Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken

Birthday: 1943-03-31

Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Biography: Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken; March 31, 1943) is an American actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films and television programs, including Annie Hall (1977), The Deer Hunter (1978), The Dogs of War (1980), The Dead Zone (1983), A View to a Kill (1985), Batman Returns (1992), True Romance (1993), Pulp Fiction (1994), Antz (1998), Vendetta (1999), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Joe Dirt (2001), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Hairspray (2007), Seven Psychopaths (2012), the first three Prophecy films, The Jungle Book (2016), and Irreplaceable You (2018). He has received a number of awards and nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Deer Hunter.

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True Romance
True Romance

Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, wh...

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Batman Returns
Batman Returns

The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candid...

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Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly....

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Basquiat
Basquiat

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame...

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Nick of Time
Nick of Time

An ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped da...

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Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of...

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The Rundown
The Rundown

When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifac...

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Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up bo...

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A View to a Kill
A View to a Kill

A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive...

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Annie Hall
Annie Hall

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall....

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Kangaroo Jack
Kangaroo Jack

Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the mob a...

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Suicide Kings
Suicide Kings

Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ra...

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Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow

Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, w...

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Envy
Envy

A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success....

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$5 a Day
$5 a Day

After being released from jail, the son of a con man joins his father on the road....

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Hairspray
Hairspray

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - Th...

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Undertaking Betty
Undertaking Betty

A politician's wife and the mortician who has secretly loved her for years plan to fake her death so...

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Heaven's Gate
Heaven's Gate

Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyoming, standing...

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Joe Dirt
Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt is a janitor with a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans and a dream to find the parents that h...

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The Dogs of War
The Dogs of War

Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small Afri...

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The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone

Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's ho...

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New Rose Hotel
New Rose Hotel

A corporate raider and his henchman use a chanteuse to lure a scientific genius away from his employ...

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The Funeral
The Funeral

After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnervi...

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The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter

A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to...

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America's Sweethearts
America's Sweethearts

In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a...

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Blast from the Past
Blast from the Past

Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Ada...

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MouseHunt
MouseHunt

Down-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion they...

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Gigli
Gigli

Gigli is ordered to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal pros...

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The Maiden Heist
The Maiden Heist

A comedy centered on three museum security guards who devise a plan to steal back the artworks to wh...

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The Anderson Tapes
The Anderson Tapes

Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her pos...

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Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Next Stop, Greenwich Village

An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the boh...

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The Prophecy
The Prophecy

The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and ...

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Wayne's World 2
Wayne's World 2

A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a roc...

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Antz
Antz

A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches ...

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The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent

As the War in Heaven and on Earth rages on, Pyriel, the Angel of Genocide, rises to power, intending...

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The Prophecy II
The Prophecy II

The archangel Gabriel returns to try to destroy the human race he despises so much, with the help of...

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Man on Fire
Man on Fire

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl...

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Homeboy
Homeboy

Johnny Walker is a cowboy and a boxer. He is very shy and a bit of a fool. He is in love with Ruby, ...

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Wedding Crashers
Wedding Crashers

John and his buddy, Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams fo...

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Balls of Fury
Balls of Fury

Randy Daytona was a child ping pong prodigy who lost his chance at Olympic gold when his father is m...

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King of New York
King of New York

A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the...

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Last Man Standing
Last Man Standing

John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gang...

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Click
Click

A married workaholic, Michael Newman doesn't have time for his wife and children, not if he's to imp...

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Wild Side
Wild Side

A bank accountant who moonlights as a high-priced call girl becomes embroiled in the lives of a mone...

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Excess Baggage
Excess Baggage

A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that g...

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Scotland, PA
Scotland, PA

In a modernized retelling of "MacBeth" set in 1970s suburban Pennsylvania, Joe McBeth, an unambitiou...

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The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives

What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husband...

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Man of the Year
Man of the Year

The irreverent host of a political satire talk show decides to run for president and expose corrupti...

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McBain
McBain

Santos attempts to lead a people's revolt in Colombia to overthrow the Presidente. When his revolt f...

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Domino
Domino

The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty ...

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The Milagro Beanfield War
The Milagro Beanfield War

The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Lati...

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The Big Pardon 2
The Big Pardon 2

The mobster Raymond Bettoun gets out of prison and joins his son Maurice in Miami, a drug trafficker...

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The Addiction
The Addiction

A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her th...

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At Close Range
At Close Range

Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, h...

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Communion
Communion

A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains....

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Romance & Cigarettes
Romance & Cigarettes

Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly young...

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Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

A collection of Madonna's favorite videos from 1993-1999. Contains the 14 videos: Bad Girl, Fever, R...

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The Comfort of Strangers
The Comfort of Strangers

An Italian diplomat's son follows and seduces English lovers in Venice....

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Poolhall Junkies
Poolhall Junkies

A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't ...

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Brainstorm
Brainstorm

Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back senso...

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Around the Bend
Around the Bend

A tale of four generations of men, all of whom have had their offspring at a young age: a great-gran...

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Touch
Touch

At the discovery of his ability to work miracles, Juvenal becomes a media sensation, but now he's pr...

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Sarah, Plain and Tall
Sarah, Plain and Tall

Kansas, 1910. Widowed farmer Jacob Witting finds that taking care of both his farm and two children...

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Skylark
Skylark

Jacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay,...

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Last Embrace
Last Embrace

Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in the...

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The Opportunists
The Opportunists

Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a...

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Pennies from Heaven
Pennies from Heaven

During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular ...

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The Sentinel
The Sentinel

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual expl...

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The Country Bears
The Country Bears

For Beary Barrington, The Country Bears' young #1 fan, fitting in with his all-too-human family is p...

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Fade to Black
Fade to Black

Still reeling from the painful breakup of his marriage to screen siren Rita Hayworth, filmmaker Orso...

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Biloxi Blues
Biloxi Blues

A Jewish teenager sets three goals: lose his virginity, become a writer, and survive World War II....

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The Affair of the Necklace
The Affair of the Necklace

In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in th...

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A Business Affair
A Business Affair

This is the story of the lovely Kate Swallow and the loves of her life. At the start she is with Ale...

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Kill the Irishman
Kill the Irishman

Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged ...

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Mistress
Mistress

A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the s...

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Dark Horse
Dark Horse

Abe is a man who is in his thirties and who lives with his parents. He works regretfully for his fat...

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The Eternal
The Eternal

An alcoholic American couple travel to Ireland with their son so he can meet his grandmother but the...

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Illuminata
Illuminata

It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company o...

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Deadline
Deadline

An American journalist is set up and fed false information after the Lebanon war....

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The Mind Snatchers
The Mind Snatchers

A German scientist works on a way of quelling overly aggressive soldiers by developing implants that...

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Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End

The third installment of the Sarah trilogy provides a glorious and touching story of a family drawn ...

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Seven Psychopaths
Seven Psychopaths

A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld aft...

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Stand Up Guys
Stand Up Guys

After serving 28 years in prison for accidentally killing the son of a crime boss, newly paroled gan...

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A Late Quartet
A Late Quartet

When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening ill...

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Puss in Boots
Puss in Boots

A cat belonging to a poor miller's son thinks up a great plan for bringing a title, wealth, and marr...

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Vendetta
Vendetta

Based on a true story, Vendetta tells the shocking and tragic story of a group of Sicilian immigrant...

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Celluloide
Celluloide

June 1944. In the newly liberated Rome, Roberto Rossellini and Sergio Amidei decide, against all odd...

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All-American Murder
All-American Murder

Artie Logan is the new guy on Campus. Suddenly, he meets Tally Fuller: the most popular and beautifu...

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Life's a Beach
Life's a Beach

Darren gets stood up on the day of his wedding and uses his vacation tickets with his best friend, R...

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Roseland
Roseland

"Roseland" is made up of three stories, sometimes connecting, all set in the famed New York City dan...

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Who Am I This Time?
Who Am I This Time?

Harry is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever he takes a part in a local amateur theater prod...

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Scam
Scam

A female con-artist who sweet-talks wealthy men targeted by her violent boyfriend, then drugs them a...

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Kiss Toledo Goodbye
Kiss Toledo Goodbye

After learning his biological father was a crime lord, an Ohio investment adviser must secretly try ...

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That's Amore!
That's Amore!

Nick Venere has never been married and his best dating years are well behind him. He’s never heard t...

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The Power of Few
The Power of Few

Spies, cops and armed children cross paths on a day of danger, mystery and possible transformation. ...

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Shoot the Sun Down
Shoot the Sun Down

Couple of strangers arrive in a small town, each one after a different thing....

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Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet
Discord and Harmony: Creating a Late Quartet

Featurette on the making of A Late Quartet (2012)....

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Joe Papp in Five Acts
Joe Papp in Five Acts

Joe Papp, the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival and, subsequently, The Public Theater—arg...

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Jersey Boys
Jersey Boys

A musical biopic of the Four Seasons—the rise, the tough times and personal clashes, and the ultimat...

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Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love

When Marvin Hamlisch passed away in August 2012 the worlds of music, theatre and cinema lost a talen...

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Dune: Part Two
Dune: Part Two

Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of...

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Gods Behaving Badly
Gods Behaving Badly

Greek gods living in modern-day New York intervene in the lives of a young couple....

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Turks & Caicos
Turks & Caicos

The second movie in David Hare's Johnny Worricker trilogy. Loose-limbed spy Johnny Worricker, last s...

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Search and Destroy
Search and Destroy

A self-help guru's televised teachings inspire a down-and-out businessman to pursue his dream of mak...

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Tiens ferme ta couronne
Tiens ferme ta couronne

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The Work of Director Spike Jonze
The Work of Director Spike Jonze

When you experience The Work of Director Spike Jonze, you enter a world where anything can happen an...

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Peter Pan Live!
Peter Pan Live!

Following in the footsteps of the phenomenally successful The Sound of Music LIVE! - which drew over...

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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken

A collection of Christopher Walken's greatest SNL skits and hosting jobs...

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The Family Fang
The Family Fang

A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have di...

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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell

The best skits from Will Ferrell's days on Saturday Night Live 1995-2002...

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Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars III

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy....

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The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book

A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is force...

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One More Time
One More Time

Beautiful aspiring rock star Jude is stuck in a rut - relegated to recording commercial jingles and ...

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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler's best Saturday Night Live sketches and performances....

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Cleopatra
Cleopatra

Cleopatra situates itself in the same relationship to Hollywood as the Warhol/Morrisey films of the ...

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Eddie the Eagle
Eddie the Eagle

The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who ne...

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Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser
Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser

When happy family man Joe Dirt finds himself transported to the recent past, he begins an epic journ...

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Night of 100 Stars II
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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Barefoot in Athens
Barefoot in Athens

The last few days in the life of Socrates, including his trial....

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The War with Grandpa
The War with Grandpa

Peter is thrilled that his Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves i...

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Irreplaceable You
Irreplaceable You

A stunning cancer diagnosis spurs Abbie to seek a future girlfriend for fiancé and childhood sweethe...

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Cooking with Christopher Walken
Cooking with Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken invites Richard Belzer over to cook a meal for you....

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Father Figures
Father Figures

Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased fath...

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Me and My Brother
Me and My Brother

Julius Orlovsky, after spending years in a New York mental hospital, emerges catatonic and must rely...

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Nine Lives
Nine Lives

A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat....

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Talking with the Vampires
Talking with the Vampires

Abel Ferrara directed this thirty-minute documentary that interviews the cast of his film THE ADDICT...

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Percy
Percy

Percy Schmeiser, a third-generation farmer, gets sued by a corporate giant for allegedly using their...

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The Women of SNL
The Women of SNL

A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history....

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Valley Forge
Valley Forge

George Washington struggles to hold his army together at a critical point during the Revolutionary W...

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Trumbull Land
Trumbull Land

Everyone has seen a Trumbull sequence in Stanley Kubrick's "2001 A Space Odyssey", Ridley Scott's "B...

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Wild Mountain Thyme
Wild Mountain Thyme

Headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon has her heart set on winning her neighbour Anthony Reilly's love....

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The Jesus Rolls
The Jesus Rolls

Hours after his release from prison, Jesus Quintana pairs up with fellow misfits Petey and Marie for...

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Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

A behind the scenes look at the making of Sleepy Hollow....

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Music Videos That Defined the 00’s
Music Videos That Defined the 00’s

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Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary

Caustic comic Denis Leary gets a taste of his own medicine when Comedy Central hosts a celebrity roa...

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Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'

A documentary on the making of the 2004 film "Man on Fire," mixing movie clips, behind-the-scenes sh...

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The Boy Who Saw Through
The Boy Who Saw Through

A young boy has developed an ability to see through walls, much to the consternation of his stuffy V...

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Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage is a warm and revealing portrait of the charismatic, groundbreaking ...

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Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Who has ever compared Reservoir Dogs? What are “Open Road” and “New World Disorder”? Why is Harvey K...

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The Continental: Anticipation
The Continental: Anticipation

You've lost your brooch. Your downstairs neighbor, a mysterious bachelor, has found it....

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From Roger Moore with Love
From Roger Moore with Love

Friends, family and co-stars take part in this revealing and entertaining look at British icon Roger...

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Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost

Ben Stiller tells the story of his parents—comedy icons Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara—exploring their...

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Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Tim Burton: Life in the Line

Features never-before-seen footage, interviews and artwork, spanning Burton's early career at Disney...

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Back in Black
Back in Black

In a wellness-obsessed small town where nobody dies anymore, struggling mortician Clyde faces bankru...

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Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again
Saturday Night Live in the 2000s: Time and Again

Documentary looking back at the history of Saturday Night Live, focusing on the years 2000-2009....

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Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

A retrospective of "Saturday Night Live" during the 1990's. Includes interviews with the cast and cr...

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