Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Norman Frederick Jewison, CC, O.Ont (July 21, 1926 - January 20, 2024) was a Canadian film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. Highlights of his directing career include In the Heat of the Night (1967), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Moonstruck (1987), The Hurricane (1999) and The Statement (2003). Jewison addressed important social and political issues throughout his directing and producing career, often making controversial or complicated subjects accessible to mainstream audiences. Description above from the Wikipedia article Norman Jewison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Norman Jewison
  • Popularity: 7.427
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1926-07-21
  • Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Norman Jewison Movies

  • 2012
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    Pablo

    Pablo

    6.7 2012 HD

    Pablo blends documentary and animation elements to tell the saga of "famous unknown" Pablo Ferro, a man with a personal journey that spans from...

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  • 2022
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    Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen

    Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen

    6 2022 HD

    The fall of 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof, the film Pauline Kael (The New Yorker) called "the most powerful movie musical...

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  • 1998
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    Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

    Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

    1 1998 HD

    Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does...

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  • 2022
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    Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

    Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

    10 2022 HD

    Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story takes a deeper look at the life and career of Boris Karloff, from 1931 to 1969, exploring films such as The...

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  • 2005
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    Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

    Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

    5.9 2005 HD

    Friends, family, co-stars and admirers of actor Steve McQueen talk about his life and his movie career.

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  • 2008
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    Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

    Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

    1 2008 HD

    Documentary about Stanley Kramer, included on the 40th anniversary edition of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

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  • 1990
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    Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

    Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

    1 1990 HD

    Abandoned by his father, he was a reform school kid with nothing going for him and a giant chip on his shoulder. He joined the Marines but never...

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  • 2000
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    The Man on Lincoln's Nose

    The Man on Lincoln's Nose

    7.8 2000 HD

    Set design has been one of the most overlooked jobs in film, receiving little critical attention until recently. In this Oscar-nominated documentary...

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  • 2014
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    I Am Steve McQueen

    I Am Steve McQueen

    6 2014 HD

    "I Am Steve McQueen" tells the incredible life story of this legendary actor, racer, and cultural icon. Extensive interviews, movie clips, archival...

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  • 2017
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    The River of My Dreams

    The River of My Dreams

    1 2017 HD

    Director Brigitte Berman profiles Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent, who left Newfoundland in the late 1940s to launch a storied, seven-decade career as...

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  • 2019
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    Hal

    Hal

    6.5 2019 HD

    Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But...

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  • 1996
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    The Stupids

    The Stupids

    4.7 1996 HD

    An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.

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  • 2004
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    Judy Garland: By Myself

    Judy Garland: By Myself

    7.5 2004 HD

    As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life...

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  • 2004
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    Tell Them Who You Are

    Tell Them Who You Are

    5.778 2004 HD

    The son of acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler confronts his complex father by turning the camera on him. What results is a portrait of a...

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  • 2008
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    Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound

    Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound

    1 2008 HD

    Documentary about the writing and recording of Quincy Jones' score for Norman Jewison's 1967 film IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT.

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  • 2008
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    Turning Up the Heat: Movie Making in the 60's

    Turning Up the Heat: Movie Making in the 60's

    1 2008 HD

    Documentary featuring interviews with director Norman Jewison and others providing an in-depth look at the production of the 1967 film IN THE HEAT OF...

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  • 2004
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    Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing

    Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing

    7 2004 HD

    Editing is more than just assembling shots in a certain order, it's an art form, and this documentary celebrates the craft and how it has grown and...

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  • 2019
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    Sid & Judy

    Sid & Judy

    7.6 2019 HD

    Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived entertainer Judy Garland through rare concert footage,...

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  • 1971
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    Norman Jewison, Film Maker

    Norman Jewison, Film Maker

    1 1971 HD

    Toronto-born Norman Jewison first gained prominence producing for Canadian television, then went on to greater success making Hollywood theatrical...

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  • 2006
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    Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

    Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

    6 2006 HD

    Documentary highlighting the development of the screenplay into a film with the desired cast. It also describes the closeness among Italian families,...

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  • 1970
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    The Landlord

    The Landlord

    5.8 1970 HD

    At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope...

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  • 2019
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    Style and Substance: Norman Jewison and Hal Ashby

    Style and Substance: Norman Jewison and Hal Ashby

    1 2019 HD

    Documentary about The Landlord.

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  • 2000
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    Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball'

    Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball'

    6.5 2000 HD

    Documentary about the making of the 1975 science-fiction dystopia classic.

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  • 1975
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    From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle

    From Rome to Rollerball: The Full Circle

    1 1975 HD

    Behind the scenes footage on the set filming Rollerball

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  • 2008
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    A Special Kind of Love

    A Special Kind of Love

    1 2008 HD

    A follow-up of A LOVE STORY OF TODAY, where actors and crew discuss GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER.

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  • 2008
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    A Love Story of Today

    A Love Story of Today

    1 2008 HD

    A discussion of the very important and highly controversial film, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, featuring interviews with people like Katharine...

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  • 2000
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    Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

    Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

    6 2000 HD

    Actor/director Sidney Poitier discusses his life and career. He tells of his upbringing in Jamaica; the difficulties he encountered in New York City...

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  • 1998
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    An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

    An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

    4.1 1998 HD

    Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad big budget action film, for which he proceeds to steal the reels, and...

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  • 2007
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    Private Screenings: Norman Jewison

    Private Screenings: Norman Jewison

    1 2007 HD

    Director Norman Jewison discusses his life and career with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne.

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  • 2015
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    Making of The Russians are Coming

    Making of The Russians are Coming

    1 2015 HD

    Interview with Norman Jewison.

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  • 2015
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    Superstars: The Documentary

    Superstars: The Documentary

    1 2015 HD

    In 1971, director Norman Jewison took a group of young actors, singers, and dancers to war-torn Israel to shoot the film adaptation of the hit rock...

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  • 2021
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    Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

    Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

    8 2021 HD

    Beginning just before his debut as Frankenstein’s creation, this documentary compellingly explores the life and legacy of a cinema legend,...

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  • 1949
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    Canadian Pacific

    Canadian Pacific

    5.3 1949 HD

    A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.

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  • 1999
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    The Hurricane

    The Hurricane

    7.4 1999 HD

    The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

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  • 1999
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    The Hurricane

    The Hurricane

    7.4 1999 HD

    The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

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  • 1965
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    The Cincinnati Kid

    The Cincinnati Kid

    7 1965 HD

    An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

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  • 1968
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    The Thomas Crown Affair

    The Thomas Crown Affair

    6.8 1968 HD

    Young businessman Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job....

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  • 1968
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    The Thomas Crown Affair

    The Thomas Crown Affair

    6.8 1968 HD

    Young businessman Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job....

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  • 1987
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    Moonstruck

    Moonstruck

    6.8 1987 HD

    37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny,...

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  • 1987
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    Moonstruck

    Moonstruck

    6.8 1987 HD

    37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny,...

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  • 1999
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    Funny Is Money

    Funny Is Money

    1 1999 HD

    Showtime's "In the 20th Century" is a millennium-related series of feature-length documentaries in which famous directors take on major subjects of...

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  • 1967
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    In the Heat of the Night

    In the Heat of the Night

    7.633 1967 HD

    African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny...

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  • 1996
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    Bogus

    Bogus

    5.8 1996 HD

    Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant,...

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  • 1996
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    Bogus

    Bogus

    5.8 1996 HD

    Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant,...

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  • 1964
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    Send Me No Flowers

    Send Me No Flowers

    6.7 1964 HD

    At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two...

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  • 1975
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    Rollerball

    Rollerball

    6.2 1975 HD

    In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy...

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  • 1975
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    Rollerball

    Rollerball

    6.2 1975 HD

    In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy...

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  • 1963
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    The Thrill of It All

    The Thrill of It All

    7.021 1963 HD

    A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.

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  • 1991
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    Other People's Money

    Other People's Money

    6.1 1991 HD

    When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's...

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  • 1991
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    Other People's Money

    Other People's Money

    6.1 1991 HD

    When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's...

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  • 2001
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    Dinner with Friends

    Dinner with Friends

    5.4 2001 HD

    A husband and wife reevaluate their marriage after their closest friends, another couple decide to split up after twelve years.

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  • 1985
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    Agnes of God

    Agnes of God

    6.2 1985 HD

    When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to...

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  • 1966
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    The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

    The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

    6.3 1966 HD

    When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant...

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  • 1966
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    The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

    The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

    6.3 1966 HD

    When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant...

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  • 1994
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    Only You

    Only You

    6.761 1994 HD

    Two childhood paranormal incidents have convinced schoolteacher Faith Corvatch that her true love is a guy named "Damon Bradley," but she has yet to...

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  • 1994
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    Only You

    Only You

    6.761 1994 HD

    Two childhood paranormal incidents have convinced schoolteacher Faith Corvatch that her true love is a guy named "Damon Bradley," but she has yet to...

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  • 1989
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    In Country

    In Country

    5.4 1989 HD

    Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who...

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  • 1974
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    Billy Two Hats

    Billy Two Hats

    5.7 1974 HD

    After a bank robbery, runaway Scottish outlaw Arch Deans and his young half-breed Kiowa partner Billy Two Hats develop a father-son relationship, but...

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  • 1973
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    Jesus Christ Superstar

    Jesus Christ Superstar

    7 1973 HD

    As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. As Jesus'...

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  • 1973
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    Jesus Christ Superstar

    Jesus Christ Superstar

    7 1973 HD

    As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. As Jesus'...

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  • 1973
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    Jesus Christ Superstar

    Jesus Christ Superstar

    7 1973 HD

    As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. As Jesus'...

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  • 1984
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    A Soldier's Story

    A Soldier's Story

    6.8 1984 HD

    In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain...

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  • 2003
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    The Statement

    The Statement

    5.6 2003 HD

    The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which...

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  • 2003
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    The Statement

    The Statement

    5.6 2003 HD

    The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which...

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  • 1978
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    F.I.S.T.

    F.I.S.T.

    6.6 1978 HD

    Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher...

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  • 1971
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    Fiddler on the Roof

    Fiddler on the Roof

    7.7 1971 HD

    In a small Jewish community in a pre-Revolutionary Russian village, a poor milkman, determined to find good husbands for his five daughters, consults...

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  • 1982
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    Best Friends

    Best Friends

    5 1982 HD

    When a professional couple, who have lived and worked together for many years, finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpected...

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  • 1979
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    ...And Justice for All

    ...And Justice for All

    7.069 1979 HD

    An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat...

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  • 1979
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    ...And Justice for All

    ...And Justice for All

    7.069 1979 HD

    An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat...

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  • 1982
    imgMovies

    Best Friends

    Best Friends

    5 1982 HD

    When a professional couple, who have lived and worked together for many years, finally decide to marry, their sudden betrothal causes many unexpected...

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  • 1980
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    The Dogs of War

    The Dogs of War

    5.7 1980 HD

    Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.

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  • 1965
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    The Art of Love

    The Art of Love

    5.3 1965 HD

    Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.

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  • 1969
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    Gaily, Gaily

    Gaily, Gaily

    4 1969 HD

    After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago brothel. Acting as a surrogate mother for Ben,...

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  • 1995
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    Dance Me Outside

    Dance Me Outside

    6.778 1995 HD

    Explores the sensitive, and tense, relationship between life on an First Nations reservation and life in the outside world. When Native Canadian...

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  • 1962
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    40 Pounds of Trouble

    40 Pounds of Trouble

    5.4 1962 HD

    Hilarity ensues when a casino manager spends a day at Disneyland with a cute but troublesome little girl.

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  • 1991
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    Highway 61

    Highway 61

    6.7 1991 HD

    A naive Canadian barber who knows US popular culture inside and out meets a flamboyant roadie who needs someone to drive her and her "brother's"...

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  • 1989
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    The January Man

    The January Man

    4.9 1989 HD

    Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A...

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  • 1970
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    The Landlord

    The Landlord

    5.8 1970 HD

    At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope...

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  • 1969
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    Gaily, Gaily

    Gaily, Gaily

    4 1969 HD

    After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago brothel. Acting as a surrogate mother for Ben,...

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  • 1971
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    Fiddler on the Roof

    Fiddler on the Roof

    7.7 1971 HD

    In a small Jewish community in a pre-Revolutionary Russian village, a poor milkman, determined to find good husbands for his five daughters, consults...

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  • 1985
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    Agnes of God

    Agnes of God

    6.2 1985 HD

    When a dead newborn is found, wrapped in bloody sheets, in the bedroom wastebasket of a young novice, psychiatrist Martha Livingston is called in to...

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  • 1962
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    The Judy Garland Show

    The Judy Garland Show

    9 1962 HD

    This CBS special, filmed in 1962 and colorized in this version, brings together three legends in a once-in-a-lifetime concert. Frank Sinatra and Dean...

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  • 1960
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    The Fabulous Fifties

    The Fabulous Fifties

    1 1960 HD

    The Fabulous Fifties, CBS, combines style, humor, and imagination. It was rich in touches of quality showmanship and equally rich in the memories of...

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  • 1984
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    A Soldier's Story

    A Soldier's Story

    6.8 1984 HD

    In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain...

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  • 1978
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    F.I.S.T.

    F.I.S.T.

    6.6 1978 HD

    Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher...

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  • 2001
    imgMovies

    Dinner with Friends

    Dinner with Friends

    5.4 2001 HD

    A husband and wife reevaluate their marriage after their closest friends, another couple decide to split up after twelve years.

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  • 1962
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    The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe

    The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe

    1 1962 HD

    A musical special celebrating the fruitful collaboration of Broadway lyricist/librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe. Stars from the...

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  • 1962
    imgMovies

    The Judy Garland Show

    The Judy Garland Show

    9 1962 HD

    This CBS special, filmed in 1962 and colorized in this version, brings together three legends in a once-in-a-lifetime concert. Frank Sinatra and Dean...

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  • 1978
    imgMovies

    F.I.S.T.

    F.I.S.T.

    6.6 1978 HD

    Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher...

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  • 1984
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    Iceman

    Iceman

    6.1 1984 HD

    A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to...

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  • 1993
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    Geronimo

    Geronimo

    6.8 1993 HD

    The story of the greatest Native American warrior who, together with the rest of his Apache tribesmen, defied American and Mexican Armies in 1867....

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  • 2001
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    Walter and Henry

    Walter and Henry

    8.5 2001 HD

    Walter and his 12-year-old son Henry are a pair of New York City street musicians living at poverty level in an empty Brooklyn lot. When Walter has a...

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  • 1989
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    In Country

    In Country

    5.4 1989 HD

    Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who...

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

    An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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  • 1962
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.4 1962 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

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  • 1994
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    Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

    7.3 1994 HD

    James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.

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  • 1970
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    Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

    1 1970 HD

    A series of dramas inspired by famous paintings.

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