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21) Yi dai zong shi
Publisher
Tung Ah Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.
Publisher
Direct Source Special Products
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Raised by his father to love money and power, and influenced by his uncle to love life and women, this is a dramatic portrait of Aristotle Onassis who pursued what he wanted throughout his life, and usually got what he wanted.
24) Life in a day
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
People from 192 countries submitted more than 80,000 videos to YouTube of personal events that happened in their lives on July 24th, 2010. Over 4,500 hours of contributed footage was sifted through to create this motion picture event.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, hard-luck milkman Melvin Dummar picks up a bum in the Nevada desert. The old man claims to be Howard Hughes and eight years later, Dummar finds himself a beneficiary in the Hughes will. Dummar becomes an instant celebrity while trying to cash in on the fortune.
26) Lovelace
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In 1972, before the Internet, Deep Throat was a phenomenon: the first scripted pornographic theatrical feature film, featuring a story, some jokes, and Linda Lovelace. Escaping a strict family, she discovered freedom and married Chuck Traynor. As Linda Lovelace she became an international sensation, fully inhabiting her new identity and a enthusiastic spokesperson for sexual freedom. Later she presented another, utterly contradictory narrative to...
27) Dempsey
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment LLC
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
The Roaring Twenties set the stage for a drama immortalizing the life and loves of one of the greatest prizefighters in history.
Publisher
Trinity Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
"On August 17, 1977, Elvis Presley, loved and adored by millions of fans and devottes worldwide, died alone and virtually penniless. In this programme we hear the comments of those who were closest, the people charged with caring for him, the people who were at Graceland on the fateful day who can now talk about the last 24 hours"--Container.
Series
Publisher
Fox Lorber
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Recognized as the innovator of the hard-boiled detective novel, Dashiell Hammett succeeded in elevating the pulp genre to the level of fine literature. "American Masters: Dashiell Hammett. Detective. Writer." effectively tells the story of a man who traveled from the gritty American underworld to the pinnacle of literary society and the glamour of Hollywood only to watch it all escape his grasp.
Publisher
Virgin Vision
Pub. Date
[1988,1987]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of the murder/suicide of playwright Joe Orton and his lover, Ken Halliwell. When Orton, after years of unsuccessful collaboration with Halliwell, breaks away and achieves fame and fortune on his own, Halliwell cracks, hammers Orton to death and then kills himself.
Publisher
Liberation Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A rare glimpse into one of the biggest bands in history, through previously unseen home movies, personal photographs, interviews, and more. Includes film of their 1964 Scotland tour, and brand new interviews with celebrity friends and colleagues.
35) Big Sur
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In an attempt to heal from the deterioration caused by the pressures of sudden fame and too much alcohol, famous Beat author Jack Kerouac escapes to an isolated, mist-shrouded cabin in the primitive landscape of the Big Sur woods. Instead of finding the peace he desires, he is foiled once again by his own inner demons and sets off on a visceral collision course of paranoia, sex, delirium tremens, misery and madness.
Publisher
Sony
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
This is a documentary of John Denver's life, told by all of those who were closest to him. The program delves deep into John's personality, his amazing music and his incredible passion for life. Featuring never-before-seen footage of John Denver himself, as well as insightful interviews with Annie Denver, John;s producer Milt Okun, manager Hal Thau, fellow musicians Peter Huttlinger and Lee Holdridge and others.
37) Dancer
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend.
40) Lansky
Publisher
HBO Pictures
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Gangster rises from immigrant poverty to a world of power and wealth.
The mob has many faces, but only one man is behind them all. Emigrating to America as a child, the young Meyer Lansky learns to fight with his wits and always comes out on top - and at a proftit. Starting with a small gang, Lansky soon becomes a big-time gangster when, at the height of prohibition, he joins Bugsy Siegal and Lucky Luciano in creating a crime "syndicate", organizing...