Ron Howard
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"With the perspective of time and success--Ron as a filmmaker, producer, and Hollywood A-lister, Clint as a busy character actor--the Howard brothers delve deep into an upbringing that seemed normal to them yet was anything but. Their Midwestern parents, Rance and Jean, moved to California to pursue their own showbiz dreams. But it was their young sons who found steady employment as actors. Rance put aside his ego and ambition to become Ron and Clint's...
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Unsung Heroes: The Story of America's Female Patriots is an inspirational saga of unrecognized courage and sacrifice that touches every community in the nation. Through rare photographs, archival materials, personal memorabilia and on-camera interviews, this 2-part documentary produced by Academy Award® Winner Ron Howard illustrates the enormous accomplishments and profound sacrifices of our female patriots that have previously been ignored...until...
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Sony
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[2006]
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When respected American religious symbology expert Dr. Robert Langdon is summoned to the Louvre by French Captain Bezu Fache, he soon discovered that he is the number 1 suspect for the murder of a historian Langdon had been scheduled to meet with.
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It is truly possible for people to walk in the divine, and Christ came to show us the way. It is by rediscovering our true identity in him that we can begin to move into the promises of God regarding the miraculous. Bill Johnson not only teaches the supernatural, he imparts it by changing the way we think. If you are not walking in the miraculous, you're living far below your birthright! By laying a carefully constructed biblical foundation for walking...
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An inspiring exploration of the establishment of humans on Mars—tying into the National Geographic television documentary series Mars
The next frontier in space exploration is Mars, the Red Planet—and human habitation of Mars isn't much farther off. In October 2015, NASA declared Mars "an achievable goal"; that same season, Ridley Scott and Matt Damon's The Martian drew crowds into theaters, grossing over $200 million.
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100 Stars! Liz Taylor blows lines, Ronald Reagan loses his pants. Shatner & Nimoy crack up. Bogart & Cagney prove tough guys are funny. Busty Jayne Mansfield shows Mickey Rooney being short has advantages. Bloopers of Dukes of Hazzard, Laugh-In. Happy Days, M*A*S*H, Rickles. Skelton, Abbott & Costello, Bob Hope, Lucy, Johnny Carson, Bonanza, even The Beatles! Note: Curse words bleeped & no nudity.
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LADDIE: The Man Behind the Movies is the story of one daughter's journey to see her father not just as "Dad" - the man whose success and endless hours devoted to work loomed large over her childhood - but the way his collaborators do - as a doyen of modern American cinema. Through interviews with George Lucas, Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Affleck, Ron Howard, Morgan Freeman, Mel Brooks, Richard Donner, and more, Amanda Ladd-Jones endeavors...
11) The Missing
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From the Academy Award winning director and producer of A Beautiful Mind comes the suspense thriller The Missing. In the film, Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett), a young woman alone in an isolated and lawless wilderness, must re-unite with her long estranged father (Tommy Lee Jones) to track the mystical, psychopathic killer known as Chidin (Eric Schweig). Chidin, together with his brutal pack of army deserters, has kidnapped a collection of teenage...
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In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. "In the Heart of the Sea" reveals the encounter's harrowing aftermath, as the ship's surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to...
13) Corman's World
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The director of more than fifty films and producer of over 300 more, prolific B-movie maven Roger Corman is profiled in this biographical documentary from filmmaker Alex Stapleton. From LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS to ROCK AND ROLL HIGH SCHOOL, the documentary explores the wide variety of films that encompass Corman's prolific and enduring career.
15) Gung Ho
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Michael Keaton stars as a wheeler-dealer who hopes to save a failing Pennsylvania automobile-assembly factory from having to close its doors. Keaton persuades a Japanese auto firm to reopen the factory, retrain its staff, and streamline the operation. It isn't long before the American-born workers grow to resent the disciplinary demands of their new Japanese bosses, setting the stage for a comic clash of cultures. The day is saved when it turns out...
16) The Shootist
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About ten minutes into The Shootist, Doctor Hostetler (James Stewart) tells aging western gunfighter John Bernard Books (John Wayne) "You have a cancer." Knowing that his death will be painful and lingering, Books is determined to be shot in the line of "duty". In his remaining two months, Books settles scores with old enemies, including gambler Pulford (Hugh O'Brian) and Marshall Thibido (Harry Morgan) and reaches out to new friends (including feisty...