The Basement
[PT] Improvisiert und zielbewusst
German documentary for TV about the "Cinema Novo" movement (Brazilian New Wave). Director Joaquim Pedro de Andrade focuses on six Cinema Novo filmmakers working in Rio in 1967: Leon Hirszman preparing the script with poet/writer Vinicius de Moraes for "Garota de Ipanema" (1967); Glauber Rocha shooting "Terra em Transe" (1967); Arnaldo Jabor editing "A Opinião
[PT] Garrincha: Hero of the Jungle
Documentary about the most famous dribbler in Brazilian Soccer (some say in Soccer’s history!) at the zenith of his career, showing classic scenes of 1958 and 1962 World Cup. Garrincha was a very original and talented player, having curved legs. Women and alcohol were his passion, and the cause of his later decadence. After a
[PT] Couro de Gato
[PT] Brasília, Contradições de uma Cidade
Images of Brasilia in its sixth year and interviews with different categories of people living in the capital. One question structures the documentary: could a fully planned city, created in the name of national development and the democratization of society, reproduce the inequalities and oppression that exist in other regions of the country? IMDBID: 0210587
The Midnight Man
The Great Sioux Massacre
A look at what happened to Custer and his troops at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Custer, an outspoken believer in fair treatment for the Indians, is ousted from his post and forced into retirement. Fueled by ambition when a senator convinces him to run for president, Custer decides to upstage General Terry at
Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Charley (Dan Blocker) is the kindly but simple-minded blacksmith who sends a year’s earnings back East for a mail-order bride. When he and the town turn out for the woman’s arrival at the train station, he is embarrassed when she never appears. The saddened giant plans to leave town. The townspeople recruit the new saloon-girl
Sam and Elvis
Rent: Live
One More Train to Rob
Harker Flet and compatriots Timothy X. Nolan and Katy, along with three other men, steal $40,000 in money and jewelry from a California train in the gold-mining country of the 1880’s. The six split up and while they are hiding out awaiting the rendezvous to divide the loot, Hark is cornered, framed and sent to
Dead in the Water
Pacific Ocean, night, hundreds of miles from anywhere, an expedition helmed by an all-female crew to hunt down illegal fishing operations goes horribly wrong as the crew become trapped and ultimately pursued by the stranger they’ve rescued from the wreckage of a ship. In these waters, no good deed goes unpunished. IMDBID: 8883164 720p WEB