Movies: Robert Wise

  • 1997
    Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

    Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)

    Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

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    The first half century of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation from its beginnings under Hungarian immigrant William Fox to it emergence as a major studio....

    Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
  • 1996
    A Century of Science Fiction

    A Century of Science Fiction (1996)

    A Century of Science Fiction

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    American Documentary, narrated by Christopher Lee...

    A Century of Science Fiction
  • 2004
    Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

    Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (2004)

    Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

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    Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt tries to show the background and developments and speaks, among others, with directors such as Richar...

    Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
  • 1990
    Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

    Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990)

    Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

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    Abandoned by his father, he was a reform school kid with nothing going for him and a giant chip on his shoulder. He joined the Marines but never stayed far from trouble. Then he discovered acting — and the woman who would be with him for most of his ...

    Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
  • 1995
    Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

    Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker (1995)

    Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

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    A biography of Darryl F. Zanuck, mogul and the power behind 20th Century Fox throughout the Golden Age....

    Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
  • 1989
    William Holden: The Golden Boy

    William Holden: The Golden Boy (1989)

    William Holden: The Golden Boy

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    It was said of him that in more than 70 films, he never once gave a bad performance....

    William Holden: The Golden Boy
  • 1942
    Seven Days' Leave

    Seven Days' Leave (1942)

    Seven Days' Leave

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    Soldier Johnny Grey is engaged to marry singer Mapy Cortes, but his plans go awry when he learns that he is the heir to $100,000 from his great-grandfather -- a bequest that comes with a catch: before claiming the money, Johnny must marry a descendan...

    Seven Days' Leave
  • 1990
    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film (1990)

    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

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    A two-and-a-half hour documentary retrospective on the career of Orson Welles....

    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
  • 1946
    Criminal Court

    Criminal Court (1946)

    Criminal Court

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    A lawyer who is planning to run for District Attorney accidentally kills a gangster who owns the nightclub where the attorney's girlfriend is a singer. Although he manages to cover up his involvement in the crime, his girlfriend discovers the body an...

    Criminal Court
  • 1953
    Destination Gobi

    Destination Gobi (1953)

    Destination Gobi

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    A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II are forced to seek the help of Mongol nomads to regain their ship while under attack from the Japanese....

    Destination Gobi
  • 1945
    A Game of Death

    A Game of Death (1945)

    A Game of Death

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    A shipwrecked Don Rainsford washes up on a homicidal big-game hunter's Caribbean island where the madman hunts human prey for his personal island habitat....

    A Game of Death
  • 1944
    Mademoiselle Fifi

    Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)

    Mademoiselle Fifi

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    In occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride with several of her condescending social superiors. But when a Prussian officer holds the coach over, social standings are leveled and integrity and spiri...

    Mademoiselle Fifi
  • 1965
    Salzburg Sight and Sound

    Salzburg Sight and Sound (1965)

    Salzburg Sight and Sound

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    Charmian Carr, who played Liesl in The Sound of Music, takes a tour of the Austrian town of Salzburg, where the location shots of the movie were made. Includes behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the movie....

    Salzburg Sight and Sound
  • 1995
    Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

    Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995)

    Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

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    Documentary exploring the career of noted film directer William A. Wellman....

    Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
  • 2014
    Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins

    Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins (2014)

    Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins

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    From THINGS to BODY SNATCHERS to CREATURES FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, sci-fi monsters dominated 1950s horror. Take a ride to an era of drive-ins, Red Scares, low budgets and big bugs with SPACE INVADERS AND DRIVE INS....

    Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
  • 2001
    Making The Earth Stand Still

    Making The Earth Stand Still (2001)

    Making The Earth Stand Still

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    A documentary about the 1951 sci-fi film "The Day the Earth Stood Still," featuring clips from the film and interviews with some of the cast and crew about the making of the film....

    Making The Earth Stand Still
  • 1999
    Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

    Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999)

    Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

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    Even big stars need to stand in front of the director and audition for their roles, and some of the best screen tests are from the early years of legends. See some of Hollywood's top names and greatest talents in their very first appearances on cellu...

    Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
  • 2003
    The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film

    The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film (2003)

    The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film

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    The making of "The Andromeda Strain"....

    The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film
  • 2003
    West Side Memories

    West Side Memories (2003)

    West Side Memories

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    Documentary attached to the 50th anniversary MGM Blu-ray collection of "West Side Story" (1961). Details how this successful stage production was reared and molded into a beautiful cinematic one. Deep-dives into Jerome Robbins' choreography and Leona...

    West Side Memories
  • 1996
    The Battle Over Citizen Kane

    The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996)

    The Battle Over Citizen Kane

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    Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and Hearst's co-workers also acts as a relatively complete biograph of Hearst's career....

    The Battle Over Citizen Kane