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American Experience - Eleanor Roosevelt
David McCullough (II), Alfre Woodard
PBS Paramount, 2006
What a woman she was!
+ An amazing inspiration for all women
+ A Product of Her Times
+ Excellent portrait of a great American
+ "FIRST LADY OF THE 20th CENTURY"
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Jazz - A Film By Ken Burns
Pbs Paramount, 2004
Very Worthwhile, Despite Some Flaws
Like other Ken Burns documentaries, this is a high-quality, entertaining, and educational film, well-worth viewing. However, if you expect adequate coverage of ALL the great jazz artists of the past 100 years, you'll surely be disappointed. Nonetheless, several dozen of the greatest and most ...
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Crumb
Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky
Sony Pictures, 1999
AMERICAS FINEST LIVING CARTOONIST
+ A Life in Ink and Paper
+ Quite Excellent
i LIKED THE MOVIE AND FOUND IT VERY PRIVATE very personal very low budget!
A friend called it the 'worst movie he ever saw'...after all it wasnt hollywood!
Someone said that CRUMB was picked on alot and he could relate to that.
Since the movie was made Crumbs disappeared to France.
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American Experience - Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
David Morse, Holly Hunter
PBS Paramount, 2005
Portrait of Abraham and Mary Lincoln
+ American Experience-Abrham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
+ Excellent Documentary
+ Ties That Bind
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The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter - Criterion Collection
Marty Balin, Sonny Barger
Criterion, 2000
"Babies"
+ Good as it gets
+ Tragic Classic
+ Eyeglass to the past
+ Gimme Shelter From the Storm
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Grey Gardens - Criterion Collection
Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale, Edith Bouvier Beale
Criterion, 2001
Hard to watch, hard not to watch ...
+ Better than watching a car crash!
+ So Sad Yet So True
+ Little Edie Beale: A Fascinating Female Residing in Grey Gardens
+ Grey Gardens
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The Fog of War - Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
Robert McNamara
Sony Pictures, 2004
Great
+ A Green Visor War Criminal Speaks
+ The Fog Of War Gets Foggier
+ Must see.....
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Super Size Me
John Banzhaf, Bridget Bennett (II)
Sony Pictures, 2004
Great Movie
+ One of my faves
+ Excellent
+ Shock & Awe Diet !
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The Thin Blue Line
Randall Adams, David Harris (III)
MGM (Video & DVD), 2005
The Thin Blue Line
+ My Favorite Documentary EVER
+ Beware, It CAN happy to YOU
+ Awesome film and music
+ Early Errol Morris film still packs a wallop
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Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
a documentary worth watching
+ This documentary will break your heart
+ Sad Movie From Start To End
+ thought provoking
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When We Were Kings
Muhammad Ali, George Foreman
Polygram USA Video, 1997
greatest documentary about greatest sports figure of our time
+ When They Were Kings
+ A Moment Frozen in Time
+ Great Sports Documentary
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Streetwise
Roberta Joseph Hayes, Tom Waits
Fox Lorber, 1997
"She`s 13 Going On 21".....
+ Heartbreaking, eye-opening view of streetlife for runaway kids
+ must-see
+ EVERYTHING LARRY CLARK's "kids" tried and failed to be...
+ Easily The Best Documentary Ever Made
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How to Draw a Bunny
Ray Johnson (VIII), Gerald Ayres
Palm Pictures / Umvd, 2004
How to Draw a Bunny
+ Portrait of a fascinating enigma
+ Was his death a performance piece?
This movie is just the thing that fits inside you and never goes away. I first heard of this movie at the Museum of Fine Arts. It was playing there and I missed it, but it looked interesting. So I ordered it on Netflix and then promptly forgot what it was about or why I ever wanted to see it. So I ...
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An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore, Billy West (II)
Paramount, 2006
Al Gore is my hero
+ The Earth is warming. Period.
+ Al Gore is awesome
I'll bet that all the one star votes are from Republicans in the mid west who can't read.
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Wild Man Blues
Letty Aronson, Soon-Yi Previn
New Line Home Video, 1999
Woody can do no wrong
+ Music, fun, and an interesting look at being a celebrity
This is a fabulous documentary. Fun all the way, good music, good charm and witt. A new slant on his lovely wife plus his parents are too funny. Loved it.
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