Jim Traficant was a legendary quarterback turned mob busting Walking Tall Sheriff who rose to power on a platform of “honesty in politics”. He quickly ascended to the hallowed halls of Congress, becoming its most outspoken member. "Jimbo" as his die-hard supporters called him, was known for his polyester thrift store suits, shock top wigs, vulgar humor and profanity laced rhetoric against the FBI, IRS, and every president since Reagan. His one minute speeches made C-SPAN must see programming, as he signed off with his patented “Beam Me Up!” In his post-industrial hometown of Youngstown, Ohio -- dubbed Crimetown, USA for being the most mobbed up city in America -- "Jimbo" was a living legend, once garnering more than 90% of the vote. However, the eccentric maverick also had a dark side, becoming only the second Member of Congress expelled since the Civil War, eventually spending over seven years in federal prison on bribery and tax evasion charges.
Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
Wong Fei-Hung faces the White Lotus Society, a fanatical cult seeking to drive the Europeans out of China through violence, even attacking Chinese who follow Western ways. Wong must also defend Dr. Sun Yat Sen, a revolutionary, from the military.
Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental rules for the burgeoning United States. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams charge Thomas Jefferson with the task of writing a statement announcing the new country's emancipation from British rule.
En erfaren journalist og en ung reporter prøver å avdekke sannheten rundt det mistenkelige dødsfallet til en kvinnelig bekjent av en mektig politiker.
Hvem sa at man ikke kunne styrte det sovjetiske imperiet? Charlie Wilson's War er den sanne historien om hvordan en representant i kongressen, som elsket det gode liv; en kjendis i Houston, som elsket det gode formål; en CIA-agent, som elsket en god kamp; slo seg sammen for å iverksette historiens største hemmelige operasjon.
SKRIK! Til slemmee, grønne angripere fra den sinte røde planeten! Bevæpnet med hurtigstekende strålevåpen, utstyrt med slimete, gigantiske hjerner - og opplivet med ut-av-denne-verden men i-ypperste-klasse spesialeffekter. GISP! Når det blir for mye for den amerikanske lovgivningsmakten. (Ikke vær redd, det er fremdeles 2 av 3 regjeringsinstanser som arbeider for oss, og det er ikke så verst!) HERLIG! Når jorden kjemper imot med et uventet våpen. Ta den, Marsboere!
The strange history of the now abandoned American 1993-bill, «Don't ask, don't tell» where sexual orientation was a "non-talk" policy in the American forces, leading to 13.368 getting kicked out before 2011.
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.
In 1977 France, tightfisted factory owner Robert Pujol is so shocked when his workers strike for higher wages that he suffers a heart attack. His acquiescent wife, Suzanne, whose father had founded the factory, takes over management duties during Robert's convalescence.
The film is a biographical sketch of the former Chief Minister of the then Madras State and the All-India Congress Committee secretary and a respected national figure. The film starts with the young age of Kamaraj and ends with the funeral procession of the leader.
Documentary about Congres VI of the Women's Union.