Biography movies

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Friday, November 14th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama | War
Countries: UK
Actors: O'Toole, Peter | Guinness, Alec | Quinn, Anthony | Hawkins, Jack | Sharif, Omar | Ferrer, Jos? | Quayle, Anthony | Rains, Claude | Kennedy, Arthur | Wolfit, Donald | Johar, I.S. | Ratib, Gamil | Ray, Michel | Dimech, John | Mohyeddin, Zia
Directors: Lean, David
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T. E. Lawrence is a young maladjusted lieutenant in the British Army in North Africa during World War One. Unhappy with his current assignment coloring maps, he is ecstatic when he is offered a job as an observer in what is now Arabia. At this point, the story of his life becomes the stuff that legends are made of.

Edge of Love, The (2008)

Monday, November 10th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Romance
Countries: UK
Actors: Armstrong, Simon | Batt, Ben | Beevers, Geoffrey | Brooke, Paul | Ceredig, Huw | Clifford, Richard | Dillane, Richard | Dommett, Joel | Gallivan, Craig | Godfrey, Callum | Johnson, Karl | Kassianides, Simon | Llewellyn, Raymond | Mackenzie, Alastair | Malcolm, Neville
Directors: John Maybury
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Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both. The passion and pathos of legendary poet Dylan Thomas is told through the lives of two extraordinary women. Vera Phillips and Dylan were teenage loves; fast forward ten years and the two reconnect in London. She’s working as a singer whilst he’s churning out scripts for government propaganda films and living off the last in a long line of infatuated women. The two former lovers feel the thunderbolt once more, but Thomas is now married to the adventurous Caitlin. Despite their love-rival status, the women form a surprising friendship. Caitlin indulges in her own infidelities, and recognises a similar adventurous spirit in her husband. But she knows his connection with Vera is something different, not to mention dangerous. Romantic turmoil continues in Vera’s life. She marries her devoted admirer William Killick, but she can’t deny the chemistry between herself and Dylan, nor does she want to - even if this means betraying Caitlin. When William is posted abroad, and a pregnant Vera returns to Wales with her married friends, the battle between her heart and head becomes more intense. William returns a changed man, but neither is Vera the carefree cabaret girl he married. Neighbourhood gossip fuels her husband’s jealousy towards his rival. Enraged, William stages a violent attack on Dylan - an attack that forces Vera to choose between the men in her life and the friend that she loves. Desire and guilt are complicated by love and friendship in this real-life tale set in beautiful London and the majestic Welsh countryside.

Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Barrymore, Drew | Zahn, Steve | Garcia, Adam | Murphy, Brittany | Woods, James | Bracco, Lorraine
Directors: Penny Marshall
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Seriocomic story based on the memoir by Beverly Donofrio, the movie follows a young woman who finds her life radically altered by an event from her teen years. Born in 1950, Beverly grew up bright and ambitious in a working-class neighborhood in Connecticut; her father was a tough but good-hearted cop who listened to his daughter’s problems, and her mother was a nervous woman eager to imagine the worst. From an early age, Beverly displays a keen intelligence and an interest in literature, and dreams of going to college in New York and becoming a writer. However, she also develops an early interest in boys, and at 15 finds herself madly in love with a boy from her high school. However, an attempt to get his attention leads to an embarassing incident at a party, and Ray, a sweet but thick-headed 18-year-old, steps forward to defend her. Beverly and Ray end up making out, and after one thing leads to another, Beverly discovers she’s pregnant. Telling Ray is only marginally less difficult than informing her parents, and at 16, Beverly is a wife and mother. Against the odds, Beverly is determined to still finish high school and go on to college, but that goal becomes more difficult with time, especially after Beverly’s marriage begins to fall apart. Ray tries to do the right thing but has trouble holding a job, and becomes addicted to heroin.

Iris (2001)

Friday, August 29th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Winslet, Kate | Bonneville, Hugh | Dench, Judi | Broadbent, Jim | Bron, Eleanor | Morant, Angela | Wilton, Penelope | Hayes, Siobhan | Aubrey, Juliet | Bakewell, Joan | Carroll, Nancy | Marshall, Kris | Mannion, Tom | Hutchinson, Derek | West, Samuel
Directors: Eyre, Richard
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A moving and tender depiction of the novelist Iris Murdoch’s descent into Alzheimer’s Disease, covering the period from just before her marriage to intellectual John Bayley until her death. The film is based on the two books by John Bayley (Iris, Iris & The Friends).

Frida (2002)

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: Canada | Mexico | USA
Actors: Hayek, Salma | Maestro, M?a | Zapata, Amelia | Usigli, Alejandro | Luna, Diego | Molina, Alfred | Bravo, Lucia | Golino, Valeria | Reyes Sp?ndola, Patricia | Navarro, Lol? | Rees, Roger | Mart?nez, Ferm?n | Medina, Roberto | Judd, Ashley | Banderas, Antonio
Directors: Taymor, Julie
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“Frida” chronicles the life Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Hauer, Rutger | Roberts, Julia | Westley, Jennifer Rae | Clark, Dick | Rockwell, Sam | Sweeney, Michelle | Barrymore, Drew | Ceci, Chelsea | Pitt, Brad | Damon, Matt | Cera, Michael | Rose Ambroziak, Aimee | Blais, Isabelle | Carter, Melissa | Hall, Jennifer | Elkin, Ilona | Tucker, Sean | Morgan, Jaye P. | Gyllenhaal, Maggie | Hirsh, David Julian
Directors: Clooney, George
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Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” is the story of a legendary showman’s double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

Faith of My Fathers (2005)

Friday, July 4th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Madell, Thomas | Smith, Gary Michael | Arata, Michael | Beasley, Dale | Bentley, Tony | Bossetta, Brian | Burns, William | Cambise, Jude | Chrest, Joe | Dupuy, Louis | Durkin, Brian F. | Evermore, J.D. | Galpin, Jeff | Glenn, Scott | Gomez, Nick
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The story of John McCain’s experience as a Vietnam War POW. Base on the memoir of the same title.

Ed Wood (1994)

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Genres: Biography | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Landau, Martin | Parker, Sarah Jessica | Arquette, Patricia | Jones, Jeffrey | Spradlin, G.D. | D'Onofrio, Vincent | Murray, Bill | Starr, Mike | Casella, Max | Hinkley, Brent | Marie, Lisa | Steele, George 'The Animal' | Landau, Juliet | Rosengren, Clive
Directors: Burton, Tim
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The life of Edward D. Wood,Jr, hailed as the worst director (of ‘Plan 9 From Outer Space’, ‘Glen or Glenda?’ and ‘Bride of the Monster’) of all time.

Talk to Me (2007)

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: USA
Actors: Annan, Jim | Antoine, Benz | Birman, Matt | Brown, David | Cedric the Entertainer | Cheadle, Don | Dale, J. Miles | Davidx | Ejiofor, Chiwetel | Epps, Mike | Jones, Kamal | Kassel, Jeff | Malmberg, Jim | Peterson, Erick | Rakes, Kwame
Directors: Lemmons, Kasi
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The true life story of Ralph Waldo “Petey” Greene Jr. In the mid-to-late 1960s, in Washington, D.C., vibrant soul music and exploding social consciousness were combining to unique and powerful effect. It was the place and time for Petey to fully express himself - sometimes to outrageous effect - and “tell it like it is.” With the support of his irrepressible and tempestuous girlfriend Vernell, the newly minted ex-con talks his way into an on-air radio gig. He forges a friendship and a partnership with fellow prison inmate Milo’s brother Dewey Hughes. From the first wild morning on the air, Petey relies on the more straight-laced Dewey to run interference at WOL-AM, where Dewey is the program director. At the station, Petey becomes an iconic radio personality, surpassing even the established popularity of his fellow disc jockeys, Nighthawk and Sunny Jim. Combining biting humor with social commentary, Petey openly courts controversy for station owner E.G. Sonderling. Petey was determined to make not just himself but his community heard during an exciting and turbulent period in American history. As Petey’s voice, humor, and spirit surge across the airwaves with the vitality of the era, listeners tune in to hear not only incredible music but also a man speaking directly to them about race and power in America like few people ever have. Through the years, Petey’s “The truth just is” style — on - and off-air - would redefine both Petey and Dewey, and empower each to become the man he would most like to be.

Rob Roy (1995)

Monday, June 9th, 2008
Genres: Action | Biography | Drama | Romance | War
Countries: USA
Actors: Neeson, Liam | Lange, Jessica | Hurt, John | Roth, Tim | Stoltz, Eric | Keir, Andrew | Cox, Brian | McCardie, Brian | Martin, Gilbert | Masson, Vicki | Gilchrist, Gilly | Flemyng, Jason | Stewart, Ewan | Hayman, David | McArthur, Brian
Directors: Caton-Jones, Michael
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In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.