Archive for the ‘Documentary’ Category

Carbon Nation

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 143

Language: English

Director: Peter Byck

Plot: Carbon Nation is an optimistic, solutions-based, non-partisan documentary that illustrates why it’s incredibly smart to be a part of the new, low-carbon economy: it’s good business, it emboldens national and energy security, and it improves health and the environment. Through a cast of engaging and endearing characters from across the country, in towns big and small, Carbon Nation introduces us to the new wave of American ingenuity. From one-armed Texas cotton farmer Cliff Etheridge, who is banding together small farmers’ land to create one enormous wind farm, to green jobs innovator Van Jones, who is bringing clean technology and jobs to inner cities, it’s clear that the creative solutions needed to combat climate change are already being created by entrepreneurs, visionaries, scientists, and the everyday man. By bringing their innovations to light, Carbon Nation is a film that celebrates
solutions and inspires action.

 

Justin Bieber Never Say Never

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 111

Language: English

Director: Jon Chu

Plot: The documentary follows Justin Bieber including footage from his 2010 concert tour. B part of it!

 

The Sky Turns

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 69

Language: Spanish

Director: Mercedes Alvarez

Plot: The Sky Turns movie trailer – starring Mercedes Alvarez. Directed by Mercedes Alvarez. Theatrical Release Date: 2/11/2011
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated

 

Into Eternity

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 112

Language: English (International)

Director: Michael Madsen

Plot: INTO ETERNITY is a mind-bending film that explores the utter impossibility of storing nuclear waste for 100,000 years, the time estimated by scientists to render it safe. It is, on the one hand, a documentary about the Onkalo storage facility presently under construction in Finland, and on the other hand, a startlingly beautiful work of art and an urgent provocation that ponders the question of who – or what – will remain on this earth when that time frame has elapsed.

 

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 101

Language: English

Director: Yony Leyser

Plot: The film investigates the life of legendary beat author and American icon, William S. Burroughs. Born the heir of the Burroughs’ adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life with addiction, control systems and self. He was forced to deal with the tragedy of killing his wife and the percussions of neglecting his son.

 

I Am

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 149

Language: English

Director: Tom Shadyac

Plot: I AM, a prismatic and probing exploration of our world, what’s wrong with it, and what we can do to make it better, represents Tom Shadyac’s first foray into non-fiction following a career as one of Hollywood’s leading comedy practitioners, with such successful titles as “Ace Ventura,” “Liar Liar,” and “Bruce Almighty” to his credit. I AM recounts what happened to the filmmaker after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good. Though he ultimately recovered, he emerged a changed man. Disillusioned with life on the A-list, he sold his house, moved to a mobile home community, and decided to start life anew.

Armed with nothing but his innate curiosity and a camera crew, Shadyac embarks upon a journey to discover how he as an individual, and we as a race, can improve the way we live. Appearing on-screen as character, commentator, guide, and even, at times, guinea pig, Shadyac meets with a variety of thinkers and doers–remarkable men and women from the worlds of science, philosophy, and faith–including such luminaries as David Suzuki, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Lynne McTaggart, Ray Anderson, John Francis, Coleman Barks, and Marc Ian Barasch. An irrepressible Everyman who asks many questions but offers no easy answers, he takes the audience to places it has never been before, and presents even familiar phenomena in completely new and different ways.

 

Strongman

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 137

Language: English

Director: Zach Levy

Plot: STRONGMAN is a cinema verité documentary about Stanless Steel, The Strongest Man in the World at Bending Steel and Metal.

Told with the kind of intimacy that can only be achieved with years of filming, STRONGMAN follows the dreams and heartbreaking humanity of Stanless Steel – the only man alive who can bend a penny with his fingers—as he struggles to gain control of a world that seems constantly out of his grasp.

STRONGMAN is a film about faith, about believing in yourself and a film about never giving up. It is a film about weakness and a film about strength.

 

Plastic Planet

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 124

Language: English

Director: Werner Boote

Plot: We live in the Age of Plastic. It’s cheap and practical, and it’s everywhere – even in our blood. But is it a danger to us?

This feisty, informative documentary takes us on a journey around the globe – from the Moroccan Sahara to the middle of the Pacific Ocean, from a factory in China to the highest peaks of the Alps – to reveal the far-flung reaches of our plastic problem. Interviews with the world’s foremost experts in biology, pharmacology, and genetics shed light on the perils of plastic to our environment and expose the truth of how plastic affects our bodies and the health of future generations.

With Original Music by the ORB.

 

Hood To Coast

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 128

Language: English

Director: Christoph Baaden

Plot: HOOD TO COAST follows four unlikely teams on their epic journey to conquer the world?s largest relay race. Some run to test their personal limits, some to overcome personal obstacles, and others leap in blindly looking for a way to shake up a complacent life. As we follow these four teams, we realize that winning isn’t everything in a film that takes a celebratory look at personal motivation and attempting the extraordinary.

 

Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

Genre: Documentary

Release Year: 2011

Runtime: 130

Language: English

Director: Kenneth Bowser

Plot: As our country continues to embroil itself in foreign wars and pins its hopes on a new leader’s promise for change, Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune is a timely and relevant tribute to an unlikely American hero. Over the course of a meteoric music career that spanned two turbulent decades, Phil Ochs sought the bright lights of fame and social justice in equal measure – a contradiction that eventually tore him apart. From youthful idealism to rage to pessimism, the arch of Ochs’ life paralleled that of the times, and the anger, satire and righteous indignation that drove his music also drove him to dark despair. In this brilliantly constructed film, interview and performance footage of Ochs is illuminated by the ruminations of Joan Baez, Tom Hayden, Pete Seeger, Sean Penn, Peter Yarrow, Christopher Hitchens, Ed Sanders, and others.

 

IMAX: Hubble 3D

Monday, March 1st, 2010

All Genres:
Documentary

Release Year: 2010

Country: Canada

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Languages: English

Director:

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Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio … Narrator
K. Megan McArthur … Herself – Astronaut
Scott D. Altman … Himself – Shuttle Commander
Gregory C. Johnson … Himself – Shuttle Pilot
Michael T. Good … Himself – Astronaut
John M. Grunsfeld … Himself – Mission Specialist
Michael J. Massimino … Himself – Mission Specialist
Andrew J. Feustel … Himself – Astronaut

 

Plot: An IMAX 3D camera chronicles the effort of 7 astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. add synopsis

Countdown to Zero

Monday, January 25th, 2010

All Genres:
Documentary

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA

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Languages: English

Director:

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Cast: Graham Allison … Himself
James Baker III … Himself
Bruce Blair … Himself
Tony Blair … Himself
Zbigniew Brzezinski … Himself
Matthew Bunn … Himself
Richard Burt … Himself
Jimmy Carter … Himself
Mike Chinoy … Himself
Joseph Cirincione … Himself
Richard Cizik … Himself
Thomas D'Agostino … Himself
F.W. de Klerk … Himself
Pascal Fias … Himself
Alexander Glaser … Himself
Mikhail Gorbachev … Himself
Ira Helfand … Himself
Pervez Hoodbhoy … Himself
R. Scott Kemp … Himself
Andrew Koch … Himself
Jeffrey Lewis … Himself
Robert McNamara … Himself
Zia Mian … Himself
Roger Molander … Himself
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen … Himself
Pervez Musharraf … Himself
Khintsagov Oleg … Himself
Ahmed Rashid … Himself
Scott Sagan … Himself
Lawrence Scott Sheets … Himself
Frank von Hippel … Himself
Valerie Plame Wilson … Herself

 

Plot: A documentary about the escalating nuclear arms race. Add synopsis »

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

All Genres:
Documentary, Comedy

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA | UK

Runtime: 87 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: The incredible true story of how the world's greatest Street Art movie was never made…

 

Cast: Banksy … Himself
Shepard Fairey … Himself
Thierry Guetta … Himself
Rhys Ifans … Narrator
Space Invader … Himself

 

Plot: The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy… See » Add synopsis »

Casino Jack and the United States of Money

Friday, January 1st, 2010

All Genres:
Documentary

Release Year: 2010

Country: USA

Runtime: 120 min

Languages: English

Director:

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Cast: Jack Abramoff … Himself
William Branner … Actor
Tom DeLay … Himself
Donn Dunlop … Actor
Kevin Henderson … Actor
Hal Kreitman … Actor
Kelly Brian Kuhn … Actor
Paolo Mugnaini … Actor
Bob Ney … Himself
Ralph Reed … Himself
Paul Rudd … Michael Scanlon (voice)
Michael Scanlon … Himself
Stanley Tucci … Jack Abramoff (voice)
Neil Volz … Himself

 

Plot: A probing investigation into the lies, greed and corruption surrounding D.C. super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his cronies. Add synopsis »

 

Awards: 1 nomination See »

This Is It

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

All Genres:
Documentary, Music

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:111 min | Argentina:112 min

Languages: English

Director:

Tagline: Like You've Never Seen Him Before

 

Cast: Michael Jackson … Himself rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alex Al … Himself – Electric and Synth Bass
Nick Bass … Himself – Dancer
Michael Bearden … Himself – Keyboards
Daniel Celebre … Himself – Dancer
Mekia Cox … Herself – Dancer
Misha Gabriel … Himself – Dancer
Chris Grant … Himself – Dancer
Judith Hill … Herself – Vocalist
Dorian Holley … Himself – Vocal Director
Shannon Holtzapffel … Himself – Dancer
Devin Jamieson … Himself -Dancer (as Devin Andrew Jamieson)
Bashiri Johnson … Himself – Percussion
Charles Klapow … Himself – Dancer
Jonathan Moffett … Himself – Drums
Tommy Organ … Himself – Guitar
Orianthi … Herself – Lead Guitar (as Orianthi Panagaris)
Kenny Ortega … Himself
Darryl Phinnessee … Himself – Vocalist
Mo Pleasure … Himself – Keyboards / Trumpet
Dres Reid … Himself – Dancer
Ken Stacey … Himself – Vocalist
Tyne Stecklein … Herself – Dancer
Timor Steffens … Himself – Dancer
Stacy Walker … Herself – Assistant Choreographer

 

Plot: A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.

 

Awards: 5 nominations

Océans

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

All Genres:
Documentary, Drama See  »

Release Year: 2009

Country: France | Switzerland | Spain | Monaco

Runtime: Germany:100 min

Languages: English

Director: Jacques Perrin

Jacques Cluzaud (co-director)

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Writers: Christophe Cheysson (co-writer) Jacques Cluzaud (written by) See »

 

Cast: Jacques Perrin … Narrator (French version)
Lancelot Perrin … Himself rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pierce Brosnan … Narrator (English version)
Rie Miyazawa … Narrator (Japanese)

 

Plot: An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world. Add synopsis »

Capitalism: A Love Story

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

All Genres:
Documentary, Drama

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: 127 min | Canada:105 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Languages: English

Director:

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Cast: Thora Birch … Herself
William Black … Himself
Jimmy Carter … Himself (archive footage)
Congressman Elijah Cummings … Himself
Baron Hill … Himself
Marcy Kaptur … Herself
John McCain … Himself (archive footage)
Michael Moore … Himself
Sarah Palin … Herself (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan … Himself (archive footage)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt … Himself (archive footage)
Arnold Schwarzenegger … Himself (archive footage)
Wallace Shawn … Himself
Elizabeth Warren … Herself

 

Plot: On the 20-year anniversary of his groundbreaking masterpiece Roger & Me, Michael Moore’s Capitalism:… add synopsis

 

Awards: 3 wins & 6 nominations

X Games 3D: The Movie

Friday, August 21st, 2009

All Genres:
Documentary, Sport

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:92 min

Languages: English

Director:

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Writers: Greg Jennings (writer) Steve Lawrence (writer)

 

Cast: Shaun White … Himself
Travis Pastrana … Himself
Ricky Carmichael … Himself
Danny Way … Himself
Bob Burnquist … Himself
Kyle Loza … Himself rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jake Brown … Himself
Brian Deegan … Himself
Tony Hawk … Himself (archive footage)
Emile Hirsch … Narrator
Mat Hoffman … Himself (archive footage)
Bucky Lasek … Himself
Sal Masekela … Himself
Dave Mirra … Himself
Paul Page … Himself

 

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Great Directors

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

All Genres:
Documentary

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:90 min

Languages: English

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Cast: Bernardo Bertolucci … Himself
Catherine Breillat … Herself
Liliana Cavani … Herself
Stephen Frears … Himself
Todd Haynes … Himself
Angela Ismailos … Herself
Richard Linklater … Himself
Ken Loach … Himself
David Lynch … Himself
John Sayles … Himself
Agnès Varda … Herself

 

Plot: GREAT DIRECTORS, directed by Angela Ismailos, features original, in-depth conversations with nine of… See » Add synopsis »

Brothers at War

Friday, May 1st, 2009

All Genres:
Documentary, War

Release Year: 2009

Country: USA

Runtime: USA:110 min

Languages: English

Director:

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Cast: Mahmoud Hamid Ali … Himself
Edward Allier … Himself
Ryan Baker … Himself
Zack Corke … Himself
Danelle Fields … Herself
Ben Fisher … Himself
Jason Grundy … Himself
Patrick Irvine … Himself
Kevin Keniston … Himself
Frank McCann … Himself
Brandon 'Mongo' Phillips … Himself
Claus Rademacher … Himself
Isaac Rademacher … Himself
Jake Rademacher … Himself
Jenny Rademacher … Herself
Joe Rademacher … Himself
Robert Smallwood … Himself

 

Plot: BROTHERS AT WAR is an intimate portrait of an American family during a turbulent time. Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience…