cinemadiso's - Biography films List

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"127 Hours" is the incredible true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a falling boulder crashes on to his arm trapping him in an isolated canyon in Utah.

With only a day's worth of water, a blunt penknife and an unwavering will to survive Aron does everything he can to make it out alive.

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The true story of an FBI undercover agent (Johnny Depp) who becomes Donnie Brasco, 'The Jewel Man', to infiltrate one of the mob families. Donnie manoeuvres his way into the confidence of ageing hit man, Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino) who trusts Donnie and vouches for him to the mob.

But Lefty and Donnie become friends when they should be enemies. As Donnie moves deeper and deeper into the Mafia chain of command, he realises he is not only crossing the line between federal agent and criminal but it also leading his friend Lefty to an almost certain death sentence...

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Armed with the ruthless, streetwise tactics and a strict sense of honour, crime boss Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld.

When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multi-million dollar empire, it plunges both men an into a legendary confrontation.

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On December 8, 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor in chief of fashion magazine French Elle suffered a massive stroke, leaving him prisoner inside his own body, only able to communicate with the blinking of his left eye.

Inside the Diving Bell, as he referred to his body, his memory and imagination, the Butterfly, remained untouched by the tragedy. Using a special alphabet, Bauby went on to defy the odds and fulfil his dream of writing a book, showing the amazing resilience of the human spirit.

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Experience Tim Burton's acclaimed, true-life story of the wackiest filmmaker in Hollywood history,'Ed Wood'. Celebrated actor Johnny Depp stars as the high-spirited director who never let terrible reviews or hostile studio executives derail his big-screen dreams.

With an oddball collection of showbiz misfits, Ed takes the art of bad moviemaking to an all-time low!

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Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) challenges the system and defies conventional wisdom when he is forced to rebuild his small-market team, on a limited budget.

Despite opposition from the old guard, the media, fans and their own field manager (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Beane, with the help of a young, number-crunching, Yale-educated economist (Jonah Hill), develops a roster of misfits...and along the way, forever changes the way the game is played.

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Based on the story of Christy Brown, this highly acclaimed film depicts his struggle for a normal life. Born with cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family, Christy was able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds.

With the help of his strong-willed and dedicated family and his own sheer courage and determination, Christy not only learns to grapple with life's simple physical tasks and complex psychological pains, but he also develops into a brilliant painter, poet and author.

Gripping and powerful, 'The Insider' is based on the story of tobacco executive turned whistle-blower, Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe). This edge of your seat thriller recounts the chain of events that saw an ordinary man up against a corporate giant in the fight of his life.

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From legendary director Richard Attenborough comes the epic story of a true cinematic icon, Charlie Chaplin. In this award-winning masterpiece we follow Chaplin's increasingly complicated life from a poverty stricken music hall entertainer in England to eventual triumph in America.

The story of Chaplin is the story of cinema as we watch him grow from developing silent era slapstick to becoming one of the most important, pioneering fathers of film making, the art-form of a new century. But although he was able to reflect wondrous, magical humour in his work his private life was afflicted with infamy, sadness and a growing sense of loss.

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Clint Eastwood brings a lifelong love of jazz to this gripping story of pioneering jazzman Charlie 'Yardbird' Parker, winning a Best Director Golden Globe Award. Like a spellbinding jazz riff, past and future overlap as the movie explores Bird's soaring skill and destructive excesses.

In his Cannes Film Festival Best Actor performance, Forest Whitaker in the title role is a candle ablaze at both ends. Diane Venora shares that glorious light, the New York Film Critics Best Supporting Actress choice as steadfast wife Chan Parker. Skillfully blending Parker solo recordings with modern musicians, Bird comes alive most mightily on its soundtrack, honoured with a Best Sound Academy Award. In Eastwood's hands, Bird truly, stunningly lives.

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Award-winning stars Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet and Dustin Hoffman bring to life the story of a man who awakened the world's imagination, and the people who inspired him. Finding Neverland is a tale about James M. Barrie's extraordinary journey to create the classic, Peter Pan...

from his first inspiration to the night of the play's premiere.