Biography movies



What We Do Is Secret (2007)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: West, Shane | Phillips, Bijou | Gonzalez, Rick | Segan, Noah | Holmes, Ashton | Tina Majorino | German, Lauren | O'Donnell, Keir | Roché, Sebastian | Skye, Azura | Leonard, Katharine | Santhon, Rachael | Thom Bishops | Abrams, Noah | Alcock, Gary
Directors: Grossman, Rodger
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A biopic of punk legend Darby Crash and his band, the Germs.

Cass (2008)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Anozie, Nonso | Press, Nathalie | Gregory, Leo | Brocker, Gavin | Bartlett, Nick | Beevers, Geoffrey | Bence, Jack | Demetriou, Mario | Ellis, Winston | Gee, Robbie | Hassan, Tamer | Ineson, Ralph | Jennings, Rory | Johnson, Jack | Kaluuya, Daniel
Directors: Baird, Jon S.
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The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain. CASS grew up in a time before political correctness and was forced to endure racist bullying on a daily basis, until one day when the years of pent up anger came out in a violent burst. CASS found through violence the respect he never had and became addicted to the buzz of fighting. His way of life finally caught up with him when an attempted assassination on his life, saw him shot three times at point blank range. His inner strength somehow managed to keep him alive but he was left with a dilemma; whether to seek vengeance as the street had taught him, or renounce his violent past. This is the extraordinary story of his life.

Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Comedy | Family | Musical | Romance | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Hutton, Betty | Keel, Howard | Calhern, Louis | Naish, J. Carrol | Arnold, Edward | Wynn, Keenan | Venuta, Benay | Sundberg, Clinton | Bell, Hal | Butler, Archie | Charlot, André | Dugan, Michael | Dunham, Phil | Earle, Edward | Evans, Herbert
Directors: Berkeley, Busby
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Annie Oakley is an incredible shot who was raised ‘Doin’ What Comes Naturally’. Frank Butler, the star sharpshooter in ‘Colonel Buffalo Bill’’s show, however, knows full well that’s not how ‘The Girl That I Marry’ must be. Anyway, not at least until he finds that ‘My Defences are Down’. Though Annie defiantly says ‘Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better’, she realizes that ‘You Can’t Get a Man With a Gun’. The victor at the end is love; as you know, ‘It’s Wonderful’. After all, ‘There’s No Business Like Show Business’.

Gandhi (1982)

Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: India | UK
Actors: Kingsley, Ben | Bergen, Candice | Fox, Edward | Gielgud, John | Howard, Trevor | Mills, John | Sheen, Martin | Charleson, Ian | Fugard, Athol | Halmer, Günther Maria | Jaffrey, Saeed | James, Geraldine | Padamsee, Alyque | Puri, Amrish | Seth, Roshan
Directors: Attenborough, Richard
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When ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ (qv) first set foot in British India, he had already been to Britain and South Africa, and had created quite a stir for the betterment of the people. But in India, he realized that he had first to live the life of a peasant to understand what it is to be an Indian. This resolve will lead him to shed his westerners clothing, and don a simple loincloth, be subjected to racial slurs from none other than Winston Churchill (Half naked Indian Fakir); Mobilize awareness of local industry and less dependence on imported clothing and material; the historic dandee march for withdrawal of the salt tax; a fast unto death to stop the virtual slaughter of British troops by irate Indian mobs; and be imprisoned several times. His resolve was to work with stalwarts such as Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Sardar Valabhbhai Patel, Professor Gokhale, J.B. Kripalani, Maulana Azad, and Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru to ensure first of all to get the British to quit India, and then run an Indian Government under the Congress party. Gandhi will soon realize that it is not enough to be just an Indian, for India has many facets - Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, and Christian. The British relied on these many facets as an excuse for their continuance as they wanted to ensure that the minorities are not oppressed by the Hindu majority. Concerned over the inroads made by Gandhi to unite the Hindus, Muslims, and all others under a common umbrella, the British invited Jinnah for talks, and it is here that a seed was laid for a separate country called Pakistan. When Gandhi came to know about this, he pleaded with Jinnah to unite the Muslims, even take over as the first Prime Minister with his choice of Muslim candidates for Parliament, but separatist Jinnah had already made his mind. The World Wars of 1914 and 1944 having taken it’s toll on Europe and Britain in particular, the weary British finally decided to leave India in 1947 - not the India they had conquered - but an India that was ready to be divided in East Pakistan and West Pakistan. Now after the much awaited independence was the real test for Gandhi - a test that will make him or break him - as he started a fast unto death to try and stop the violence that was threatening to break out into a civil war, not realizing that he had indirectly fanned Hindu extremism, which would later be called the Shiv Sena, into taking the matter directly in their hands to ensure that Muslims are kept out of their Hindustan forever.

Reach for the Sky (1956)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | War
Countries: UK
Actors: More, Kenneth | Pavlow, Muriel | Brook, Lyndon | Patterson, Lee | Knox, Alexander | Alison, Dorothy | Warre, Michael | Tafler, Sydney | Marion-Crawford, Howard | Watling, Jack | Green, Nigel | Leon, Anne | Carson, Charles | Adam, Ronald | Hudd, Walter
Directors: Gilbert, Lewis
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The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.

Raging Bull (1980)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Moriarty, Cathy | Pesci, Joe | Vincent, Frank | Colasanto, Nicholas | Saldana, Theresa | Gallo, Mario | Adonis, Frank | Bono, Joseph | Topham, Frank | Flax, Lori Anne | Scorsese, Charles | Dunphy, Don | Hanrahan, Bill | Bennett, Rita
Directors: Scorsese, Martin
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When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he’s a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he’s a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family’s love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it’s his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone.

Beyond the Sea (2004)

Friday, December 12th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music | Musical
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Bosworth, Kate | Goodman, John | Hoskins, Bob | Blethyn, Brenda | Scacchi, Greta | Aaron, Caroline | Cincotti, Peter | Ullrich, William | Byrne, Michael | Rippy, Matt | Whelan, Gary | Broder, Jake | Bademsoy, Tayfun | Spencer, Tomas
Directors: Spacey, Kevin
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Consummate entertainer Bobby Darin (1936-1973) is making a movie about his life. He’s volatile, driven by the love of performing, ambition, perfectionism, and belief that he’s living on borrowed time. He begins in the Bronx: a fatherless lad learning music and dance from his mom. His career starts slowly, then “Splish Splash” puts him at the top of the charts and on “Bandstand.” He wants to be an entertainer, not a pop star, so he aims for the Copacabana; then it’s on to the movies, where he meets and marries Sandra Dee. After, it’s balancing career, health, marriage and family life, balances he doesn’t always keep. Throughout, conversations with his boyhood self give him perspective.

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)

Friday, December 12th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama | History
Countries: France | Spain | UK
Actors: Depardieu, Gérard | Assante, Armand | Weaver, Sigourney | Dean, Loren | Molina, Ángela | Rey, Fernando | Wincott, Michael | Karyo, Tchéky | Dunn, Kevin | Langella, Frank | Margolis, Mark | Salem, Kario | Sullivan, Billy L. | Heffernan, John | Vosloo, Arnold
Directors: Scott, Ridley
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Big budget account of Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the Americas. Released in 1992 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the discovery. Shows the disastrous effects the Europeans had on the original inhabitants, and Columbus’ struggle to civilize the New World.

Wisegal (2008)

Friday, December 12th, 2008
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.

Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (2007)

Monday, December 1st, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Amalric, Mathieu | Seigner, Emmanuelle | Croze, Marie-Josée | Consigny, Anne | Chesnais, Patrick | Arestrup, Niels | López Garmendia, Olatz | Cassel, Jean-Pierre | Hands, Marina | von Sydow, Max | De Bankolé, Isaach | Caunes, Emma de | Écoffey, Jean-Philippe | Watkins, Gérard | Le Riche, Nicolas
Directors: Schnabel, Julian
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Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he’d only visited in his mind.