Documentary

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance | United States of America
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7.4 (11 votes)
This 2009 documentary features directors Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Henry Jaglom, actor-director Jack Nicholson, and actresses Karen Black and Ellen Burstyn, among others, reminiscing about the making of the groundbreaking films of BBS Productions.

Trumbull Land | France
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7.3 (53 votes)
Everyone has seen a Trumbull sequence in Stanley Kubrick's "2001 A Space Odyssey", Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" or Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". Recognized and respected SFX maestro, he has also directed two full-length films which left their mark on sci-fi cinema: "Silent Running" and "Brainstorm". Today, at over 70, Trumbull-the-pioneer continues his quest for innovation and still dreams of a cinema which places spectators into the film. "Trumbull Land" is an immersive portrait of Douglas Trumbull in his studios and a diving headfirst in his cinema.

The Making of Silent Running | United States of America
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7.6 (81 votes)
An on-set documentary about the making of the classic science fiction film 'Silent Running'.

Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King | United States of America
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8.7 (22 votes)
Take a nostalgic ride through movie history and relive the glory days of the Western -- when kids spent their Saturdays watching double-feature matinees and eating popcorn that cost a nickel. Through movie clips and interviews with film critics, actors and fans, this tribute to a bygone era explores the genre from the early days of the Thomas Edison Studios to the heyday of cowboy stars Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson and Gene Autry and the Singing Cowboys.

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
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5.6 (37 votes)
Documentary on the BBS company who released some of the best films of the 1970s.

The Making of Rebecca | United States of America
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7.8 (40 votes)
Documentary on Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 film Rebecca and the working relationship of Hitchcock and producer David O. Selznick.

Drive He Said: A Cautionary Tale of Campus Revolution and Sexual Freedom | United States of America
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6 (16 votes)
A video piece featuring Jack NIcholson.

The Millionaires' Unit | France| Belgium| New Zealand
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7.1 (42 votes)
A documentary about the First Yale Unit, a group of Yale students who trained for World War I.

Plotting 'Family Plot' | United States of America
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6.5 (124 votes)
Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's "Family Plot".

Miller's Tale
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7.7 (24 votes)
Miller's Tale is a personal journey into the life of playwright and actor Jason Miller and his relationship with his hometown, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Best known for his performance as Father Karras in The Exorcist, Miller experienced a brief but brilliant period of national acclaim, then curiously abandoned Hollywood to return to his hometown. After Miller died in a local bar Scranton, at the age of 62, filmmaker and fellow Scranton native Rebecca Marshall Ferris set out with her camera to find out why did this exceptional playwright, who achieved such phenomenal early success, never write a Broadway play again? And what happened to Miller in Hollywood that would make him run away from a promising acting career?

In the Realms of the Unreal | United States of America
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7.3 (2198 votes)
In the Realms of the Unreal is a documentary about the reclusive Chicago-based artist Henry Darger. Henry Darger was so reclusive that when he died his neighbors were surprised to find a 15,145-page manuscript along with hundreds of paintings depicting The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glodeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Cased by the Child Slave Rebellion.

X Games 3D: The Movie | United States of America
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6.5 (294 votes)
Follows six extreme sports stars as they prepare for and then compete in the 2008 Summer X-Games in Los Angeles. Kyle Loza practices a new motocross trick, landing in a pit of foam. Can he do it in front of thousands and land safely on dirt? Travis Pastrana shifts from a bike to a rally car - in part because he's broken so many bones. Shaun White finishes his snowboard season and jumps immediately onto his skateboard. Retired motocross champion Ricky Cunningham takes up a new event. In the finale, after practicing together as friends and competitors, Bob Burnquist and Danny Way face off on the mega ramp

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