John Travolta
Birthday: 1954-02-18
Place of Birth: Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Biography: John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor. He began acting on television before transitioning into a leading man in film. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Travolta came to prominence starring in the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979), followed by leading roles in Carrie (1976), Grease (1978), Urban Cowboy (1980), and Blow Out (1981). He earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Pulp Fiction (1994). His other notable films include Get Shorty (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), Michael (1996), Face/Off (1997), A Civil Action (1998), Primary Colors (1998), The General's Daughter (1999), The Punisher (2004), Wild Hogs (2007), Hairspray (2007), Bolt (2008), and Savages (2012). Travolta returned to television, portraying lawyer Robert Shapiro in the series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story. He received an Emmy Award as a producer and nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He was also Emmy-nominated for his role in the action-comedy web series Die Hart (2021). Travolta has released nine albums outside of acting, including four singles that charted on the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40. His albums typically accompanied films he starred in, such as Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture (1978), which topped the Billboard 200. Travolta is also a private pilot.
Movies
Lonely Hearts
In the late 1940s, a murderous couple known as the 'The Lonely Hearts Killers' kills close to a doze...
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Grease
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedl...
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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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Face/Off
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the ...
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Die Hart
Kevin Hart - playing a version of himself - is on a death-defying quest to become an action star. An...
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The General's Daughter
When the body of Army Capt. Elisabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigator...
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Michael
Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a w...
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Be Cool
Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a...
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Hairspray
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - Th...
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Lucky Numbers
Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to ...
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Basic
When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations tea...
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Staying Alive
It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting to...
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Ladder 49
Under the watchful eye of his mentor, Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison m...
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Saturday Night Fever
Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons....
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Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Twelve men who belong to one of the world's most exclusive fraternities -- people who've walked on t...
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Battlefield Earth
In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest...
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Wild Hogs
Restless and ready for an adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and ...
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Old Dogs
Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan publi...
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I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remark...
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Carrie
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from classmates and abuse from her fana...
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Domestic Disturbance
Frank Morrison is a divorced father with a 12-year-old son, Danny. His ex-wife Susan and son Danny n...
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Get Shorty
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Holly...
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Blow Out
While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a ca...
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White Man's Burden
The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and white...
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The Punisher
When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- ...
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Look Who's Talking Now!
When high-powered executive Samantha LeBon hatches a scheme to spend a romantic Christmas with her n...
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The Thin Red Line
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ult...
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A Civil Action
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is pote...
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Primary Colors
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White Hous...
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Shout
A new music teacher in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many o...
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Swordfish
Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enfo...
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Look Who's Talking
After a single, career-minded woman is left on her own to give birth to the child of a married man, ...
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From Paris with Love
James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—work...
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Two of a Kind
God has had enough of the bad behavior and attitude of humankind, and has decided to start it all ov...
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Phenomenon
An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligenc...
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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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A Love Song for Bobby Long
A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother....
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Look Who's Talking Too
Mollie and James are together and raising a family, which now consists of an older Mikey and his bab...
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Bolt
Bolt is the star of the biggest show in Hollywood. The only problem is, he thinks it's real. After h...
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The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Tod Lubitch is born with a deficient immune system. As such, he must spend the rest of his life in a...
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She's So Lovely
After being released from a psychiatric institution, a man tries to redeem himself in the eyes of hi...
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Chains of Gold
Scott Barnes is an alcoholic turned social worker hellbent on saving a young boy named Tommy from se...
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The Devil's Rain
A Satanist cult leader is burnt alive by the local church. He vows to come back to hunt down and ens...
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Urban Cowboy
After moving to Pasadena, Texas, country boy Bud Davis starts hanging around a bar called Gilley's, ...
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom...
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Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
A look at "rock and roll" and other pop music based film of the 1970s....
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The Shepherd
On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home becomes while lost flying over water and needs a m...
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Cash Out
Criminal mastermind Mason is about to execute the score of a lifetime when his lover and key member ...
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Perfect
A female aerobics instructor meets a male reporter doing a story on health clubs, but it isn't love ...
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Casting By
This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Ma...
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Eyes of an Angel
John Travolta is a downtrodden single father raising his daughter under difficult circumstances in C...
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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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Savages
Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfri...
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The Experts
Travis and Wendell are two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who think they're relocating to a small to...
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, a...
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Killing Season
Two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, clash in the remote Smoky Mountain wilde...
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High Rollers
A master thief must pull off a dangerous casino heist when his nemesis kidnaps his lover. Caught bet...
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Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
A very special encounter between legendary American cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and young French...
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Moment by Moment
Trisha Rawlings, a Beverly Hills socialite suffering from loneliness following the separation from h...
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Tony Bennett: An American Classic
A celebration of the life of musical icon Tony Bennett on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The spe...
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John Travolta: The Inside Story
In the seventies brushed glory, in the eighties met the failure and nineties resurfaced to become de...
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Basements
Basements is the title for the omnibus film that brings together two plays by Harold Pinter – The Du...
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Mob Land
A sheriff tries to keep the peace when a desperate family man violently robs a pill mill with his br...
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Rona Barrett Looks at 1978
Rona Barrett looks back at 1978 and reflects on the news and entertainment highlights of the year. I...
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The Forger
A former child art prodigy and second generation petty thief arranges to buy his way out of prison t...
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Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
In 1995, Chasen's closed its doors after 60 years of serving chili to movie stars and visiting digni...
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American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
An intimate, soul-baring new documentary covering the life and 40+ year career of actor and poet Mic...
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In a Valley of Violence
The story of a drifter named Paul who arrives in a small town seeking revenge on the thugs who murde...
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Pattern Recognition
To celebrate the BFI's Thriller season, filmmaker Daniel Cockburn explores the power of sound to ter...
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Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
Hot Potato is a backstage pass to the global phenomenon, The Wiggles. The documentary chronicles the...
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Criminal Activities
Four young men make a risky investment together that gets them into trouble with the mob....
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Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
An introduction and overview to Scientology....
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Seriously... Phil Collins
4 TV Executives attempt to make a television special to promote ...But Seriously. Mostly made of ske...
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James Bond: The First 21 Years
A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series....
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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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David Blaine: Beyond Magic
In his most revealing performance yet, the one-hour special features an exploration into Blaine’s tr...
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I Am Wrath
A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's kil...
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The Grand Knockout Tournament
The Grand Knockout Tournament (colloquially also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off chari...
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Life on the Line
As a huge electrical storm sweeps towards Texas, lineman Beau Ginner is haunted by memories of his b...
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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from the...
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Our Friend, Martin
Two teens are sent back in time to meet Martin Luther King Jr. at several points during his life....
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Junket Whore
A documentary film that explores the relationship between publicists and journalists in Hollywood....
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
A special celebrating Elizabeth Taylor's 65th birthday featuring never-before-seen footage of her li...
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Austin Powers in Goldmember
The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doct...
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Gotti
John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime famil...
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Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
A star-studded tribute concert celebrating the iconic pop trio's impressive career....
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Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
Take a look at Tarantino's career from the beginning, with interviews from co-workers, critics, star...
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Welcome to Hollywood
A film director decides to chart the course of a young actor as he tries to make it in Hollywood......
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Speed Kills
Speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire Ben Aronoff leads a double life that lands him in tro...
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Trading Paint
A stock car racing legend is drawn back to the dirt track when his son, an aspiring driver, joins a ...
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The Grease Story
The story behind the classic movie musical. The programme examines the original stage musical in the...
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Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie
John Travolta, Barry Gibb and the Saturday Night Fever cast and crew tell the story behind the mega-...
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The Fanatic
A rabid film fan stalks his favorite action hero and destroys the star's life....
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The Poison Rose
A down-on-his-luck PI is hired by his old flame to investigate a murder. But while the case at first...
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Grease Day USA
The star-studded premiere party for "Grease," featuring numerous unrelated musical performances....
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by S...
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Forever Hollywood
Noted Hollywood stars and directors talk about the history and evolution of the film industry in Los...
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Urban Cowboy: The Rise and Fall of Gilley's
A chronicle of the cultural phenomenon sparked by the 1980 film Urban Cowboy and its inspiration, Gi...
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Everyday Heroes: Real Stories from Real Firefighters
A short documentary about Baltimore firefighters made for the home video release of 'Ladder 49'....
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Nightmare
A murder witness can't convince the police that the killer lives in the apartment across the courtya...
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The Tenth Level
Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor'...
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John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
The gripping story of legendary American actor John Travolta: his rise to stardom in the 1970s; his ...
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Studio 54
Studio 54 was the epicenter of 70s hedonism - a place that not only redefined the nightclub, but als...
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Paradise City
Renegade bounty hunter Ryan Swan must carve his way through the Hawaiian crime world to wreak vengea...
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Boris and Natasha
Sent by Fearless Leader to America to find an important microchip, dastardly Pottsylvanian spies Bor...
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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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Broken Arrow
When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, th...
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
The top 100 songs of the past 100 years chosen by the American Film Institute are presented by host-...
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November 1963
Unfolds within the intense 48-hour period surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy...
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Cash Out 3
The story follows Mason, who is pulled back into the robbery game after his reckless younger brother...
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Pulp Fiction: The Facts
Behind the scenes of the legendary classic film by Quentin Tarantino....
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Black Tides
Rebecca reunites with her estranged father, Bill, in sunny Málaga expecting a healing family trip wi...
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Syndicate
Recently released ex-criminal Patrick O’Malley finds God and his faith during his nearly 30 years in...
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Trailer Camp
Film archivist and former director of the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Jenni Olson cr...
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Ed
A sentient AI chauffeur bot escapes the lab and begins killing reckless drivers under the guise of p...
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Scientology: The Road to Total Freedom?
John Penycate investigates Church of Scientology, endorsed by some major Hollywood celebrities....
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The Kick That United A Nation
On Nov 16, 2005, Australia didn't just qualify for the FIFA World Cup, it found its voice on the glo...
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That's Dancing!
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie ca...
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