Movie | United States | 02/11/1979 | Biography | Musicians
Biographical movie about the famous rock singer Elvis Presley.
Movie | United Kingdom | 11/07/1986 | Biography | Musicians
Following their breakout success in England, flagship punk rock band the Sex Pistols venture out on their first U.S. tour. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious takes his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, along for the ride. Along the way, the couple's turbulent relationship strains the patience of bandmate Johnny Rotten and manager Malcolm McLaren, while plunging Sid and Nancy into the depths of drug addiction and co-dependency.
Movie | Czech Republic | 12/01/1987 | Biography | Musicians
The film tells the exciting life of the great Czech composer Leos Janácek (1854-1928), also known by the thick silver hair that crowned his head and his strong character, which could overcome the adversities of fate.
Movie | Czech Republic | 12/01/1979 | Biography | Musicians
Czechoslovakia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1981
Movie | United States | 07/24/1987 | Biography | Musicians
Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of singer Ritchie Valens whose life was cut short by a plane crash.
Movie | United Kingdom | 01/01/1984 | Drama | Musicians
In Torre del Lago, by Lake Massaciuccoli, Puccini is writing The Girl of the Golden West when his wife Elvira accuses him of a dalliance with their maid, Doria Manfredi, a young women from town. Although the maestro is frequently unfaithful, he denies the affair; Elvira insists she's right and publicly hounds Doria. Between scenes in this domestic drama that turns tragic, we watch a Scottish company rehearse and stage Turandot, Puccini's last opera. The film finds parallels between the two stories and suggests that in the opera, Puccini expresses love for his wife and guilt in Doria's fate. Three local gentlemen provide a spoken chorus as Puccini's score plays throughout.
Movie | Czech Republic | 01/01/1981 | Drama | Musicians
Movie | United States | 10/03/1980 | Biography | Disability
Movie | United States | 12/03/1981 | Biography | Communism
Movie | United States | 03/07/1980 | Biography | Music
Movie | United States | 05/12/1982 | Biography
Biography of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who forged a new role for herself in the years after her husband's death.
Movie | United States | 10/14/1979 | Biography
The true story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, a gripping battle to overcome impossible obstacles and the struggle to communicate. As a young girl, Helen Keller is stricken with scarlet fever. The illness leaves her blind, mute, and deaf. Sealed off from the world, Helen cannot communicate with anyone, nor anyone with her. Often frustrated and desperate, Helen flies into uncontrollable rages and tantrums that terrify her hopeless family. The gifted teacher Annie Sullivan is summoned by the family to help the girl understand the world from which she is isolated, freeing Helen Keller from her internal prison forever. Television remake of the 1962 film which also starred Patty Duke in the role of Helen Keller.
Movie | United States | 06/01/1979 | Biography | Artists
Movie | United States | 01/16/1989 | Biography
The story of Ryan White, a 13-year-old haemophiliac who contracted AIDS from factor VIII, which was used to control this disorder.
Movie | United States | 09/18/1981 | Biography
In this biographical film, glamorous yet lonely star Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway) takes in two orphans, and at first their unconventional family seems happy. But after Joan's attempts at romantic fulfillment go sour and she is fired from her contract with MGM studios, her callous and abusive behavior towards her daughter Christina (Diana Scarwid) becomes even more pronounced. Christina leaves home and takes her first acting role, only to find her mother's presence still overshadowing her.