Documentary

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet | Spain| Germany| Canada| United Kingdom| China| Japan| Finland
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7.2 (3128 votes)
Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by the producer Nicolas McClintock as a reflection on the theme of time at the turn of the Millennium. Fifteen celebrated film-makers were invited to create their own vision of what time means in ten minutes of film.

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond | United States of America
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7.5 (199 votes)
A star-studded tribute to Star Trek on its 30th anniversary, hosted by many of the stars and guest stars from all of the Trek series and movies. Also features a huge number of clips from all of the series and movies. At the end, real-life astronauts Aldrin and Jemison present NASA award plaques to the cast members.

X-Men: Evolution of a Trilogy
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7 (69 votes)
A behind the scenes look at the making of the X-Men trilogy made up out of interviews shot during the production of all three films.

Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier | United States of America
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7.3 (169 votes)
From the conventions in Europe and Las Vegas to the billionaire collector who scours the world for memorabilia, we look at the impact that Star Trek has had on fans around the world and try to find out just what it is about this supposedly "silly" series that has meant so much to so many.

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8.0 (14047 votes)
Budget
15,000,000.00$
From the acclaimed team that brought you BBC's visual feast "Planet Earth," this feature length film incorporates some of the same footage from the series with all new scenes following three remarkable, yet sadly endangered, families of animal across the globe.

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary | Canada
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7.9 (191 votes)
In 1980, the SCTV crew had a request from their broadcaster, the CBC, for distinctively Canadian content. What players Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas created was a satire of it, but Bob and Doug became so much more. This documentary tells the special tale of how the McKenzie Brothers became a sensation that would become a cherished part of Canada's self identity.

Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States
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An impressive roster of celebrities -- including Lili Taylor, Paul Robeson, Sarah Jones, Brian Jones, John Sayles and Wallace Shawn -- lend their voices to this performance of readings inspired by Howard Zinn's best-selling book. Segments bring to life Tecumseh's speech to the Osages, Frederick Douglass' thoughts about July 4 and Paul Robeson's Unread Statement before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

Talking with the Vampires | United States of America
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5.2 (6 votes)
Abel Ferrara directed this thirty-minute documentary that interviews the cast of his film THE ADDICTION.

A Woman Like Me
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7.1 (78 votes)
A WOMAN LIKE ME is a hybrid documentary that interweaves the real story of director Alex Sichel, diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2011, with the fictional story of Anna Seashell, who struggles to find the glass half full when faced with the same diagnosis. The film follows Alex as she uses her craft to explore what is foremost on her mind while confronting a terminal disease: parenting, marriage, faith, life, and death. When we are stuck between a rock and hard place, can our imagination get us out?

Regarding Susan Sontag | United States of America
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6.8 (575 votes)
An intimate study of one of the most influential and provocative thinkers of the 20th century tracking feminist icon Susan Sontag’s seminal, life-changing moments through archival materials, accounts from friends, family, colleagues, and lovers, as well as her own words, as read by Patricia Clarkson.

Call Me Lucky | United States of America
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7.5 (2099 votes)
An inspiring, triumphant and wickedly funny portrait of one of comedy’s most enigmatic and important figures, CALL ME LUCKY tells the story of Barry Crimmins, a beer-swilling, politically outspoken and whip-smart comic whose efforts in the 70s and 80s fostered the talents of the next generation of standup comedians. But beneath Crimmins’ gruff, hard-drinking, curmudgeonly persona lay an undercurrent of rage stemming from his long-suppressed and horrific abuse as a child – a rage that eventually found its way out of the comedy clubs and television shows and into the political arena.

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee | United States of America
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5.9 (1873 votes)
Budget
500,000.00$
In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to find a replacement. This outrageous satire looks at the entire process, from the oddball candidates to the greed and racial motivations that drive the final decision. There's big business in the movies, and Finishing the Game skewers it with an eye for '70s detail.

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