Biography movies

My Brilliant Career (1979)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama | Romance
Countries: Australia
Actors: Davis, Judy | Neill, Sam | Hughes, Wendy | Grubb, Robert | Cullen, Max | Britton, Aileen | Whitford, Peter | Kennedy, Patricia | Hopgood, Alan | Blake, Julia | Franklin, David | Shad, Marion | Wood, Aaron | Davies, Sue | Piper, Gordon
Directors: Armstrong, Gillian
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The heroine, Sybylla (Davis), a headstrong girl growing up in early 20th century Australia, has the opportunity of marriage to a wealthy young man (Harry played by Niel) whom she loves, but rejects it in order to maintain her independence, preferring to take a job as governess/housekeeper to the family of an illiterate neighbor to whom her father owes money.

American Me (1992)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Lopez, Sal | Montes, Vira | Martín Márquez, Roberto | Ortelli, Dyana | Aubel, Joe | Garrett, Rob | August, Lance | Glenn, Cody | Pugsley, Don | Gómez, Panchito | Medina Jr., Albert Joe | Solís, Alex | Amezquita, Raymond | Wilcox, Steve | Coca, Richard
Directors: Olmos, Edward James
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This epic depiction of thirty years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles focuses on a teen named Santana who, with his friends Mundo and the Caucasian-but-acting-Hispanic J.D., form their own gang and are soon arrested for a break-in. Santana gets into trouble again and goes straight from reform school to prison, spending eighteen year there, and becoming leader of a powerful gang, both inside and outside the prison, while there. When he is finally released, he tries to make sense of the violence in his life, in a world much changed from when last he was in it.

Max Manus (2008)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Action | Biography | Drama | History | War
Countries: Denmark | Germany | Norway
Actors: Broch, Nicolai Cleve | Donachie, Ron | Duken, Ken | Düwell, Nils | Eldøen, Mats | Evjen, Eirik | Güldenberg, Patrick | Hennie, Aksel | Hoff, Stig Henrik | Joner, Knut | Kvarving, Paul | Larsen, Sondre Krogtoft | Næss, Petter | Oftebro, Jakob | Rubeck, Christian
Directors: Rønning, Joachim
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The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.

Waltz with Bashir (2008)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Animation | Biography | Drama | War
Countries: Australia | Belgium | Finland | France | Germany | Israel | Switzerland | USA
Actors: Ben-Yishai, Ron | Dayag, Ronny | Harazi, Dror | Lazarov, Yehezkel | Leon, Mickey | Sivan, Ori | Solomon, Zahava
Directors: Folman, Ari
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One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there’s a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can’t remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images.

Baader Meinhof Complex, The (2008)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Action | Biography | Crime | Drama | History
Countries: Czech Republic | France | Germany
Actors: Gedeck, Martina | Bleibtreu, Moritz | Wokalek, Johanna | Uhl, Nadja | Liefers, Jan Josef | Erceg, Stipe | Schmidt, Niels-Bruno | Kiefer, Vinzenz | Licht, Simon | Lara, Alexandra Maria | Herzsprung, Hannah | Schilling, Tom | Lommatzsch, Daniel | Blomberg, Sebastian | Dilssner, Eckhard
Directors: Edel, Uli
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Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he’s only dealing with the tip of the iceberg.

Becket (1964)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Burton, Richard | O'Toole, Peter | Gielgud, John | Cervi, Gino | Stoppa, Paolo | Wolfit, Donald | Weston, David | Hunt, Martita | Brown, Pamela | Phillips, Siân | Aylmer, Felix | Herbert, Percy | Jackson, Inigo | MacGinnis, Niall | Rhodes, Christopher
Directors: Glenville, Peter
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As the story opens, King Henry II, who ruled England from 1154 to 1189 has entered Canterbury Cathedral to do penance at the tomb of his former friend, Thomas Becket. Bare to the waist, the king kneels to receive a flogging from Saxon monks. He begins to reminisce, recalling at first the carefree, promiscuous adventures with Becket, then his favorite drinking and wenching companion. A violently emotional drama that probes the changing relationship between two young men - between two close friends bound together by similar pride of flesh and spirit who become deadly enemies as they pursue their separate destinies . . . that of king . . . and saint.

Schindler’s List (1993)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama | History | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Neeson, Liam | Kingsley, Ben | Fiennes, Ralph | Goodall, Caroline | Sagall, Jonathan | Davidtz, Embeth | Gebel, Malgoscha | Levy, Shmuel | Ivanir, Mark | Macola, Béatrice | Seweryn, Andrzej | von Thun, Friedrich | Luft, Krzysztof | Nehring, Harry | Weisser, Norbert
Directors: Spielberg, Steven
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“Schindler’s List” is the based-on-truth story of Nazi Czech business man Oskar Schindler, who uses Jewish labor to start a factory in occupied Poland. As World War II progresses, and the fate of the Jews becomes more and more clear, Schindler’s motivations switch from profit to human sympathy and he is able to save over 1100 Jews from death in the gas chambers.

Wisegal (2008)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Milano, Alyssa | Gedrick, Jason | Caan, James | Costantini, Alessandro | Graye, Devon | Lioutas, Tommy | Longo, Zak | Hanson, Heather | Melchiorri, Anthony | Wilkinson, Gina | Hogan, Gabriel | Nappo, Tony | Balram, Tulsi | Fisher, Sima
Directors: Ciccoritti, Jerry
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A drama centered around Patty Montanari, the widowed mother of two who went to work for her lover Frank Russo, a captain in a Brooklyn crime family.

Iris (2001)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Winslet, Kate | Bonneville, Hugh | Dench, Judi | Broadbent, Jim | Bron, Eleanor | Morant, Angela | Wilton, Penelope | Hayes, Siobhan | Aubrey, Juliet | Bakewell, Joan | Carroll, Nancy | Marshall, Kris | Mannion, Tom | Hutchinson, Derek | West, Samuel
Directors: Eyre, Richard
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A moving and tender depiction of the novelist Iris Murdoch’s descent into Alzheimer’s Disease, covering the period from just before her marriage to intellectual John Bayley until her death. The film is based on the two books by John Bayley (Iris, Iris & The Friends).

Talk to Me (2007)

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: USA
Actors: Annan, Jim | Antoine, Benz | Birman, Matt | Brown, David | Cedric the Entertainer | Cheadle, Don | Dale, J. Miles | Davidx | Ejiofor, Chiwetel | Epps, Mike | Jones, Kamal | Kassel, Jeff | Malmberg, Jim | Peterson, Erick | Rakes, Kwame
Directors: Lemmons, Kasi
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The true life story of Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene Jr. In the mid-to-late 1960s, in Washington, D.C., vibrant soul music and exploding social consciousness were combining to unique and powerful effect. It was the place and time for Petey to fully express himself - sometimes to outrageous effect - and “tell it like it is.” With the support of his irrepressible and tempestuous girlfriend Vernell, the newly minted ex-con talks his way into an on-air radio gig. He forges a friendship and a partnership with fellow prison inmate Milo’s brother Dewey Hughes. From the first wild morning on the air, Petey relies on the more straight-laced Dewey to run interference at WOL-AM, where Dewey is the program director. At the station, Petey becomes an iconic radio personality, surpassing even the established popularity of his fellow disc jockeys, Nighthawk and Sunny Jim. Combining biting humor with social commentary, Petey openly courts controversy for station owner E.G. Sonderling. Petey was determined to make not just himself but his community heard during an exciting and turbulent period in American history. As Petey’s voice, humor, and spirit surge across the airwaves with the vitality of the era, listeners tune in to hear not only incredible music but also a man speaking directly to them about race and power in America like few people ever have. Through the years, Petey’s “The truth just is” style — on - and off-air - would redefine both Petey and Dewey, and empower each to become the man he would most like to be.