Movies: Burt Lancaster
- 1996
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach (1996)
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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...
- 1983
The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero' (1983)
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A documentary about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."...
- 1985
Little Treasure (1985)
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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 ...
- 1948
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
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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...
- 2023
Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
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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...
- 1971
Fight of the Century (1971)
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Legendary boxing match between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali in Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971....
- 1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)
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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...
- 2004
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' (2004)
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Testimony of the cast, the producers and other participants of the shootings of "The Osterman Weekend"....
- 1989
Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South (1989)
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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...
- 1983
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends) (1983)
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Documentary for Scottish television about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."...
- 1986
Barnum (1986)
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The amazing biography of legendary circus impresario and unparalleled showman, P.T. Barnum....
- 1969
The Sky Divers (1969)
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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....
- 1974
The Fighters (1974)
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Behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling the Fight of the Century between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali....
- 1982
Race to Oblivion (1982)
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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....
- 2002
Luchino Visconti (2002)
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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...
- 1975
Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter (1975)
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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....
- 1987
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist (1987)
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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...
- 1969
Big Game America (1969)
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Burt Lancaster hosts a review of the first 50 years in NFL history....
- 1966
Games in Depth (1966)
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A mysterious Polaroid-filmed short that showcases depth in stereo photography....
- 1969
Jenny is a Good Thing (1969)
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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 ...