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Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' (2008)
Director Curtis Hanson and his cast and crew discuss the arduous but rewarding process of creating a modern classic.
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40
7.1
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78
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69
/16/
3.4
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84
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Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick (2007)
He is considered by many the greatest film director the medium has ever known. Yet in a 45-year career, Stanley Kubrick's films number only a dozen. That he strove for perfection is well established. What is less known is that he lavished years of energy on several films that never saw the flickering light of the silver screen. Through interviews and abundant archival materials, this documentary examines these "lost" films in depth to discover what drew Kubrick to these projects, the work he did to prepare them for production, and why they ultimately were abandoned.
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94
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Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil (2007)
Follow Stanley Kubrick as he creates his savage and brilliant Vietnam film, hewing closely to the theme that dominated his creative life for four decades - the duality of human nature. Poised between good and evil, mankind was, in Kubrick's view, a complex creature equally capable of unspeakable savagery and heart-melting tenderness. Full Metal Jacket would make his case in vivid, blood-soaked Technicolor. Through interviews with Kubrick's collaborators and cast members, including Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Ermey and Adam Baldwin, this documentary reveals how Kubrick's brilliant visual sense, astute knowledge of human nature, and unique perspective on the duality of man came together to make Full Metal Jacket an unforgettable cinematic experience, taking its place in his "war trilogy" alongside cinematic landmarks Fear and Desire and Paths of Glory.
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3.4
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The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (2007)
A look at the visual design of the film The Shining (1980).
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5.4
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3.4
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One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper (2015)
Join director Clint Eastwood and his creative team, along with Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller, as they overcome enormous creative and logistic obstacles to make a film that brings the truth of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle's story to the screen.
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Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006)
Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing intimate peeks at its tough, scheming dames, mischievous misfits and flawed men - all caught in the wicked web of a twisted fate.
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Fog City Mavericks (2007)
Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco is a compelling exploration of the legendary filmmakers who call the San Francisco Bay Area home including George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Chris Columbus and producer Saul Zaentz. The special weaves interviews, commentaries and unforgettable moments from some of the most visionary movies ever created such as American Graffiti, the Star Wars film series, the Indiana Jones film series, The Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, Toy Story, The Incredibles, Lost in Translation, Flags of Our Fathers and many others. It also features interviews with those who have worked with Bay Area mavericks: Steven Spielberg, Michael Douglas, Anthony Minghella, Milos Forman and Frank Darabont.
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Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange' (2007)
In this documentary, we follow Stanley Kubrick as he creates one of the most controversial films of all time, one that retains its power to shock audiences, even after 35 years. At the time of its release, A Clockwork Orange created a firestorm of controversy. Through interviews with collaborators, filmmakers, screenwriters and authors, we come to appreciate Stanley Kubrick as an artist unafraid to take risks and court controversy, committed unwaveringly to his single-minded goal: the highest artistic quality of his films.
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Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock (2008)
Alfred Hitchcock often referred to his style of film making as "pure cinema" — using camera movement, editing, music and sound to tell stories that would be impossible in any other medium. This in-depth documentary allows directors such as William Friedkin, Martin Scorsese and Guillermo del Toro to examine the power and mastery of Hitchcock's cinematic style.
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Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro (2008)
No director-composer collaboration has been more seminal to motion pictures than the partnership of Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann. In this documentary we examine the long and sometimes painful partnership that produced unforgettable musical scores for such films as Vertigo, Psycho, and The Man Who Knew Too Much.
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Making Mothra (2019)
A look at one of the greatest monsters in the Godzilla universe.
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Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero (2006)
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Creating Ghidorah (2019)
A look at the newest version of one of Godzilla's greatest rivals.
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60
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The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase (2013)
Join Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Joe Pantoliano, director Andrew Davis and their collaborators in this stirring look at the creation of one of Hollywood's seminal thrillers.
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Plan B (1997)
A group of friends in their 20s and 30s wrestle with the fact that their lives haven't turned out like they planned.
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Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators (2008)
Four featurettes focus on Hitch's collaborations: "Saul Bass: Title Champ" (opening credits), "Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies" (costumes), "Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro" (music) and "Alma: The Master's Muse" (Hitchcock's partnership with his wife).
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Gone With The Wind: The Legend Lives On (2009)
This featurette discusses why the film is still so important. Also discusses “Windies”, the GWTW fan club. New for the 70th anniversary release.
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Turning Like Clockwork (2011)
A look back on A Clockwork Orange
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Ocean's Team 3.0 (2018)
Director Gary Ross and participants from the previous extras discuss the challenge of casting a film where group chemistry is even more important than the individual performances.
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Reimagining The Met Gala (2018)
Director Ross, various cast and crew and members of the Met staff discuss how the film took over the famous museum for its version of the gala. The production received unprecedented cooperation from the historically cautious institution, no doubt due in part to the participation of Vogue and its legendary editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour.
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6.5
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The Men of Midway (2020)
Meet the dazzling line-up of male stars who bring Midway to life. Nick Jonas, Ed Skrein, Aaron Eckhart, Patrick Wilson, Darren Criss, Dennis Quaid, Woody Harrelson and their collaborators reveal the preparation and hard work required to play the sailors who put their lives on the line to win the War of the Pacific
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The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2013)
Actor Martin Sheen narrates this newly produced, feature-length high definition documentary, touching on the film's timelessness and legacy before diving into the story of its development, production and release.
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Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of (2012)
Documentary about the work of film director Michael Curtiz.
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Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" (2006)
A short documentary on the making of "All the President's Men."
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Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic (2012)
The behind-the-scenes story of how "Casablanca" became an American film classic.
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Prohibition Opens the Floodgates (2006)
Short documentary about prohibition and gangsters and how it affected the movies of the day.
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Welcome to the Big House (2006)
Short documentary on the prison film in the 1930s.
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Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock (2008)
The cry of gulls. The ticking of a clock. The clatter of a shower curtain, torn from its rod. In this workshop-like documentary, Academy Award-winning sound designers invite you to join them at their mix boards to investigate how Alfred Hitchcock employed sound design to tell his cinematic stories, whether making audience members leap from their seats in fright or crawl under them from excruciating suspense.
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Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire (2006)
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward changed American history through their dogged pursuit of the truth in uncovering the story of Watergate. Starting small and building step-by-step, they connected the dots that led from a third-rate burglary at the Watergate Office Building to the resignation of the President of the United States. This documentary asks the question: If two young reporters uncovered a national crime in the White House today, could they be as successful as Woodward and Bernstein were in the 1970s? Through interviews with prominent journalists such Walter Cronkite, Jonathan Alter, Linda Ellerbee, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, we take an insightful look at the state of investigative journalism in America today.
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Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat (2006)
It was a plot device worthy of any film noir thriller. A shadowy figure, keeper of the secrets to a national crime, reveals snippets of information to the man struggling to crack the case. Meetings in shadowy parking garages... cryptic signals using flower pots on balconies... it was John Le Carre or Alfred Hitchcock at their best... And it was all true. Featuring interviews with Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, Walter Cronkite, Oliver Stone, Watergate prosecutor Richard Ben-Veniste and many others, this documentary examines the methods, motivations and far-reaching legacy of the man known as Deep Throat, now revealed to be W. Mark Felt, Deputy Director of the FBI during the Watergate era.
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Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman (2009)
A documentary on the life and career of Victor Fleming, director of such iconic movies as The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind.
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North by Northwest: One for the Ages (2009)
A discussion of "North by Northwest" and its influence.
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In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy (2008)
Films beget films. Filmmakers influence other filmmakers constantly. But the most influential filmmaker of all time is Alfred Hitchcock.
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Saul Bass: Title Champ (2008)
Set to a bebop jazz beat, this documentary brings to life the extraordinary work of graphic designer Saul Bass, whose groundbreaking title sequences for Hitchcock's films transformed the art of movie titles. Through interviews with directors such as Martin Scorsese and Guillermo del Toro, this film reveals why Bass is still considered the medium's greatest artist.
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Monsters are Real (2019)
Why does the fear of monsters resonate in every culture and civilization around the globe? Take a deep dive into the chilling world of our primal fears, a world where the myths and legends of history are not merely fairy tales, but proof of reality. Meet real-life cryptozoologists who make the search for living myths their life's work. And learn how the fear of monsters became hard-wired into our psyches; despite thousands of years of civilization, nothing haunts our nightmares like a good monster myth.
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Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' (2008)
Curtis Hanson and his behind-the-scenes collaborators reveal the secrets of bringing 1950s Los Angeles to life in unforgettable style.
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters- Monster Tech: Monarch Joins the Fight (2019)
Join the filmmakers and their special effects wizards in this high-energy look at the tech that makes Monarch's missions possible. Go inside the enormous Argo command ship and the tiny submersible that locates Godzilla's hidden lair. Discover the secrets of the oxygen destroyer and why it failed to kill King Ghidorah. Crack open the ORCA to discover how this dog-whistle-for-monsters is based on real-life technology - with a whiff of fantasy thrown in. And find out what's on all those beautiful display screens in Monarch's bases around the world.
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5.0
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Godzilla: King of The Monsters- The Antarctic Base (2019)
In Monarch's Antarctic Base, a frozen fortress buffeted by screaming winds and surrounded by impenetrable ice, King Ghidorah shakes off his icy slumber and escapes in one of the film's most thrilling sequences. Join the filmmakers as they reveal how King Ghidorah was brought to terrifying life inside Monarch's underground biolab with its towering ice wall.
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5.0
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters- Castle Bravo (2019)
The blast doors slowly open, revealing for the first time - Godzilla, his bioluminescent dorsal spikes outlining his shape in the murky waters of the Atlantic. The scene of Godzilla's first appearance at Monarch's Deep Sea Command Center shows us a vision of The King as we've never seen him before. Join the filmmaking team as they illuminate the creation of this breathtaking sequence, and the location where it takes place: Castle Bravo, Monarch's epic underwater research complex.
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The Business End: Violence in Cinema (2008)
An unflinching look at the ongoing debate on violence in movies and its effect on the audience.
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The Evolution of Clint Eastwood (2008)
Follow Eastwood's career from television star to matinee idol to Oscar-winning director in this wide-ranging documentary.
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100
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The Craft of Dirty Harry (2008)
A look at the cinematographers, editors, musicians, production designers and other talent of the Dirty Harry series.
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A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry (2008)
Filmmakers, social scientists and authors take a provocative look at the moral, political and ethical themes of the Dirty Harry films.
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6.9
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75
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68
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Artifact from the Future: The Making of 'THX 1138' (2004)
The Making of feature for the George Lucas movie 'THX 1138'.
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3.5
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A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope (2004)
A fascinating chronicle of the birth and rise of the radically different independent studio founded by director Francis Ford Coppola.
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3.5
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View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining' (2007)
An overview of the making of, and a look at the continuing popularity of, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.
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7.5
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70
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68
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The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style (2009)
Documentary that features interviews with Martin Scorsese, Curtis Hanson, Francis Lawrence, William Friedkin, Guillermo Del Toro, John Carpenter and others as they discuss the films and style of the Master of Suspense.
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Godzilla 2.0 (2019)
A look at the newest version of one of cinema's greatest monsters.


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