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- DirectorFax BahrGeorge HickenlooperEleanor CoppolaStarsDennis HopperMartin SheenMarlon BrandoDocumentary that chronicles how Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems--nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director.
- DirectorEdith BeckerKevin BurnsStarsRobert ClotworthyWalter CronkiteGeorge LucasAn in-depth making of documentary about the original Star Wars trilogy, covering the productions of the three films and their impact on popular culture.
- DirectorLeslie IwerksStarsStacy KeachJohn LasseterBrad BirdThe Pixar Story takes audiences behind the scenes of the groundbreaking company that pioneered a new generation of animation and forever changed the face of filmmaking.
- DirectorGilles PensoStarsRay HarryhausenPeter JacksonTerry GilliamThe life and work of the renowned film visual effects artist and producer.
- DirectorGregory MonroStarsJerry LewisFrank KrutnikTony Lewis ComedianJerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown chronicles the remarkable life and genius work of one of the most iconic and incomparable comic performers and filmmakers of our time.
- DirectorSusan LacyStarsSteven SpielbergMartin ScorseseRichard DreyfussA documentary on Steven Spielberg, filmmaker. Includes interviews with relatives, film critics, peers and people who have worked with him.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsPeter BogdanovichDick CavettFrank CapraDocumentary on the life and works of comic genius Buster Keaton, directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
- DirectorHelena CoanStarsAudrey HepburnAlessandra FerriFrancesca HaywardFilmmaker Helena Coan examines the remarkable life and career of actress, fashion icon and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn.
- DirectorPaquito Del BoscoStarsFederico FelliniMichelangelo AntonioniIngmar BergmanA collection of radio and television interviews with director Federico Fellini, recorded from February 1952, up to 1967, as he worked on the never-completed film "The Journey of Mastorna."
- DirectorStevan RileyStarsMarlon BrandoStella AdlerBernardo BertolucciA documentary that utilizes hundreds of hours of audio that Marlon Brando recorded over the course of his life to tell the screen legend's story.
- DirectorMarina ZenovichStarsRobin WilliamsMark RasmussenStan WilsonAn intimate look into the life and work of the revered master comedian and actor, Robin Williams.
- DirectorLeonard HoStarsJames B. NicholsonHoi-Chuen LeeBruce LeeThe Official Golden Harvest tribute to the Master of the Martial Arts Film, Bruce Lee.
- DirectorTony ZierraStarsLeon VitaliRyan O'NealBrian CapronA documentary about how English actor Leon Vitali came to work as an assistant to American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick for over 30 years.
- DirectorJan HarlanStarsKatharina KubrickMalcolm McDowellStanley KubrickThe career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise.
- DirectorJean-Baptiste PéretiéStarsBuster KeatonA documentary about how the most talented comic genius of all time Buster Keaton fell prey to the Hollywood Studio system machinery in 1930s which curbed his artistic freedom, leading to alcoholism and ultimately completely destroyed not only his career but also his life.
- DirectorArnaud XainteStarsNicole CalfanMichael GaradyAva GardnerA barefoot contessa, a screwed-up princess, an exquisite drunk, a bawdy aristocrat, a nightmare for puritanical U.S. and MGM moguls, Ava Gardner turned women green, made men sweat, and rejected with all her power the bulwark of normality.
- DirectorRob EpsteinJeffrey FriedmanStarsAnjelica HustonBilly CrystalTom HanksThe history of the Academy Awards.
- DirectorGregory V. ShermanJeff ShermanStarsRichard M. ShermanRobert B. ShermanRoy Edward DisneyTheir music is unforgettable. Their name is legend. Delve into the lives and cinematic legacy of the prolific songwriting duo whose music has been featured in classic movies such as Mary Poppins (1964) and The Jungle Book (1967).
- DirectorWilliam ConlinStarsThomas R. BurmanGino AcevedoRick BakerThe story of the makeup artists behind one of the most ground breaking and beloved science fiction franchise of all time, Planet of the Apes.
- DirectorDerek Wayne JohnsonStarsSylvester StalloneCarl WeathersTalia ShireOver forty years after the release of Rocky (1976), Sylvester Stallone recounts the making of the beloved classic that made him an icon.
- DirectorPeter MiddletonJames SpinneyStarsPearl MackieJeff RawlePaul RyanA look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.
- DirectorSandro LaiStarsGiulietta MasinaDocumentary about the actress Giulietta Masina who was Federico Fellini's wife and frequent collaborator.
- StarsGeorge LucasDennis MurenLorne PetersonShowcasing the people of Industrial Light and Magic, the special effects division of Lucasfilm, this series takes us back in time as they create the effects for some of the biggest and most successful films of the last 45 years.
- DirectorJavier Morales PerezJuan ZavalaStarsPepa BlanesIcíar BollaínCarlos BoyeroCarlos Boyero is one of Spanish cinema's most followed and feared figures. Controversy has hounded him since he published his first article more than forty years ago, and he has remained in the eye of the hurricane ever since. Is he the last representative of a disappearing time? Has social media put an end to the traditional influence of the critics. Taking the background and personality of this very controversial figure as its basis, El crítico / The Critic will also endeavour to reflect on the enormous changes taking place in Spain in the field of film criticism.
- DirectorJohn LittleBruce LeeStarsBruce LeeKareem Abdul-JabbarPeter ArcherA documentary showing the life of Bruce Lee up-close.