Biography movies

Salvador (1986)

Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama | Thriller | War
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Woods, James | Belushi, James | Murphy, Michael | Savage, John | Carrillo, Elpidia | Plana, Tony | Chester, Colby | Gibb, Cynthia | MacMillan, Will | Wildman, Valerie | Ruiz, José Carlos | Luke, Jorge | Fernández, Juan | Sánchez, Salvador | Zúñiga, Rosario
Directors: Stone, Oliver
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A journalist, down on his luck in the US, drives to El Salvador to chronicle the events of the 1980 military dictatorship, including the assasination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. He forms an uneasy alliance with both guerillas in the countryside who want him to get pictures out to the US press, and the right-wing military, who want him to bring them photographs of the rebels. Meanwhile he has to find a way of protecting his Salvadorean girlfriend and getting her out of the country.

Dreams with Sharp Teeth (2008)

Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Documentary
Countries: USA
Actors: Ellison, Harlan | Williams, Robin | Gaiman, Neil | David, Peter | Moore, Ronald D. | Olson, Josh | Snyder, Tom
Directors: Nelson, Erik
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A documentary on speculative fiction writer and essayist Harlan Ellison.

Enid (2009)

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Lawson, Denis | Macfadyen, Matthew | Richardson, Laurence | Bonham Carter, Helena
Directors: Hawes, James
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Edwardian child Enid Blyton begins to tell stories to her brothers as an escape from their parents’ rows before the father deserts the family…

Margot (2009)

Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Genres: Biography
Countries: UK
Actors: Huisman, Michiel | Jacobi, Derek | O'Neill, Con | Wolf-La'Moy, Christian | Duff, Anne-Marie | Duncan, Lindsay | Wilton, Penelope
Directors: Bathurst, Otto
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Margot examines the glamorous and turbulent life of Britain’s first international ballet superstar. At the age of 40, Dame Margot Fonteyn (Anne-Marie Duff – The Virgin Queen; Shameless) was seemingly at her creative peak and under mounting pressure to retire gracefully. Her unexpected pairing with young Russian émigré Rudolph Nureyev (Michiel Huisman – The Young Victoria, De Co-assistant) caused a worldwide sensation. Whilst Margot’s marriage to Panamanian diplomat Roberto de Arias (Con O’Neill – Telstar, Criminal Justice) was put under immense strain, her passionate and vibrant relationship with Nureyev created one of the most enduring and celebrated ballet partnerships of all time. This is a timeless drama about love, passion and performance also starring Lindsay Duncan, Derek Jacobi and Penelope Wilton.

Gods and Monsters (1998)

Monday, February 15th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: McKellen, Ian | Fraser, Brendan | Redgrave, Lynn | Davidovich, Lolita | Dukes, David | O'Connor, Kevin J. | Kiely, Mark | Plotnick, Jack | Ayres, Rosalind | Betts, Jack | McKenzie, Matt | Babcock, Todd | O'Herlihy, Cornelia Hayes | Kleyla, Brandon | Salem, Pamela
Directors: Condon, Bill
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Set in 1957, ‘James Whale (I)’ (qv), the director of _Show Boat (1936)_ (qv), _Invisible Man, The (1933)_ (qv), _Frankenstein (1931)_ (qv), and _Bride of Frankenstein (1935)_ (qv), had long since stepped back from the glamor and glitz of Hollywood. A stroke triggers once buried flashes of memory of his life in Dudley, his film career, and, most influentially, the trenches during the Great War. Haunted and lonely, he recounts many of his experiences to his musclebound gardener, Clay Boone. Despite the divide that exists between them, their friendship develops. Reliant on his sternly disapproving housemaid, Hannah, the flamboyant director whose time has passed sees himself slipping away, unable to stop the decline, and indulges his fantasies by coaxing Boone to model for him.

Creation (2009)

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Bettany, Paul | Carter, Jim | Cumberbatch, Benedict | Davies, Zak | Dunkin, Christopher | Jones, Toby | Northam, Jeremy | Sansostri, Harrison | Churcher, Teresa | Connelly, Jennifer | Stone, Pauline | West, Martha
Directors: Amiel, Jon
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What happens when a world-renowned scientist, crushed by the loss of his eldest daughter, formulates a theory in conflict with religious dogma? This is the story of Charles Darwin and his master-work “The Origin of Species”. It tells of a global revolution played out the confines of a small English village; a passionate marriage torn apart by the most dangerous idea in history; and a theory saved from extinction by the logic of a child.

Amelia (2009)

Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Knight, Keir | Li, Chun Hong | Martin, Bernard | Shipley-Holmes, Jason | Smith, Billy | Boardman, Andrea | Crowley, Nancy | Hemingway, Mistaya | Stikeman, Naomi | Tujaka, Zophia
Directors: Lock, Édouard
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Amelia Earhart, a Kansas girl, discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23, and within 12 years has progressed to winning the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, an adventure that catapults her into aviation myth.

Bright Star (2009)

Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Genres: Biography | Drama | Romance
Countries: Australia | France | UK
Actors: Whishaw, Ben | Cornish, Abbie | Fox, Kerry | Schneider, Paul | Martin, Edie | Sangster, Thomas | Monaco, Gerard | Campbell-Hughes, Antonia | Roukin, Samuel | Hale, Amanda | Raikes, Lucinda | Barnett, Samuel | Aris, Jonathan | Alexander, Olly | Watson, Theresa
Directors: Campion, Jane
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The drama based on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, which was cut short by Keats’ untimely death at age 25.

Sid and Nancy (1986)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama | Music
Countries: UK
Actors: Oldman, Gary | Webb, Chloe | Hayman, David | Bishop, Debby | Schofield, Andrew | Berkeley, Xander | Benson, Perry | London, Tony | Baron, Sandy | Richardson, Sy | Tudor-Pole, Edward | Yeager, Biff | Love, Courtney | Blitz, Rusty | Spaceley, John
Directors: Cox, Alex
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Based on the true story of Sid Vicious, bass player for the legendary punk rock band “The Sex Pistols”, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Their the music of the Sex Pistols, their relationship was always volatile.

Prayers for Bobby (2009)

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Genres: Biography | Drama
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Actors: Weaver, Sigourney | Czerny, Henry | Kelley, Ryan | Butler, Dan | Nichols, Austin | Schroeder, Carly | Eagen, Shannon | Bailey, Scott | Miller, Rebecca Louise | Bardha, Ele | Brown, David G.B. | Budziszewski, Dennis | Bufalini, Marty
Directors: Mulcahy, Russell
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In “Prayers for Bobby,” Mary Griffith is a devout Christian who raises her children with the conservative teachings of the Presbyterian Church. However, when her son Bobby confides to his older brother he may be gay, life changes for the entire family after Mary learns about his secret. While Bobby’s father and siblings slowly come to terms with his homosexuality, Mary believes God can cure him of what she considers his ’sin’ and persuades Bobby to pray harder and seek solace in church activities in hopes of changing him. Desperate for his mother’s approval, Bobby does what is asked of him, but through it all, the church’s apparent disapproval of homosexuality causes him to grow increasingly withdrawn and depressed. Guilty over the pain he is causing Mary, Bobby moves away, yet hopes that some day his mother will accept him. His subsequent depression and self-loathing intensifies as he blames himself for not being the ‘perfect’ son and is driven to suicide. Faced with their tragedy, Mary begins to question her faith when she receives no answers from her pastor concerning her devastating loss. Through her long and emotional journey, Mary slowly reaches out to the gay community and discovers unexpected support from a very unlikely source. The film is based on the 1995 Leroy Aarons book of the same name.