Biography movies

Papillon (1973)

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Steve McQueen | Dustin Hoffman | Victor Jory | Don Gordon | Anthony Zerbe | Robert Deman | Woodrow Parfrey | Bill Mumy | George Coulouris | Ratna Assan | William Smithers | Val Avery | Gregory Sierra | Vic Tayback | Mills Watson
Directors: Franklin J. Schaffner
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Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon, which is French for ‘butterfly’ (the character even sports a large tattoo of a butterfly. A petty criminal, Papillon is wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in a French penal colony in ‘Guiane’ (French Guiana, South America). Papillon is determined to escape but attempt after attempt meets with difficulty, resulting in eventual recapture. He continues his attempts to escape despite incarcerations in solitary confinement as punishment.

Into the Wild (2007)

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Emile Hirsch | Marcia Gay Harden | William Hurt | Jena Malone | Brian Dierker | Catherine Keener | Vince Vaughn | Kristen Stewart | Hal Holbrook | Bart the Bear | Dan Burch | Joe Dustin | Zach Galifianakis | John Jabaley | Thure Lindhardt
Directors: Sean Penn
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INTO THE WILD is based on a true story and the bestselling book by Jon Krakauer. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless (Hirsch) abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Brad Pitt | Mary-Louise Parker | Brooklynn Proulx | Dustin Bollinger | Casey Affleck | Sam Rockwell | Jeremy Renner | Sam Shepard | Garret Dillahunt | Paul Schneider | Joel McNichol | James Defelice | J.C. Roberts | Darrell Orydzuk | Jonathan Erich Drachenberg
Directors: Andrew Dominik
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Robert Ford, who’s idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.

Amazing Grace (2006)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Ioan Gruffudd | Romola Garai | Benedict Cumberbatch | Albert Finney | Michael Gambon | Rufus Sewell | Youssou N'Dour | Ciarán Hinds | Toby Jones | Nicholas Farrell | Sylvestra Le Touzel | Jeremy Swift | Stephen Campbell Moore | Bill Paterson | Nicholas Day
Directors: Michael Apted
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The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament in 19th century England, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.

Evita (1996)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Madonna | Antonio Banderas | Jonathan Pryce | Jimmy Nail | Victoria Sus | Julian Littman | Olga Merediz | Laura Pallas | Julia Worsley | María Luján Hidalgo | Servando Villamil | Andrea Corr | Peter Polycarpou | Gary Brooker | Maite Yerro
Directors: Alan Parker
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Based on the incredible true story, Eva (Evita) Peron, starts out life as a poor girl who goes on to become an actress and then become the wife of the president of Argentina, Juan Peron. The musical is a story of love and politics, showing all the battles and triumphs Evita has in her short, but amazing life.

Blow (2001)

Friday, January 18th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Johnny Depp | Penélope Cruz | Franka Potente | Rachel Griffiths | Paul Reubens | Jordi Mollà | Cliff Curtis | Miguel Sandoval | Ethan Suplee | Ray Liotta | Kevin Gage | Max Perlich | Jesse James | Miguel Pérez | Dan Ferro
Directors: Ted Demme
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A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950’s. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George’s father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960’s, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960’s, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.

Geronimo (1962)

Sunday, December 16th, 2007
Genres: Action | Biography | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: Chuck Connors | Kamala Devi | Pat Conway | Armando Silvestre | Adam West | Lawrence Dobkin | John Anderson | Enid Jaynes | Ross Martin | Denver Pyle | Nancy Rodman | Amanda Ames | Eduardo Noriega | Claudio Brook | Joe Higgins
Directors: Arnold Laven
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An Apache warrior who defies U.S. attempts to bring the Indians under control grapples with an array of U.S. soldiers sent to subdue his revolt. Sympathetic scouts seek to bring Geronimo back to the reservation before he is hunted down.

Infamous (2006)

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Sigourney Weaver | Toby Jones | Gwyneth Paltrow | Mark Rubin | Steve Schwelling | Glover Johns Gill | Rey Arteaga | Justin Sherburn | Andrew Halbreich | Juliet Stevenson | Michael Panes | Hope Davis | Frank G. Curcio | Sandra Bullock | Isabella Rossellini
Directors: Douglas McGrath
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On November 16, 1959, Truman Capote reads about the murder of a Kansas family. There are no suspects. With Harper Lee, he visits the town: he wants to write about their response. First he must get locals to talk, then, after arrests, he must gain access to the prisoners. One talks constantly; the other, Perry Smith, says little. Capote is implacable, wanting the story, believing this book will establish a new form of reportage: he must figure out what Perry wants. Their relationship becomes something more than writer and character: Perry killed in cold blood, the state will execute him in cold blood; does Capote get his story through cold calculation, or is there a price for him to pay?

Marie Antoinette (2006)

Friday, November 9th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: France | Japan | USA
Actors: Kirsten Dunst | Jason Schwartzman | Judy Davis | Rip Torn | Rose Byrne | Asia Argento | Molly Shannon | Shirley Henderson | Danny Huston | Marianne Faithfull | Mary Nighy | Sebastian Armesto | Jamie Dornan | Aurore Clément | Guillaume Gallienne
Directors: Sofia Coppola
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Based on Antonia Fraser’s book about the ill-fated Archduchess of Austria and later Queen of France, ‘Marie Antoinette’ tells the story of the most misunderstood and abused woman in history, from her birth in Imperial Austria to her later life in France.

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Will Smith | Jaden Smith | Thandie Newton | Brian Howe | James Karen | Dan Castellaneta | Kurt Fuller | Takayo Fischer | Kevin West | George Cheung | David Michael Silverman | Domenic Bove | Geoff Callan | Joyful Raven | Scott Klace
Directors: Gabriele Muccino
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Chris Gardner has big dreams for him and his family but it doesn’t seem to come together for him. Chris has an opportunity to be a stock broker but first he has to go through a grueling internship which means no pay. Chris decides to do it but when his wife leaves and he is evicted, he has to take care of his son on his own. So they find themselves sometimes living on the street and struggling to get by. But Chris is determined to make it.