John Landis
Birthday: 1950-08-03
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography: John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for his comedies, his horror films, and his music videos with singer Michael Jackson.
Movies
The Blues Brothers
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home whe...
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Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Beginning just before his debut as Frankenstein’s creation, this documentary compellingly explores t...
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The Silence of the Hams
The federal agent Joe Dee Foster is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal...
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Into the Night
Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met...
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Hollywood Rated 'R'
A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman'...
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The Kentucky Fried Movie
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu film...
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Kelly's Heroes
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines....
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Red Sun
In 1870, Japanese ambassador Sakaguchi and his entourage travel by train to Washington to deliver a ...
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes
The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilizati...
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Blast Vegas
Thieving Spring Breakers steal an ancient relic that unleashes a disastrous curse upon Las Vegas....
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An American Werewolf in London
American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the...
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Laws of Deception
A law student is seduced by a beautiful woman he doesn't know, and after a one night stand with her,...
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Blood, Guts and Sunshine: The History of Horror Made in Florida
Explore the independent horror film scene that Florida has been vigorously pumping out since the inv...
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The Muppets Take Manhattan
When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New Yor...
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Darkman
Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his lab...
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Death Race 2000
In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which poin...
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Psycho IV: The Beginning
When he hears talk radio host Fran Ambrose discussing the topic of matricide, Norman calls in under ...
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The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth
A documentary produced for Universal about their early Wolf Man film(s)...
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Eating Raoul
A prudish married couple feel put upon by the swingers living in their apartment building. One night...
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Robot Dracula
A scientist with nefarious intentions seeks to dominate the world using his vast expertise in roboti...
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Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'
Host Paul Davis takes a trip through some of the iconic backdrops of John Landis' 1981 werewolf clas...
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Fantastic Flesh: The Art of Make-Up EFX
This documentary delves into the art of make-up effects with industry legends Dick Smith, Rob Bottin...
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Spontaneous Combustion
A young man learns that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before his...
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Parasomnia
Laura Baxter is a young woman, literally a "sleeping beauty," who suffers from a medical condition c...
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Machete Maidens Unleashed!
In the final decades of the 20th century, the Philippines was a country where low-budget exploitatio...
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American Grindhouse
This documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep ...
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Schlock
A quiet suburb in Southern California is terrorized by a mysterious murderous monster living in a ca...
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The Sci-Fi Boys
Legendary all-stars of cinema bring to life the evolution of science-fiction and special effects fil...
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RoboCop
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from...
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Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
It will surprise few to discover that star of stage and screen Jerry Lewis has sought to amuse other...
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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the ...
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Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Documentary about the great 1940s horror movie producer Val Lewton, featured on the 2005 DVD release...
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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film, and that m...
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Making Michael Jackson's Thriller
Featuring interviews with director John Landis, make-up artist Rick Baker, and the King of Pop himse...
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Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Short documentary about the Great Depression's impact on film, specifically Berkeley musicals....
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Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a...
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Venice/Venice
Dean is a maverick American film director surprised that his most recent film has been chosen as the...
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Bloodsucking Cinema
The sound of flapping bat wings, an empty coffin, glistening fangs, tiny punctures on the neck, the ...
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The Face is Familiar
Get to know some of Hollywood's most talented character actors, who have supported leading roles in ...
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Forever Ealing
This is a history of the England's Ealing Film Studios, from its beginnings in 1902. It follows the ...
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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Aristocratic Italian roots, a close family connection to James Bond novelist Ian Fleming, wartime ex...
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Animal House
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, bu...
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Nightmare Factory
The story of how one Pittsburgh boy’s fascination with monsters drove him to the very top of the Hol...
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Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com
Prestonburg, KY is a small blue-collar town with hunting, fishing, coal mining, and two of the bigge...
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42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street....
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An American Filmmaker in London
A newly filmed interview with John Landis in which he reflects on his time working in Britain and Br...
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Under the Moon
High school student Matt Allen collapses into a mental psychosis, shoots his teacher, the high schoo...
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Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney, Jr.
A short documentary about the classic Universal Monster actor, Lon Chaney, Jr....
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The Credible Adventures of Mr. T
Mr. T is an office worker with a passion. After work he copes by doing side gigs on film sets. Match...
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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - For...
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Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen
Documentary on the life and work of B-movie filmmaker Edgar G. Ulmer, spanning from his early life t...
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Thriller 40
Forty years after the release of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ the best-selling album of all-time, d...
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Out of Print
A documentary exploring the importance of revival cinema and 35mm exhibition - seen through the lens...
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The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
A look at Dan and John's partnership and the music...
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The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
King of Horror, legendary actor, scriptwriter and director, Paul Naschy is regarded as the Spanish L...
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Teen Spirit: Teenagers and Hollywood
Teen movies have had a great impact on the movie industry - especially in the 80s. This documentary ...
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The American Nightmare
An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they refle...
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Tales of Halloween
Ten stories from horror's top directors. Ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and the devil delight in terroriz...
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Vampirella
Dark, mysterious and sensual, Vampirella (Talisa Soto) is a princess from the Planet Drakulon. Like...
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Spider-Man 2
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides ...
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In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
The film follows Henson’s career from his first work with his Muppets in the early 1950’s during tel...
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The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
A look at the horror movies of the 1980's....
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Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
A documentary feature that reveals the creative process of Chicago moviemakers. Using the city's fa...
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Diamonds
Mystery about an ex-prizefighter who embarks on a journey to find 13 missing diamonds...
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Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger
A man is torn between two women and his own violent self, borne of child abuse....
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Sidemen: Long Road To Glory
An intimate look at the lives and legacies of piano player Pinetop Perkins, drummer Willie 'Big Eyes...
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Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
The Frankenstein Complex takes a historical as well as a creative perspective, with a mix of fascina...
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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, f...
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Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
A biography of comedian double act Bud Abbott & Lou Costello...
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Take One: Fear on Film
Mick Garris hosts this look at horror films with John Carpenter, John Landis and David Cronenberg al...
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Torrente 3: The Protector
A popular and beautiful politician plans to expose the evil-doings of a multinational corporation. H...
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Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
Elvira hosts this humorous look at movie monsters and facts about the real animals on which they're ...
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(buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style
A featurette about the distinctive film work of Busby Berkeley....
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Stephen King's World of Horror
This horror documentary is not the same as the 1986 TV special Stephen King's World of Horror nor th...
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King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
A feature-length documentary focusing on the acclaimed work and eclectic career of maverick filmmake...
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Quicksilver Highway
Aaron Quicksilver is a mysterious storyteller whose listeners invariably end up as the subjects of h...
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Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
The documentary consists of tape of Don's show (never been filmed before), interviews with Don's con...
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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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Vittorio D.
A documentary about Vittorio de Sica with clips of his films and testimonials from friends and famil...
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Mario Bava: Operazione paura
Mario Bava Operazione Paura", hosted by Joe Dante, is an hommage of the Master of the Terror, the it...
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David Bowie: Rare and Unseen
Most famous for his alter-ego, the ostentatious, androgynous "Ziggy Stardust", Bowie has continually...
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The Abbey Road Story
Television documentary about the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London, England....
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Trespassing Bergman
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of F...
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B.B. King: Into the Night
A short documentary about B.B. King and his time working on the score for the 1985 movie "Into the N...
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The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
Rudy Ray Moore tells all as only he can in this all-new retrospective legendary career. From his hum...
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Masters of Horror
Documentary showcasing the work of prominent film directors in the horror genre. Featuring interview...
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The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis were the hottest act in America in the 1950's & the highest paid comedy te...
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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who becam...
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I Hate Kids
Nick Pearson is a life-long bachelor who is finally settling down. On the brink of his wedding he is...
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The Ax
Bruno is a former paper mill worker who has been unemployed for three years. Concluding that there i...
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It's Black Entertainment
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Amer...
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Torrente 3: The Protector
A popular and beautiful politician plans to expose the evil-doings of a multinational corporation. H...
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Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
A newly produced, feature-length documentary by filmmaker Daniel Griffith, featuring interviews with...
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Sleepwalkers
Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world....
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The Body
In Los Angeles, on Halloween night, a hitman tries to transport a corpse in plain sight, but people ...
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Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader
Aspiring college cheerleader, Cassie Stratford consumes an experimental drug that grants her beauty ...
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The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
The Stories Behind the Making of The Blues Brothers is an hour- long documentary featuring every par...
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Trading Places
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by t...
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Remembering 'Dead of Night'
Retrospective documentary on the British horror anthology classic Dead of Night (1945)....
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The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
This documentary, created for the Animal House (1978) collector's edition DVD, is composed of a coll...
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The Muppet Movie
The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent a...
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The World of Jim Henson
In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explor...
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Russ Meyer: King of Sexploitation
Documentary about the late cult film-maker, Russ Meyer, with a penchant for strong, curvaceous women...
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The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
The troubled fraternal relationship between songwriters Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, th...
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1941
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads...
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Belushi
Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutle...
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Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
A documentary about the making of, and legacy of, the Forbidden Planet movie....
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The Perfect Scary Movie
A documentary looking at the various conventions and scare techniques of the horror genre....
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The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
Bob Wilkins (April 11, 1932 – January 7, 2009) was a beloved Northern California television personal...
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I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Interviews and archival footage weave together to tell the story of the Master of Suspense, one of t...
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Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismi...
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The World Is Yours
To escape his life of crime, a Paris drug dealer takes on one last job involving Spain, unhinged gan...
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The Scenesters
Someone is killing beautiful young Hipsters in East L.A. Charlie is a crime scene cleaner working fo...
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The Future of Fear
Join some of the most talented legends of the Horror Film genre for discussion of what scared us bef...
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Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
A look at Hammer’s progression from a back office in London’s Regent Street to its iconic status wit...
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Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
A twisted teenage prostitute and an equally deranged vicious killer manage to escape from the pen an...
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Bergman: A Year in a Life
The year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two fil...
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Tattoos: A Scarred History
An exploration of how the once taboo art form has become socially acceptable....
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RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
The astonishing story of the genesis, production, worldwide success, and legacy of King Kong (1933),...
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101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
From Disturbing Discoveries to Astonishing Arressts, and Tragic Endings. In this tv-special, E! coun...
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The Rise of the Comic Strip
Documentary about the beginnings and the Channel 4 years of the Comic Strip....
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The AckerMonster Chronicles!
Nudism. Esperanto. KING KONG. Sci-Fi. What do all of these things have in common? Simple: Forrest J...
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The Vincent Price Legacy
The Legacy of Vincent Price, the first feature-length documentary about the Master of Menace, explor...
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Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
A follow up on the lives of the Faber students in Animal House....
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Deconstructing Dunning
Documentary chronicling the attempt to help an actor who has fallen on hard times....
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Being Eddie
From teen comedian to Hollywood legend, Eddie Murphy revisits his extraordinary showbiz ride with ra...
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Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
For over a half century, Ray Harryhausen has amazed and inspired countless filmmakers and fans aroun...
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