Dustin Hoffman
Birthday: 1937-08-08
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography: Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. Actor Robert De Niro described him as "an actor with the everyman's face who embodied the heartbreakingly human". At a young age Hoffman knew he wanted to study in the arts, and entered into the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music; later he decided to go into acting, for which he trained at the Pasadena Playhouse in Los Angeles. His first theatrical performance was 1961's A Cook for Mr. General as Ridzinski. During that time he appeared in several guest roles on television shows like Naked City and The Defenders. He then starred in the 1966 off-Broadway play Eh? where his performance garnered him both a Theatre World Award and Drama Desk Award. His breakthrough role was as Benjamin Braddock in Mike Nichols' critically acclaimed and iconic film The Graduate (1967), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination. His next role was "Ratso" Rizzo in John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy (1969), in which he acted alongside Jon Voight; they both received Oscar nominations, and the film went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. He gained success in the 1970s playing roles that shaped the craft of his acting, crossing genres effortlessly in the western Little Big Man (1970), the prison drama Papillon (1973), playing a controversial and groundbreaking comedian in Bob Fosse's Lenny (1975), Marathon Man alongside Laurence Olivier (1976), and as Carl Bernstein investigating the Watergate scandal in All the President's Men (1976). In 1979, Hoffman starred in the family drama Kramer vs. Kramer alongside Meryl Streep. They both received Academy Awards for their performances. After a three-year break from films, Hoffman returned in Sydney Pollack's show business comedy Tootsie (1982) about a struggling actor who pretends to be a woman in order to get an acting role. He returned to stage acting with a 1984 performance as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman and reprised the role a year later in a television film earning a Primetime Emmy Award. In 1987 he starred alongside Warren Beatty in Elaine May's comedy Ishtar. He won his second Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the autistic savant Ray Babbitt in the 1988 film Rain Man, co-starring Tom Cruise. In 1989, he was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for playing Shylock in a stage performance of The Merchant of Venice. In the 1990s, he made appearances in such films as Warren Beatty's action comedy adaptation Dick Tracy (1990), Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991) as Captain Hook, medical disaster Outbreak (1995), legal crime drama Sleepers (1996), and the satirical black comedy Wag the Dog (1997) alongside Robert De Niro.
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Finding Neverland
During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—w...
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Hook
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawye...
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All the President's Men
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate s...
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Rain Man
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincin...
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Straw Dogs
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In orde...
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Stranger Than Fiction
Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious...
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Wag the Dog
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To dis...
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory se...
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Sphere
A spacecraft is discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, presumed to be at least 300 years old ...
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Meet the Fockers
Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet...
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I ♥ Huckabees
A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo hel...
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The Tale of Despereaux
Once upon a time... in the far away kingdom of Dor... lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comicall...
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Marathon Man
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his br...
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Sleepers
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually...
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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she ...
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Family Business
Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than jus...
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Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—the strangest, m...
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Midnight Cowboy
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he ...
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Madigan's Millions
When a deported gangster dies in Italy, the U.S. Treasury Department is very interested in the one m...
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Hero
Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of thei...
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Confidence
What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just sw...
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Little Big Man
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fightin...
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There's Only One Paul McCartney
An affectionate portrait of the man and the musician in a week that sees the ex-Beatie playing at th...
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Papillon
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful pris...
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Moonlight Mile
As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what h...
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Runaway Jury
After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell ...
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American Buffalo
Three inner-city losers plan a robbery of a valuable coin in a seedy second-hand junk shop....
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Agatha
England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly dis...
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Straight Time
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by...
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Outbreak
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate...
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Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
Documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film "Straw Dogs."...
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Kramer vs. Kramer
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take th...
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Kung Fu Panda
When the Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the "chosen one" ...
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Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the ...
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Mad City
A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into ...
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Tootsie
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Micha...
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Lenny
The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social...
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Billy Bathgate
In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgli...
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Ishtar
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in...
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The Lost City
In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub own...
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The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s....
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The Graduate
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter....
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John and Mary
John and Mary meet in a singles bar, sleep together, and spend the next day getting to know each oth...
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Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
Ordered to teach a martial arts class of rambunctious bunny kittens, Po tells stories of each of the...
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La Classe américaine
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an ...
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Last Chance Harvey
In London for his daughter's wedding, a struggling jingle-writer, Harvey Shine, misses his plane to ...
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Close Up
More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferenc...
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Visual Acoustics
Visual Acoustics celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world's greatest architectura...
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Barney's Version
The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, i...
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Led Zeppelin Played Here
1969. Man lands on the moon. Half a million strong at Woodstock....and Led Zeppelin perform in the g...
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Little Fockers
It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally ge...
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Kung Fu Panda 2
Po and his friends fight to stop a peacock villain from conquering China with a deadly new weapon, b...
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Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
The very best of Billy Connolly's stand up comedy, from 30 years of performances around the world!...
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The Magnificent Rebel
Documentary short featuring behind-the-scenes footage of the 1973 film "Papillon." The film stars St...
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Kung Fu Panda Holiday
The Winter Feast is Po's favorite holiday. Every year he and his father hang decorations, cook toget...
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A Wish for Wings That Work
Opus the Penguin struggles to achieve his seemingly impossible dream to be able to fly....
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Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
Po and the Furious Five uncover the legend of three of kung fu's greatest heroes: Master Thundering ...
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Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Hugely successful but impossibly neurotic songwriter Georgie Soloway is sliding into a mid-life cris...
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Aretha Franklin: Duets
A chance to hear admirers including Elton John, Gloria Estefan, Smokey Robinson, PM Dawn, Bonnie Rai...
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Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Actor Dustin Hoffman narrates this decade-spanning documentary that highlights the contributions of ...
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Alfredo, Alfredo
Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages t...
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Kung Fu Panda 3
While Po and his father are visiting a secret panda village, an evil spirit threatens all of China, ...
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Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
Hoffman, Redford, Bernstein, Woodward, Pakula and Bradlee. Creators and creatures involved in one wa...
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Against the Tide
'Against The Tide' examines the conflict that erupted in the American Jewish community over the best...
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Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
The making of Elvis Presley's famous live TV concert and the chaotic behind the scenes. It was the m...
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All the President's Men Revisited
The Watergate case was the original game changer of America politics. How has Watergate changed the ...
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Chef
When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to...
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The Cobbler
Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Dise...
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The Shakespeare Sessions
Major film and television stars re-enact famous scenes from the plays of William Shakespeare ....
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is th...
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PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
It’s the resilience and love that keeps this community marching to the beat of its own drum; each ge...
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The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman’s most challenging physical transformation occurred early in his career, when he unde...
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Tower Stories
A writer, realising his last big adventure will very likely be death, takes a sabbatical and leaves ...
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The Program
An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de ...
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Free to Be… You and Me
Free to Be…You and Me, a project of the Ms. Foundation for Women, is a record album, and illustrated...
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Kung Fu Panda 4
Po is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to ta...
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Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies
Some of our fondest memories come from the movies. Dorothy melting the Wicked Witch of the West. A b...
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Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Mr. Hoppy is a shy old man who lives alone in an apartment building. For many years, he has been sec...
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Megalopolis
In a futuristic New York known as New Rome, visionary architect Cesar Catilina dreams of building "M...
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Earth to America
Tom Hanks is the host of this show with a comic approach to raise awareness concerning the environme...
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Dustin!
Berlin, Gendarmenmarkt, February 4, 2003, 8:31 pm, subzero temperatures. The Golden Camera awards ce...
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Boychoir
A troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school after...
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Racing Stripes
Shattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes who's sp...
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Trumbo
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individu...
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Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
A special tribute concert honoring 16-time Grammy winner Paul Simon that took place on April 6 2022 ...
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Night of 100 Stars II
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a...
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Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back
In 1977, Bette Midler's first television special premiered, featuring guest stars Dustin Hoffman an...
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's grea...
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Mike Nichols: An American Master
With charm and wit, Nichols discusses his life and 50-year career as a performer and director....
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Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
As Po looks for his lost action figures, the story of how the panda inadvertently helped create the ...
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The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
An estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their...
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The New Cinema
Between the French La Nouvelle Vague and the Italian Neorealismo, Europe had been undergoing a conti...
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The Earth Day Special
The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April ...
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Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
A short documentary on the making of "All the President's Men."...
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The Point
Years ago, there was a place called The Land of Point, because everything in The Land of Point had o...
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Hal
Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Ha...
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The Holiday
Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each wo...
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Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen
Showing the journey to the creation of the film Moonlight Mile....
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Tuner
A talented piano tuner's life is turned upside down when he discovers that his meticulous skills for...
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The Tiger Makes Out
During a typically disaster-filled day, Ben Harris, an angry and frustrated bachelor mailman living ...
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Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
On the eve of 1987's Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, surviving famil...
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Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
One of Germany's stars of cinematography, embarks on the journey through his life. The film begins i...
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The Devil's Arithmetic
An American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs ...
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The Journey of the Fifth Horse
Dustin Hoffman stars in this television adaptation of Ivan Turgenev's tale about Dmitri Zoditch, a s...
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All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maver...
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Spielberg
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Stev...
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A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Documentary about the making of the 1982 film, featuring interviews with the cast and crew....
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Tuesday
On a magical Tuesday night, a group of frogs take off on a journey through the nearby neighborhood....
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Dick Tracy
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances t...
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The Crowd Around the Cowboy
A short documentary made on location during the filming of John Schlesinger's 1969 film "Midnight Co...
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Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film
Documentary featuring the contentious news surrounding the movie "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), including...
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Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Documentary is about the life and work of American screenwriter Waldo Salt who won two Academy Award...
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The Making of 'Tootsie'
Behind-the-scenes documentary on the set of Sydney Pollack's 1982 film "Tootsie."...
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On Location: Dustin Hoffman
Profile of actor Dustin Hoffman on the set of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film STRAW DOGS....
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Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century
An unparalleled portrait of Arthur Miller (1915-2005), a major writer who left an indelible mark on ...
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Into the Labyrinth
When a kidnapping victim turns up alive after fifteen years, a profiler and a private investigator t...
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Jonas in the Desert
Not a documentary in the strictest sense of the word. Rather, it is a journey through the world of t...
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Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
This retrospective documentary offers a first-rate account of the making of 'Marathon Man'. Hoffman,...
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The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
Producer Robert Evans dominates with his trademark promotional style, but Schlesinger gets a short t...
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Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
An anniversary celebration of the stars and moments that made Warner Bros. what it is today....
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Lost in the Garden of the World
Cannes is the town in France where Bergman meets bikinis, and the art of filmmaking meets the art of...
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, the...
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Earth and the American Dream
A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From ...
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Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer'
A behind-the-scenes look at this Oscar-winning classic about a man who finds himself a single parent...
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La Classe américaine
The story of the successful publicity campaign that made it possible for the French film The Artist ...
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
"Alan Pakula: Going for Truth" encompasses the personal and professional life of Alan J. Pakula, a l...
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Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
As all-time comedy-great Sir Billy Connolly steps back from his legendary stand-up shows, this star-...
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Acad...
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Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Playwright Arthur Miller, director Volker Schlöndorff and actor Dustin Hoffman are seen creating the...
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As They Made Us
Abigail, a divorced mother of two, is struggling to balance the dynamics within her dysfunctional fa...
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Sam & Kate
Bill is an ailing larger-than-life father being taken care of by his son Sam, who has returned home ...
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Night of 100 Stars
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place ...
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After Midnight: Reflecting on a Classic 35 Years Later
Documents the casting process and development of characters for the movie Midnight Cowboy....
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Twiggy
Twiggy takes a comprehensive look at the life story of UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name ...
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Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
Collection containing "Secrets Of The Scroll", "Secrets Of The Masters", and "Secrets Of The Furiou...
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The Revisionist
Elise, a successful novelist, does what so many writers do: she manipulates and transforms the peopl...
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Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
illustrates how directors pushed boundaries and altered the art of filmmaking during the turbulent, ...
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Strokes of Genius: de Kooning on de Kooning
This award-winning 1982 documentary includes in-depth interviews with Willem and Elaine de Kooning a...
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Franz Kline - Remembered
This documentary offers an intimate look at the life and legacy of American abstract expressionist F...
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Strokes of Genius: Arshile Gorky
Born in Armenia, Arshile Gorky fled the Turkish persecution and arrived in America in 1920. One of A...
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Steve McQueen: American Icon
Steve McQueen truly is an American Icon. One of America's most endearing and intriguing movie stars,...
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Megadoc
Presenting a behind-the-scenes account of a visionary at work. From Oscar-nominated Mike Figgis, Meg...
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Diamond
Joe Diamond is out of time with a traumatic past and an uncanny ability to solve crimes, using wit a...
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