Movies: Burt Lancaster

  • 1996
    Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

    Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach (1996)

    Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

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    He went from street-wise tough to art-collector liberal-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to Academy Award winner. Burton Stephen Lancaster — later Burt Lancaster — was one of five children of a New York City postal worker. By eighteen, Burt was 6'2...

    Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
  • 1983
    The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'

    The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero' (1983)

    The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'

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    A documentary about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."...

    The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'
  • 1985
    Little Treasure

    Little Treasure (1985)

    Little Treasure

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    Margo is an ex-stripper who meets her long, lost father in Mexico. She looks after him in the waning days of his life, with the help of a traveling projectionist. The father passes away, telling of the loot from a botched bank robbery that he buried ...

    Little Treasure
  • 1948
    Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

    Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)

    Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

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    Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he kills a man and then flees. He hides out with the assistance of a nurse, Jane Wharton, who believes his...

    Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
  • 2023
    Paul Newman: The Restless

    Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)

    Paul Newman: The Restless

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    Multi-talented, Paul Newman is one of the greatest American actors of all time. With his silhouette of a Greek statue and his unreal blue eyes, he embodied the quintessential Hollywood star. But he never seemed satisfied. The son of a Jewish sporting...

    Paul Newman: The Restless
  • 1971
    Fight of the Century

    Fight of the Century (1971)

    Fight of the Century

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    Legendary boxing match between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali in Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971....

    Fight of the Century
  • 1979
    A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

    A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)

    A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

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    Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special hosted by James Earl Jones titled A Walking Tour of Sesame Street. The special aired on individual PBS stations at various times between March and May 19...

    A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
  • 2004
    Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

    Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' (2004)

    Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

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    Testimony of the cast, the producers and other participants of the shootings of "The Osterman Weekend"....

    Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
  • 1989
    Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South

    Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South (1989)

    Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South

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    Colorful, outspoken, a man of many contradictions, Ralph McGill emerged during the troubled years of the 1950s and '60s as a prominent and influential Southern white opponent of segregation and one of America's most revered newspaper editors. As he b...

    Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South
  • 1983
    The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)

    The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends) (1983)

    The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)

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    Documentary for Scottish television about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."...

    The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)
  • 1986
    Barnum

    Barnum (1986)

    Barnum

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    The amazing biography of legendary circus impresario and unparalleled showman, P.T. Barnum....

    Barnum
  • 1969
    The Sky Divers

    The Sky Divers (1969)

    The Sky Divers

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    A behind-the-scenes, promotional short about the making of the feature film The Gypsy Moths (1969), which extensively features free fall skydiving....

    The Sky Divers
  • 1974
    The Fighters

    The Fighters (1974)

    The Fighters

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    Behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling the Fight of the Century between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali....

    The Fighters
  • 1982
    Race to Oblivion

    Race to Oblivion (1982)

    Race to Oblivion

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    Documentary about the dangers of the nuclear arms race, including an interview with an eyewitness of the bomb drop on Hiroshima and scientific statements describing the devastating consequences of a nuclear war....

    Race to Oblivion
  • 2002
    Luchino Visconti

    Luchino Visconti (2002)

    Luchino Visconti

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    A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatricality, role in the neorealist movement, use of melodrama, and relation to decadence. It touches on the impact of a fabulously wealthy childhood, his wr...

    Luchino Visconti
  • 1975
    Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter

    Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter (1975)

    Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter

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    Ali the Fighter was made in 1975, when the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight was still fresh in everyone's minds. Filmmaker William Greaves frames Ali's rise to glory, beginning with his "Cassius Clay" days back in Louisville....

    Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter
  • 1987
    Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist

    Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist (1987)

    Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist

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    This one-hour film, narrated by Actor BURT LANCASTER, explores the lingering effects of The Hollywood Blacklist, which occurred in the late forties and early fifties as part of the Anti-Communist witch-hunts that terrorized the nation. This film is s...

    Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
  • 1969
    Big Game America

    Big Game America (1969)

    Big Game America

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    Burt Lancaster hosts a review of the first 50 years in NFL history....

    Big Game America
  • 1966
    Games in Depth

    Games in Depth (1966)

    Games in Depth

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    A mysterious Polaroid-filmed short that showcases depth in stereo photography....

    Games in Depth
  • 1969
    Jenny is a Good Thing

    Jenny is a Good Thing (1969)

    Jenny is a Good Thing

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    Jenny is a Good Thing is a 1969 American short documentary film about children and poverty, directed by Joan Horvath. Produced by Project Head Start, it shows the importance of good nutrition for underprivileged nursery school children. The film was ...

    Jenny is a Good Thing