In den 40er-Jahren läuft es grandios für Dalton Trumbo: Er ist einer der bestbezahlten Drehbuchautoren Hollywoods. Es ist keine Frage, dass er einen Oscar bekommen wird, die Frage ist nur: wann? Doch mit dem Kalten Krieg und dem Aufstieg des Kommunistenhassers Senator McCarthy endet Trumbos Aufstieg. Die Kolumnistin Hedda Hopper macht Stimmung gegen die „hoch bezahlten Verräter“ Hollywoods, und die Filmstars John Wayne und Ronald Reagan helfen bei der Hexenjagd. Als sich Trumbo weigert, vor dem berüchtigten Komitee für unamerikanische Umtriebe auszusagen, landet er auf der „Schwarzen Liste“ und verliert seinen Studiovertrag mit MGM. Doch Trumbo wäre nicht Trumbo, würde er sich unterkriegen lassen.
Im Los Angeles der 70er zieht der Comedian Rudy Ray Moore mit seinem versauten Alter Ego Dolemite das große Los und setzt dann für die Kinoleinwand alles aufs Spiel.
Go behind the scenes with director Zack Snyder and the cast and crew of his epic sci-fi saga as they bring a vast new sci-fi universe to the screen.
Keanu Reeves zeigt eine Tour durch die Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft der Filmproduktion. Seit über 100 Jahren ist photochemischer Film das Standardformat für die Erfassung, Entwicklung, Projektion und Lagerung von Filmaufnahmen.
Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry.
A feature-length documentary focusing on the acclaimed work and eclectic career of maverick filmmaker Larry Cohen, writer-director of "Black Caesar," "It's Alive," "God Told Me To," "Q," "The Stuff," and many more.
On the set of Cleopatra, Hollywood's most beautiful star, Elizabeth Taylor, fell into the arms of one of the world's greatest actors, Richard Burton - and she didn't leave. Their subsequent white-hot, scandalous love affair gave rise to the paparazzi and they became the most hunted and photographed couple on earth. Their rocky, passionate, relationship, born in front of the cameras, was subsequently captured in a series of films, including The V.I.P.s and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The last of the great, extravagant stars, flaunting diamonds, yachts and private planes, they continually seized the headlines. They even divorced and married again - only to divorce again - but remain in each other's hearts. This Elizabeth Taylor - Richard Burton story is a no-holds barred account of their undying, but impossible love.
An investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry.
Nachdem ein Film, von dem sich der Produzent Felix Farmer viel versprochen hat, sich als totaler Flop herausstellt, beschließt er, den Film zurückzukaufen und zu verbessern. Er dreht einige Szenen neu und verwendet außerdem sehr offenherziges, nicht gerade jugendfreies Material – aber es gibt noch einige Hindernisse zu überwinden, damit der Streifen doch noch in die Erfolgsspur findet...
A once-idealistic writer inadvertently ignites a feeding frenzy in Hollywood with the mention of a mysterious new screenplay and its illusive author.
Billy Collier is a photographer working on a series of pictures featuring recreations of movie kisses, with drag queens playing the female roles. For his male model, he hires Gabriel, a young waiter on whom he has developed a serious crush. While Billy is openly gay, Gabriel says that he is straight and even claims to have a girlfriend. However, as they spend more time together and grow closer, Billy becomes increasingly unsure that this is true.
What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to protect authors' copyright? What is their legal status in different countries? (Sequel to “Filmmakers vs. Tycoons.”)
Godzilla… Predator… Robby the Robot… The Gill Man… These are some of the most iconic characters in cinema, but many people still don't know about the incredible actors who bring these creatures to life!
To land a role in the movie Hooker X, Asian American actress Windy (Cheryl Ling) researches what life is like as a prostitute. After being mistaken for a real call girl by undercover cops, Windy runs into trouble with a group of thugs and a huge wrestler. Poking fun at the entertainment industry as well as Asian stereotypes, this independent comedy co-stars Pat Morita, Martin Kove and Dean Haglund.
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.
How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to watch by an undemanding audience or even how mutilates them to adapt the original formats and runtimes to the restrictive frame of the television screen and the abusive requirements of advertising. (Followed by “Filmmakers in Action.”)
The story of teen heartthrobs Corey Feldman and Corey Haim, whose lives were forever changed by the glitz, glamour, and the darker side of show business.
An intimate portrait and saga of four film pioneers--Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack who rose from immigrant poverty through personal tragedies persevering to create a major studio with a social conscience.
The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adventures, loves and excess was largely played out in front of the camera - either making movies or filling the newsreels and gossip magazines. Tragically he was dead from the effects of drugs and alcohol by the time he was only 50 & the myths live on. But there is another side of Flynn that is less well known - his ambitions to be a serious writer and newspaper correspondent, his documentary films and his interest in the Spanish Civil War and Castro's Cuba
Acting on a tip from former stage actress Fern Madden, who is now working as a movie extra, Jimmy Burke, a Hollywood reporter, publishes an article revealing an independent film producer to have mob connections. As a result of the story, Jimmy becomes city editor.