BIOGRAPHY Movies and Tvshows - Page 86

Miles Davis Horn player, bandleader, innovator This documentary feature explores archival photos and home movies shot by Miles and his colleagues, his manuscripts and Miles original paintings, to explore the man behind the music

Mindbender is the story of Uri Geller, probably the worlds most famous psychic The film shows his rise to fame from small shows in the middle east where he amazed audiences with his

Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great

A young girl who has been abandoned by her former groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter

A more realistic, based on reality, unsensationalistic portrayal of the gritty early years of one of the most famous Wild West outlaws in history, Billy the Kid

The life story of Hector Lavoe who started the salsa movement in 1975 and brought it to the United States

Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate Alarmed by the autocrats popularity, the educated elite conspire to bring him down After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of Rome

A detective examines the mysterious death of George Reeves, the star of the television series Adventures of Superman 1952

To Ritwik Ghatak film was not merely a form of entertainment, but a weapon, a medium to portray struggle of common men He was successful neither in his career nor he could he become a good family man or husband Still he was an arti

A chronicle of Oscar Wildes libel suit against the Marquis of Queensberry and the tragic turn his life takes because of it

This film is based on the true character of Robert Denard known as Bob Denard in the 60s when he fights in Democratic Republic of Congo As a mercenary, he defends President Mobutu who

Biopic of Australian swimming champ and entertainer Annette Kellerman After overcoming polio, Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one piece bathing suit is considered indecent

A gay, linguistic professor living in a small orthodox city must deal with the aftermath of a sting operation that puts his sexual orientation in front of the entire nation

Ayudia Vanesha Prescilla and Ditto Adipati Dolken have been best friends for 12 years And for all those times, Ditto has been secretly in love with her Until one day, Ayudia told him that shes gonna get married

An examination of Czech Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freuds career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis

The Film adaptation of Erik Jensens award winning biography of Adam Cullen is the story of the biographer and his subject, as it descends into a dependent and abusive relationship

The life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas

The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk in spies for the Soviet Union

Playwright Oscar Wildes homosexuality is exposed when he brings a libel action against his lovers father, leading to his own prosecution

A look at the life and work of writerfilmmaker Nora Ephron

The story of 1970s musician and activist Helen Reddy

This documentary movie covers two concerts at the Fox Theatre in St Louis, Missouri, to celebrate Chuck Berrys 60th birthday, and also discusses his life and career

Hes powered his Harley over cars, trucks, lions, infernos and plummeted headlong into a canyon But if the mob has its way, his next incredible leap will land him six feet under

A biography of American poet Hart Crane who committed suicide at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba

Move is a compelling behind the scenes look at renowned choreographers Kevin Iega Jeff and Gary Abbott

During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people

As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar

Documentary feature following one womans quest to uncover why her biological clock hasnt started ticking, before she runs out of time Armed with insight from those that write and think about the current state of affairs for mother

In 1959, at just nineteen years of age, Harry Jerome was Canadas most promising track and field star, and was on his way to the Olympics in Rome By 1962, after suffering a gruesome leg injury, there was every reason to think that h

Telling the incredible life story of one of Britains most successful athletes and arguably our countries greatest ever Olympian, Mo Farah opens the doors to his home and gives us a

George Adamson fights to save Kenyas wildlife Together with his young assistant Tony Fitzjohn, he battles to keep the animals on his game reserve, and Kora, from dangerous poachers

A fictionalized account of the last year of Beethovens life

A chronicle of the wild and brief life of the 1970s most controversial surf star and international playboy from Los Angeles, Bunker Spreckels

Mr Angel chronicles the extraordinary life of transgender activist and porn pioneer, Buck Angel He survived addiction, prostitution, and suicide and now tells a moving story of a mans search for acceptance from his family amp the wo

Since the 1950s, the legendary skiing filmmaker drove the worldwide ski industry His last interview was months before he passed at age 93 He details his personal and professional challenges of the perfect ski run throughout his car

Based on the autobiography of Gypsy Rose Lee, this made for TV movie previously a Broadway smash and a 1962 film depicts the life and times of a stripper and her domineering mother