George Plimpton
Birthday: 1927-03-18
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Biography: George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American journalist, writer, literary editor, actor and occasional amateur sportsman. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review, as well as his patrician demeanor and accent. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Plimpton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Good Will Hunting
Headstrong yet aimless, Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. ...
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Little Man Tate
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, ...
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Garbo Talks
When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His...
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Rio Lobo
After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the l...
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Reds
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his...
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Volunteers
After his rich father refuses to pay his debt, compulsive gambler Lawrence Bourne III joins the Peac...
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Just Visiting
A knight and his valet are plagued by a witch, and to repair the damage they make use of the service...
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A Fool and His Money
New York advertising executive Morris Codman seems to have it all - lots of talent and a beautiful g...
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Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
Plimpton! tells the story of writer, editor, amateur sportsman and friend to many, George Plimpton. ...
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The Donner Party
Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and ...
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The Capote Tapes
A portrait of the brilliant American writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and the New York high society of...
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Beyond the Law
Takes place over the course of one feverish night in a Manhattan police precinct and neighboring ba...
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Sam the Man
A writer having difficulty completing his second novel goes on a journey of self-discovery....
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Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration
A salute to Playboy Magazine on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary, hosted by founding pub...
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Nixon
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while bat...
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Coney Island
Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of...
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If Ever I See You Again
Bob Morrison, a successful composer of TV commercial jingles, is unhappy with his lack of creative f...
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
The story of J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI from 1924-1972, following his racket-busting days thro...
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L.A. Story
With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an Engl...
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The Queen
In 1967, New York City is host to the Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant. This documentary takes ...
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When We Were Kings
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...
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Lawrence of Arabia
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the div...
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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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Factory Girl
In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous...
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Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
In his book "1984", George Orwell saw the television of the future as a control instrument in the ha...
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Soul Power
Soul Power is a 2008 documentary film about the Zaire 74 music festival in Kinshasa which accompanie...
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Just Cause
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a y...
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Uncensored Channels: TV Around The World With George Plimpton
George Plimpton takes us through some of the more unsual programming from around the world. Highligh...
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EDtv
Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network....
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Bullet In The Brain
Outspokenly critical writing teacher allows his criticism to extend to his everyday life and soon le...
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The Last Days of Disco
Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York....
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Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
George Plimpton got a job playing one of the bad guys in the Howard Hawks-directed John Wayne Wester...
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotli...
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Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P.
Thomas Pynchon is a best-selling American novelist, who, unlike the vast majority of his peers, has ...
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Shortcut to Happiness
In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels...
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