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Showing posts with label biography. Show all posts

The Secret Life of Adolf Hitler

    1950's television documentary special that includes interviews with Hitler's sister Paula Wolf and a fellow prisoner who was incarcerated with Hitler, actual footage shot by the Nazi's and Eva Braun's rare home movies.


Cast

Westbrook Van Voorhis (voice), Paula Wolf, Julius Schaub


 

 Director:    Walter D. Engels

Writer:     Eldorous Dayton


The Secret Life of Adolf Hitler

The Murder of Princess Diana: The Truth Behind the Assassination of the People's Princess [Documentary]

     The world stood paralyzed at the news of Princess Diana’s tragic death after a car crash in Paris in August 1997. However heartbroken about the accident that took the life of the People’s Princess, many people were skeptical about the government’s official statements.

    After in-depth research of the circumstances of that fateful night, investigative writer and former journalist Noel Botham finally reveals what he alleges to be the truth—Princess Diana fell victim to a ruthlessly executed assassination. The tragedy still shapes Britain, 20 years later.

The Murder of Princess Diana

    How could the Establishment betray the trust of a whole nation? How was the killing executed? Was there really another car in the tunnel at the time of the crash? Reporting from the innermost sanctums of British intelligence and royalty, Botham reveals shocking answers. 

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    During WWII, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill struggles with his decisions. As he second-guesses his decision on Operation Overlord, his wife, Clementine, inspires him to forge ahead.

Cast

Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery

Churchill (2017)

Release date: June 16, 2017 (United Kingdom)

Director: Jonathan Teplitzky

Music by: Lorne Balfe

Distributed by: Embankment Films

Executive producers: Zygi Kamasa, Phil Hunt, Nick Manzi, MORE

Producers: Paul Van Carter, Nick Taussig, Piers Tempest, Claudia Bluemhuber

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    Nelson Mandela, a South African lawyer, joins the fight against Apartheid. He is later sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in the armed resistance after the Sharpeville Massacre.

Cast

Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Terry Pheto

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Release date: November 28, 2013 (South Africa)
Director: Justin Chadwick
Adapted from: Long Walk to Freedom
Music by: Alex Heffes; U2
Box office: $28 million
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios, Pathé, United International Pictures

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    Cassius Clay, a young boxer, wins his debut championship and goes on to reach new heights of fame through his conversion to Islam, his refusal to fight in Vietnam and other controversial actions.


Cast

Will Smith as Cassius Clay Jr. / Cassius X / Muhammad Ali

Jamie Foxx as Drew Bundini Brown - Ali's assistant trainer

Jon Voight as Howard Cosell - A journalist

Mario Van Peebles as Malcolm X - Ali's friend, and a civil rights leader

Ron Silver as Angelo Dundee - Ali's trainer

Jeffrey Wright as Howard Bingham - Ali's photographer

Michael Bentt as Sonny Liston - The boxing champion at the beginning of the movie

Robert Sale as Jerry Quarry - One of Ali's opponents

James Toney as Joe Frazier - One of Ali's opponents

Charles Shufford as George Foreman - One of Ali's opponents

Mykelti Williamson as Don King - A promoter who arranged Ali's fight against Foreman

Jada Pinkett Smith as Sonji Roi - An ex-Playboy bunny

Nona Gaye as Belinda Boyd / Khalilah Ali - A woman who interviewed Ali as a child

Michael Michele as Veronica Porché - A woman who worked with Don King

Joe Morton as Chauncey Eskridge - Ali's lawyer

Paul Rodriguez as Dr. Ferdie Pacheco - Ali's doctor

Bruce McGill as Bradley - A government agent

Barry Shabaka Henley as Herbert Muhammad - Ali's manager, and the son of Elijah Muhammad

Albert Hall as Elijah Muhammad - Leader of the Nation of Islam

Giancarlo Esposito as Cassius Clay Sr. - Ali's father

David Haines as Rudy Clay / Rahman Ali - Ali's brother

Laurence Mason as Luis Sarria

LeVar Burton as Martin Luther King Jr. - A civil rights leader

David Cubitt as Robert Lipsyte - A journalist

Leon Robinson as Brother Joe

Ted Levine as Joe Smiley - A government agent

Malick Bowens as Joseph Mobutu - The President of Zaire

Victoria Dillard as Betty Shabazz - Malcolm X's wife

David Elliott as Sam Cooke - A musician

Brad Greenquist as Marlin Thomas


Release date: December 25, 2001 (USA)

Director: Michael Mann

Featured song: Tomorrow

Box office: $87.7 million

Nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, MORE

Distributed by: 20th Century Studios, Columbia Pictures, Initial Entertainment Group

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    In the final days of World War II, Adolf Hitler (Anthony Hopkins) and his closest advisers are sequestered in an underground bunker in Berlin. As the Battle of Berlin rages above ground and Nazi forces are nearing certain defeat, Hitler nervously awaits his fate with his girlfriend, Eva Braun (Susan Blakely) ; his right-hand man, Joseph Goebbels (Cliff Gorman) ; and his chief architect, Albert Speer (Richard Jordan). In the final hours of his life, Hitler marries Braun, his longtime companion.

Cast

Anthony Hopkins, Richard Jordan, Cliff Gorman

The Bunker [TV Movie]

Initial release: January 27, 1981
Director: George Schaefer
Adapted from: The Bunker
Music by: Brad Fiedel
Production company: Time-Life Productions
Original network: CBS