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The film tells the true story of Capt. Ernest Evans, the U.S. Naval Commander posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle off Samar, part of the October 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf - one of the largest naval engagement in history.
The remarkable true story of one mother's tireless struggle to fulfill her dream to give her severely disabled twins some semblance of a normal childhood-the friendships, learning and cultural experiences provided by a public school education.
A Hasidic Jew and a grizzled rock musician form a band.
In the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, record producer James William Guercio runs recording studio Caribou Records. From around 1971 to 1985, Caribou is the site of recordings by, among others, Chicago, Amy Grant, Joe Walsh, Paul McCartney and Elton John. John even titled one album after the studio. The facilities are destroyed by a fire in 1985.
A break in the manhunt for Osama Bin Laden serves as the riveting backdrop for a gripping story about the combined efforts of an extraordinary group of Navy Seals. This is the story of a clandestine operation, a perfect storm of people, and the rare synergy of circumstances that would amount to the most daring military operation of our generation, inspired by the true story of how it almost fell apart.
Betty and Barney Hill, an interracial couple from Portsmouth, New Hampshire are captured by a UFO the night of September 19, 1961. A black postal clerk and a white social worker, the Hills claim that they had been studied by extraterrestrials, and then returned to their lives with missing memories that were later retrieved under hypnosis.
A centuries-old tradition within Thailand's prison system allows inmates to compete in state-sanctioned tournaments to win early release. An American locked up overseas in a Thai prison and must learn Muay Thai in order to fight for his freedom.
The account of a Navy SEAL translator in Iraq. The translator took part in more than 1,000 missions over a six-year period.
Erie, Pa. pizza delivery man Brian Douglas Wells enters a bank and tells the teller he’d been shackled with an explosive device around his neck and forced to pull off a heist. The bomb goes off as Wells exits the bank, which is surrounded by cops, and it kills him instantly. While investigating the crime after his grisly death, the FBI ultimately discover that Wells was not an innocent victim but a co-conspirator unaware that a real bomb would be involved for the actual heist. The alleged mastermind of the intricate plot is Marjorie Diehl Armstrong who is currently serving life in prison plus thirty years.
Mike May, a man who was blinded at age 3 and regains his vision at age 46 after an experimental surgery involving stem cells.
Follows the life of Crazy Eddie Antar, as he launches the successful Crazy Eddie chain and becomes the consumer electronics king, only to wind up serving six years in prison for fraud.
Fred Allen is a boy born poor and hungry in rural Georgia’s infamous cotton mills with a musical gift. As an adult, he turns to the professional music scene. He climbs the ladder of success, gets married, becomes a father and scholar, and establishes an enviable reputation as a musical genius. Eventually his past catches up with him and he has to pursue his dreams of fame and success, or love.
For over a decade, through the cyclist's recovery from deadly cancer to his capturing seven Tour de France titles, Lance Armstrong vehemently denies the allegations of doping. But he eventually falls on his sword and confesses in a January 2012 interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Sue Mengers crashes the boys club that is Hollywood agenting, brandishing an outsized personality to go with her famous client list.
Winston Churchill is U.K. prime minister from 1940-45 and again from 1951-55. He rises to power as he stands against parliament to defend Britain and the world from Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow deals with drugs, depression, promiscuous sex, jail, and suicidal depression along with his success as a four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and winning the 2005 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions. His nickname comes from his affinity for razzing other players during poker games.
Set against the backdrop of the making of Star Wars, Peter Mayhew tries to balance a career as a hospital worker while chasing Hollywood dreams by playing furry suited alien Chewbacca, who goes on to become one of the most iconic screen sidekicks in modern times.
Chief Ron Roberts, a conman, claims he has Mohegan ancestry in order to open a casino.
A U.S. spy is recruited by the Chinese to infiltrate Japanese intelligence in 1938.
The true story of American businessman Chris Catrambone, founder of the Migrant Offshore Aid Station.