Burt Lancaster Movies

  • 1974
    The Fighters

    The Fighters

    The Fighters

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    Behind-the-scenes documentary chronicling the Fight of the Century between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali.

    The Fighters
  • 1991
    Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

    Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

    Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

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    Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend.

    Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
  • 1951
    The Screen Director

    The Screen Director

    The Screen Director

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    A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film...

    The Screen Director
  • 1987
    Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist

    Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist

    Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist

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    This one-hour film, narrated by Actor BURT LANCASTER, explores the lingering effects of The Hollywood Blacklist, which occurred in the late forties...

    Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
  • 2005
    Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

    Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

    Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

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    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...

    Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
  • 1983
    The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)

    The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)

    The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)

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    Documentary for Scottish television about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."

    The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)
  • 1979
    A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

    A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

    A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

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    Sesame Street celebrated its 10th anniversary in the spring of 1979 with a half-hour PBS special hosted by James Earl Jones titled A Walking Tour of...

    A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
  • 1986
    Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away

    Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away

    Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away

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    This 1986 documentary features interviews with director Alexander Mackendrick, actor Burt Lancaster, producer James Hill, and others.

    Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
  • 1996
    Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

    Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

    Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach

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    He went from street-wise tough to art-collector liberal-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to Academy Award winner. Burton Stephen Lancaster —...

    Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
  • 1983
    The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'

    The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'

    The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'

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    A documentary about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."

    The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'
  • 1989
    Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South

    Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South

    Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South

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    Colorful, outspoken, a man of many contradictions, Ralph McGill emerged during the troubled years of the 1950s and '60s as a prominent and...

    Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South
  • 2008
    Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel

    Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel

    Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel

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    A documentary about film director Luchino Visconti

    Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
  • 2016
    Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion

    Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion

    Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion

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    Forty years after his death, this documentary pays tribute to one of the major filmmakers of Italian cinema, to an original work that continues to...

    Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
  • 1986
    Fathers and Sons

    Fathers and Sons

    Fathers and Sons

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    Follows two wealthy families in Germany during the first half of the 20th century. One of them is German, the other one Jewish.

    Fathers and Sons
  • 1975
    Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter

    Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter

    Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter

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    Ali the Fighter was made in 1975, when the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight was still fresh in everyone's minds. Filmmaker William Greaves frames Ali's...

    Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter
  • 1966
    Games in Depth

    Games in Depth

    Games in Depth

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    A mysterious Polaroid-filmed short that showcases depth in stereo photography.

    Games in Depth
  • 1971
    Fight of the Century

    Fight of the Century

    Fight of the Century

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    Fight of the Century
  • 1969
    Jenny is a Good Thing

    Jenny is a Good Thing

    Jenny is a Good Thing

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    Jenny is a Good Thing is a 1969 American short documentary film about children and poverty, directed by Joan Horvath. Produced by Project Head Start,...

    Jenny is a Good Thing
  • 1969
    Big Game America

    Big Game America

    Big Game America

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    Burt Lancaster hosts a review of the first 50 years in NFL history.

    Big Game America
  • 1982
    Race to Oblivion

    Race to Oblivion

    Race to Oblivion

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    Documentary about the dangers of the nuclear arms race, including an interview with an eyewitness of the bomb drop on Hiroshima and scientific...

    Race to Oblivion