Archive for the 'Biography movies' Category
Private Parts
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| Taglines: | 1: He turned on everyone who tuned in! 2: In the tradition of great rebels like George Washington, James Dean, Malcolm X, Abraham Lincoln and Lenny Bruce… One man is still revolting 3: Never before has a man done so much with so little. |
| Plot Summary: | Having always wanted to be a disc-jockey, Howard Stern works his way painfully from radio at his 1970’s college to a Detroit station. It is with a move to Washington that he hits on an outrageous off-the-wall style that catches audience attention. Despite his on-air blue talk, at home he is a loving husband. He needs all the support he can get when he joins NBC in New York and comes up against a very different vision of radio. Private Parts Movie Download |
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Rudy
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| Taglines: | 1: It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, It’s the size of the fight in the dog. 2: Sometimes a winner is a dreamer who just won’t quit. 3: When people say dreams don’t come true, tell them about Rudy |
| Plot Summary: | Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of 5 people and has set his sights upon joining the team. Rudy Movie Download |
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Telstar
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| Plot Summary: | Blackly comic, music-infused biopic about the life - and tragic death - of maverick British songwriter and record producer Joe Meek. Flamboyantly gay in a time when homosexuality remained outlawed, tone deaf, drug addicted, famously paranoid and obsessed with black magic, Meek (Con O’Neill) was responsible for a string of 1960s chart-toppers including ‘Have I the Right’, ‘Just Like Eddie’, ‘Johnny, Remember Me’ and the groundbreaking ‘Telstar’. Kevin Spacey co-stars as ‘Major’ Wilfred Banks, the businessman who bankrolls Meeks’s home studio at 304 Holloway Road in North London. Telstar Movie Download |
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Baader Meinhof Complex, The
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| Plot Summary: | Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he’s only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. Baader Meinhof Complex, The Movie Download |
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Riding in Cars with Boys
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| Taglines: | 1: Based on a true story. 2: Beverly could’ve had it all. Instead, she had a son. 3: One day can make your life; one day can ruin your life. All life is is four or five big days that change everything. 4: The story of a girl who did everything wrong, but got everything right. |
| Plot Summary: | Seriocomic story based on the memoir by Beverly Donofrio, the movie follows a young woman who finds her life radically altered by an event from her teen years. Born in 1950, Beverly grew up bright and ambitious in a working-class neighborhood in Connecticut; her father was a tough but good-hearted cop who listened to his daughter’s problems, and her mother was a nervous woman eager to imagine the worst. From an early age, Beverly displays a keen intelligence and an interest in literature, and dreams of going to college in New York and becoming a writer. However, she also develops an early interest in boys, and at 15 finds herself madly in love with a boy from her high school. However, an attempt to get his attention leads to an embarassing incident at a party, and Ray, a sweet but thick-headed 18-year-old, steps forward to defend her. Beverly and Ray end up making out, and after one thing leads to another, Beverly discovers she’s pregnant. Telling Ray is only marginally less difficult than informing her parents, and at 16, Beverly is a wife and mother. Against the odds, Beverly is determined to still finish high school and go on to college, but that goal becomes more difficult with time, especially after Beverly’s marriage begins to fall apart. Ray tries to do the right thing but has trouble holding a job, and becomes addicted to heroin. Riding in Cars with Boys Movie Download |
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Lady Sings the Blues
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| Taglines: | 1: Diana Ross IS Billie Holiday 2: Diana Ross is Billie Holiday. Diana Ross sings Billie Holiday and a superstar is born. |
| Plot Summary: | Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured. Lady Sings the Blues Movie Download |
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Lawrence of Arabia
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| Taglines: | 1: A mighty spectacle of action and adventure! (Australia) 2: After five years… the first motion picture from the creators of “The Bridge On The River Kwai.” Columbia Pictures presents The Sam Spiegel . David Lean Production of ….. 3: From the creators of “The Bridge on the River Kwai.” |
| Plot Summary: | T. E. Lawrence is a young maladjusted lieutenant in the British Army in North Africa during World War One. Unhappy with his current assignment coloring maps, he is ecstatic when he is offered a job as an observer in what is now Arabia. At this point, the story of his life becomes the stuff that legends are made of. Lawrence of Arabia Movie Download |
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Wisegal
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| Taglines: | 1: Loyal to the FAMILY. Devoted to her own. |
| Plot Summary: | A drama centered around Patty Montanari, the widowed mother of two who went to work for her lover Frank Russo, a captain in a Brooklyn crime family. Wisegal Movie Download |
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Beyond the Sea
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| Taglines: | 1: BOBBY DARIN . . . in the era of cool he was the soundtrack. 2: In the era of cool, he was the soundtrack. 3: In the era of cool, he was the soundtrack. 4: The voice. The passion. The confidence. 5: The voice. The passion. The confidence. |
| Plot Summary: | Consummate entertainer Bobby Darin (1936-1973) is making a movie about his life. He’s volatile, driven by the love of performing, ambition, perfectionism, and belief that he’s living on borrowed time. He begins in the Bronx: a fatherless lad learning music and dance from his mom. His career starts slowly, then “Splish Splash” puts him at the top of the charts and on “Bandstand.” He wants to be an entertainer, not a pop star, so he aims for the Copacabana; then it’s on to the movies, where he meets and marries Sandra Dee. After, it’s balancing career, health, marriage and family life, balances he doesn’t always keep. Throughout, conversations with his boyhood self give him perspective. Beyond the Sea Movie Download |
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Valkyrie
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| Taglines: | 1: Many saw evil. They dared to stop it. |
| Plot Summary: | Based on actual events, a plot to assassinate Hitler is unfurled during the height of WWII. Valkyrie Movie Download |
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