Gary Young's "Wheels On Fire" is one of the classic motor sports documentaries of all time. Mostly filmed in Liverpool, Sydney, in 1973, the documentary appeals to both "rev heads" and the wider audience, who want to relive the Australian history of the drag strip.
Gary Young's "Wheels On Fire" is one of the classic motor sports documentaries of all time. Mostly filmed in Liverpool, Sydney, in 1973, the documentary appeals to both "rev heads" and the wider audience, who want to relive the Australian history of the drag strip.
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The Official Review of the 2013 Isle of Man TT fuelled by Monster Energy brings you the most exciting action from every race. Featuring stunning highlights from astounding on-bike footage, incredible trackside shots and breath-taking aerial camerawork as riders pit themselves against each other, and the 37.73 mile Mountain Course. This upcoming release from Duke captures the very essence of the TT as riders hurtle along narrow public roads at almost unimaginable speeds in the pursuit of racing glory. With expert commentary this really is road racing at its best.
The full highlights of the Greatest Real Road Race on Earth - a spectacle that should be witnessed in person but this is the next best thing. The comprehensive record of a week of intense excitement. John McGuinness, Guy Martin, Michael Dunlop and more take on the incredible 37.73 mile Isle of Man TT Mountain Course for the ultimate prize - the TT Trophy. Nearly four hours of frantic action.
Relive the action, drama and atmosphere of the amazing 2011 Isle of Man TT fuelled by Monster Energy. The Official Review features comprehensive coverage of every race, practice and the unique festival atmosphere which surrounds the world’s great road race. This is racing at its most extreme – speeds of more than 190mph just inches from hedges, houses and walls.
An over the hill drag racer finds himself considering retirement and ceding the spotlight to his protégé and targeted for replacement by the oil-company executive who sponsors his team.
A group of drag-racing fanatics, members of a Los Angeles club, move into an old deserted mansion and set up shop, making it their headquarters. They hold a Halloween masked ball for the club's grand opening, and invite everyone to come dressed as their favorite monster! Oddly enough, the festivities turn sour when one of the bright youths discovers an impostor among them in the form of an honest-to-gosh live monster who's been hogging all the dances with the best-looking girls
Juvenile delinquency is the topic is this late fifties flick.
Jeff is sick of losing weekend grudge matches with his Dodge Challenger and longs for the chance to drive a top fuel dragster. When a top racing team cans their driver, Jeff sees an opportunity to make his dreams come true. IF he can prove that he has what it takes to be a real driver.
Lecture given at Ford Foundation in New York City as part of the 'Milton Friedman Speaks' series.
A few weeks before the opening of the Eichmann trial, transcripts of recorded conversations that Adolf Eichmann had with a Dutch Nazi journalist, Willem Sassen, were mysteriously handed over to prosecutor Gideon Hausner. The conversations were held a few years before Eichmann was brought to Israel by the Mossad. During the trial, Eichmann tried to convince that he was only a bureaucrat who carried out orders, but in the transcripts, Eichmann was found boasting and proud of his significant role in planning and executing the Final Solution. For the first time, we will confront Eichmann with himself in full color, revealing the hidden factors and motives that succeeded in hiding these recordings.
Documentarians Andre Heller and Othmar Schmiderer turn their camera on 81-year-old Traudl Junge, who served as Adolf Hitler's secretary from 1942 to 1945, and allow her to speak about her experiences. Junge sheds light on life in the Third Reich and the days leading up to Hitler's death in the famed bunker, where Junge recorded Hitler's last will and testament. Her gripping account is nothing short of mesmerizing.
"Screening from Within" juxtaposes the historical trajectories of the Chinese adoption of the Soviet “cinefication” movement and the contemporary transformations of itinerant film projection in China. Migrant workers of Beijing and Chengdu, rural inhabitants of Anhui, Sichuan and the Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, as well as projectionists from today and yesterday, share their thoughts, memory and experience about government and NGO-sponsored film screenings. Many of them remember the times when itinerant screening attracted huge crowds of viewers. Others—the younger ones—take video cameras in their own hands to film “from within.”
Underground poker player Bobby Diamonds enters the spotlight in this hallucinatory, hilarious, and heartfelt documentary. Directed, Produced, and Edited by Robert Aaron Mitchell Executive Producer Sarah Dillard Mitchell Winner of Best Short Documentary Tokyo International Short Film Festival (2022) Winner of Best Short Documentary Venice Fullshot Film Festival (2022) Official Selection Munich New Wave Short Film Festival (2022) Official Selection Toronto Smartphone Film Festival (2023)
A group of friends reunite in the north of Scotland during summer.
Tony Bennett's 80th Birthday Celebration continues! In support of his Platinum and Grammy Award-winning CD, Duets: An American Classic, comes this revealing new documentary that highlights 12 of the groundbreaking Tony Bennett hits before they became Duets. About the Songs is a 30-minute documentary that chronicles the stories behind some of the great songs that defined Tony's career and played an undeniably important role in the American Songbook, such as RAGS TO RICHES, FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE and I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO. Joining the discussion is noted George Washington University musicologist, Richard Golden, who provides great insight as both a music expert and Tony's friend. Hundreds of archived and rare photographs and memorabilia add to this intimate look into the life and memories of Tony Bennett and his music. Experience the stories behind the songs that have shaped the unprecedented career of this music and cultural icon.
The history of Hollywood and filmmaking comes alive in this spectacular nine hour celebration of movie magic. It's a mesmerizing, epic analysis that combines rare archival film, key scenes from immortal movies, interviews with leading filmmakers and commentary from noted film scholars and critics. As seen on PBS, this highly acclaimed series is the definitive chronicle of the American cinema, from its beginning to today. Includes interviews with Robert Altman, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Spike Lee, George Lucas, Sidney Lumet, Julia Roberts, Martin Scorsese, Gene Siskel, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, and many more. A New York Center for Visual History Production in co-production with KCET and the BBC
The free, almost naive view from the perspective of a child puts the "68ers" in a new, illuminating light in the anniversary year 2008. The film is a provocative reckoning with the ideological upbringing that seemed so progressive and yet was suffocated by the children's desire to finally grow up. With an ironic eye and a feuilletonistic style, author Richard David Precht and Cologne documentary film director André Schäfer trace a childhood in the West German provinces - and place the major events of those years in completely different, smaller and very private contexts.
Throughout history, regimes have used terror attacks as a means of control over their populations, and for the last 100 years, Western governments have employed the same measures.
At the Limit is a documentary about extreme climbing. In this sports documentary, Pepe Danquart shows brothers Thomas and Alexander Huber climbing in Patagonia and on the granite rock "El Capitan" in Yosemite Valley (USA). A key part of the film is their attempt at a speed ascent of the 1,000-meter-high route "The Nose," in which the two athletes aim to break the then speed record of 2:48:30 hours, set by Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama in September 2002.