Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Born: December 13, 1929
Died: February 5, 2021
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC (December 13, 1929 - February 5, 2021) was a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. He made his film debut in 1958's Stage Struck, and notable film performances include The Night of the Generals, The Return of the Pink Panther, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, The Man Who Would Be King, and The Insider. In a career that spans seven decades and includes substantial roles in each of the dramatic arts, Plummer is probably best known to film audiences as the autocratic widower Captain Georg Johannes von Trapp in the hit 1965 musical film The Sound of Music alongside Julie Andrews. Plummer has also ventured into various television projects, including the legendary miniseries The Thorn Birds.

In the 21st century, his film roles include The Insider as Mike Wallace, Inside Man with Denzel Washington, the Disney–Pixar 2009 film Up as Charles Muntz, the Shane Acker production 9 as '1', The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as Doctor Parnassus, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Henrik Vanger, and Beginners as Hal.

Plummer has won numerous awards and accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a BAFTA Award. With his win at the age of 82 in 2012 for Beginners, Plummer is the oldest actor and person ever to win an Academy Award.

On February 5, 2021, Plummer died at his home in Weston, Connecticut, aged 91, after suffering complications from a fall. His family released a statement announcing that Plummer had "died peacefully at his home in Connecticut with his wife Elaine Taylor at his side".

Movies for Christopher Plummer...

Heroes of the Golden Masks
Title: Heroes of the Golden Masks
Character: Rizzo (voice)
Released: July 13, 2023
Type: Movie
Charlie, a wise-cracking, homeless, American orphan is magically transported to the ancient Chinese kingdom of Sanxingdui, where a colorful team of superheroes need his help to defend the city from a brutal conqueror. Charlie joins the heroes, and secretly schemes to steal the priceless golden masks that grant them their powers.
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Boris Karloff:  The Rest of the Story
Title: Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Character: Self
Released: October 18, 2022
Type: Movie
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story takes a deeper look at the life and career of Boris Karloff, from 1931 to 1969, exploring films such as The Ghoul, The Walking Dead (1936), Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936), the Mr Wong series, The Climax (1944), Lured (1947), The Strange Door (1951), Grip of the Strangler and Corridors of Blood(1958), The Comedy of Terrors (1963), The Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), the Mexican quartet, some of his major TV appearances (The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., Wild Wild West, I-Spy) as well as taking a deep look at his often ignored Broadway career in the 1940s and 50's. There is also much time devoted to Karloff's more personal side and his relationship with his daughter, Sara.
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The Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
Title: The Kalahari: The Flooded Desert
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: November 9, 2021
Type: Movie
The Okavango River empties into desert; wildlife such as fish eagles, Nile crocodiles, lions and sitatunga antelope.
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Bondarchuk. Battle
Title: Bondarchuk. Battle
Character: self
Released: September 30, 2021
Type: Movie
The new film about Sergei Bondarchuk is not a traditional description of the life of a famous director and not a biopic timed to coincide with a round date. The creators of the film focus on a unique period in the history of world cinema - the post-war "thaw" euphoria and the time of great hopes, the key character of which was the author of "War and Peace". What was this man and cinematographer who shot both chamber dramas and megalomaniac battle projects? And how did he, the winner of many USSR awards, manage to become a figure of world significance and a link between the two superpowers during the Cold War era?
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Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Title: Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Character: Self
Released: September 17, 2021
Type: Movie
Beginning just before his debut as Frankenstein’s creation, this documentary compellingly explores the life and legacy of a cinema legend, presenting a perceptive history of the genre he personified. Karloff's films were long derided as hokum and attacked by censors, but his phenomenal popularity and pervasive influence endures, inspiring some of our greatest actors and directors into the 21st Century – among them Guillermo Del Toro, Ron Perlman, Roger Corman, and John Landis, all of whom and many more contribute their personal insights and anecdotes.
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The Last Full Measure
Title: The Last Full Measure
Character: Frank Pitsenbarger
Released: January 23, 2020
Type: Movie
The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men. Thirty-two years later, Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman investigates a Congressional Medal of Honor request for Pitsenbarger and uncovers a high-level conspiracy behind the decades-long denial of the medal, prompting Huffman to put his own career on the line to seek justice for the fallen airman.
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Knives Out
Title: Knives Out
Character: Harlan Thrombey
Released: November 27, 2019
Type: Movie
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
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Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Title: Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Character: Self
Released: October 12, 2019
Type: Movie
"Alan Pakula: Going for Truth" encompasses the personal and professional life of Alan J. Pakula, a lauded filmmaker and extremely private man, who was unflinching in his commitment to bringing some of the most memorable movies of the last half of the 20th century to the big screen.
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Title: Departure
Character: Howard Lawson
Released: July 10, 2019
Type: TV
Follow the mystery of Flight 716 - a passenger plane that vanishes over the Atlantic Ocean. Following the mysterious crash, recently widowed, brilliant aviation investigator Kendra Malley is called in to investigate by her former boss and mentor Howard Lawson.
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Cliffs of Freedom
Title: Cliffs of Freedom
Character: Thanasi
Released: March 1, 2019
Type: Movie
The timeless story of an ill-fated romance between a young Greek village girl and a conflicted Turkish officer during the dawn of the Greek War for Independence against the Ottoman Empire in 1821.
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Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness
Title: Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness
Character: Dr. Jeffrey West (voice)
Released: December 4, 2018
Type: Movie
Returning from his previous adventure, Howard Lovecraft must lead an expedition to Antarctica, to prevent the awakening of Cthulhu!
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Boundaries
Title: Boundaries
Character: Jack Jaconi
Released: June 22, 2018
Type: Movie
Single mom Laura, along with her awkward 14 year-old son Henry is forced to drive Jack, her estranged, care-free pot dealing father across country after he's kicked out of yet another nursing home.
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All the Money in the World
Title: All the Money in the World
Character: Jean Paul Getty
Released: December 21, 2017
Type: Movie
The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.
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The Star
Title: The Star
Character: King Herod (voice)
Released: November 15, 2017
Type: Movie
A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the greatest story ever told: the first Christmas.
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The Man Who Invented Christmas
Title: The Man Who Invented Christmas
Character: Scrooge
Released: October 12, 2017
Type: Movie
In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.
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Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
Title: Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom
Character: Dr. West (voice)
Released: September 23, 2017
Type: Movie
After conquering R'yleh and the Frozen Kingdom young Howard Lovecraft must now travel to the Undersea Kingdom in order to free his captured family, protect three mysterious magical books, and prevent the impending wrath of Cthulhu.
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The Exception
Title: The Exception
Character: Kaiser Wilhelm II
Released: June 2, 2017
Type: Movie
Nothing is as it seems in this riveting World War 2 thriller as a wary soldier goes to investigate a mysterious German monarch at his secluded mansion, leading him into a web of deceit and a dangerous love affair with a local Jewish woman.
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The River of My Dreams
Title: The River of My Dreams
Character: Himself
Released: January 27, 2017
Type: Movie
Director Brigitte Berman profiles Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent, who left Newfoundland in the late 1940s to launch a storied, seven-decade career as one of the leading actors and most beloved figures in Canadian film and television.
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Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
Title: Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
Character: Dr. West (voice)
Released: August 20, 2016
Type: Movie
After visiting his father in Arkham Sanitarium, young Howard Lovecraft accidentally uses the legendary Necronomicon to open a portal to a strange frozen world filled with horrifying creatures and a great adventure.
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Remember
Title: Remember
Character: Zev Guttman
Released: October 23, 2015
Type: Movie
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
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Pixies
Title: Pixies
Character: Pixie King (voice)
Released: June 5, 2015
Type: Movie
Joe Beck has lost the love of his life thanks to a Pixie's Curse and he now needs to figure out how to get his girl back, learn more about the mysterious Pixies and undo a bad deed he did long ago.
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Danny Collins
Title: Danny Collins
Character: Frank Grubman
Released: March 19, 2015
Type: Movie
An ageing hard-living 1970s rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon.
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The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
Title: The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special
Character: Himself
Released: March 16, 2015
Type: Movie
Reporter Diane Sawyer and Julie Andrews visit filming locations from The Sound of Music (1965). Also included is an interview with Christopher Plummer, rare behind-the-scenes and related archival footage.
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The Forger
Title: The Forger
Character: Joseph Cutter
Released: September 10, 2014
Type: Movie
A former child art prodigy and second generation petty thief arranges to buy his way out of prison to spend time with his ailing son, only to be forced to alter his plans and commit one more job for the man who financed his release.
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Hector and the Search for Happiness
Title: Hector and the Search for Happiness
Character: Professor Coreman
Released: August 14, 2014
Type: Movie
Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.
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Elsa & Fred
Title: Elsa & Fred
Character: Fred
Released: March 7, 2014
Type: Movie
After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a friendship with his eccentric 74-year-old neighbour Elsa, who convinces him it's never too late to keep enjoying life. Although he seemed resigned to a miserable bedridden existence, Fred embraces Elsa's youthful enthusiasm as she introduces him to the path of life and entertains him with outlandish stories about her past life. But when he discovers Elsa's terminally ill, Fred decides to accompany her on the trip of her dreams to the eternal city of Rome to help her fulfil a lifelong ambition.
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Title: Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Character: John Marshall Harlan
Released: October 4, 2013
Type: Movie
Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land.
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The Legend of Sarila
Title: The Legend of Sarila
Character: Croolik (voice)
Released: February 21, 2013
Type: Movie
Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation.
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Titans of the Ice Age
Title: Titans of the Ice Age
Character: Narrator
Released: February 15, 2013
Type: Movie
Titans of the Ice Age transports viewers to the beautiful and otherworldly frozen landscapes of North America, Europe and Asia ten thousand years before modern civilization. Dazzling computer-generated imagery brings this mysterious era to life - from saber-toothed cats and giant sloths to the iconic mammoths, giants both feared and hunted by prehistoric humans.
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Still Kicking
Title: Still Kicking
Character: Himself
Released: January 8, 2013
Type: Movie
Still Kicking: William Shatner and 'Christopher Plummer' is a one-hour television special that captures the memories and insights of these two icons. The setting is the stage of the renowned Stratford Shakespeare Festival Stage, where both men launched their careers in the 1950s, and were then propelled to international stardom. Both continue to produce incredible work. Plummer earned an Academy Award in 2012 for his performance in Beginners. He recently wrote a best-selling autobiography, and will soon be returning to the stage of the Stratford Festival for the theatre's 60th anniversary season. Shatner won four Emmys for his portrayal of Denny Crane on Boston Legal, and also recently wrote a best-selling book, and currently has an amazing four television series on air.
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Kali, the Little Vampire
Title: Kali, the Little Vampire
Character: Narrator (english version)
Released: November 1, 2012
Type: Movie
This is the story about a boy not like the others that dreams about finding his place in the world.
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Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
Title: Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim
Character: Self
Released: June 26, 2012
Type: Movie
Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim contains exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, including interviews with the Bethesda Game Studios team as they take you from concept to creation and provide insights into the story, gameplay, setting, legacy of the Elder Scrolls franchise, and much more.
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Barrymore
Title: Barrymore
Character: John Barrymore
Released: May 25, 2012
Type: Movie
As John Barrymore reckons with the ravages of his life of excess, he rents an old theatre to rehearse for a backer's audition to raise money for a revival of his 1920 Broadway triumph in Richard III.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Hard Copy
Title: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Hard Copy
Released: March 20, 2012
Type: Movie
This is a mock episode of the 80's-90's era tabloid show was created as part of the film's Internet promotion.
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Title: Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character: (archive footage)
Released: February 4, 2012
Type: Movie
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Title: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Character: Henrik Vanger
Released: December 14, 2011
Type: Movie
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
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Discovering Hamlet
Title: Discovering Hamlet
Character: Self
Released: November 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought Shakespeare's great tragedy to life. Christopher Plummer, David Tennant, John Nettles, John Simm, Sir Trevor Nunn, Franco Zeffirelli, Philip Saville, and others explore the enduring appeal of the Prince of Denmark more than 400 years after his stage debut.
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Beginners
Title: Beginners
Character: Hal Fields
Released: June 9, 2011
Type: Movie
Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 44 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life – which included a younger boyfriend.
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Priest
Title: Priest
Character: Monsignor Orelas
Released: May 5, 2011
Type: Movie
In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with other humans inside one of the Church's walled cities. When the Priest's niece is kidnapped by vampires, the Priest breaks his vows to hunt them down. He is accompanied by the niece's boyfriend, who is a wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess.
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The Tempest
Title: The Tempest
Character: Prospero
Released: November 20, 2010
Type: Movie
Featuring a mesmerizing performance by Christopher Plummer as Prospero, Shakespeare's The Tempest is brought from the stage of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival to the cinematic screen.
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Title: Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
Character: Narrator
Released: November 1, 2010
Type: TV
Each installment focuses on a different era of American movie history, from the invention of the first moving pictures to the revolutionary, cutting-edge films of the 1960s.
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Madeline's Christmas
Title: Madeline's Christmas
Character: Narrator
Released: October 19, 2010
Type: Movie
Snow! Santa! And holidays galore! From Ludwig Bemelmans best-selling childrens books comes little Madeline and her wintery adventures with her dog Genevieve, her loyal friends from Miss Clavels class and next-door neighbor Pepito! Five Brilliantly Fun Adventures, Including: Madelines Winter Vacation Madeline And Santa Madeline At The North Pole Madelines Holiday With Mr. Grump Madeline And The Ice Skates
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My Dog Tulip
Title: My Dog Tulip
Character: J.R. Ackerley (voice)
Released: January 5, 2010
Type: Movie
The story of a man who rescues a German Shepherd and how the two become fast friends. Based on the 1956 memoir of the same name by BBC editor, novelist and memoirist J. R. Ackerley.
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Title: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Character: Doctor Parnassus
Released: October 1, 2009
Type: Movie
A travelling theatre company has more to it than meets the eye. It is an imaginary world commanded by the mind of Doctor Parnassus and the audience is in for more than just a show.
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The Last Station
Title: The Last Station
Character: Leo Tolstoy
Released: September 4, 2009
Type: Movie
A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every trick of seduction on her husband's loyal disciple, whom she believes was the person responsible for Tolstoy signing a new will that leaves his work and property to the Russian people.
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9
Title: 9
Character: 1 (voice)
Released: August 19, 2009
Type: Movie
When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good.
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Up
Title: Up
Character: Charles F. Muntz (voice)
Released: May 28, 2009
Type: Movie
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.
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Caesar and Cleopatra
Title: Caesar and Cleopatra
Character: Caesar
Released: January 23, 2009
Type: Movie
Stratford Shakespeare Festival presents: Caesar and Cleopatra. Shaw's legendary wit turns political drama into sparkling comedy when veteran strategist Julius Caesar becomes mentor to the enchanting teenage queen of Roman-occupied Egypt. Their first encounter under a desert moon will lead to a shift in the course of history, as Cleopatra gradually overcomes her timidity to become a determined player in the game of power politics
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Title: The Summit
Character: P.J. Aimes
Released: June 15, 2008
Type: TV
Set on the eve of the next G8 Summit, this miniseries follows a mother's desperate struggle to bring justice to her murdered son, fallen victim to a corrupt pharmaceutical company.
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Emotional Arithmetic
Title: Emotional Arithmetic
Character: David Winters
Released: April 18, 2008
Type: Movie
An emotionally scarred fifty-something female, a high-profile but haunted British novelist, and a heroic dissident-cum-Soviet psychiatric hospital veteran, all reunite decades after bonding and surviving together in a detention camp during World War II.
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Already Dead
Title: Already Dead
Character: Dr. Heller
Released: December 11, 2007
Type: Movie
When Thomas Archer's happy and successful life is all but ruined following a horrific attack he is presented with a perfect opportunity to exact physical revenge upon the man who caused all his grief. However the immediate consequences of his actions and in-actions are much more complicated than he imagined.
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Closing the Ring
Title: Closing the Ring
Character: Jack
Released: September 14, 2007
Type: Movie
During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love with one of them, Teddy. In modern-day Belfast, a man named Jimmy endeavors to return a ring found in the wreckage of a crashed plane. He travels to Michigan, where the grown Ethel Ann, who married another man after Teddy was killed in battle, now lives. Ethel Ann must decide whether to go with Jimmy to meet the soldier who last saw Teddy alive.
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Man in the Chair
Title: Man in the Chair
Character: Flash Madden
Released: January 27, 2007
Type: Movie
The story of an aspiring young filmmaker's encounter with a grumpy fount of movie lore.
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Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
Title: Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
Character: Kommentator
Released: October 25, 2006
Type: Movie
The documentary of the Nuremberg War Trials of 21 Nazi dignitaries held after World War II.
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The Lake House
Title: The Lake House
Character: Simon Wyler
Released: June 16, 2006
Type: Movie
A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
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Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Title: Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Character: Self
Released: March 27, 2006
Type: Movie
Eugene O'Neill tells the haunting story of the life and work of America's greatest and only Nobel Prize-winning playwright -- set within the context of the harrowing family dramas and personal upheavals that shaped him, and that he in turn struggled all his life to give form to in his art.
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Inside Man
Title: Inside Man
Character: Arthur Case
Released: March 17, 2006
Type: Movie
When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.
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The New World
Title: The New World
Character: Captain Newport
Released: December 25, 2005
Type: Movie
A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.
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Syriana
Title: Syriana
Character: Dean Whiting
Released: November 23, 2005
Type: Movie
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.
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Four Minutes
Title: Four Minutes
Character: Archie Mason
Released: October 6, 2005
Type: Movie
Sir Roger Bannister's historic running of the sub-four-minute mile is celebrated in Four Minutes, an inspiring and respectably authentic TV movie about breaking the most famous barrier in the history of sports.
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Must Love Dogs
Title: Must Love Dogs
Character: Bill
Released: July 21, 2005
Type: Movie
Sarah Nolan is a newly divorced woman cautiously rediscovering romance with the enthusiastic but often misguided help of her well-meaning family. As she braves a series of hilarious disastrous mismatches and first dates, Sarah begins to trust her own instincts again and learns that, no matter what, it's never a good idea to give up on love.
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Our Fathers
Title: Our Fathers
Character: Cardinal Bernard Law
Released: May 11, 2005
Type: Movie
In the '80s, priests and especially the Father Geoghan arrested for sexual abuse of minors. Cardinal Law, also indicted, and the diocese was aware of the actions of these men of the church and was kept secret for years, until the victims decide to seek redress.
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Title: Miracle Planet
Character: Himself - Host
Released: April 22, 2005
Type: TV
Flora and fauna, sea and stone - the elements of life on earth as we know it. But how did the complicated existence on Earth come to be?
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Alexander
Title: Alexander
Character: Aristotle
Released: November 21, 2004
Type: Movie
Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.
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National Treasure
Title: National Treasure
Character: John Adams Gates
Released: November 19, 2004
Type: Movie
Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.
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Cold Creek Manor
Title: Cold Creek Manor
Character: Mr. Massie
Released: September 19, 2003
Type: Movie
A family moves from New York into an old mansion in the countryside, still filled with the previous owner's things. As they begin to make it their own, a series of events begin to occur that makes them believe that the former inhabitants are not yet gone.
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The Gospel of John
Title: The Gospel of John
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: September 11, 2003
Type: Movie
A word for word depiction of the life of Jesus Christ from the Good News Translation Bible as recorded in the Gospel of John.
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The Life Of Jesus
Title: The Life Of Jesus
Character: Narrator
Released: June 1, 2003
Type: Movie
The story of Jesus' life as told by the apostle John, narrated by Christopher Plummer.
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Blizzard
Title: Blizzard
Character: Santa Claus
Released: May 15, 2003
Type: Movie
A young girl's aunt tells her the tale of a young ice skater and an enchanted reindeer.
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Nicholas Nickleby
Title: Nicholas Nickleby
Character: Ralph Nickleby
Released: December 27, 2002
Type: Movie
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
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Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Title: Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Character: Self
Released: November 7, 2002
Type: Movie
Veteran radio, theatre, television and film actor Christopher Plummer has played a thousand parts, but beneath that elegant stage presence lies the restless heart of a risk-taker. Don't miss this engaging biography.
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Agent of Influence
Title: Agent of Influence
Character: John Watkins
Released: June 30, 2002
Type: Movie
This story of espionage and counter-espionage is based on the novel by Ian Adams. Suspicious circumstances surrounded the mysterious death of a Canadian diplomat. At the height of The Cold War in October 1964, John Watkins, Canada's former ambassador to Moscow and a close friend of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, is kidnapped and held in a hotel for questioning by the RCMP at the urging of the CIA. Several days into the interrogation he died. The official obituary claimed that he suffered a heart attack in the company of friends during a farewell supper celebrating his illustrious career.
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Ararat
Title: Ararat
Character: David
Released: May 20, 2002
Type: Movie
Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.
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Night Flight
Title: Night Flight
Character: 'Flash' Harry Peters
Released: February 2, 2002
Type: Movie
Night Flight was a powerful drama set in 1943 and the present telling the story of two World War II veterans. Harry Peters piloted a Lancaster bomber at just 20. His now middle-class world is thrown into disarray when former comrade Vic Green lands. A tale of secrets, scandal and corruption based on ghosts as yet not laid to rest.
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A Beautiful Mind
Title: A Beautiful Mind
Character: Dr. Rosen
Released: December 14, 2001
Type: Movie
In a decades-spanning biopic, brilliant mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. makes history in his field as schizophrenia sets in.
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Lucky Break
Title: Lucky Break
Character: Graham Mortimer
Released: August 24, 2001
Type: Movie
Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?
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Full Disclosure
Title: Full Disclosure
Character: Robert Lecker
Released: May 15, 2001
Type: Movie
A reporter discovers a woman who is a suspected terrorist.
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On Golden Pond
Title: On Golden Pond
Character: Norman Thayer
Released: April 29, 2001
Type: Movie
Character-driven story about an elderly man coming to terms with his age, and the nearing of death; a middle-aged woman attempting to enter into a father-daughter relationship with her dad, whom she has never known closely; and a young teenager dealing with parental divorce. Ethel and Norman Thayer are an old couple living "On Golden Pond". Their daughter, Chelsea, is 42 years old, and has never been married. She is dating a 45 year old dentist, and brings him up to Golden Pond to meet her parents. Her boyfriend, Bill, has a 14 year old son named Billy, who comes along. Young Billy has been virtually raised by his mother, who is newly divorced from his father. The troubled child is left with the elderly Thayers for some time, as his father and Chelsea take off for a tour of Europe.
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Dracula 2000
Title: Dracula 2000
Character: Matthew Van Helsing
Released: December 22, 2000
Type: Movie
When a team of techno-savvy thieves break into a high-security vault, they don't discover priceless works of art... they find a crypt unopened for 100 years.
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American Tragedy
Title: American Tragedy
Character: F. Lee Bailey
Released: November 12, 2000
Type: Movie
Johnnie Cochran defends O.J. Simpson who is on trial for his wife's murder.
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Possessed
Title: Possessed
Character: Archbishop Hume
Released: October 22, 2000
Type: Movie
An 11 year old boy starts throwing temper tantrums, vomiting on and attacking people, and swearing uncontrollably. Furniture begins to move on its own when he is around, and he doesn't remember any of it. After giving up on the protestants, the boy's parents turn to the catholic church for help. Father Bowden is a WWII veteran who is experiencing nightmares, flashbacks and other personal problems, including alcoholism. He is recruited by the archbishop to perform a series of exorcisms. This is the apparent true account of the last exorcism known to have been done by the catholic church.
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Nuremberg
Title: Nuremberg
Character: Sir David Maxwell Fyfe
Released: September 11, 2000
Type: Movie
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The Dinosaur Hunter
Title: The Dinosaur Hunter
Character: Hump Hinton
Released: August 5, 2000
Type: Movie
A 13-year-old girl and her older brother live on a farm where paleontologists search for fossils.
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Title: Nuremberg
Character: Sir David Maxwell Fyfe
Released: July 16, 2000
Type: TV
Justice Robert H. Jackson leads Allied prosecutors in trying 21 Germans for Nazi war crimes after World War II.
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Hidden Agenda
Title: Hidden Agenda
Character: Ulrich Steiner
Released: November 2, 1999
Type: Movie
A young medical student travels to Berlin to investigate the apparent death of his brother and discovers a secret life of espionage, betrayal and murder at the highest levels.
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The Insider
Title: The Insider
Character: Mike Wallace
Released: October 28, 1999
Type: Movie
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
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Madeline: Lost in Paris
Title: Madeline: Lost in Paris
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: August 2, 1999
Type: Movie
When Madeline's long lost uncle Horst arrives to take her to a Viennese finishing school, Miss Clavel, the eleven little girls and Pepito realize that something is not right.
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Winchell
Title: Winchell
Character: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Released: November 21, 1998
Type: Movie
The true story of the influential and controversial columnist, Walter Winchell.
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The First Christmas
Title: The First Christmas
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
The story of the birth of Christ brought to life in this claymation short film.
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Blackheart
Title: Blackheart
Character: Holmes
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Crime - Ray and Annette are a couple who scam, lie and seduce to get wealth from unsuspecting wealthy people. Annette also has a penchant for bisexual encounters and serial murder.
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The Clown at Midnight
Title: The Clown at Midnight
Character: Mr. Caruthers
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Upon the reopening of the opera house where her mother was murdered, a teen and her friends become the targets of a deranged killer dressed in a clown costume.
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Babes in Toyland
Title: Babes in Toyland
Character: Barnaby Crookedman (voice)
Released: October 14, 1997
Type: Movie
With just days to go before presents are scheduled for Christmas delivery, Toyland is buzzing with activity. However, curmudgeonly creditor Barnaby Crookedman is hatching a devious scheme to destroy Toyland – meaning no presents for the world's children! Siblings Jack and Jill, alongside toy factory workers Tom and Mary, rush into action to stop the villain, receiving some assistance from the likes of Humpty Dumpty and even Santa Claus himself.
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Skeletons
Title: Skeletons
Character: Reverend Carlyle
Released: April 4, 1997
Type: Movie
A heart attack moves a Pulitzer winning journalist to leave NY for the peace of a small New England town, but he soon finds himself pulled into a case of a man accused of killing his gay lover with the blade of a shovel. Wanting to keep the case quiet, the town turns against the journalist and his family when he begins digging into its secrets, until finally the accused man is found hanging in his cell and the truth comes out about more than just the killing.
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The Arrow
Title: The Arrow
Character: George Hees
Released: January 12, 1997
Type: Movie
The story of the Avro Arrow, the world's fastest fighter plane built in 1950's Canada, and how the project was dropped due to political pressure from the United States.
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The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
Title: The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
Character: Self
Released: November 5, 1996
Type: Movie
A documentary following Terry Gilliam through the creation of "Twelve Monkeys."
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The Conspiracy of Fear
Title: The Conspiracy of Fear
Character: Wakeman
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
The shocking, tragic death of his father propels Chris King into a nightmare. Running for his life, Chris fights off street thugs, a homicidal psychopath, and the CIA. He teams up with a beautiful but rough petty thief to uncover why he has become the hunted. Together, they discover that a valuable piece of information his father left behind is worth killing for-they just have to stay alive to find it.
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Twelve Monkeys
Title: Twelve Monkeys
Character: Dr. Goines
Released: December 29, 1995
Type: Movie
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
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Harrison Bergeron
Title: Harrison Bergeron
Character: John Klaxon
Released: August 13, 1995
Type: Movie
"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." This is the premise of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt Vonnegut's futuristic short story Harrison Bergeron. The film centers around a young man (Harrison) who is smarter than his peers, and is not affected by the usual "Handicapping" which is used to train all Americans so everyone is of equal intelligence.
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Dolores Claiborne
Title: Dolores Claiborne
Character: John Mackey
Released: March 24, 1995
Type: Movie
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
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Crackerjack
Title: Crackerjack
Character: Ivan Getz
Released: August 18, 1994
Type: Movie
A cop on vacation at a mountain resort comes to the rescue when the resort is taken over by violent criminals.
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Wolf
Title: Wolf
Character: Raymond Alden
Released: June 17, 1994
Type: Movie
Aging publisher Will Randall is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches his job out from under his nose. But after being bitten by a wolf, Will suddenly finds himself full of youthful vigor. As he struggles to regain his position, he becomes enthralled with Laura Alden, his former boss's daughter. And, as increasingly animal-like urges begin to overwhelm him, Randall worries that he may be turning into the creature that bit him.
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Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Title: Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A documentary about actor Michael Caine. Narrated by Caine himself, it includes interviews of his family, friends and colleagues and clips from some of his films.
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Madeline at the Ballet
Title: Madeline at the Ballet
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 31, 1993
Type: Movie
The girls get a chance to perform with a famed ballet master who thinks Madeline is too small to succeed. Madeline's insecurity (and Pepito's teasing) keeps getting in the way of her performance until she is given a pep talk – and a pair of toe shoes – by an accomplished prima ballerina, who convinces Madeline that hard work and courage will help her excel.
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A Stranger in the Mirror
Title: A Stranger in the Mirror
Character: Clifton Lawrence
Released: October 24, 1993
Type: Movie
A naive young woman arrives in Hollywood to become a star, but after she gets drugged and raped during a shoot, she hardens quickly and catches the eye of a popular womanizing comedian who introduces her to his shady powerful agent.
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Madeline at Cooking School
Title: Madeline at Cooking School
Character: Narrator
Released: October 14, 1993
Type: Movie
Madeline, the girls and Pepito prepare an awful meal for Lord Cucuface. He enrols them at the famed Cordon Bleu School for cooking lessons with some delicious results!
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Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Title: Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
The story of how the classic epic "Ben-Hur" was made.
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Malcolm X
Title: Malcolm X
Character: Chaplain Gill
Released: November 18, 1992
Type: Movie
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
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Impolite
Title: Impolite
Character: Naples O'Rorke
Released: September 16, 1992
Type: Movie
A reporter meets mixed reactions as he unravels the truth about the death of a financier.
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Secrets
Title: Secrets
Character: Mel Wexler
Released: April 6, 1992
Type: Movie
Producer Mel Wexler is putting together "Manhattan," a night-time soap opera that will definitely be the toast of the town. He puts together a stellar cast, however, each member of this cast has his own little secret: Zach is a Hollywood leading man apparently being blackmailed by 2 mysterious women; Jane was a former daytime soap star who had to abruptly leave her popular role due to problems at home; Bill is a male model whose marital status would rather be kept secret by his agent; Gaby is a struggling actress determined to make it on her own; and Sabina is a legendary film star who must now take a role on a television series due to a serious "involvement" in San Francisco. One by one, their secrets unfold in this television movie based on the bestseller by Danielle Steel. (Summary Written by Phil Fernando)
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Liar's Edge
Title: Liar's Edge
Character: Harry Weldon
Released: February 14, 1992
Type: Movie
A child is traumatized when his father, a stuntman, dies in an attempt to go over Niagara Falls. Later, his mother meets and marries a truck driver, and things seem to be going OK. Then the new husband's creepy brother shows up, and the boy begins to get a sense that neither of the brothers is quite what they claim to be.
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Title: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Character: General Chang
Released: December 6, 1991
Type: Movie
After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when a Klingon ship is nearly destroyed by an apparent attack from the Enterprise. Both worlds brace for what may be their deadliest encounter.
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Madeline in London
Title: Madeline in London
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: November 28, 1991
Type: Movie
Madeline in London
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Madeline and the Gypsies
Title: Madeline and the Gypsies
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 14, 1991
Type: Movie
Madeline and the Gypsies
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Rock-A-Doodle
Title: Rock-A-Doodle
Character: Grand Duke (voice)
Released: August 2, 1991
Type: Movie
Chanticleer is a foolhardy farm rooster who believes his crows can actually make the sun come up and shine. When the sun rises one morning without Chanticleer's crow, he leaves the farm in disgrace and runs off to become a rock 'n' roll singer. But in his absence, a sinister, sunshine-hating owl prepares to take over.
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Money
Title: Money
Character: Martin Yahl
Released: April 6, 1991
Type: Movie
A young man whose father's fortune was stolen by his closest friends sets out to get revenge in this odyssey through the world's major financial centers.
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Madeline and the Bad Hat
Title: Madeline and the Bad Hat
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: March 3, 1991
Type: Movie
Madeline and the Bad Hat
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Title: Young Catherine
Character: Sir Charles
Released: February 17, 1991
Type: TV
A German princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her.
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Firehead
Title: Firehead
Character: Col. Garland Vaughn
Released: January 25, 1991
Type: Movie
When a Russian cyborg with telekinetic powers terrorizes a city, an elite government agency intervenes. Col. Vaughn convinces "regular guy" chemist, Warren Hart, to team up with a beautiful blonde agent to capture the menace. But Warren finds the true villain isn't who he expected. Forces of good and evil go head to head in this paranormal story of corruption and redemption...with the world's future hanging in the balance.
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Title: Berlin Lady
Character: Wilhelm Speer
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: TV
Boro's adventure begins in Paris in the late twenties. As a minor employee in a photographic agency, he works for a pittance. However, thanks to his love of life, his handsome appearance and his appeal to women, he leads a varied and turbulent life. In spite of his numerous affairs, the great love of his life is his cousin, Maryika, the famous actress from Berlin. When Boro learns that Maryika is expected in Munich for the premiere of her latest film, he decides to visit her there. Boro is disappointed in his meeting with Maryika; he has to spend the night alone on the couch.
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The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
Title: The Little Crooked Christmas Tree
Character: Narrator
Released: December 1, 1990
Type: Movie
During a storm on a Christmas tree farm, a dove and her family asks a small tree for protection, which the tree gives straightaway. The shelter it created for the doves bent the trunk, and causes it to grow crooked. Now, no one wants the small imperfect tree. Based on the book by Michael Cutting.
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Red Blooded American Girl
Title: Red Blooded American Girl
Character: Dr. John Alcore
Released: October 4, 1990
Type: Movie
A young woman is transformed into a vampire by a virus. The vampire doctor who's treating her hires a young scientist to find a cure. He and the girl fall for each other hard, but she, mad from hunger, escapes to wreak havoc on the city
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Title: Counterstrike
Character: Alexander Addington
Released: July 1, 1990
Type: TV
Counterstrike is a Canadian/French crime-fighting/espionage television series. It premiered on November 2, 1991 on CTV in Canada and on November 20, 1991 on TF1 in France. It also aired in the United States on cable channel USA Network, premiering on July 1, 1990. The series ran for three seasons, airing 66 hour-long episodes in total. Counterstrike has since aired in reruns in Canada on Showcase and TVtropolis.
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A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Title: A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Character: The Grand Duke Ivan
Released: April 2, 1990
Type: Movie
A chance meeting between British nobleman and lovely young Mistral foils a plot by her manipulating Aunt Emilie to avenge the death of her sister, Mistral's mother, who died in childbirth. But when an unscrupulous blackmailer and a rapacious Rajah enter the plot, the growing attraction between Lord and convent girl becomes yet more fraught with Danger.
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Where the Heart Is
Title: Where the Heart Is
Character: Shitty
Released: February 23, 1990
Type: Movie
A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.
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Mindfield
Title: Mindfield
Character: Doctor Satorius
Released: December 15, 1989
Type: Movie
In the long shadow of an experimental CIA mind control program, Sergeant Kellen O'Reilly begins experiencing violent flashbacks of his “treatments” at the hands of the sinister Dr. Satorius. When the body count on his latest case inexplicably begins pointing toward his own fragmented past, a romance with Satorius’ criminal prosecutor raises the stakes. O'Reilly must forge a path forward through a hall-of-mirrors conspiracy stretching from the Mafia to the highest levels of the CIA, culminating in a shocking, stadium-sized confrontation.
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Nabokov on Kafka
Title: Nabokov on Kafka
Character: Vladimir Nabokov
Released: August 6, 1989
Type: Movie
Vladimir Nabokov, widely considered one of the world's greatest writers, was also a remarkable professor at Cornell University. Here, Plummer portrays the witty Nabokov, providing an entertaining and insightful lecture upon "Metamorphosis," Kafka's bizarre story about a man who wakes up one morning to discover he has turned into a giant bug.
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Souvenir
Title: Souvenir
Character: Ernst Kestner
Released: January 6, 1989
Type: Movie
In 1944, a dashing German soldier and a beautiful French girl fell deeply in love while World War II raged on. More than forty years later, Ernest Kestner, retired and recently widowed, leaves his adopted home in New York and returns to France to visit his headstrong, estranged daughter, with the fleeting hope of finding the love he was forced to leave behind. But this is no ordinary vacation in the charming French countryside. The mood is strangely dark, and what Kestner and his daughter encounter is completely unexpected as the veteran soldier seeks the ultimate Souvenir - born from the ashes of a horrible, hidden secret. Based on the true story of Oradour-sur-Glane, a French town that was nearly wiped out near the end of WWII. Most every man, woman and child was gunned down or burned in retaliation for the French Resistance. The entire ruined town has been preserved as a national memorial. - Written by Mackinac Media Inc.
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The First Emperor of China
Title: The First Emperor of China
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
This historical drama tells the story of Qin Shihuang, who unified China’s vast territory and declared himself emperor in 221 B.C. During his reign, he introduced sweeping reforms, built a vast network of roads and connected the Great Wall of China. From the grandiose inner sanctum of Emperor Qin's royal palace, to fierce battles with feudal kings, this film re-creates the glory and the terror of the Qin Dynasty, including footage of Qin's life-sized terra cotta army, constructed 2,200 years ago for his tomb.
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Shadow Dancing
Title: Shadow Dancing
Character: Edmund Beaumont
Released: December 2, 1988
Type: Movie
Jess, a struggling dancer, is trying out for a part in a musical about Medusa. As she practices, the director notices how much she resembles his former lover, a ballerina who died in a bizarre on-stage accident while performing the exact same dance that Jess is doing. As more unexplainable coincidences surround the production, someone or something must be behind them all. But who? Or what?
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Madeline
Title: Madeline
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: November 7, 1988
Type: Movie
In a Parisian girls school, our perky, popular heroine charms her eleven classmates with funny pranks and youthful wit. But when Madeline needs her appendix out, it's she who needs charm and humor for a speedy recovery.
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Title: American Experience
Character: Narrator
Released: October 4, 1988
Type: TV
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Title: The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 1, 1988
Type: Movie
This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
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Nosferatu in Venice
Title: Nosferatu in Venice
Character: Professor Paris Catalano
Released: September 10, 1988
Type: Movie
Professor Paris Catalano visits Venice, to investigate the last known appearance of the famous vampire Nosferatu during the carnival of 1786.
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Title: Madeline
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: September 9, 1988
Type: TV
A young girl embarks on a series of misadventures, causing her friends and teachers to be worrisome. Based on the children's books by Ludwig Bemelmans.
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A Hazard of Hearts
Title: A Hazard of Hearts
Character: Sir Giles Staverley
Released: December 27, 1987
Type: Movie
When compulsive gambler Sir Giles Staverley has lost his estate and all his money playing dice, he realises that he only has one thing left of value: his daughter Serena. In a final game, he stakes his daughter's hand in marriage, convinced that this time he will not lose. Unfortunately, however, he does lose; to the evil Lord Wrotham. Unable to return home and tell his daughter that he has lost her in a game of dice, Sir Giles kills himself there and then. Lord Vulcan, who has witnessed the events, takes pity on Serena Staverley, although they have never met. He challenges Lord Wrotham to a game of dice in which the winner takes both Staverley Court and Miss Serena.
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Dragnet
Title: Dragnet
Character: Reverend Jonathan Whirley
Released: June 23, 1987
Type: Movie
LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is paired up with a young, freewheeling detective named Pep Streebeck. After investigating some strange robberies at the local zoo and the theft of a stockpile of pornographic magazines, they uncover cult activity in the heart of the city and are hot on the case to figure out who's behind it all.
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I Love N.Y.
Title: I Love N.Y.
Character: John Robertson Yeats
Released: May 4, 1987
Type: Movie
Photographer Mario Cotone is hired to cover a big N.Y. actor. When his pretty daughter Nicole Yeats (N.Y.) and Mario fall in love, this angers her father and hurts Mario's work which further infuriates his boss. Will love prevail?
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The Nightingale
Title: The Nightingale
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
The story of the lonely Emperor and the captivating songbird that comes to live in his palace.
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An American Tail
Title: An American Tail
Character: Henri (voice)
Released: November 21, 1986
Type: Movie
A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home.
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Spearfield's Daughter
Title: Spearfield's Daughter
Character: Lord Jack Cruze
Released: May 25, 1986
Type: Movie
The daughter of a leading politician tries to carve out a career in the world of international journalism.
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Title: Crossings
Character: Armand DeVilliers
Released: February 23, 1986
Type: TV
Despite rumors of impending war, the majestic ship Normandie makes its transatlantic voyage from Washington D.C., to France. Aboard is beautiful, American-born Liane De Villiers, devoted to her much-older husband, the French ambassador to the United States, and her two daughters. She meets Nick Burnham, an American steel magnate, a kind man trapped in a loveless marriage. Their passion remains unacknowledged. But when the outbreak of World War II forces Liane to flee Paris, she and Nick meet again–and pledge a love that can no longer be denied.
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The Boy in Blue
Title: The Boy in Blue
Character: Knox
Released: January 17, 1986
Type: Movie
Ned Hanlan was Canada's most successful sculling champion at the turn of the 20th century. This dramatization of his life begins in his youth, when the wild young man is informally adopted by a gambler who promotes Ned on the sculling circuit, betting on the boy's rowing skills solely to make money off him. Later, a ruthless businessman named Knox takes over Ned's career, but when Ned realizes how dishonest Knox is, he finds another manager. Walter is an inventor and the first honest man Ned has dealt with in his career and, under Walter's guidance, Ned rises to great success in the sculling world.
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The Tin Soldier
Title: The Tin Soldier
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
This timeless tale written by Hans Christian Andersen tells the comic adventures of a tin soldier accidentally knocked off the toy shelf, and of two lovable, lonely mice who inadvertently place the soldier in danger, then set out to rescue him and return him to the music box ballerina.
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The Boss' Wife
Title: The Boss' Wife
Character: Mr. Roalvang
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Daniel Stern stars as a stockbroker trying to climb the corporate ladder. There's only one thing stopping him...his boss' beautiful and flirtatious wife! THE BOSS' WIFE is a full-bodied, high-spirited, bedroom comedy about lust, love and lechery.
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Rumpelstiltskin
Title: Rumpelstiltskin
Character: Narrator
Released: December 14, 1985
Type: Movie
Rumpelstiltskin is a twenty-four minute animated feature depicting the famous Brothers Grimm story of a miller's daughter and a little man who can spin straw into gold. Family Home Entertainment was the distributor, in association with several Canadian animation firms. The film is making its first trip to DVD on October 30, 2007 coupled with "The Tin Man" in a Holiday two-pack.
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The Velveteen Rabbit
Title: The Velveteen Rabbit
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: April 2, 1985
Type: Movie
A boy receives a Velveteen Rabbit for Christmas. The Velveteen Rabbit is snubbed by other more expensive or mechanical toys, the latter of which fancy themselves real. One day while talking with the Skin Horse, the Rabbit learns that a toy becomes real if its owner really and truly loves it. The Skin Horse makes the Velveteen Rabbit aware that "...once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always."
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Lily in Love
Title: Lily in Love
Character: Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova
Released: October 17, 1984
Type: Movie
Insulted when his screenwriter wife writes a leading role for a younger man, aging Broadway idol Fitz Wynn disguises himself as a handsome young Italian.
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Title: The Cosby Show
Released: September 20, 1984
Type: TV
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.
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Dreamscape
Title: Dreamscape
Character: Bob Blair
Released: August 15, 1984
Type: Movie
A government funded project looks into using psychics to enter people's dreams, with some mechanical help. When a subject dies in their sleep from a heart attack, Alex Gardner becomes suspicious that another of the psychics is killing people in the dreams somehow and that is causing them to die in real life. He must find a way to stop the abuse of the power to enter dreams.
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Ordeal by Innocence
Title: Ordeal by Innocence
Character: Leo Argyle
Released: June 22, 1984
Type: Movie
Dr. Arthur Calgary visits the Argyle family to return an address book lost some time ago by Jack Argyle, only to find out that Jack has been executed for the murder of his mother. Calgary can prove that Jack was innocent. In spite of opposition from a hostile family, he is determined to solve the crime.
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Prototype
Title: Prototype
Character: Dr. Carl Forrester
Released: December 7, 1983
Type: Movie
An intelligent android (Michael) constructed by a research team is taken outdoors and successfully passed off as human in a trial run. When the government hears of this, they order their own set of tests in Washington. When the project leader realizes the military want the android for a soldier, he can't accept it, and he and Michael go into hiding to avoid their clutches.
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Title: SuperTed
Released: October 4, 1983
Type: TV
SuperTed is a Welsh fictional anthropomorphic bear character created by Mike Young. Originally created by Young as a series of stories to help his son overcome his fear of the dark, SuperTed became a popular series of books and led to an animated series produced from 1982 to 1986.
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Title: The Thorn Birds
Character: Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese
Released: March 27, 1983
Type: TV
The story based on a novel by Colleen McCullough focuses on three generations of the Cleary family living on a sheep station in the Australian outback.
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The Scarlet and the Black
Title: The Scarlet and the Black
Character: Col. Herbert Kappler
Released: February 2, 1983
Type: Movie
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him the next time he leaves the Vatican.
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Title: Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Character: Reggie Vanderbilt
Released: October 24, 1982
Type: TV
The story deals with Gloria Vanderbilt's difficult coming-of-age when, at eleven, she was a pawn in a custody battle between her sybaritic mother and her aunt.
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Title: Nature
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 10, 1982
Type: TV
Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
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Highpoint
Title: Highpoint
Character: James Hatcher
Released: August 20, 1982
Type: Movie
James Hatcher embezzles ten million dollars from a joint mafia/CIA operation, leaving them squabbling with each other. Unemployed Lewis Kinney gets caught up in the intrigue, and must try to recover the money, while saving the beautiful Lise Hatcher (hopefully for himself).
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Night of 100 Stars
Title: Night of 100 Stars
Character: Self
Released: March 8, 1982
Type: Movie
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers paid up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.
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The Amateur
Title: The Amateur
Character: Professor Lakos
Released: December 11, 1981
Type: Movie
A researcher for the CIA who convinces his superiors to send him to the eastern bloc in order to avenge the murder of his wife by enemy agents discovers a web of deception underneath his wife's death.
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Being Different
Title: Being Different
Character: Self (Narrator) (voice)
Released: August 21, 1981
Type: Movie
A tribute to the spirit and humanity of people who are physically different from the average: very tall and very large men and women, a bearded woman and her long-time husband, Siamese twins joined at the midsection, and several little people including actor Billy Barty. We meet some at Gibsonton, Florida, where carnival folk winter. They talk about their lives and accomplishments. The camera also goes on the road to visit a grandfather with a distinctive face, a legless mechanic from Kentucky on a second honeymoon in LA, a marathon runner and motivational speaker who has no feet, a karate student with partial limbs, and an armless, down-to-earth mom in Texas.
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Dial M for Murder
Title: Dial M for Murder
Character: Tony Wendice
Released: April 9, 1981
Type: Movie
A London businessman concocts an intricate plan to murder his unfaithful wife for her money.
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Eyewitness
Title: Eyewitness
Character: Joseph
Released: February 13, 1981
Type: Movie
NYC custodian Daryll Deever is a big fan of local news reporter Tony Sokolow, so he is intrigued when she shows up to cover a story at his workplace. There's been a murder in the office building, and Tony suspects that Daryll may have insight into the crime, a notion that he furthers to stay close to her. However, when those behind the killing begin to think that he really knows something, they target the pair to keep their secrets hidden.
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When the Circus Came to Town
Title: When the Circus Came to Town
Character: Duke Royal
Released: January 20, 1981
Type: Movie
When the Circus Came to Town chronicles the life of Mary Flynn (Montgomery), a woman nearing middle age living in a small town. When the circus comes through town, she realizes nothing will ever change unless she does something different, so she leaves her boring sheltered life to run away and join the circus. While adapting to her new life, she finds herself challenged, and in the end, happy with her new life.
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Desperate Voyage
Title: Desperate Voyage
Character: Jacques Burrifous
Released: November 29, 1980
Type: Movie
A modern-day pirate hijacks private yachts, steals the valuables on board, and sends the passengers to the bottom of the ocean. But his current captives have no intentions of being tossed into the briny.
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Somewhere in Time
Title: Somewhere in Time
Character: William Fawcett Robinson
Released: October 2, 1980
Type: Movie
Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.
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The Shadow Box
Title: The Shadow Box
Character: Brian
Released: September 30, 1980
Type: Movie
Over the course of a day in a California hospice, three terminally ill patients are observed with their families reflecting on life and death.
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Hanover Street
Title: Hanover Street
Character: Paul Sellinger
Released: May 18, 1979
Type: Movie
Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
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Murder by Decree
Title: Murder by Decree
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: February 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have its roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons.
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Starcrash
Title: Starcrash
Character: The Emperor
Released: December 21, 1978
Type: Movie
A pair of smugglers manage to pick up a castaway while running from the authorities, who turns out to be the only survivor from a secret mission to destroy a mysterious superweapon designed by the evil Count Zartharn. The smugglers are soon recruited by the Emperor to complete the mission, as well as to rescue the Emperor's son, who has gone missing.
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The Silent Partner
Title: The Silent Partner
Character: Reikle
Released: September 7, 1978
Type: Movie
Toronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank branch located in a shopping mall, accidentally learns that the place is about to be robbed when he finds a disconcerting note on one of the counters.
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International Velvet
Title: International Velvet
Character: John Seaton
Released: July 19, 1978
Type: Movie
Sarah Brown is sent to England after her parents die in a car crash. There, she lives with her aunt Velvet who introduces Sarah to the world of equestrian competition and gives her the last foal of her own prize horse, The Pie. Under the watchful eye of her aunt and horse trainer Capt. Johnson, Sarah develops into a talented rider who might have a shot at the Olympics.
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The Disappearance
Title: The Disappearance
Character: Deverell
Released: November 30, 1977
Type: Movie
The wife of contract killer disappears. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry out a hit, he suspects they are connected with her disappearance.
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The Assignment
Title: The Assignment
Character: Kaptain Behounek
Released: July 11, 1977
Type: Movie
A Swedish diplomat travels to a civil war in a Latin American country. His mission is to mediate between the two extremist groups.
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Title: Jesus of Nazareth
Character: Herod Antipas
Released: March 27, 1977
Type: TV
Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely according to the Holy Bible's New Testament Gospels.
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Silver Blaze
Title: Silver Blaze
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: January 20, 1977
Type: Movie
1977 adaptation of Conan Doyle's The Adventure of Silver Blaze
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Title: Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Character: Roscoe Heyward
Released: December 4, 1976
Type: TV
Two ambitious vice presidents become rivals when an imminent board room vacancy arises.
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Aces High
Title: Aces High
Character: Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair
Released: May 19, 1976
Type: Movie
The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation's favored children at an appalling rate. By early 1917, the average life-span of a British pilot is less than a fortnight. Such losses place a fearsome strain on Gresham, commanding officer of the squadron. Aces High recreates the early days of the Royal Flying Corps with some magnificently staged aerial battles, and sensitive direction presents a moving portrayal of the futilities of war.
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The Man Who Would Be King
Title: The Man Who Would Be King
Character: Rudyard Kipling
Released: December 3, 1975
Type: Movie
A robust adventure about two British adventurers who take over primitive Kafiristan as "godlike" rulers, meeting a tragic end through their desire for a native girl. Based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling.
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The Day That Shook the World
Title: The Day That Shook the World
Character: Archduke Ferdinand
Released: October 31, 1975
Type: Movie
An historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would-be emperor of the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo on June 28th, 1914.
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The Return of the Pink Panther
Title: The Return of the Pink Panther
Character: Sir Charles Litton
Released: May 21, 1975
Type: Movie
The famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. The Inspector is convinced that 'The Phantom' has returned and utilises all of his resources – himself and his Asian manservant – to reveal the identity of 'The Phantom'.
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The Spiral Staircase
Title: The Spiral Staircase
Character: Dr. Sherman
Released: January 31, 1975
Type: Movie
A mute young woman is stalked by a serial killer at her uncle's mansion.
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Conduct Unbecoming
Title: Conduct Unbecoming
Character: Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
A company of British soldiers in colonial India is shaken when the widow of their most honored hero is assaulted. A young officer must defend a fellow lieutenant from the charges in an unusual court-martial, while investigating the deepening mystery behind the attack.
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The Happy Prince
Title: The Happy Prince
Character: The Happy Prince (voice)
Released: December 2, 1974
Type: Movie
A royal statue makes friends with a small swallow.
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After the Fall
Title: After the Fall
Character: Quentin
Released: January 2, 1974
Type: Movie
Adaptation of Arthur Miller's semi-autobiographical play about Quentin, a Jewish intellectual from New York who must reexamine his life and his troubled relationship with Holga.
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The Pyx
Title: The Pyx
Character: Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson
Released: September 8, 1973
Type: Movie
A detective investigating the death of a heroin-addicted prostitute uncovers evidence pointing to the existence of a murderous devil cult.
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Waterloo
Title: Waterloo
Character: Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Released: October 26, 1970
Type: Movie
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.
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The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Title: The Royal Hunt of the Sun
Character: Atahualpa
Released: October 5, 1969
Type: Movie
The Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold. But Pizarro finds himself torn between his desire for conquest and his sense of honor after friendship and respect develops between captive and captor.
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Battle of Britain
Title: Battle of Britain
Character: Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
Released: September 15, 1969
Type: Movie
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
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Lock Up Your Daughters
Title: Lock Up Your Daughters
Character: Lord Foppington
Released: March 29, 1969
Type: Movie
Three sailors on leave turn a British town upside down.
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Nobody Runs Forever
Title: Nobody Runs Forever
Character: Sir James Quentin
Released: August 22, 1968
Type: Movie
Detective Scobie Malone accepts a mission to fly to London to arrest Sir James Quentin, a high-level commissioner wanted down under for murder. But when Malone arrives, he finds that the amiable Quentin is not only the key in groundbreaking peace negotiations, but also the target of an assassin himself.
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Title: The Dick Cavett Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 6, 1968
Type: TV
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
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Oedipus the King
Title: Oedipus the King
Character: Oedipus
Released: June 1, 1968
Type: Movie
This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.
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The Night of the Generals
Title: The Night of the Generals
Character: Field Marshal Rommel
Released: January 29, 1967
Type: Movie
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
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Triple Cross
Title: Triple Cross
Character: Freddie Chapman
Released: December 9, 1966
Type: Movie
A safecracker turns double agent during WWII.
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Inside Daisy Clover
Title: Inside Daisy Clover
Character: Raymond Swan
Released: December 22, 1965
Type: Movie
A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.
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The Sound of Music
Title: The Sound of Music
Character: Captain Georg von Trapp
Released: March 29, 1965
Type: Movie
In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
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Salzburg Sight and Sound
Title: Salzburg Sight and Sound
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Charmian Carr, who played Liesl in the movie "The Sound of Music", takes a tour of the Austrian town of Salzburg, where the location shots of the movie were made. Includes behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "The Sound of Music".
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Hamlet at Elsinore
Title: Hamlet at Elsinore
Character: Hamlet
Released: April 15, 1964
Type: Movie
The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. An historic BBC production taped on location in and around Kronborg castle in Elsinore (Denmark), in which the play is set.
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
Title: The Fall of the Roman Empire
Character: Commodus
Released: March 24, 1964
Type: Movie
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decission about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
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Trans-Canada Journey
Title: Trans-Canada Journey
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 31, 1963
Type: Movie
A jetliner spans the miles, sheering through clouds to open sky and scenic vistas of the provinces below. Glimpses of town and country, of people of many ethnic origins, of a resourceful and industrious nation - impressions it would take days and weeks to gather at first hand - are brought to you in this vivid 1800-kilometer panorama.
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30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
Title: 30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
This film profiles Canadian actor Christopher Plummer of the Shakespearean Theatre, Stratford, Ontario. As the minutes tick by, cameras register the transformation as he dons his make-up for the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac. We also see Toronto actress Kate Reid as well as actors Len Birman and Martha Henry.
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Captain Brassbound's Conversation
Title: Captain Brassbound's Conversation
Character: Captain Brassbound
Released: March 2, 1960
Type: Movie
A titled Englishwoman proves more than a match for the fearsome Captain Brassbound.
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A Doll's House
Title: A Doll's House
Character: Torvald
Released: November 15, 1959
Type: Movie
A wealthy woman's attempts to help her financially troubled husband go unrewarded.
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Johnny Belinda
Title: Johnny Belinda
Character: Dr. Jack Pelletier
Released: October 13, 1958
Type: Movie
In post-war Cape Breton, a doctor's efforts to tutor a deaf and mute woman are undermined when she is raped, and the resulting pregnancy causes scandal to swirl.
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Wind Across the Everglades
Title: Wind Across the Everglades
Character: Walt Murdock
Released: September 11, 1958
Type: Movie
An ornithologist battles a family of bird poachers in the Florida Everglades.
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Stage Struck
Title: Stage Struck
Character: Joe Sheridan
Released: April 22, 1958
Type: Movie
A young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but discovers that her goal may not be as easily attainable as she had hoped.
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Little Moon of Alban
Title: Little Moon of Alban
Character: Kenneth Boyd
Released: March 24, 1958
Type: Movie
Irish Brigid Mary blames the English for the deaths of her fiance, brother, and father. Becoming a nurse following WW I she finds herself caring for what she considers the enemy. Then she begins to fall in love with soldier Kenneth Boyd.
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Title: DuPont Show of the Month
Character: Sir Miles Hendon
Released: September 29, 1957
Type: TV
DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a weekly half-hour anthology drama series hosted by June Allyson, The DuPont Show with June Allyson. During the Golden Age of Television, DuPont Show of the Month was one of numerous anthology series telecast between 1949 and 1962. Superficially, it resembled Playhouse 90 and other anthologies, but DuPont Show of the Month focused less on contemporary dramas and more on adaptations of literary classics, including Oliver Twist, The Prince and the Pauper, Billy Budd, The Prisoner of Zenda, A Tale of Two Cities and The Count of Monte Cristo.
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Title: Tony Awards
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: TV
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.
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Title: Tony Awards
Character: Self - Winner
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: TV
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.
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Title: Tony Awards
Character: Self - Nominee
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: TV
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
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: General Electric Theater
Character: Walter Shelley
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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Title: Omnibus
Released: November 9, 1952
Type: TV
Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Cyrano de Bergerac
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Prince Albert
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Captain Brassbound
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Torvald Helmer
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Dr. Jack Pelletier
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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Title: Suspense
Released: January 6, 1949
Type: TV
Suspense is an American television anthology series that ran on CBS Television from 1949 to 1954. It was adapted from the radio program of the same name which ran from 1942 to 1962. Like many early television programs, the show was broadcast live from New York City. It was sponsored by the Auto-Lite corporation, and each episode was introduced by host Rex Marshall, who promoted Auto-Lite spark plugs, car batteries, headlights, and other car parts. Some of the early scripts were adapted from Suspense radio scripts, while others were original for television. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by well-known authors. Classic authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens all had stories adapted for the series, while contemporary authors such as Roald Dahl and Gore Vidal also contributed. Many notable actors appeared on the program, including Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Franchot Tone, Robert Emhardt, Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges, and many more. The program was a live television series, but most episodes were recorded on kinescope. However, only about 90 of the 260 episodes survive today.
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Title: Studio One
Character: Dick
Released: November 7, 1948
Type: TV
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self / Mark Anthony
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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TED ALLAN: MINSTREL BOY OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Title: TED ALLAN: MINSTREL BOY OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Character: Narrator
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
From humble beginnings in Montreal’s scrappy St Urbain neighbourhood, Ted Allan (1916-1995) would become one of Canada’s most distinctive writing talents and raconteurs, authoring numerous books, plays and screenplays, most notably, Lies My Father Told Me. This fascinating documentary offers a detailed portrait of a unique individual, from his journey to Spain to fight the fascists to his collaboration with John Cassavetes. Featuring footage of Allan’s staged readings, his musings on his lengthy career and interviews with friends and family, including actress Gena Rowlands, writer Stanley Mann and director Ted Kotcheff.