Biography movies

Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Bridges, Jeff | Allen, Joan | Landau, Martin | Forrest, Frederic | Mako | Koteas, Elias | Slater, Christian | Siemaszko, Nina | Johnson, Anders | Nemec, Corin | Bell, Marshall | Sanders, Jay O. | Donat, Peter | Goodman, Dean
Directors: Coppola, Francis Ford
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Based on a true story. Shortly after World War II, Preston Tucker is a grandiose schemer with a new dream, to produce the best cars ever made. With the assistance of Abe Karatz and some impressive salesmanship on his own part, he obtains funding and begins to build his factory. The whole movie also has many parallels with director Coppola’s own efforts to build a new movie studio of his own.

Mrs Brown (1997)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama | History | Romance
Countries: Ireland | UK | USA
Actors: Dench, Judi | Connolly, Billy | Palmer, Geoffrey | Sher, Antony | Butler, Gerard | Pasco, Richard | Westhead, David | McConnell, Bridget | Glen, Georgie | O'Donnell, Catherine | Stewart, Sara | Williams, Finty | Nicolson, Claire | Ladbury, Hattie | Kent, Oliver
Directors: Madden, John
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While on an extended stay at Balmoral Castle and still in mourning over the death of her beloved Prince Albert, Queen Victoria meets Mr. Brown, a member of her household staff who thinks the time has come for her to start living a normal life. He soon gains the Queen’s favor and friendship and his authority and status in the household are soon on the rise. This creates concerns among the Queen’s many advisers who see their own influence diminishing and the Queen’s reputation being tarnished. As a result, they move to ensure Mr. Brown’s future influence in the household is kept in check.

Kinsey (2004)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Neeson, Liam | Linney, Laura | O'Donnell, Chris | Sarsgaard, Peter | Hutton, Timothy | Lithgow, John | Curry, Tim | Platt, Oliver | Baker, Dylan | Nicholson, Julianne | Sadler, William | McMartin, John | Cartwright, Veronica | Chalfant, Kathleen | Goldenhersh, Heather
Directors: Condon, Bill
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Kinsey is a biologist and a sex researcher. He releases reports about sexual behavior of American people in 1948 and 1953. He interviews 18,000 people to take sex histories. It is sensational and controversial because it is taboo to talk about sex. And people have little knowledge of it. No knowledge makes them worry and feel guilty. Actually, he and his wife lose their virginity after their marriage, but it is unsuccessful. From the bad experience, and as he consults with his students to give them advice about sexual problems, he gets interested in revealing people’s sexual behavior. He devotes his life to sex research. His academic curiosity is amazing. He supports “diversity” and “individualism”. He claims there are common and rare sexual behaviors, but we shouldn’t categorize it into the two groups, normal and abnormal. He influences a lot of people. Especially, he encourages and saves homosexual people. In short, Kinsey is an influential figure who is fascinated with sex research and contributes to the society.

The Lover (L’amant) (1992)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama | Romance
Countries: France | UK | Vietnam
Actors: March, Jane | Leung Ka Fai, Tony | Meininger, Frédérique | Giovaninetti, Arnaud | Poupaud, Melvil | Faulkner, Lisa | Mang, Xiem | Le Dem, Philippe | Schaufuss, Ann | Van An, Quach | Torrens, Tania | Heudeline, Raymonde | Wingerter, Yvonne | Vien, Do Minh | Patarot, Hélène
Directors: Annaud, Jean-Jacques
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It is French Colonial Vietnam in 1929. A young French girl from a family that is having some monetary difficulties is returning to boarding school. She is alone on public transportation when she catches the eye of a wealthy Chinese businessman. He offers her a ride into town in the back of his chauffeured sedan, and sparks fly. Can the torrid affair that ensues between them overcome the class restrictions and social mores of that time? Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Maugerite Duras.

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Aboltins, Toms | Ancans, Romualds | Cizinauskas, Paulius | Daudzins, Vilis | Eglitis, Didzis | Ellis, William | Eroshenko, Dmitri | Freeman, Paul | Goldberg, Iddo | Grabovskis, Leonîds | Gross, Andris | Gundars, Jurgis | Gundars, Uga | Handy, Scott | Kangaroo, Janis
Directors: Harrison, John Kent
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The story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazi’s for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto.

Hoffa (1992)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Nicholson, Jack | Assante, Armand | Walsh, J.T. | Reilly, John C. | Whaley, Frank | Anderson, Kevin | Ryan, John P. | Prosky, Robert | Nogulich, Natalia | Pryor, Nicholas | Guilfoyle, Paul | Young, Karen | Gorman, Cliff | Neer, Joanne
Directors: DeVito, Danny
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Jack Nicholson’s portrait of Union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro (Danny DeVito). The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt all the way to a conclusion that negates the theory that he disappeared in 1975.

Nowhere Boy (2009)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music
Countries: Canada | UK
Actors: McElhone, Jack | Johnson, James | Bell, Sam | Bird, Christian | Bolt, Josh | Johnson, Aaron | Loveday, Les | Lowe, Simon | Morrissey, David | O'Toole, Calum | Ross, Daniel | Sangster, Thomas | Solazzo, Daniel | Threlfall, David | Duff, Anne-Marie
Directors: Taylor Wood, Sam
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NOWHERE BOY, the debut feature of Sam Taylor-Wood, tells the never seen before story of John Lennons childhood. Imagine John Lennons childhood A spirited teenager, curious, sharp and funny, growing up in the shattered city of Liverpool. Two extraordinary sisters tussle for his love - Mimi, the formidable aunt who raised him from the age of 5 and Julia, the spirited mother who gave him up to Mimis care. Yearning for a normal family, John escapes into art and the new music flooding in from the US. His fledgling genius finds a kindred spirit in the young Paul McCartney. But just as Johns new life begins, the truth about his past leads to a tragedy he would never escape.

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: USA
Actors: Baxter, Warner | Stuart, Gloria | Gillingwater, Claude | Byron, Arthur | Heggie, O.P. | Carey, Harry | Ford, Francis | McGuire, John | McDonald, Francis | Wood, Douglas | Carradine, John | Kay, Joyce | Kohler Jr., Fred | Whitman, Ernest | Fix, Paul
Directors: Ford, John
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A few short hours after President Lincoln has been assassinated, Dr. Samuel Mudd gives medical treatment to a wounded man who shows up at his door. Mudd has no idea that the president is dead and that he is treating his murderer, John Wilkes Booth. But that doesn’t save him when the army posse searching for Booth finds evidence that Booth has been to the doctor’s house. Dr. Mudd is arrested for complicity and sentenced to life imprisonment, to be served in the infamous pestilence-ridden Dry Tortugas.

Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Documentary | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Fielden, Jerry | Gallo, Tony | Goocher, Kevin | Gyorffy, Glenn | Howell, William | Hudson, Nigel | Kudlow, Steve 'Lips' | Lemmy | Reiner, Robb | Slash | Tsangarides, Chris | Ulrich, Lars | Arrigoni, Tiziana
Directors: Gervasi, Sacha
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At 14, best friends Robb Reiner and Lips made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the “demi-gods of Canadian metal, ” influenced a musical generation that includes Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax, despite never hitting the big time. Following a calamitous European tour, Lips and Robb, now in their fifties, set off to record their 13th album in one last attempt to fulfill their boyhood dreams.

24 Hour Party People (2002)

Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Comedy | Drama | Music
Countries: UK
Actors: Coogan, Steve | Thomson, John | Pivaro, Nigel | James, Lennie | Henderson, Shirley | Hancock, Martin | Windows, Mark | Considine, Paddy | Simm, John | Little, Ralf | Gorman, Dave | Serkis, Andy | Cunningham, Danny | Popplewell, Paul | Cook, Ron
Directors: Winterbottom, Michael
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Manchester 1976: Cambridge educated Tony Wilson, Granada TV presenter, is at a Sex Pistols gig. Totally inspired by this pivotal moment in music history, he and his friends set up a record label, Factory Records, signing first Joy Division (who go on to become New Order) then James and the Happy Mondays, who all become seminal artists of their time. What ensues is a tale of music, sex, drugs, larger-than-life characters, and the birth of one of the most famous dance clubs in the world, The Hacienda - a mecca for clubbers as famous as the likes of Studio 54. Graphically depicting the music and dance heritage of Manchester from the late 70’s to the early 90’s, this comedy documents the vibrancy that made Mad-chester the place in the world that you would most like to be.