rasputin. Although not quite historically accurate and little emphasis is put on the politics of the day Rasputins rise to power and eventual assassination are depicted in an attempt to explain his extraordinary power and...
Country: United States
Genre: Documentary, Action, Biography, Drama
ReGENERATION explores the inherent cynicism found in many of todays youth and young adults and the influences that perpetuate our cultures apathetic approach to social and political causes. The film features three intersecting stories of students parents and artists all looking for their place in society. Together they capture the thoughts and feelings of todays struggling generation as...
Country: United States, United Kingdom, Japan
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Alan Dershowitz a brilliant professor of law is hired by wealthy socialite Claus von Bulow to attempt to overturn his two convictions for attempted murder of his extremely wealthy wife. Based on a true story the film concentrates not on the trial like other legal thrillers but on the preparatory work that Dershowitz and his students put in as they attempt to disprove the prosecutions case and...
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