Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

Born: July 15, 1961
in Longview, Texas, USA
Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, director, and activist. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

After making his film debut in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Whitaker went on to earn a reputation for intensive character study work for films, such as Platoon (1986), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Bird (1988), The Crying Game (1992), Phenomenon (1996), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), The Great Debaters (2007), The Butler (2013), Arrival (2016), and Respect (2021). He has also appeared in blockbusters, such as Panic Room (2002), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) as Saw Gerrera, and Black Panther (2018) as Zuri. For his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the British historical drama film The Last King of Scotland (2006), Whitaker won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Whitaker made his directorial debut with the television film Strapped (1993), and directed the films Waiting to Exhale (1995), Hope Floats (1998), and First Daughter (2004).

Apart from his film career, Whitaker is also known for his humanitarian work and activism. In 2011, he was inducted as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, later receiving a promotion to Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation, and serves as the CEO of Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative (WPDI), a non-profit outreach program.

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Movies for Forest Whitaker...

Megalopolis
Title: Megalopolis
Released: September 25, 2024
Type: Movie
An architect wants to rebuild New York City as a utopia following a devastating disaster.
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to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
Title: to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
Character: Ghost Dog (archive footage)
Released: November 26, 2023
Type: Movie
An omnium-gatherum of film, poem, and song excerpts contextually juxtaposed in an attempt to explore masculinity, alienation, and identity in a post-industrial society.
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Big George Foreman
Title: Big George Foreman
Character: Doc Broadus
Released: April 27, 2023
Type: Movie
Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggling spiritually and financially, Foreman returns to the ring and makes history by reclaiming his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable World Heavyweight Boxing Champion ever.
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Title: Extrapolations
Character: Auggie Bolo
Released: March 16, 2023
Type: TV
Eight interconnected stories told over 33 years explore how our planet’s changing climate will affect family, work, faith—and survival.
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Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Title: Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 13, 2022
Type: Movie
The portrait of the last cowboy Hollywood legend dives into the 65 years of an extraordinary career in Hollywood, highlighted iconic films like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, as well as Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River and Gran Torino all the way to Cry Macho in 2021. It is no small task to cover more than 60 years of cinema history, especially when it is trying to surveyed with such breadth and diversity: TV star, international star, controversial icon, contested director, filmmaker with a capital F, Eastwood has been through it all, experienced it all, and it is first of all this romantic trajectory, this true American pastoral that the documentary wants to tell with all the passion it possibly can.
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Prophets of Change
Title: Prophets of Change
Character: Narrator
Released: October 12, 2022
Type: Movie
Can music overcome borders and walls and bring people together? Prophets of Change tracks musicians, both Israeli and Palestinian, through their unique journeys and commitment to inspire change.
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Title: Star Wars: Andor
Character: Saw Gerrera
Released: September 21, 2022
Type: TV
The tale of the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire and how people and planets became involved. In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor embarks on the path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.
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Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Title: Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Character: Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: September 8, 2022
Type: Movie
Celebrate Disney+ Day with a special look at the Star Wars original series Andor.
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Title: Cannes Festival
Character: Self - Guest
Released: May 17, 2022
Type: TV
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Respect
Title: Respect
Character: C. L. Franklin
Released: August 12, 2021
Type: Movie
The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
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Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Title: Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Character: Jeronicus Jangle
Released: November 6, 2020
Type: Movie
An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.
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Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
Title: Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
Released: September 19, 2020
Type: Movie
Nations United is a special, first of its kind film, created by the United Nations on its 75th Anniversary and to mark five years since the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals. In the midst of a pandemic radically transforming our world, Nations United tells the story of the world as it is, as it was, and as it could be. It focuses on the solutions and action we need to tackle poverty, inequality, injustice and climate change.
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Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Title: Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Character: Self
Released: August 30, 2020
Type: Movie
A tribute to Chadwick Boseman, celebrating his life and legacy.
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Burden
Title: Burden
Character: Reverend Kennedy
Released: February 28, 2020
Type: Movie
Ku Klux Klansman Mike Burden opens the Redneck Shop and KKK museum in historic Laurens, SC. He subsequently falls in love with a single mother and, under her influence, quits the Klan and is taken in by an African American Reverend.
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Title: Godfather of Harlem
Character: Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
Released: September 29, 2019
Type: TV
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.
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Finding Steve McQueen
Title: Finding Steve McQueen
Character: Howard Lambert
Released: March 15, 2019
Type: Movie
In 1972, a gang of close-knit thieves from Youngstown, Ohio attempt to steal $30 million in illegal contributions. Based on the true story of the biggest bank heist in US history.
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City of Lies
Title: City of Lies
Character: Jack Jackson
Released: September 6, 2018
Type: Movie
Los Angeles Police Department detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case -- the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur -- but after two decades, the investigation remains open. Jack Jackson, a reporter desperate to save his reputation and career, is determined to find out why. In search of the truth, the two team up and unravel a growing web of institutional corruption and lies.
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How It Ends
Title: How It Ends
Character: Tom
Released: July 13, 2018
Type: Movie
A desperate father tries to return home to his pregnant wife after a mysterious apocalyptic event turns everything to chaos.
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Sorry to Bother You
Title: Sorry to Bother You
Character: First Equisapien / Demarius
Released: July 6, 2018
Type: Movie
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
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Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
Title: Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: March 23, 2018
Type: Movie
Whenever the phrase "breaking the color line" is used, there's a temptation to invoke Jackie Robinson's story. However, Perry Wallace, the first black college athlete in the Southeast Conference, was a mere teenager who stood all alone at center court in such hotbeds of rabid racism as Starkville, Mississippi and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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The Forgiven
Title: The Forgiven
Character: Desmond Tutu
Released: March 9, 2018
Type: Movie
After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.
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Black Panther
Title: Black Panther
Character: Zuri
Released: February 13, 2018
Type: Movie
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
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The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
Title: The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
Character: Himself
Released: April 4, 2017
Type: Movie
The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
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Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
Title: Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
Character: Self
Released: February 14, 2017
Type: Movie
A look at the source story, core human themes, the challenges and process of bringing the story to the screen, casting, creating realistic characters within their fields of expertise, alien ship and being design, costumes, alien language construction, and Denis Villeneuve's work.
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Title: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Character: Saw Gerrera
Released: December 14, 2016
Type: Movie
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
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I Am You
Title: I Am You
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 12, 2016
Type: Movie
In Peace We Trust. This documentary shows us how animal rights and human rights & the environment are all related. And the diverse effects that they have on each other and the planet. We are all inter-connected and part of the whole, so why would we want to hurt another living being that is a part of us? I Am You. Narrated by Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker and featuring Jimmy Carter, Maneka Gandhi and Harold Ramis among others.
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Arrival
Title: Arrival
Character: Colonel G. T. Weber
Released: November 10, 2016
Type: Movie
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
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Title: Star Wars: Go Rogue
Character: Saw Gerrera (voice)
Released: August 30, 2016
Type: TV
A stop motion animated Star Wars series, created by fans and Lucasfilm, to introduce the new Rogue One action figures from Tongal. The shorts follow the Rogue One character’s adventures throughout the galaxy as they battle the Empire.
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Title: Roots
Character: Fiddler
Released: May 30, 2016
Type: TV
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.
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Title: Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character: Self
Released: August 2, 2015
Type: TV
Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.
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Dope
Title: Dope
Character: The Narrator (voice)
Released: June 19, 2015
Type: Movie
Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.
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Southpaw
Title: Southpaw
Character: Titus 'Tick' Wills
Released: March 24, 2015
Type: Movie
Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis, a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.
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Title: Empire
Character: Eddie Barker
Released: January 7, 2015
Type: TV
A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
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Taken 3
Title: Taken 3
Character: Inspector Frank Dotzler
Released: December 16, 2014
Type: Movie
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.
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Title: Star Wars Rebels
Character: Saw Gerrera (voice)
Released: October 13, 2014
Type: TV
Set between the events of Star Wars: Episodes III and IV, the story unfolds during a dark time when the evil Galactic Empire is tightening its grip of power on the galaxy. Imperial forces have occupied a remote planet and are ruining the lives of its people. The motley but clever crew of the starship Ghost — cowboy Jedi Kanan, ace pilot Hera, street-smart teenager Ezra, the “muscle” Zeb, warrior firebrand Sabine, and cantankerous old astromech droid Chopper — is among a select few who are brave enough to stand against the Empire. Together, they will face threatening new villains, encounter colorful adversaries, embark on thrilling adventures, and become heroes with the power to ignite a rebellion.
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Two Men in Town
Title: Two Men in Town
Character: William Garnett
Released: May 7, 2014
Type: Movie
A convict is released from prison in a small town in New Mexico. 18 years ago he killed a deputy. The then-and-now sheriff seeks revenge.
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Food Chains
Title: Food Chains
Released: April 26, 2014
Type: Movie
This call to arms documentary details the questionable ethics of the food supply industry, pointing out the power of huge supermarket chains to dictate low wages and inhumane labor conditions for farmworkers in the United States.
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Repentance
Title: Repentance
Character: Angel
Released: February 28, 2014
Type: Movie
An earnest life-coach/author, Thomas Carter, is mysteriously abducted by a deranged client, Angel Sanchez, who delves into Thomas' teachings and uses his spiritual messages of Karma - action and reaction (Vipaka), against him to terrorize him and his family for their past sins.
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Zulu
Title: Zulu
Character: Ali Sokhela
Released: December 4, 2013
Type: Movie
As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain.
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Black Nativity
Title: Black Nativity
Character: Reverend Cornell Cobbs
Released: November 27, 2013
Type: Movie
A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.
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Making a Scene
Title: Making a Scene
Character: Man
Released: November 25, 2013
Type: Movie
For this year's Movies Issue, The New York Times Magazine commissioned lines from an eclectic and talented group of screenwriters — writers responsible for some of the best scripts of 2013. We asked them each to write a single line for us — not a scene, a script or a scenario, but simply an intriguing, amusing or captivating line of dialogue. Then we gave these lines to one of the great movie artists of our time: the cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, a two-time Oscar winner. Kaminski used these lines as inspiration to create 11 original (very) short films. Each short evokes a style or genre of the cinematic past and stars an actor who gave an especially memorable performance in 2013.
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The Making of 'Making a Scene'
Title: The Making of 'Making a Scene'
Character: Self
Released: November 25, 2013
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes look at the year's [2013] best performers starring in 11 original (very) short films directed by Oscar-winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski.
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Out of the Furnace
Title: Out of the Furnace
Character: Chief Wesley Barnes
Released: November 9, 2013
Type: Movie
Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.
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Mysteries of the Unseen World
Title: Mysteries of the Unseen World
Character: Narrator
Released: November 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Mysteries of the Unseen World transports audiences to places on this planet that they have never been before, to see things that are beyond their normal vision, yet literally right in front of their eyes. Mysteries of the Unseen World reveals phenomena that can't be seen with the naked eye, taking audiences into earthly worlds secreted away in different dimensions of time and scale. Viewers experience events that unfold too slowly for human perception
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The Butler
Title: The Butler
Character: Cecil Gaines
Released: August 16, 2013
Type: Movie
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
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Rising from Ashes
Title: Rising from Ashes
Character: Narrator
Released: August 2, 2013
Type: Movie
“Rising from Ashes” is a feature length documentary about the first Rwandan National Cycling Team and their six year journey to the Olympic games in London. It's not about the bike. It's about second chances, how our past doesn't have to define our future, and the impossible triumph of the human spirit over one of the world's most devastating genocides.
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Pawn
Title: Pawn
Character: Will
Released: April 23, 2013
Type: Movie
A petty robbery spirals into a tense hostage situation after three gunmen hold up a diner that's a front for the mob.
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The Last Stand
Title: The Last Stand
Character: Agent John Bannister
Released: January 12, 2013
Type: Movie
Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the LAPD following a bungled operation. Following his escape from the FBI, a notorious drug baron, his gang, and a hostage are heading toward Sommerton Junction where the police are preparing to make a last stand to intercept them before they cross the border. Owens is reluctant to become involved but ultimately joins in with the law enforcement efforts
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A Dark Truth
Title: A Dark Truth
Character: Francisco Francis
Released: November 29, 2012
Type: Movie
In the jungles of Ecuador, blood taints the waters. A multinational conglomerate's unholy alliance with a bloodthirsty military regime has resulted in a massacre. Only the rebel Francisco Franco and his determined wife Mia can prove the truth. To settle a personal debt, former CIA agent Jack Begosian takes on the freelance assignment to rescue Francisco and risks everything in a brutal battle to expose the cover-up.
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Freelancers
Title: Freelancers
Character: Dennis Larue
Released: August 10, 2012
Type: Movie
The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops. His new boss, Sarcone, will see if he has what it takes to be rogue through many trials and tribulations of loyalty, trust and respect. When the truth about his father's death is revealed revenge takes him over and he won't stop until justice has been truly served.
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Catch.44
Title: Catch.44
Character: Ronny
Released: December 8, 2011
Type: Movie
The lives of three female assassins take a sudden turn when their charming boss lures them into one last job. They soon find themselves thrust into a bizarre situation involving a psychotic hit man, a grizzled trucker and a delusional line cook.
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A Man's Story
Title: A Man's Story
Character: Self
Released: October 8, 2011
Type: Movie
Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.
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Serving Life
Title: Serving Life
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: July 28, 2011
Type: Movie
SERVING LIFE documents an extraordinary hospice program where hardened criminals care for dying fellow inmates. Narrated and executive produced by Academy Award®-winner Forest Whitaker, the film takes viewers inside Louisiana's maximum security prison at Angola, where the average sentence is more than 90 years.
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Title: Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Character: Sam Cooper
Released: February 16, 2011
Type: TV
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was a short-lived American police procedural drama that aired on CBS. The show debuted in 2011 as a spin-off from the successful Criminal Minds, which had premiered in 2005. This edition's profiling team also worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, Virginia. In an April 2010 episode of Criminal Minds, during the show's fifth season, the original team met the new team and worked with them to find a San Francisco serial killer. This episode served as the new series' backdoor pilot.
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Lullaby for Pi
Title: Lullaby for Pi
Character: George
Released: October 11, 2010
Type: Movie
A washed-up musician befriends a reclusive artist with an unusual name.
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The Experiment
Title: The Experiment
Character: Barris
Released: July 15, 2010
Type: Movie
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
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My Own Love Song
Title: My Own Love Song
Character: Joey
Released: April 7, 2010
Type: Movie
A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis.
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Repo Men
Title: Repo Men
Character: Jake
Released: March 18, 2010
Type: Movie
In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess the organs. Remy is one of the best agents in the business, but when he becomes the recipient of an artificial heart, he finds himself in the same dire straits as his many victims.
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Our Family Wedding
Title: Our Family Wedding
Character: Brad Boyd
Released: March 12, 2010
Type: Movie
The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay to rest their feud.
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Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
Title: Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
Character: Lion
Released: March 2, 2010
Type: Movie
Jennie the terrier has everything a dog could ever wish for, but still feels that something is missing. She leaves home to discover what that is.
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Hurricane Season
Title: Hurricane Season
Character: Al Collins
Released: December 8, 2009
Type: Movie
Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach Al Collins, gathers other players from hard-hit schools and builds a team actually worthy enough to go to the state playoffs.
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Where the Wild Things Are
Title: Where the Wild Things Are
Character: Ira (voice)
Released: October 16, 2009
Type: Movie
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
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Crips and Bloods: Made in America
Title: Crips and Bloods: Made in America
Character: Narrator
Released: August 14, 2009
Type: Movie
With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles.
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Winged Creatures
Title: Winged Creatures
Character: Charlie Archenault
Released: July 8, 2009
Type: Movie
A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure on his wife, while a gambler believes he's on a lucky streak. A waitress begins engaging in promiscuous sex, and a young girl whose father is among the dead gains unexpected fame.
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Powder Blue
Title: Powder Blue
Character: Charlie
Released: May 8, 2009
Type: Movie
On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide.
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Street Kings
Title: Street Kings
Character: Captain Jack Wander
Released: April 10, 2008
Type: Movie
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.
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Dragon Hunters
Title: Dragon Hunters
Character: Lian-Chu (voice)
Released: March 19, 2008
Type: Movie
Dragon Hunters is a fantastic tale telling the adventures of two dragon hunters: the world has become a vast conglomerate of islands of varying size and shape. This babbling universe is mainly peopled with ruthless rogues, surly peasants and illiterate, petty lords Their main concerns revolve around two fundamental rules : Eat and don't get eaten.
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Mon Clown
Title: Mon Clown
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 14, 2008
Type: Movie
Documentary from France's TV channel Canal+ about the making of the 2007 film 'La Vie en Rose' and Marion Cotillard's road to the Oscar for her performance as French singer Édith Piaf.
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Vantage Point
Title: Vantage Point
Character: Howard Lewis
Released: February 1, 2008
Type: Movie
The attempted assassination of the American president is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
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The Great Debaters
Title: The Great Debaters
Character: Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Released: December 25, 2007
Type: Movie
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
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Ripple Effect
Title: Ripple Effect
Character: Philip
Released: June 21, 2007
Type: Movie
Believing that bad karma is keeping him from realizing his dream, hip clothing designer Amer Atrash (Philippe Caland) attempts to orchestrate salvation -- with unexpected results -- in this indie drama. Pushed to the edge of financial disaster and facing marital woes, Atrash resolves to right a wrong he committed years earlier when his car accidentally struck Philip Blackman (Forest Whitaker), leaving him paralyzed.
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The Air I Breathe
Title: The Air I Breathe
Character: Happiness
Released: February 7, 2007
Type: Movie
A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star falls prey to a crime boss; a doctor must save the love of his life.
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Before the Music Dies
Title: Before the Music Dies
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: November 2, 2006
Type: Movie
B4MD tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, hoping to understand why mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive, and whether corporations really had the power to silence musical innovation. The answers they found on this journey are what makes B4MD both riveting and exciting.
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Everyone's Hero
Title: Everyone's Hero
Character: Lonnie Brewster (voice)
Released: August 4, 2006
Type: Movie
A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.
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The Marsh
Title: The Marsh
Character: Geoffrey Hunt
Released: May 18, 2006
Type: Movie
Writer Claire Holloway is troubled by nightmares of Rose Marsh Farm. She decides to vacation at the farm which unbeknown to her is haunted by the ghost of a little girl and a teenage boy. Claire enlists the help of Geoffry Hunt to help uncover a decade old tragedy.
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Even Money
Title: Even Money
Character: Clyde Snow
Released: March 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.
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The Last King of Scotland
Title: The Last King of Scotland
Character: Idi Amin
Released: January 12, 2006
Type: Movie
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.
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A Little Trip to Heaven
Title: A Little Trip to Heaven
Character: Abe Holt
Released: December 26, 2005
Type: Movie
Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particularly unusual insurance claim stemming from a horrific car accident. As Holt examines the scene of the wreck, it all seems a bit too perfect. And when he interviews Isold Mcbride and her shifty husband, Fred -- the impoverished beneficiaries of the massive, recently initiated life-insurance policy -- he begins to suspect that something is amiss.
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Mary
Title: Mary
Character: Ted Younger
Released: November 18, 2005
Type: Movie
Following the shooting of a film on the life of Jesus called This Is My Blood, Marie Palesi, the actress who plays Mary Magdalene, takes refuge in Jerusalem in search of the truth behind the myth. The director of the film, Tony Childress, who also plays Jesus, can think of only one thing: self-promotion. Meanwhile in New York, television journalist Ted Younger presents a programme about the life of Jesus.
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Odyssey in Rome
Title: Odyssey in Rome
Released: September 30, 2005
Type: Movie
Alex Grazioli follows bad-boy filmmaker Abel Ferrara as he spends three grueling years battling obstacles in Italy to direct "Mary," a modern-re imagining of the life of Mary Magdalene. Featuring candid interviews and on-set footage with Forest Whitaker, Heather Graham, Matthew Modine, and Juliette Binoche, "Odyssey," brings to bear an impressive tableau of Ferrara's colleagues as they discuss his unique approach to creating dynamic films.
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Title: Criminal Minds
Character: Sam Cooper
Released: September 22, 2005
Type: TV
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
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American Gun
Title: American Gun
Character: Carter
Released: September 15, 2005
Type: Movie
Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affected by the proliferation of guns in American society.
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Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Title: Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Character: Forest Whitaker
Released: May 8, 2005
Type: Movie
Hungry for an A-list interview that could launch him into the gossip-page stratosphere, Jiminy Glick, a small-time journalist with big aspirations and an even bigger appetite, drags his wife and kids across the country to the star-studded Toronto Film Festival. But in between the nonstop parties and all-you-can-eat buffets, Glick soon finds himself in the middle of an outrageously scandalous mystery that becomes the celebrity scoop of the decade!
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Title: American Dad!
Character: Turlington (voice)
Released: February 6, 2005
Type: TV
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."
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Title: The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Character: Self
Released: January 3, 2005
Type: TV
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise. It follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup, airing weekdays in the US at 12:37 a.m. It is taped in front of a live studio audience from Monday to Friday at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, directly above the Bob Barker Studio. It is produced by David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS Television Studios. Since becoming host on January 3, 2005, after Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder, Ferguson has achieved the highest ratings since the show's inception in 1995. While the majority of the episodes focus on comedy, Ferguson has also addressed difficult subject matter, such as the deaths of his parents, and undertaken serious interviews, such as one with Desmond Tutu, which earned the show a 2009 Peabody Award.
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The Misbehavers
Title: The Misbehavers
Character: Self
Released: December 4, 2004
Type: Movie
The Misbehavers documents a small army of guerrilla filmmakers as they converge at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival for a mission dubbed Operation: Altitude. The objective: book a venue, market a film, attract acquisitions representatives and pack the screenings beyond capacity. Essentially, they set out to create their own film festival from the ground up in less than two weeks and all no financial backing of any kind. The film chronicles the amazing heights of passion, humility and unity met with the unbelievable lows of self-sacrifice, ego and division that exists even in the lowest levels of the independent film world.
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First Daughter
Title: First Daughter
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: September 24, 2004
Type: Movie
Samantha MacKenzie, the daughter of the president of the United States, arrives at college with a group of Secret Service agents. Samantha, however, resents their presence and decides she wants to attend school just like a normal student. Her father agrees to recall the agents but secretly assigns James, an undercover agent, to pose as a student. They fall in love, but their romance is jeopardized when Samantha learns James' true identity.
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Shooting 'Panic Room'
Title: Shooting 'Panic Room'
Character: Self
Released: March 30, 2004
Type: Movie
Watch David Fincher's journey of the filming process for Panic Room (2002) in this interesting documentary. We see the entire cast and crew throughout production until the final filming day. Many interviews and on-set footage inform us on how the shoot was.
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Title: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 2003
Type: TV
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.
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Phone Booth
Title: Phone Booth
Character: Captain Ramey
Released: April 4, 2003
Type: Movie
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
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Title: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Released: January 26, 2003
Type: TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
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Deacons for Defense
Title: Deacons for Defense
Character: Marcus Clay
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of Bogalusa are still treated like third-class citizens, their fundamental rights as human beings persistently trampled by the white power structure, in general, and the local branch of the KKK. The story follows the formation of local black men, particularly ex-war veterans who after the struggles become too overbearing organizes the group, "Deacons for defense", an all-black defense group dedicated to patrolling the black section of town and protecting its residents from the more violent aspects of "white backlash."
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Character: Self - Host
Released: September 18, 2002
Type: TV
A 2002 revival of Rod Serling's 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as narrator and on-screen host.
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Title: American Idol
Character: Self
Released: June 11, 2002
Type: TV
Each year, hopeful singers from all over the country audition to be part of one of the biggest shows in American television history. Who will become the new American Idol?
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Panic Room
Title: Panic Room
Character: Burnham
Released: March 29, 2002
Type: Movie
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
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Title: The Shield
Character: Jon Kavanaugh
Released: March 12, 2002
Type: TV
The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.
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Title: E! Live from the Red Carpet
Character: Self
Released: January 13, 2002
Type: TV
The pre-show to the major award shows that airs on E! Entertainment Television. Live From the Red Carpet covers celebrity arrivals and gets you right up for a first-row seat to see the stars and all the excitement with live coverage of the fashion, flair, glitz and glamour.
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Feast of All Saints
Title: Feast of All Saints
Character: Daguerreotypist Picard
Released: November 11, 2001
Type: Movie
Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught between the world of white privilege and black oppression.
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The Fourth Angel
Title: The Fourth Angel
Character: Agent Jules Bernard
Released: August 15, 2001
Type: Movie
Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown terrorist movement, and his wife and daughter are among the slaughtered. With western governments suppressing key facts and unwilling to go after the terrorists, Jack uses his contacts and snooping skill to seek the truth himself.
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Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
Title: Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
Released: August 14, 2001
Type: Movie
A documentary about the making of Jim Jarmusch's 1999 film GHOST DOG: THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI, including interviews with the director and stars Forest Whitaker and RZA.
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The Follow
Title: The Follow
Character: The Employer
Released: May 24, 2001
Type: Movie
The Driver is hired by a nervous movie manager to spy on a paranoid actor's wife. During his tailing of the wife, the Driver describes the right way to tail someone. As he follows her he begins to fear what he might learn of her apparently tragic life. He discovers the wife is fleeing the country and returning to her mother's, and that she's been given a black eye, likely by her husband. He returns the money for the job, refusing to tell where the wife is, and drives off telling the manager never to call him again.
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Green Dragon
Title: Green Dragon
Character: Addie
Released: May 17, 2001
Type: Movie
A tale about Vietnamese refugees sent to an orientation camp on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in California, 'Green Dragon' focuses on a young boy and his sister. Set in 1975, the film chronicles the stories told to the two children by other refugees in the camp and of Tai Tran, who dares to introduce himself to Sergeant Jim Lance. In developing a relationship with Lance, Tran is able to improve
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Title: The Hire
Character: The Employer
Released: April 26, 2001
Type: TV
BMW film presents "The Hire", a series of eight short films produced for the Internet in 2001 and 2002. A form of branded content, all eight films feature popular filmmakers from across the globe, star Clive Owen as the "The Driver" and highlight the performance aspects of various BMW automobiles. The series made a comeback in 2016, fifteen years after its original run ended.
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A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
Title: A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A documentary about the making of Oliver Stone's Vietnam War film, Platoon (1986).
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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Title: Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Character: Self
Released: September 27, 2000
Type: Movie
Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when studio powers agreed to let him make his directing debut. That story and others comprise this portrait of the famed Hollywood icon. His career is explored via an array of film clips, interviews and more.
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Battlefield Earth
Title: Battlefield Earth
Character: Ker
Released: May 12, 2000
Type: Movie
In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state. After being captured, it is up to Tyler to save mankind.
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The Paperboy
Title: The Paperboy
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
A young paper boy goes through his early morning delivery routine.
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Witness Protection
Title: Witness Protection
Character: Steven Beck
Released: December 11, 1999
Type: Movie
Would you be willing to walk away from everyone and everything you've ever known in exchange for your safety? This is the question facing career criminal Bobby "Bats" Batton (Tom Sizemore); on the outs with the mob and facing prosecution for a number of serious crimes, Batton is offered a deal by the FBI in which he will be given immunity in exchange for testifying against his former partners. However, Batton will have to join the Federal Witness Protection Program, which means that he, his wife, and his children will never again see their friends and family.
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Light It Up
Title: Light It Up
Character: Officer Dante Jackson
Released: November 4, 1999
Type: Movie
On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.
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Title: The Early Show
Character: Self
Released: November 1, 1999
Type: TV
The Early Show is an American morning television show which was broadcast by CBS from New York City from 1999 to 2012. The program aired live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday in the Eastern time zone; most affiliates in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones aired the show on tape-delay from 7 to 9 a.m. local time. The Saturday edition aired live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time as well, but a number of affiliates did not carry it or aired it later on tape-delay. It premiered on November 1, 1999, and was the newest of the major networks' morning shows, although CBS has made several attempts to program in the morning slot since 1954. The show aired as a division of CBS News. The Early Show, like many of its predecessors, traditionally ran last in the ratings to its rivals, NBC's Today and ABC's Good Morning America. Much like NBC's The Today Show and The Tonight Show, the title The Early Show was analogous to that of CBS's late-night talk show, The Late Show. On November 15, 2011, CBS announced that a new morning show would replace The Early Show on January 9, 2012. CBS News chairman Jeff Fager and CBS News president David Rhodes stated that the new show would "redefine the morning television landscape." On December 1, it was announced that the new show would be titled CBS This Morning. The Early Show ended its twelve-year run on January 6, 2012, to make way for the program. Charlie Rose, Gayle King, and Erica Hill were named anchors of the new program.
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Title: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Character: Ghost Dog
Released: October 6, 1999
Type: Movie
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
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Title: Where Are They Now?
Character: Self
Released: June 7, 1999
Type: TV
Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional and personal status. Each episode was dedicated to another genre. Though not always in sequence, some episodes were a continuation of the motif of episodes from the past. Those episodes sometimes had Roman numerals in their title to signify their sequel status.
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Body Count
Title: Body Count
Character: Crane
Released: April 28, 1998
Type: Movie
A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Title: Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Character: Mr. Rucker
Released: November 23, 1996
Type: Movie
A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.
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Title: The Daily Show
Character: Self
Released: July 22, 1996
Type: TV
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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Phenomenon
Title: Phenomenon
Character: Nate Pope
Released: July 5, 1996
Type: Movie
An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.
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Mr. Holland's Opus
Title: Mr. Holland's Opus
Character: Bobby Tidd - Adult (uncredited)
Released: December 29, 1995
Type: Movie
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.
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Species
Title: Species
Character: Dan Smithson, Empath
Released: July 7, 1995
Type: Movie
In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.
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Smoke
Title: Smoke
Character: Cyrus Cole
Released: June 9, 1995
Type: Movie
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.
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Ready to Wear
Title: Ready to Wear
Character: Cy Bianco
Released: December 23, 1994
Type: Movie
During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.
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Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Title: Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1994
Type: Movie
A look at the life and career of actor/director Clint Eastwood, including scenes from his past film and television work and interviews with friends, fellow actors and crew members who have worked with him over the years.
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Jason's Lyric
Title: Jason's Lyric
Character: Maddog
Released: September 28, 1994
Type: Movie
The story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with family and friends.
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Title: ER
Character: Curtis Ames
Released: September 19, 1994
Type: TV
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
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The Enemy Within
Title: The Enemy Within
Character: Col. MacKenzie Casey
Released: August 24, 1994
Type: Movie
A officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a planned military coup of the U.S. government and has only one week to prevent the takeover.
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Title: Inside the Actors Studio
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 1994
Type: TV
James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.
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Blown Away
Title: Blown Away
Character: Anthony Franklin
Released: July 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove, who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force, his partner is killed by a bomb that Dove thinks might have been made by someone he knows.
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Bank Robber
Title: Bank Robber
Character: Officer Battle
Released: December 3, 1993
Type: Movie
After robbing a bank, the robber hides out from the police in a seedy hotel where he is forced to bribe various tennants for protection as well as their silence which becomes more difficult as greed takes over and the people demand more exuberant bribes from the bank robber to shelter and hide him.
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Lush Life
Title: Lush Life
Character: Buddy Chester
Released: October 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Jeff Goldblum and Forest Whitaker star as New York jazz musicians, forced to confront a life beyond their hedonistic existence when a personal crisis strikes.
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Last Light
Title: Last Light
Character: Fred Whitmore
Released: August 22, 1993
Type: Movie
Kiefer Sutherland plays Denver Bayliss, a condemned murderer who has killed three people, including a prison guard. He was brought into the system as a juvenile delinquent and never got out. Now he is awaiting execution. Forest Whitaker stars as Fred Whitmore, a death row prison guard who runs into trouble when he refuses to take part in the brutally abusive tactics of the guards. However, something about Denver haunts Fred Whitmore, and the two men form an unexpected friendship that transforms their lives.
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Body Snatchers
Title: Body Snatchers
Character: Major Collins
Released: June 9, 1993
Type: Movie
When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean Platt, daughter of the base's commander, General Platt. When people at the base begin acting strangely, Marti becomes convinced that they are slowly being replaced by plant-like aliens.
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Consenting Adults
Title: Consenting Adults
Character: David Duttonville
Released: October 16, 1992
Type: Movie
Richard and Priscilla Parker are an ordinary suburban couple whose lives are invaded and rocked by their hedonistic, secretive new neighbors, Eddy and Kay Otis.
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The Crying Game
Title: The Crying Game
Character: Jody
Released: September 2, 1992
Type: Movie
Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.
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Title: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Released: May 25, 1992
Type: TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that initially aired from May 25, 1992 to May 29, 2009, and resumed production on March 1, 2010. The fourth incarnation of the Tonight Show franchise made its debut on May 25, 1992, three days following Johnny Carson's retirement as host of the program. The program originates from NBC Studios in Burbank, California, and is broadcast Monday through Friday at 11:35 PM in the Eastern and Pacific time zones. Unlike Carson or his predecessor Jack Paar, Leno only once utilized a guest host, preferring to host the series by himself. On April 26, 1999, the show began broadcasting in 1080i HDTV, becoming the first American nightly talk show to be shot in high definition. The show is shot in 16:9 aspect ratio. The series, which followed the same basic format as that of his predecessors, ran until May 29, 2009, after which Leno was succeeded by Conan O'Brien. NBC signed Leno to a new deal for a nightly talk show in the 10:00 pm ET timeslot. The primetime series, titled The Jay Leno Show, debuted on September 14, 2009, following a similar format to the Leno incarnation of Tonight.
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Article 99
Title: Article 99
Character: Dr. Sid Handleman
Released: March 13, 1992
Type: Movie
Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliver adequate care to needy veterans in the face of funding cuts and a corrupt administration. To succeed, the staff may have to bend the rules and circumvent the villainous "Article 99," a bureaucratic loophole that prevents veterans from receiving the benefits they deserve.
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Diary of a Hitman
Title: Diary of a Hitman
Character: Dekker
Released: November 20, 1991
Type: Movie
A veteran hitman, Dekker is ready to call it quits and leave the profession. His final job, however, proves to be trickier than expected when a sadistic man recruits the assassin to kill his wife, Jain, and their baby, but he can’t bring himself to do the job, complicating all of their lives.
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A Rage in Harlem
Title: A Rage in Harlem
Character: Jackson
Released: May 3, 1991
Type: Movie
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.
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Criminal Justice
Title: Criminal Justice
Character: Jessie Williams
Released: September 8, 1990
Type: Movie
A knife-scarred victim must identify her assailant beyond a reasonable doubt. Meanwhile the accused is offered a deal if he pleads guilty. Is he as innocent as the victim? Is the justice system guiltier than both?
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Downtown
Title: Downtown
Character: Dennis Curren
Released: January 12, 1990
Type: Movie
Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get even with the policeman. Soon, Kearney learns that he is off the cushy suburban beat and must now work in the deadliest precinct in Philly, where he is partnered with tough veteran cop Dennis Curran. Tensions are high between them, but Kearney soon proves he can play just as rough as the crooks.
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Johnny Handsome
Title: Johnny Handsome
Character: Dr. Steven Fisher
Released: September 12, 1989
Type: Movie
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.
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Title: LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Released: September 5, 1988
Type: TV
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.
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Bird
Title: Bird
Character: Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Released: June 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
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Bloodsport
Title: Bloodsport
Character: Rawlins
Released: February 26, 1988
Type: Movie
U.S. soldier Frank Dux has come to Hong Kong to be accepted into the Kumite, a highly secret and extremely violent martial arts competition. While trying to gain access into the underground world of clandestine fighters, he also has to avoid military officers who consider him to be AWOL. After enduring a difficult training and beginning a romance with journalist Janice Kent, Frank is given the opportunity to fight. But can he survive?
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Good Morning, Vietnam
Title: Good Morning, Vietnam
Character: Edward Garlick
Released: December 23, 1987
Type: Movie
A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humour.
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Stakeout
Title: Stakeout
Character: Det. Jack Pismo
Released: August 5, 1987
Type: Movie
Two cops are given the 'dirty' job of staking out the home of an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend. Chris and the beautiful girlfriend accidentally meet and fall in love. Just as Chris confesses, the convict appears, but will she betray him ?
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Hands of a Stranger
Title: Hands of a Stranger
Character: Sergeant Delaney
Released: May 10, 1987
Type: Movie
A New York cop becomes obsessed with finding his wife's rapist.
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Platoon
Title: Platoon
Character: Big Harold
Released: December 19, 1986
Type: Movie
As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
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The Color of Money
Title: The Color of Money
Character: Amos
Released: October 17, 1986
Type: Movie
Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.
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Title: North and South
Character: Cuffey
Released: November 3, 1985
Type: TV
The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.
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Title: Amazing Stories
Character: Jerry
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.
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Vision Quest
Title: Vision Quest
Character: Balldozer
Released: February 15, 1985
Type: Movie
After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge the area's undefeated champion, which creates problems with his teammates and health. Matters are complicated further when Louden's father takes in an attractive female drifter who's on her way to San Francisco.
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Title: Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Character: Charles Jefferson
Released: August 13, 1982
Type: Movie
Based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe, Fast Times follows a group of high school students growing up in Southern California. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. At the center of the film is Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer who faces-off with the resolute Mr. Hand—a man convinced that everyone is on dope.
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Tag: The Assassination Game
Title: Tag: The Assassination Game
Character: Gowdy's Bodyguard
Released: April 20, 1982
Type: Movie
Pretending to do research for his newspaper, college student Alex Marsh teams up with the somewhat older Susan Swayze, who he long admired from afar. Susan participates in The Assassination Game, in which every player tries to shoot another with a toy dart gun, until only one remains. While doing his best to win her over, and helping her finding her targets, Alex discovers that this year the Game may be more serious than most contenders realize...
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Title: Cagney & Lacey
Released: March 25, 1982
Type: TV
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.
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Title: Hill Street Blues
Released: January 15, 1981
Type: TV
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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Title: Diff'rent Strokes
Released: November 3, 1978
Type: TV
The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Host
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Title: Today
Character: Self
Released: January 14, 1952
Type: TV
Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and is the fifth-longest running American television series. Originally a two-hour program on weekdays, it expanded to Sundays in 1987 and Saturdays in 1992. The weekday broadcast expanded to three hours in 2000, and to four hours in 2007. Today's dominance was virtually unchallenged by the other networks until the late 1980s, when it was overtaken by ABC's Good Morning America. Today retook the Nielsen ratings lead the week of December 11, 1995, and held onto that position for 852 consecutive weeks until the week of April 9, 2012, when it was beaten by Good Morning America yet again. In 2002, Today was ranked #17 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest Television Shows of All Time.
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Title: Emperor of Ocean Park
Character: Oliver Garland
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Set in the worlds of politics, Ivy League academia, and the beaches of Martha’s Vineyard. It centers on Talcott Garland, an Ivy League law professor whose quiet life is shattered when his father, Judge Oliver Garland, dies of an apparent heart attack. The nature of the judge’s death is questioned by Tal’s sister, Mariah, a former journalist and inveterate conspiracy theorist, who believes that the judge, a failed Black nominee to the Supreme Court, met with foul play.
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Havoc
Title: Havoc
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
After a drug deal gone wrong, a bruised detective must fight his way through a criminal underworld to rescue a politician’s estranged son, while unraveling a deep web of corruption and conspiracy that ensnares his entire city.
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Sewing Hope
Title: Sewing Hope
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
For 25 years Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army terrorized Northern Uganda. Children were stolen from their families and brainwashed to be soldiers. Girls were degraded to sex slaves for Kony's officers. The gunfire has ceased, but one battle remains-the battle to restore the future of the children of Uganda. Forest Whitaker tells this story of one woman's fight to bring hope back to her nation. Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe leads a vocational school in Gulu, Uganda, where she uses practical skills to restore dignity, independence, and hope to formerly abducted women.
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A Fall from Grace
Title: A Fall from Grace
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Detective Michael Tabb knows the city of St. Louis inside and out. He has felt its true heart, as much as its dark underbelly: but he does not know who, in both the dark and light - is taking the lives of young girls. He only knows that their burned and broken bodies are washing ashore along the Mississippi River, never to return home. He wears the scars of the one time he got close. Now, he's living in the darkness himself, perhaps too deeply. His physical pain is matched only by the pain he feels each time another young girl goes missing or washes ashore. Self-medicating to both ward away and embrace this killer, he falls farther from his light. Truth be told, the closer he comes to death by his own hand, the closer he gets to solving the murders.
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Making of Phone Booth
Title: Making of Phone Booth
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Behind the scenes documentary of the Joel T. Schumacher film Phone Booth.