A portrait of the visionary Dutch artist M. C. Escher (1898-1972), according to his own words, taken from his diary, his correspondence and the texts of his lectures.
Casts Alexander van Breemen, Graham Nash, George Escher, Jan Escher, Liesbeth Escher-Hogenhout, Stephen Fry, M. C. Escher, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter
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IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 1982
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IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 1991
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.Charles Ives: A Good Dissonance Like a Man
IMDB 0 | Apr , 1977
A thoroughly researched biopic of Charles Ives, America's greatest and most innovative composer (and insurance executive), who combined strikingly futuristic experimentalism with gentle nostalgia. Includes narration taken directly from Ives's own writings, and reminiscence from those who knew him.Bonnie Prince Charlie
IMDB 0 | Nov , 1923
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IMDB 0 | Oct , 1992
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IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 2016
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IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 2020
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IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 2017
In this unique, compelling film, those who knew him speak freely, some for the first time, to reveal the many mysteries of Francis Bacon.The Diary of Anne Frank
IMDB 7.2 | Mar , 1959
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IMDB 5.3 | Jun , 2022
Becoming Warren Buffett
IMDB 7.2 | Jan , 2017
The story of the evolution of a boy from Nebraska who became one of the most respected men in the world, and the heroes who helped guide him along the way. By allowing access to his life and never-before-released home videos, Buffett offers a glimpse into his unique mind to help us understand what is truly important when money no longer has meaning.Genius
IMDB 6.5 | Jun , 2016
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.Clara Immerwahr
IMDB 6.8 | May , 2014
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IMDB 7.2 | May , 2008
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IMDB 5.5 | Jan , 2010
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 1998
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IMDB 0 | May , 2011
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IMDB 7.8 | Nov , 2014
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IMDB 6 | Jan , 1981
The story of James Thornwell, whose accusation that the U.S. Army used mind control drugs on him to force him to confess to stealing secret documents while stationed in Orleans, France, in 1961, led Congress to award him $625,000 in damages nearly 20 years later.The Doors
IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 1991
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.