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When Alice Guy-Blache completed her first film in 1896 Paris, she was not only the first female filmmaker, but one of the first directors ever to make a narrative film. In 'Be Natural', Pamela B. Green acts as a detective, revealing the real story of Alice Guy-Blache and highlighting her pioneering contributions to the birth of cinema and her acclaim as a creative force and entrepreneur in the earliest years of movie-making. - Director:
- Pamela B. Green
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- Jodie Foster, Alice Guy, Richard Abel
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In Disney and Pixar's Onward, teenage elf brothers Ian and Barley Lightfoot (voices of Tom Holland and Chris Pratt) get an unexpected opportunity to spend one more day with their late dad, so they embark on an extraordinary quest aboard Barley's epic van Guinevere. Like any good quest, their journey is filled with magic spells, cryptic maps, impossible obstacles and unimaginable discoveries. But when the boys' fearless mum Laurel (voice of Julia Louis-Dreyfus) realises that her sons are missing, she teams up with a part-lion, part-bat, part-scorpion, former warrior - aka The Manticore (voice of Octavia Spencer) - and heads off to find them. Perilous curses aside, this one magical day could mean more than any of them ever dreamed. "It's pure, perfect Pixar" - Director:
- Dan Scanlon
- Cast:
- Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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King of Hollywood: Inventing David Geffen (2012)American Masters: Inventing David Geffen
Notoriously press and camera-shy, David Geffen reveals himself for the first time in this unflinching portrait of a complex and compelling man. His far-reaching influence-as agent and manager, record industry mogul, Hollywood and Broadway producer, and billionaire philanthropist-has helped shape popular culture for the past four decades. In his singular rise from working-class Brooklyn boy to billionaire entertainment mogul, Geffen launched the early successes of Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Jackson Browne, Tom Cruise, and Guns N' Roses. He founded Geffen Records and signed world-class artists John Lennon, Elton John, Cher, Nirvana and Aerosmith. He co-founded DreamWorks, the first new Hollywood studio in more than 50 years. He produced 'Cats' and 'Dreamgirls'. He is also one of the largest contributors to the fight against AIDS, and has also become an important political voice in the U.S. 'American Masters' explores the highs and the lows in Geffen's professional and personal life through more than 50 new interviews with Yoko Ono, Cher, Frank Rich, Maureen Dowd, Steven Spielberg, Barry Diller, David Crosby, Neil Young, Tom Hanks, Elton John, Rahm Emanuel and David himself providing an insight into his rich and riveting story. - Director:
- Susan Lacy
- Cast:
- David Geffen, Irving Azoff, Jackson Browne
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Blade Runner (1982)Blade Runner: The Final Cut / Dangerous Days / Bladerunner
Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st century Los Angeles. He's a "Blade Runner" stalking genetically made criminal replicants. His assignment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human. A visual stunner, remastered for improved home presentation, director Ridley Scott's vision of this sci-fi cinema classic intriguingly differs from what 1982 moviegoers saw. This version omits Deckard's voiceover narration, develops in greater detail the romance between Deckard and Rachael (Sean Young) and removes the "uplifting" finale. Most intriguing of all is a newly included unicorn vision that suggests Deckard may be a humanoid. The result is a heightened emotional impact a great film made greater. - Director:
- Ridley Scott
- Cast:
- Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young
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