Jean-Paul Sartre: A 20 Year Absence? (2000)

The Noel Coward Trilogy (1998)

Category: Documentary | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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This three-part BBC program sheds light on the life and works of Noel Coward, the renowned British actor/playwright/composer. A wealth of biographical information is found in "The Boy Actor," ... more

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The Gospel According To Philip K. Dick (1998)

Category: Documentary | Director: Mark Steensland | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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The influential science-fiction author whose works became such hit films as "Blade Runner" and "Total Recall," and who was known as the godfather of the "cyberpunk" movement, led a life that at times ... more

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Bird By Bird With Annie (1999)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Anne Lamott

Author, humorist, and born-again Christian liberal Anne Lamott offers a look inside her life and creative work in this intimate documentary portrait. Chronicling a year of her life in revealing detail, ... more

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Dante: The Divine Comedy (1999)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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A masterpiece of medieval literature, the allegorical odyssey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise by Dante Alighieri has influenced not only Western poets, but our view of the afterlife, for centuries. ... more

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The Case Of Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1999)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White / Color | Closed Captioned: No

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Originally broadcast on French television, this biographical documentary about H.P Lovecraft reveals the life and career of the revered fantasy writer by imagining the world as seen from inside his own ... more

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Balzac (2000)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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Plagued throughout his life by doomed romances, ill health and debt, 19th-century French writer Honore de Balzac broke new ground with his "suprarealistic" depictions of everyday life ... more

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Jane Austen's Life (2001)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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Take a trip back in time to 1775 Steventon, where the famous author was born. Learn about her mysterious seaside admirer, explore the countryside of Austen's era, and visit the Jane Austen Museum in ... more

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Jane Austen's Works (2001)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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Jane Austen's unique writing style and her ability to craft memorable characters and stories are studied in this program devoted to the author's novels. Visit places Austen wrote about and compare them ... more

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Jane Austen's Society (2001)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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The works of Jane Austen could not help but be influenced by the society in which she lived. This fascinating program explores Austen's world as only she could see it, through her personal correspondences, ... more

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