Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

Born: July 30, 1961
in Augusta, Georgia, USA
Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor and producer. He has been critically hailed for his forceful, militant, and authoritative characters in his films. He is known for playing Morpheus in the first three films of The Matrix series (1999–2003), Jason "Furious" Styles in the John Singleton drama film Boyz n the Hood (1991), Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller in Francis Ford Coppola's war film Apocalypse Now (1979), and "The Bowery King" in the John Wick film series (2017–present).

For his portrayal of Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It (1993), Fishburne was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Two Trains Running (1992), and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in TriBeCa (1993). Fishburne became the first African American to portray Othello in a motion picture by a major studio when he appeared in Oliver Parker's 1995 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play.

Other film credits of Fishburne include The Color Purple (1985), School Daze (1988), King of New York (1990), Deep Cover (1992), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Event Horizon (1997), Mystic River (2003), Akeelah and the Bee (2006), Contagion (2011), Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). On television, he starred as Dr. Raymond Langston on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008–2011), as Special Agent Jack Crawford in the NBC thriller series Hannibal (2013–2015), and as Earl "Pops" Johnson in the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–present).

Movies for Laurence Fishburne...

The Amateur
Title: The Amateur
Released: November 6, 2024
Type: Movie
After his wife is tragically killed in a London terrorist attack, a CIA cryptographer demands his bosses go after the killers. When it becomes clear they won’t act due to conflicting internal priorities, he blackmails the agency into training him and letting him go after them himself.
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Sneaks
Title: Sneaks
Character: The Collector (voice)
Released: October 31, 2024
Type: Movie
Follow the adventure of Ty, a misguided, one-of-a-kind, designer sneaker who doesn’t know life outside the comforts of his velvet-lined shoe box. After his sister is stolen by a shady collector, Ty must venture into NYC to find and rescue her. In his adventure, Ty meets a rag-tag group of footwear friends from all walks of life who help him find the courage to step outside of his shoe box and find his sole-mate.
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Transformers One
Title: Transformers One
Character: Alpha Trion (voice)
Released: September 12, 2024
Type: Movie
The story of how a young Optimus Prime and Megatron went from being brothers-in-arms to sworn enemies.
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Slingshot
Title: Slingshot
Character: Captain Franks
Released: August 23, 2024
Type: Movie
An astronaut struggling to maintain his grip on reality aboard a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn's moon, Titan.
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Title: Clipped
Character: Doc Rivers
Released: June 4, 2024
Type: TV
The downfall of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, amid the team's drive to win a championship under coach Doc Rivers.
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John Wick: Chapter 4
Title: John Wick: Chapter 4
Character: Bowery King
Released: March 22, 2023
Type: Movie
With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
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Title: Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Character: The Beyonder (voice)
Released: February 10, 2023
Type: TV
After 13-year-old super-genius Lunella accidentally brings ten-ton T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur into present-day New York City via a time vortex, the duo works together to protect the city's Lower East Side from danger.
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Title: Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Character: Foster (voice)
Released: February 10, 2023
Type: TV
After 13-year-old super-genius Lunella accidentally brings ten-ton T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur into present-day New York City via a time vortex, the duo works together to protect the city's Lower East Side from danger.
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Bonnie
Title: Bonnie
Character: Self
Released: November 12, 2022
Type: Movie
A portrait of casting director Bonnie Timmermann.
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The School for Good and Evil
Title: The School for Good and Evil
Character: School Master
Released: October 19, 2022
Type: Movie
Best friends Sophie and Agatha navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains — and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle between good and evil.
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Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Title: Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Character: Self
Released: October 9, 2022
Type: Movie
A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.
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black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Title: black-ish: A Celebration – An ABC News Special
Character: Self
Released: April 19, 2022
Type: Movie
An exclusive look at final table read and original audition tapes; interviews with cast, crew and guest stars of the show's eight seasons.
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All the Old Knives
Title: All the Old Knives
Character: Vick Wallinger
Released: April 8, 2022
Type: Movie
When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison.
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Death to 2021
Title: Death to 2021
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 27, 2021
Type: Movie
This comedic retrospective mixes archival footage and scripted sketches as it revisits all the dread — and occasional delight — that 2021 had to offer.
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Title: MacGruber
Character: General Barrett Fasoose
Released: December 16, 2021
Type: TV
After rotting in prison for over a decade, America's ultimate hero and uber patriot MacGruber is finally released. His mission: to take down a mysterious villain from his past—Brigadier Commander Enos Queeth. With the entire world in the crosshairs, MacGruber must reassemble his old team in order to defeat the forces of evil.
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Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Title: Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 2021
Type: Movie
As he enters his eighth decade in the movies, Warner Bros. celebrates this cinematic icon - actor, producer, director, master filmmaker - with 9 new documentaries covering the entire breadth of Eastwood's remarkable career.
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Title: What If...?
Character: Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath (voice)
Released: August 11, 2021
Type: TV
Taking inspiration from the comic books of the same name, each episode of this animated anthology series questions, revisits and twists classic Marvel Cinematic moments.
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The Ice Road
Title: The Ice Road
Character: Jim Goldenrod
Released: June 24, 2021
Type: Movie
After a remote diamond mine collapses in far northern Canada, an ice road driver must lead an impossible rescue mission over a frozen ocean to save the trapped miners.
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Under the Stadium Lights
Title: Under the Stadium Lights
Character: Harold Christian
Released: June 4, 2021
Type: Movie
After a crushing defeat ended their prior season, everyone counted the Abilene Eagles out of title contention. Facing doubts and personal challenges both on and off the field, it takes the guidance of their team chaplain and a surrogate father figure for the players to realize what they can achieve when they stand united.
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Death to 2020
Title: Death to 2020
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 27, 2020
Type: Movie
2020: A year so [insert adjective of choice here], even the creators of Black Mirror couldn't make it up… but that doesn't mean they don't have a little something to add. This comedy event that tells the story of the dreadful year that was — and perhaps still is? The documentary-style special weaves together some of the world's most (fictitious) renowned voices with real-life archival footage.
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Title: History's Greatest Mysteries
Character: Self - Host
Released: November 14, 2020
Type: TV
Investigates a wide range of historically compelling topics and the mysteries surrounding each including the Titanic, D.B. Cooper, Roswell, John Wilkes Booth, and more. Fresh, new evidence and perspectives will be showcased, such as never-before-released documents, personal diaries and DNA evidence.
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Our Lady of 121st Street
Title: Our Lady of 121st Street
Character: Rooftop
Released: May 23, 2020
Type: Movie
In this hysterical and deeply moving play, a group of old friends find themselves at Harlem's Ortiz Funeral Home to mourn the death of a beloved nun from their childhood. But at the funeral home, trouble arises as Sister Rose’s body is stolen. Our Lady of 121st Street by Stephen Adly Guirgis paints an explosive picture of how old habits die hard as longtime friends reopen forgotten wounds.
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Title: #FreeRayshawn
Character: Steven Poincy
Released: April 13, 2020
Type: TV
Iraq war veteran Rayshawn takes shelter in his apartment building after being set up by New Orleans police on a drug deal. Amid a police standoff and growing media frenzy, a sympathetic cop tries to convince him to surrender.
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Title: mixed-ish
Character: Pops Johnson
Released: September 24, 2019
Type: TV
Rainbow Johnson recounts her experience growing up in a mixed-race family in the ‘80s and the constant dilemmas they had to face over whether to assimilate or stay true to themselves.
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Imprisoned
Title: Imprisoned
Character: Daniel Calvin
Released: September 12, 2019
Type: Movie
Dylan Burke attempts to move on from his former life as a criminal with his true love Maria. He soon realizes that his past will continue to haunt him, when he learns the new local prison warden, Daniel Calvin, has not forgiven him for an old crime.
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Running with the Devil
Title: Running with the Devil
Character: The Man
Released: August 29, 2019
Type: Movie
A leader of a drug cartel sends his two toughest henchmen to investigate why a shipment was botched.
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Title: Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Character: Paul Jellinek
Released: August 16, 2019
Type: Movie
When architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica, her 15-year-old daughter Bee goes on a quest with Bernadette's husband to find her.
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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Title: John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Character: Bowery King
Released: May 15, 2019
Type: Movie
Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.
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The Mule
Title: The Mule
Character: Special Agent in Charge
Released: December 14, 2018
Type: Movie
Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.
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Title: Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Character: Self
Released: October 13, 2018
Type: TV
A unique portrait of how art and activism for black people in film are indivisible from race and cinema.
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Ant-Man and the Wasp
Title: Ant-Man and the Wasp
Character: Dr. Bill Foster
Released: July 4, 2018
Type: Movie
Just when his time under house arrest is about to end, Scott Lang once again puts his freedom at risk to help Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym dive into the quantum realm and try to accomplish, against time and any chance of success, a very dangerous rescue mission.
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Title: grown-ish
Character: Pops Johnson
Released: January 3, 2018
Type: TV
Zoey Johnson heads to college and begins her hilarious journey to adulthood but quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest.
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Last Flag Flying
Title: Last Flag Flying
Character: Reverend Richard Mueller
Released: November 3, 2017
Type: Movie
Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry, Sal and Richard, reunite for a different type of mission: to bury Doc's son, a young Marine killed in Iraq. Forgoing the burial, the trio take the casket on a bittersweet trip up the coast to New Hampshire - along the way, reminiscing and coming to terms with the shared memories of a war that continues to shape their lives.
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Title: Year Million
Character: Narrator
Released: May 15, 2017
Type: TV
Explore what it will be like to be human one million years into the future. Today’s brightest futurists, scientists, scholars and notable science fiction writers guide viewers through the very latest advances in technology, ideas and innovations that likely will power the evolution of our species.
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John Wick: Chapter 2
Title: John Wick: Chapter 2
Character: Bowery King
Released: February 8, 2017
Type: Movie
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
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Title: Madiba
Character: Nelson Mandela
Released: February 1, 2017
Type: TV
A dramatization of Nelson Mandela's struggle to overturn apartheid in South Africa.
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Passengers
Title: Passengers
Character: Gus Mancuso
Released: December 21, 2016
Type: Movie
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
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The Snowy Day
Title: The Snowy Day
Character: Narrator
Released: November 25, 2016
Type: Movie
Based on the award-winning book by Ezra Jack Keats. Peter goes on a magical, snowy walk to his Nana's house to bring home their Christmas Eve dinner.
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Title: Roots
Character: Alex Haley
Released: May 30, 2016
Type: TV
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Title: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Character: Perry White
Released: March 23, 2016
Type: Movie
Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
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Standoff
Title: Standoff
Character: Sade
Released: February 26, 2016
Type: Movie
A troubled veteran gets a chance at redemption by protecting a girl from an assassin after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and psychological warfare in a desperate fight for the girl's life.
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Title: Jay Leno's Garage
Character: Self
Released: October 7, 2015
Type: TV
Comedian and former Tonight Show host Jay Leno shares his passion for motor vehicles. Jay and guests drive cars, motorbikes and anything that moves all while meeting new people and exploring the rich motoring history of America and beyond.
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Title: The Muppets
Character: Himself
Released: September 22, 2015
Type: TV
The Muppets return to primetime with a contemporary, documentary-style show. For the first time ever, a series will explore the Muppets’ personal lives and relationships, both at home and at work, as well as romances, breakups, achievements, disappointments, wants and desires. This is a more adult Muppet show, for “kids” of all ages.
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Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Title: Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Character: Self
Released: August 18, 2015
Type: Movie
Featuring archive interviews with Sean Connery from over 50 years in the business. Friends, actors and directors including Robert Carlyle, Dougray Scott, Laurence Fishburne, Terry Gilliam and George Lucas pay tribute to Scotland's greatest movie star as he celebrates his 85th birthday.
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August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Title: August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
Released: February 20, 2015
Type: Movie
Unprecedented access to Wilson’s theatrical archives, rarely seen interviews and new dramatic readings bring to life his seminal 10-play cycle chronicling a century of African-American life. Wilson won two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.
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Rudderless
Title: Rudderless
Character: Del
Released: October 17, 2014
Type: Movie
A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.
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Title: black-ish
Character: Pops Johnson
Released: September 24, 2014
Type: TV
A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
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The Signal
Title: The Signal
Character: Dr. Wallace Damon
Released: March 15, 2014
Type: Movie
On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness – only to find himself in a waking nightmare.
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Title: And the Oscar Goes To...
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
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Ride Along
Title: Ride Along
Character: Omar
Released: January 7, 2014
Type: Movie
For the past two years, high-school security guard Ben has been trying to show decorated APD detective James that he's more than just a video-game junkie who's unworthy of James' sister, Angela. When Ben finally gets accepted into the academy, he thinks he's earned the seasoned policeman's respect and asks for his blessing to marry Angela. Knowing that a ride along will demonstrate if Ben has what it takes to take care of his sister, James invites him on a shift designed to scare the hell out of the trainee. But when the wild night leads them to the most notorious criminal in the city, James will find that his new partner's rapid-fire mouth is just as dangerous as the bullets speeding at it.
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Khumba
Title: Khumba
Character: Seko (voice)
Released: July 18, 2013
Type: Movie
A half-striped zebra is blamed for the drought and leaves his herd in search of his missing stripes. He is joined on his quest by an overprotective wildebeest and a flamboyant ostrich; they defeat the tyrannical leopard and save his herd.
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Man of Steel
Title: Man of Steel
Character: Perry White
Released: June 12, 2013
Type: Movie
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
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The Colony
Title: The Colony
Character: Briggs
Released: April 12, 2013
Type: Movie
Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
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Title: The Frame
Character: Perry White
Released: April 9, 2013
Type: TV
A journey through the world of classic and contemporary cinema.
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Title: Hannibal
Character: Jack Crawford
Released: April 4, 2013
Type: TV
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
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Slavery by Another Name
Title: Slavery by Another Name
Character: Narrator
Released: February 11, 2012
Type: Movie
A documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice many decades after its supposed abolition.
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Have a Little Faith
Title: Have a Little Faith
Character: Henry Covington
Released: November 27, 2011
Type: Movie
At age 82, Mitch Albom's former rabbi Albert Lewis wants the famous Detroit sportswriter to give his eulogy when the time comes. Albom makes a visit to his former home town in New Jersey, where Rabbi Lewis has served a congregation for about 50 years. Albom doesn't feel worthy, especially since he is no longer a practicing Jew and, in fact, he has married a Christian (who apparently isn't active either). Nevertheless, Rabbi Lewis says he is the one to do the job, and over the next eight years, Albom makes several visits back home and even attends some Sabbath services, where the good rabbi is determined to continue working and inspiring his flock even as his health declines.
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A Man's Story
Title: A Man's Story
Character: Self
Released: October 8, 2011
Type: Movie
Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.
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Contagion
Title: Contagion
Character: Ellis Cheever
Released: September 8, 2011
Type: Movie
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
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The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Title: The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Character: Self
Released: July 19, 2011
Type: Movie
A wonderful retrospective supplement that features much of the primary cast cast as well as Writer/Director John Singleton looking back at the picture's history and legacy. They speak on the themes of the film, the casting process, its importance then and now, its reception upon release, the project's novelty, its placing in the National Film Registry, and more. There's no shortage of good insight here and the piece does a fine job of encapsulating what Boyz n the Hood is all about.
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Thurgood
Title: Thurgood
Character: Thurgood Marshall
Released: February 24, 2011
Type: Movie
This one-man play stars Laurence Fishburne in his Tony-nominated performance as Thurgood Marshall, the remarkable Civil Rights lawyer and Supreme Court Justice.
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Title: Top Gear
Released: November 21, 2010
Type: TV
Hosts Tanner Foust, Adam Ferrara and Rutledge Wood embark on adventures as they test cars in extreme stunts, intense challenges and first-person reviews using their unique perspectives.
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Title: Conan
Character: Self
Released: November 8, 2010
Type: TV
A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien.
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Predators: The Chosen
Title: Predators: The Chosen
Character: Noland
Released: October 19, 2010
Type: Movie
A brief profile of the main characters of Predators movie who parashooted onto the planet. The short film was released on the Predators (2010) Blu-ray.
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Predators: Moments of Extraction
Title: Predators: Moments of Extraction
Character: Noland (Voice)
Released: October 19, 2010
Type: Movie
Moments of Extraction is an animated short film shows what each character of Predators movie was doing when they were captured by the Predators. Created exclusively for the Blu-ray release of Predators (2010) movie.
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Predators
Title: Predators
Character: Noland
Released: July 3, 2010
Type: Movie
A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators.
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Title: Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 4, 2010
Type: Movie
For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.
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Rappin' With The Rickster
Title: Rappin' With The Rickster
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Join photographer turned public access guru Ricky Powell in this collection of clips from his influential NY TV show, Rappin' With The Rickster.
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Armored
Title: Armored
Character: Baines
Released: December 4, 2009
Type: Movie
A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and all bets are off.
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Black Water Transit
Title: Black Water Transit
Character: Jack
Released: May 13, 2009
Type: Movie
In this action thriller set in post-Katrina New Orleans, business owner Jack Vermillion (Laurence Fishburne) is struggling to run a legitimate shipping company while bad guy Ernest Pike (Karl Urban) is struggling to get his family's illegal gun collection out of the country. When their paths collide, Jack realizes that exposing Pike might get him just the sway he needs to persuade law enforcement officials to treat his imprisoned son kindly.
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The Black List: Volume Two
Title: The Black List: Volume Two
Character: Self
Released: February 26, 2009
Type: Movie
THE BLACK LIST: VOL. 2 profiles some of today's most fascinating African-Americans. From the childhood inspirations that shaped their ambitions, to the evolving American landscape they helped define, to the importance of preserving a unique cultural identity for future generations, these prominent individuals offer a unique look into the zeitgeist of black America, redefining the traditional pejorative notion of a blacklist.
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Tortured
Title: Tortured
Character: Archie Green
Released: September 10, 2008
Type: Movie
A mobster orders an undercover FBI agent to torture an accountant.
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Title: Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Character: Self
Released: July 7, 2008
Type: TV
Renowned film critic and television/radio personality Elvis Mitchell interviews various actors and directors to find out what has influenced them and the films they made.
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21
Title: 21
Character: Cole Williams
Released: March 27, 2008
Type: Movie
Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 tuition as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor to a small but secretive club of five students, Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa to count cards at blackjack.
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The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Title: The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Character: Tad Gruzsa
Released: July 23, 2007
Type: Movie
A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hostage switch with a crime lord. When the negotiations go awry, Kearney flees, with Z's son in tow.
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Title: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Character: Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer (voice)
Released: June 13, 2007
Type: Movie
The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the intrepid superheroes realize.
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TMNT
Title: TMNT
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: March 23, 2007
Type: Movie
After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together, their rat sensei, Splinter, becomes worried when strange things begin to brew in New York City.
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Title: King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Character: Himself
Released: January 16, 2007
Type: Movie
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War documents the work Martin Luther King did in attempting to bring peace to people during the turmoil of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. The film includes interviews with contemporaries such as Jesse Jackson, and military experts like Colin Powell.
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Title: America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: November 17, 2006
Type: TV
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions is an annual documentary series created by NFL Films (broadcast on the NFL Network and CBS). Each of its 55 (and counting) installments profile the National Football League's annual Super Bowl champion through highlights, interviews with players and coaches, and a celebrity narrator. A spin-off debuted on September 18, 2008, titled America's Game: The Missing Rings which chronicled five of the best teams to never win the Super Bowl.
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Bobby
Title: Bobby
Character: Edward Robinson
Released: September 5, 2006
Type: Movie
In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
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Five Fingers
Title: Five Fingers
Character: Ahmat
Released: May 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Martijn, an idealistic Dutch pianist, travels to Morocco to help start a food program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, however, Martijn is abducted by a group of terrorists, injected with a debilitating drug, and imprisoned. Under threat of death, the young man engages in a mental chess match with Ahmat, trying to learn his captor's true objective and avoid a horrible fate
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Akeelah and the Bee
Title: Akeelah and the Bee
Character: Dr. Larabee
Released: April 28, 2006
Type: Movie
Akeelah is a precocious 11-year-old girl from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Despite her mother's objections, Akeelah enters various spelling contests, for which she is tutored by the forthright Dr. Larabee, her principal Mr. Welch, and the proud residents of her neighborhood. Akeelah's aptitude earns her an opportunity to compete for a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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Mission: Impossible III
Title: Mission: Impossible III
Character: Theodore Brassel
Released: April 25, 2006
Type: Movie
Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who is as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear -- including the woman Hunt loves.
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The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Title: The Making of 'Event Horizon'
Character: Self
Released: April 18, 2006
Type: Movie
The Making of Event Horizon, a five-part documentary: Into the Jaws of Darkness, The Body of the Beast, Liberate Tutume Ex Infernis, The Scale to Hell, The Womb of Fear
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Title: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Character: Bear in Genaros Beer Commercial (voice) (uncredited)
Released: September 5, 2005
Type: Movie
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
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Ashes and Snow
Title: Ashes and Snow
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: March 5, 2005
Type: Movie
Ashes and Snow, a film by Gregory Colbert, uses both still and movie cameras to explore extraordinary interactions between humans and animals. The 60-minute feature is a poetic narrative rather than a documentary. It aims to lift the natural and artificial barriers between humans and other species, dissolving the distance that exists between them.
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Assault on Precinct 13
Title: Assault on Precinct 13
Character: Marion Bishop
Released: January 19, 2005
Type: Movie
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
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Title: The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Character: Self
Released: January 3, 2005
Type: TV
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise. It follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup, airing weekdays in the US at 12:37 a.m. It is taped in front of a live studio audience from Monday to Friday at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, directly above the Bob Barker Studio. It is produced by David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS Television Studios. Since becoming host on January 3, 2005, after Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder, Ferguson has achieved the highest ratings since the show's inception in 1995. While the majority of the episodes focus on comedy, Ferguson has also addressed difficult subject matter, such as the deaths of his parents, and undertaken serious interviews, such as one with Desmond Tutu, which earned the show a 2009 Peabody Award.
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The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Title: The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Character: Himself
Released: December 7, 2004
Type: Movie
This thirty-minute documentary follows the Wachowski sisters and the film's crew through production on the film's famed highway chase sequence. We get interviews with the visual effects supervisors, the stunt coordinators and even are taken through aspects of pre-production and planning for the scene. Then the documentary moves into production, the scariest aspect of which is certainly Carrie Anne-Moss trying to learn to ride a motorcycle good enough to do so safely without helmet for the scene. We also watch as the stretch of freeway used in the film is being built.
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The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
Title: The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
Character: Self
Released: December 7, 2004
Type: Movie
The making of The Matrix Revolutions: The cataclysmic final confrontation chronicled through six documentary pods revealing 28 featurettes
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The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
Title: The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
Character: Self
Released: December 7, 2004
Type: Movie
The making of The Matrix Reloaded: Go to the middle movie's furthest reaches via five documentary paths revealing 21 featurettes.
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The Matrix Recalibrated
Title: The Matrix Recalibrated
Character: Self
Released: April 6, 2004
Type: Movie
The making of Matrix Revolutions, The (2003) is briefly touched on here in this documentary. Interviews with various cast and crew members inform us how they were affected by the deaths of Gloria Foster and Aaliyah, and also delve into the making of the visual effects that takes up a lot of screen time. Written by Rhyl Donnelly
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The Matrix Revolutions
Title: The Matrix Revolutions
Character: Morpheus
Released: November 5, 2003
Type: Movie
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
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The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Title: The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 2003
Type: Movie
This making-of piece offers the standard mix of movie snippets, behind the scenes materials, and interviews from cast and crew on the making of the film.
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Title: The Blues
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: September 28, 2003
Type: TV
The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a different director explores a stage in the development of the blues. The series originally aired on PBS in the United States.
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Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Title: Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Character: Self
Released: September 2, 2003
Type: Movie
Cast and crew offer up a nice overview piece, discussing the picture's authenticity, real life in the time of "Boyz n the Hood," the parallels between Singleton's real life and his film, the process of making the film, the casting process, the quality of the script, the film's reception, its Oscar nominations, and its legacy.
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Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Title: Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Character: Himself
Released: June 24, 2003
Type: Movie
Actor Obba Babatundé hosts this biopic showcasing the life of acclaimed African-American singer and actress Dorothy Dandridge, who overcame racism and personal tragedy to become one of the most acclaimed performers of Hollywood's golden age. The film combines rare historical footage of Dandridge, on and off the stage, and interviews with stars such as Laurence Fishburne, Jasmine Guy and Halle Berry discussing her powerful legacy.
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The Soul of a Man
Title: The Soul of a Man
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: May 16, 2003
Type: Movie
In "The Soul of A Man," director Wim Wenders looks at the dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of three of his favorite blues artists: Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J. B. Lenoir. Part history, part personal pilgrimage, the film tells the story of these lives in music through an extended fictional film sequence (recreations of '20s and '30s events - shot in silent-film, hand-crank style), rare archival footage, present-day documentary scenes and covers of their songs by contemporary musicians such as Shemekia Copeland, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Garland Jeffreys, Chris Thomas King, Cassandra Wilson, Nick Cave, Los Lobos, Eagle Eye Cherry, Vernon Reid, James "Blood" Ulmer, Lou Reed, Bonnie Raitt, Marc Ribot, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Lucinda Williams and T-Bone Burnett.
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The Matrix Reloaded
Title: The Matrix Reloaded
Character: Morpheus
Released: May 15, 2003
Type: Movie
Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from the matrix and brought to Zion, the one and only stronghold of the Resistance. Neo himself has discovered his superpowers including super speed, ability to see the codes of the things inside the matrix and a certain degree of pre-cognition. But a nasty piece of news hits the human resistance: 250,000 machine sentinels are digging to Zion and would reach them in 72 hours. As Zion prepares for the ultimate war, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity are advised by the Oracle to find the Keymaker who would help them reach the Source. Meanwhile Neo's recurrent dreams depicting Trinity's death have got him worried and as if it was not enough, Agent Smith has somehow escaped deletion, has become more powerful than before and has fixed Neo as his next target.
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MTV Reloaded
Title: MTV Reloaded
Character: Morpheus (archive footage)
Released: May 13, 2003
Type: Movie
In this MTV short film parody of The Matrix Reloaded, Justin Timberlake and Seann William Scott must navigate their way through the world of The Matrix in order to fulfill their destiny: hosting the 2003 MTV Movie Awards.
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Mystic River
Title: Mystic River
Character: Sergeant Whitey Powers
Released: March 3, 2003
Type: Movie
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
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Biker Boyz
Title: Biker Boyz
Character: Smoke
Released: January 31, 2003
Type: Movie
A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son", this is the story of Manuel Galloway, also known as "the King of Cali", the president of a motorcycle club whose members are all African-American men, mostly white-collar workers who exchange their suits and ties at night and on weekends for leather outfits and motorcycle helmets.
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Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Title: Behind the Action in 'Biker Boyz'
Character: Self
Released: January 30, 2003
Type: Movie
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Title: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Released: January 26, 2003
Type: TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
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A History of Sex
Title: A History of Sex
Character: Himself
Released: January 14, 2003
Type: Movie
Andres Serrano (born August 15, 1950 in New York City) is an American photographer and artist who has become notorious through his photos of corpses and his use of feces and bodily fluids in his work, notably his controversial work "Piss Christ", a red-tinged photograph of a crucifix submerged in a glass container of what was purported to be the artist's own urine. This documentary explores the work and soul of this acclaimed artist & how he creates his haunting and explicit images. It takes us deep into Amsterdam and reveals the backdrops Serrano uses for what is one of his most confronting and moving collection based on all aspects of sex.
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Title: CSI: Miami
Released: September 23, 2002
Type: TV
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.
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The Matrix Revisited
Title: The Matrix Revisited
Character: Self - Morpheus
Released: November 19, 2001
Type: Movie
The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.
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Osmosis Jones
Title: Osmosis Jones
Character: Thrax (voice)
Released: August 10, 2001
Type: Movie
A white blood cell policeman, with the help of a cold pill, must stop a deadly virus from destroying the human they live in, Frank.
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Once in the Life
Title: Once in the Life
Character: 20 / 20 Mike
Released: October 27, 2000
Type: Movie
Two estranged half-brothers, Billy and Torch, reconnect during a brief jail stay. 20/20 Mike concocts a scheme in which the two of them will steal dope from some young couriers. The heist goes wrong when Billy shoots the couriers dead. They hole up in an abandoned building, and 20/20 Mike seeks help from an old cell mate, Tony.
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character: Raymond Langston
Released: October 6, 2000
Type: TV
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
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Michael Jordan to the Max
Title: Michael Jordan to the Max
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: May 5, 2000
Type: Movie
This documentary showcases basketball player Michael Jordan's awe-inspiring moves, providing behind-the-scenes and on-the-court action, including footage of Jordan and the Chicago Bulls going head-to-head against the Utah Jazz in the 1997 NBA Finals. Phil Jackson and Bob Costas are interviewed (among others), and the awesome soundtrack includes songs by Earth, Wind and Fire, Fatboy Slim and Freddie King.
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Making 'The Matrix'
Title: Making 'The Matrix'
Character: Self
Released: September 21, 1999
Type: Movie
A promotional making-of documentary for the film Matrix, The (1999) that devotes its time to explaining the digital and practical effects contained in the film. This is very interesting, seeing as how they're giving away the cinematic secrets that they created solely for the this movie, that have now been spoofed and referenced in countless other films.
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The Matrix
Title: The Matrix
Character: Morpheus
Released: March 31, 1999
Type: Movie
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
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Welcome to Hollywood
Title: Welcome to Hollywood
Character: Laurence Fishburne
Released: October 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A film director (Adam Rifkin) decides to chart the course of a young actor (Tony Markes) as he tries to make it in Hollywood...
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Title: The Magic Hour
Character: Self
Released: June 8, 1998
Type: TV
The Magic Hour is an American talk show hosted by basketball player Earvin "Magic" Johnson. The series aired in syndication from June to September 1998.
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Always Outnumbered
Title: Always Outnumbered
Character: Socrates Fortlow
Released: March 21, 1998
Type: Movie
An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his neighbors including an older man dying of cancer, a young married couple whose husband is too proud to accept a lesser position which causes strife with his wife, and a young boy on the verge of getting in trouble with street gangs.
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Black Hollywood
Title: Black Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: December 29, 1997
Type: Movie
Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.
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Hoodlum
Title: Hoodlum
Character: Bumpy Johnson
Released: August 27, 1997
Type: Movie
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
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Event Horizon
Title: Event Horizon
Character: Miller
Released: August 15, 1997
Type: Movie
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Miss Evers' Boys
Title: Miss Evers' Boys
Character: Caleb Humphries
Released: February 22, 1997
Type: Movie
The true story of the US Government's 1932 Tuskeegee Syphilis Experiments, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure having been developed.
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Title: The Daily Show
Character: Self
Released: July 22, 1996
Type: TV
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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Fled
Title: Fled
Character: Piper
Released: July 19, 1996
Type: Movie
During a routine prison work detail, convict Piper is chained to Dodge, a cyberhacker, when gunfire breaks out. Apparently, the attack is related to stolen money that the Mafia is after, and some computer files that somebody wants desperately to bury. The pair, who don't exactly enjoy each other's company, escape and must work together if they are to reach Atlanta alive. Luckily, they meet a woman who may be willing to help them.
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Othello
Title: Othello
Character: Othello
Released: December 15, 1995
Type: Movie
The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.
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Title: MADtv
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 1995
Type: TV
MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series originally inspired by Mad magazine. The one-hour show aired Saturday nights on Fox.
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The Tuskegee Airmen
Title: The Tuskegee Airmen
Character: Hannibal Lee
Released: August 25, 1995
Type: Movie
During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program. Known as the "Tuskegee Airman" for the name of the airbase at which they were trained, these men were forced to constantly endure harassement, prejudice, and much behind the scenes politics until at last they were able to prove themselves in combat.
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Just Cause
Title: Just Cause
Character: Sheriff Tanny Brown
Released: February 17, 1995
Type: Movie
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.
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Bad Company
Title: Bad Company
Character: Nelson Crowe
Released: January 20, 1995
Type: Movie
CIA operative Nelson Crowe is tasked with a deadly assignment: infiltrate a highly secret industrial espionage firm. Once inside, he teams with Margaret Wells, a master spy and seductive manipulator, in a plot to overthrow the organization's sinister president, which leads them into a darkly mysterious web of intrigue -- and shocking murder!
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Higher Learning
Title: Higher Learning
Character: Professor Maurice Phipps
Released: January 11, 1995
Type: Movie
African-American student Malik is on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will earn him a free ride through college. Fudge, a "professional student" who has been at Columbus for six years so far, becomes friendly with Malik and challenges his views about race and politics in America.
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Title: Inside the Actors Studio
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 1994
Type: TV
James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
Title: Searching for Bobby Fischer
Character: Vinnie
Released: August 13, 1993
Type: Movie
A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
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What's Love Got to Do with It
Title: What's Love Got to Do with It
Character: Ike Turner
Released: June 9, 1993
Type: Movie
Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.
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Title: TriBeCa
Released: March 23, 1993
Type: TV
TriBeCa was a television drama anthology series created by David J. Burke and co-produced with Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal for TriBeCa Productions in 1993 that aired on the Fox Network. The series theme song, "Keep It Going," was performed by the alternative hip hop artist Me Phi Me. For his performance in the lead role of Martin McHenry in the season opener, "The Box," Laurence Fishburne won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Noted for attracting “actors, screenwriters and directors of uncommon quality,” and set in New York City's lower Manhattan neighborhood of TriBeCa, the series was aired by the Fox Broadcasting Company. The stellar casts, with series regulars Philip Bosco and Joe Morton, included Eli Wallach, Kevin Spacey, Kathleen Quinlan, Melanie Mayron, Judith Malina, Carl Lumbly, Richard Lewis, Carol Kane, Debbie Harry, Dizzy Gillespie and Danny Aiello III. Directors and screenwriters included David J. Burke, Hans Tobeason, John Mankiewicz of the prolific Mankiewicz family, Barry Primus, Bryan Spicer, Jeffrey Solomon and several actors in the series, among others.
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Title: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Released: May 25, 1992
Type: TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that initially aired from May 25, 1992 to May 29, 2009, and resumed production on March 1, 2010. The fourth incarnation of the Tonight Show franchise made its debut on May 25, 1992, three days following Johnny Carson's retirement as host of the program. The program originates from NBC Studios in Burbank, California, and is broadcast Monday through Friday at 11:35 PM in the Eastern and Pacific time zones. Unlike Carson or his predecessor Jack Paar, Leno only once utilized a guest host, preferring to host the series by himself. On April 26, 1999, the show began broadcasting in 1080i HDTV, becoming the first American nightly talk show to be shot in high definition. The show is shot in 16:9 aspect ratio. The series, which followed the same basic format as that of his predecessors, ran until May 29, 2009, after which Leno was succeeded by Conan O'Brien. NBC signed Leno to a new deal for a nightly talk show in the 10:00 pm ET timeslot. The primetime series, titled The Jay Leno Show, debuted on September 14, 2009, following a similar format to the Leno incarnation of Tonight.
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Deep Cover
Title: Deep Cover
Character: Russell Stevens Jr. / John Hull
Released: April 15, 1992
Type: Movie
Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.
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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Title: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Character: Self
Released: November 27, 1991
Type: Movie
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.
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Boyz n the Hood
Title: Boyz n the Hood
Character: Jason 'Furious' Styles
Released: July 12, 1991
Type: Movie
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
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Class Action
Title: Class Action
Character: Nick Holbrook
Released: March 15, 1991
Type: Movie
A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns increasingly personal and nasty.
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The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Title: The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
American Experience
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Decoration Day
Title: Decoration Day
Character: Michael Waring, DOD Man
Released: December 2, 1990
Type: Movie
A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his Godchild (Skaggs) gets in trouble and a childhood friend (Cobbs), a black tenant farmer, refuses to belatedly accept a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in World War II.
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Cadence
Title: Cadence
Character: Roosevelt Stokes
Released: November 16, 1990
Type: Movie
As punishment for drunken, rebellious behavior, a young white soldier is thrown into a stockade populated entirely by black inmates. But instead of falling victim to racial hatred, the soldier joins forces with his fellow prisoners and rises up against the insanely tyrannical and bigoted prison warden.
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Title: The Civil War
Character: Various
Released: September 23, 1990
Type: TV
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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King of New York
Title: King of New York
Character: Jimmy Jump
Released: July 18, 1990
Type: Movie
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
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Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Title: Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Character: Cowboy Curtis
Released: December 21, 1988
Type: Movie
Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1 1/2 miles long, teaches Little Richard how to ice skate, goes for a sleigh ride with Magic Johnson, commands Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello to make Christmas cards, receives a long phone call from Dinah Shore, even has more musical fun with k.d. lang, the Del Rubio Triplettes and Charo! Finally, Big Red arrives and announces that Pee-wee's Christmas list was so big, he didn't have enough presents for all the children of the world. Will Pee-wee follow his own advice and help others?
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Title: LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Released: September 5, 1988
Type: TV
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.
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Red Heat
Title: Red Heat
Character: Lt. Stobbs
Released: June 17, 1988
Type: Movie
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
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School Daze
Title: School Daze
Character: Vaughn 'Dap' Dunlap
Released: February 12, 1988
Type: Movie
Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.
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Cherry 2000
Title: Cherry 2000
Character: Glu Glu Lawyer
Released: November 10, 1987
Type: Movie
When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the treacherous and lawless region of 'The Zone', Treadwell learns the hard way that the perfect woman is made not of computer chips and diodes.
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Gardens of Stone
Title: Gardens of Stone
Character: Sgt. Flanagan
Released: May 5, 1987
Type: Movie
A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam. Continuously denied the chance to teach the soldiers about his experiences, he settles for trying to help the son of an old army buddy.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Title: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Character: Max
Released: February 27, 1987
Type: Movie
During a hallucinatory incident, Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for a suicide attempt, sends her to a psychiatric ward, where she joins a group of similarly troubled teens.
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Title: Pee-wee's Playhouse
Character: Cowboy Curtis
Released: September 13, 1986
Type: TV
Pee-wee's Playhouse is an American children's television program starring Paul Reubens as the childlike Pee-wee Herman.
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Band of the Hand
Title: Band of the Hand
Character: Cream
Released: April 11, 1986
Type: Movie
An Indian Vietnam veteran trains five street punks in the Everglades to fight vice in Miami.
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Quicksilver
Title: Quicksilver
Character: Voodoo
Released: February 14, 1986
Type: Movie
Jack Casey used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his nerve and joins a speed delivery firm which relies on bicycles to avoid traffic jams of San Francisco, is attracted to a fellow bicycler, Terri, and befriends Hector, a budding entrepreneur. Can Jack regain his nerve and his self-respect, and rebuild his life on a more sound basis?
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The Color Purple
Title: The Color Purple
Character: Swain
Released: December 18, 1985
Type: Movie
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.
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Title: Spenser: For Hire
Released: September 20, 1985
Type: TV
Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode.
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Title: The Equalizer
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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The Cotton Club
Title: The Cotton Club
Character: Bumpy Rhodes
Released: December 14, 1984
Type: Movie
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
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Title: Miami Vice
Released: September 16, 1984
Type: TV
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
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Rumble Fish
Title: Rumble Fish
Character: Midget
Released: October 9, 1983
Type: Movie
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug, struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.
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For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Title: For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Character: Jimbo Collins
Released: March 22, 1983
Type: Movie
This film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Mississippi to direct the regional headquarters of the NAACP. Fighting segregation and racist politics, Evers becomes a leader in the black community.
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I Take These Men
Title: I Take These Men
Character: Hank Johnson
Released: January 5, 1983
Type: Movie
Moments before being surprised at an anniversary garden party thrown by her husband and their family and friends, Carol Sherwood shocks him by saying she wants a divorce and during the course of the party, she has three separate fantasies with three different men in attendance of being married to them. The first is with egotistical real estate magnate Craig Wyler. The second is with milquetoast English professor David Koenig. The third is with her best friend Elaine's husband Phil.
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Death Wish II
Title: Death Wish II
Character: Cutter
Released: February 20, 1982
Type: Movie
Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
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Title: Hill Street Blues
Released: January 15, 1981
Type: TV
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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Title: A Rumor of War
Character: Lightbulb
Released: September 24, 1980
Type: TV
Miniseries based on the 1977 autobiography by Philip Caputo about his service in the United States Marine Corps in the early years of American involvement in the Vietnam War.
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Willie and Phil
Title: Willie and Phil
Character: High School Student
Released: August 15, 1980
Type: Movie
Life imitates art when two Manhattanites — pompous teacher Willie and quiet photographer Phil — become friends after a thought-provoking screening of "Jules et Jim," Truffaut's classic film about a decades-long ménage à trois. Soon, the men meet Jeanette, a sexually liberated southern transplant who promptly falls for both of them. Frustrated passions curdle into jealousy as Jeanette entertains love affairs with each in the ensuing years.
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Title: The Six O'Clock Follies
Character: Robby Robinson
Released: April 24, 1980
Type: TV
The Six O'Clock Follies is an American military sitcom that aired on NBC from April 24, 1980 to September 13, 1980.
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Title: Trapper John, M.D.
Released: September 23, 1979
Type: TV
Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable doctor who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986.
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Apocalypse Now
Title: Apocalypse Now
Character: Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
Released: August 15, 1979
Type: Movie
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
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Fast Break
Title: Fast Break
Character: Street Kid
Released: March 2, 1979
Type: Movie
David Greene is a New York basketball enthusiast, who wants to coach. He is then offered the coaching job at a small Nevada college. He brings along some players, who are a bit odd but good. Like Swish who unknown to the rest of the team is a girl. Preacher, who's being sought by some nefarious characters. And D.C., who's a fugitive. And along with some of the students at the college, he turns them into a contender. In order to give the tam the respect they deserve and some exposure, Greene schemes to try and get the number 1 team led by Bo Winnegar, to play them.
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Cornbread, Earl and Me
Title: Cornbread, Earl and Me
Character: Wilford Robinson
Released: May 21, 1975
Type: Movie
The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel Hog Butcher by Ronald Fair. This was one of the more thoughtful urban dramas produced at the height of the "blaxploitation" craze. Also released under the title Hit the Open Man, it features the screen debut of Laurence Fishburne, who was barely a teenager at the time.
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If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Title: If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Character: Fish
Released: December 19, 1972
Type: Movie
Life in a black ghetto isn't easy for 14-year-old Billie Jean Sims, who has a father in jail, a blind grandmother, and a brother with a drug habit. Growing up among drug pushers, prostitutes, and pimps, Billie Jean still has some things going for her: fierce pride, a loyal friend named Fish, and, at last, enough savings to visit her father 1200 miles away in prison.
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Title: M*A*S*H
Character: Corporal Dorsey
Released: September 17, 1972
Type: TV
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.
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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: 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: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Michael Waring
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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The Astronaut
Title: The Astronaut
Character: General William Harris
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Astronaut Sam Walker is found miraculously alive in a punctured capsule floating deep off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. General William Harris arranges for her to be placed under intense NASA surveillance in a high security house for rehabilitation and medical testing. When disturbing occurrences begin happening around the property, Walker fears something extraterrestrial has followed her back to Earth.
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The Blacksmith
Title: The Blacksmith
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Wes Loomis, a ‘Blacksmith’ – the intelligence community’s go-to weapons expert. When his clandestine lab is destroyed and his colleagues murdered, he must go on the run with only his unique set of technological skills and the help of a brilliant, young CIA analyst Noelle Hazlitt to keep him alive. They seek out Mather (Fishburne), a retired blacksmith and Wes’ mentor, to help guide them.”
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Megalopolis
Title: Megalopolis
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
An architect wants to rebuild New York City as a utopia following a devastating disaster.
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Fencer
Title: Fencer
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A hard-charging female athlete faces personal demons and childhood rivals as she vies for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Fencing Team.
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The Little Bedroom
Title: The Little Bedroom
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Follows Edmond, a man recovering in a facility after taking a bad fall. He finds out that his son has sold his apartment, so he leaves with a nurse to her home so that he can reclaim his autonomy.
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Tau Ceti Foxtrot
Title: Tau Ceti Foxtrot
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A group of rebels set out to kill the oligarchs and military thugs who terrorize a war-torn planet in the remote Tau Ceti solar system.
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Crimson Blues
Title: Crimson Blues
Character: Mills
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Haunted by a chilling twist-of-fate from his past, hard nosed Homicide Detective Eddie Braun (Thomas Jane) finds elusive redemption in the back alleys and dark under-belly of San Diego. Braun discovers links between the murders of several junkies and drug dealers. While his colleagues write the string of murders off as the product of gang wars, he believes something more sinister lies beneath.