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- A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
- Kirby Dick's exposé about the American movie ratings board.
- A secret government has been trying to create the ultimate killer using the DNA of infamous killers Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy, but there's one big problem: they've escaped! Bloody mayhem stretches across the United States as they go on the ultimate killing spree. Trying to stop the maniacal madness is Ringo, a hick warrior, using only a shotgun and a bottle of whiskey. It all leads up to the ultimate showdown!
- A feature documentary which captures Katharine Hepburn's spirit and determination, exploring her story using her own words, through a combination of hours of previously hidden and intimate audio tapes, video and photographic archive.
- The story behind the making of the 5 "Planet of the Apes" movies.
- The true stories that spawned the eerie tale of Damien, a small boy with an angelic face, whose very name still conjures up thoughts of Satan. This documentary shares spine-tingling information about the the all-too-memorable flick that has terrorized film audiences since 1976.
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences celebrates the year's achievements in film.
- A young woman marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman on her honeymoon.
- Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs.
- Chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who became a brand name in movie horror with his outrageous audience participation gimmicks.
- Combining unprecedented access to Davis' vast personal archives with original interviews, this documentary reveals a startling portrait of one of Hollywood's most gifted and enigmatic stars.
- Various film historians, film makers, and cultural commentators discuss the cultural, political, economic and religious reasons for what is known as the pre-code era of Hollywood movie making in the early 1930s, and those same factors which resulted in the drastic turn to working under the code for the twenty or so years starting in 1934. The "code" is the Hollywood Production Code of 1930 (also known as the Hays Code, so named for Will H. Hays, the first head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America), which was developed in order for movie making in Hollywood to run smoothly in the face of increased outside censors. The code was largely ignored until 1934, when its enforcement was overseen by Joseph Breen who took over from Hays and who had a different agenda of moral purity. During those four years, pre-code Hollywood movies are characterized by their rawness and pushing the envelope of sexuality and moral ambiguity (with the depraved side often winning), which were not allowed under the code. What happened to the distribution of pre-code movies during the years that the code was enforced, the reasons for the slow breakdown of the code in the early to mid 1950s, and the reasons for renewed interest in pre-code movies later in the century are also discussed.
- The story of Vito Russo, founding father of the gay liberation movement, author of "The Celluloid Closet," and vociferous AIDS activist in the 1980s.
- A profile of the filmmaker ("The Tall T," "Seven Men from Now") who, notes narrator Ed Harris, "made his mark in one of America's greatest art forms.the Western movie." Included: comments by admiring colleagues
- Hosted by film historian David J. Skal, this in-depth documentary examines the 50-year Creature phenomenon and revisits the production of the classic movie and its sequels.
- A look at actresses who starred in films with thought-provoking subjects made between 1929-1934 - before the Hollywood Production Code was enforced.
- Alec Baldwin interviews the iconic funny man regarding his life and career.
- A look at the history of the infamous vampire Dracula, and how the original 1931 film came to be.
- A survey of 86 years of Titanicana in popular culture, with the emphasis on movies about (or inspired by) the disaster.
- Omar Sharif narrates and others discuss the making of Doctor Zhivago.
- Documentary about the making of 1935's "Bride of Frankenstein."
- Documentary about the Marx Brothers. It chronicles how they got started in vaudeville and got involved in motion pictures. It concentrates on their first five movies done at Paramount.
- This documentary, first shown on the Turner Classic Movies cable channel, tells of the life and career of screenwriter Frances Marion. By the mid 1920s, she was the most respected and highest paid script writer in Hollywood. She also became the first person to win two Oscars for her work (for The Big House (1930) and The Champ (1931)).
- Documentary about Stalag Luft III and the prisoners of war present there at the time of the "great" escape. The film also discusses the real man who was the inspiration for the character as found in the film The Great Escape (1963). This documentary can be found in the 2 disc Special Edition DVD released in 2004.
- The life and times of actor Steve McQueen, on the 75th anniversary of his birth
- A look back at Fail-Safe (1964).
- a look at "rock and roll" and other pop music based film of the 1970s.
- Chronicles the life of openly gay 1930s film actor William Haines, who sacrificed his Hollywood fame when he refused to end his relationship with another man.
- Documentary about how the special effects were done for the 1981 sci-fi/horror cult classic "Scanners."
- Testimony of the cast, the producers and other participants of the shootings of "The Osterman Weekend".
- This documentary is a narrated account of the making of Alfred Hitchcock's film, Torn Curtain (1966). Much of this documentary focuses on the difficulties of making the film, and of course, how it all came together in the end.
- 'Making of' featurette about director Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece classic Lifeboat (1944). Narrated by the director's daughter and granddaughter, a Hitchcock scholar and a John Steinbeck specialist.
- Documentary explores that his of the famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Opened on May 18, 1927 as Grauman's Chinese Theater, it immediately drew attention from the public, and, more importantly, from those in the entertainment industry. The theater helped to launch very famous careers, such as Chaplin and Mirna Loy. Kirk Douglas, still alive today, also credits the theater as his launch pad. Documentary contains many archival clips and interviews.
- New, exclusive, wide-ranging interview with author John le Carré about the 1965 classic film The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) in which he wrote the source novel.
- Leonard Nimoy narrates this documentary chronicling all five "Fly" films. Starting with a short story in Playboy Magazine in 1957, and ending with a gruesome tale in _Fly II, The (1989), this 5-film franchise is known for being one of the best/well known franchises in the history of the science fiction genre.
- Film experts and a member of the crew discuss the making of The Wrong Man (1956).
- The official behind-the-scenes documentary on "Frenzy" for the 2001 DVD release.
- Some of the stories behind Hitchcock's 1941 masterpiece.
- A look at how Dial M for Murder (1954) was produced for 3-D viewing.