Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team
Oct 09, 2009 | IMDB 6.2
120 min Watch NowDrama, Documentary
"Sonicsgate" is a feature documentary film exposing the truth behind how Seattle lost the SuperSonics after a heated legal battle in 2008. The perfect storm of corporate greed and political impotence formed to rob loyal Seattle sports fans of their oldest professional franchise. The team's celebrated 41-year run in Seattle included an NBA Championship, three Western Conference titles, six division titles and legendary players such as Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, Ray Allen, Tom Chambers, Xavier McDaniel, Jack Sikma, Freddy Brown, Slick Watts and Spencer Haywood... just to name a few. As NBA salaries skyrocketed following the 1999 player lockout, the league's business model changed to require expansive new buildings paid for with taxpayer dollars. Seattle's KeyArena, built in 1995 as a remodel of the old Seattle Coliseum, just wouldn't cut it anymore according to NBA Commissioner David Stern...
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IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 1992
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IMDB 7.1 | Apr , 1993
When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.Little Potato
IMDB 3 | Mar , 2017
Wes Hurley's autobiographical tale of growing up gay in Soviet Union Russia, only to escape with his mother, a mail order bride, to Seattle to face a whole new oppression in his new Christian fundamentalist American dad.Tow
IMDB 10 | Jun , 2025
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IMDB 6.8 | Jun , 1974
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.Sonar Rock City: Seattle
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2019
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1976
Filmed on location in Montana and Washington State, this 1976 biography of poet and teacher Richard Hugo features readings of some of his most famous poems as well as interviews with his family and friends.Battle in Seattle
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2007
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IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2006
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IMDB 6.7 | Jan , 2020
In 1971, after being rejected by Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to his parents’ homeland of Hong Kong to complete four iconic films. Charting his struggles between two worlds, this portrait explores questions of identity and representation through the use of rare archival footage, interviews with loved ones and Bruce’s own writings.Disclosure
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 1994
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.Trouble in Mind
IMDB 5.7 | Dec , 1985
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IMDB 7.4 | Nov , 1996
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IMDB 7 | Oct , 2014
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IMDB 7 | Apr , 1989
Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student. He surprises just about everyone-including himself-when she returns the sentiment. But Diane's over-possessive, divorced Dad disapproves and it's going to take more than just the power of love to conquer all.American Heart
IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 1992
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2012
A documentary that details Sacramento, California's struggle to keep the Sacramento Kings.Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage
IMDB 7.2 | Nov , 2021
An extension of punk and the fury of the 70s, Grunge was built on the impossibility of living in this world without transforming it. On a categorical refusal to collaborate and the need to create your own rules. The subculture as a refuge. Grunge was a secret movement, a piracy that should never have become popular. A bubble whose epilogue was played out in 3 years, between 1991 and 1994. What happened to this rage?My Own Private Idaho
IMDB 7.1 | Feb , 1991
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