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A biopic (in the vein of The Social Network) on Martin Cooper, referred to as “the father of the cell phone,” who is credited with inventing the first handheld cellular device at Motorola.
Through an unlikely pairing and tumultuous 19-year relationship, improv maestro Del Close and Charna Halpern own, run and teach at the Chicago's Improv Olympic theater. Together as friends, saviors and soulmates, the duo helps each other overcome his addiction, financial ruin, and their own personal demons to ultimately establish improv as an art form. As such A-list talent are cutting their teeth at IO, it isn’t unheard for Halpern to put a roof over their head, feed them and coach them through bad patches. Together they re-write the rules of improvisation, urging their students to bring intelligence to their art and justice to their characters. Close dies in March 1999.
The film chronicles the true inspirational story of the trials, tragedies and vindication of the single-most celebrated scientist of the 20th century. Torn between the burdens of a family and his restless pursuit of unlocking the mysteries of the universe, he not only achieved unparalleled stature as a genius but he also changed the world forever - at no small cost to himself and those around him.
While in diapers, Ryan Patterson stuffs knives into electrical sockets and learns the power of electricity the hard way. He goes on to win 2001's "Intel International Science and Engineering Fair," which lands him a job working in aerospace robotics for Lockheed Martin.
The plot focuses on British aid worker Emma McCune, who travels to Sudan and ends up marrying a local warlord and supporting wholeheartedly his bloody bid to take over the southern part of the county.
The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Mick Taylor and Charlie Watts record their "Exile on Main Street" album in the south of France in the summer of 1971.
Fannie Lou Hamer, a sharecropper with a sixth-grade education, becomes an important voting-rights advocate and founds the first integrated political party in the South in mid-1960s Mississippi.
About the life of iconic composer George Gershwin.
A biopic of female boxer Nicola Adams who rises to be an undefeated WBO champion and double Olympic gold medallist.
A former J. Walter Thompson executive finds himself down and out when he is downsized out of a job. In his 60s and in a personal dilema because of an affair that ended his marriage, he sees his luck change when he enters a Starbucks and walks out with a job offer from the store's manager, giving his life new purpose.
Amy Purdy nearly dies after catching Neisseria meningitis at age 19. Though she loses both legs, Purdy becomes a world class snowboarder, a 2014 Paralympic medalist, and a fan favorite contestant on "Dancing With The Stars," where she finishes as runner-up in 2014.
Launched on cable in 1981, MTV revolutionizes music and television. The cable network starts out with a concept few think can work: watching songs on TV. But what begins as a way simply to promote record companies’ latest products becomes the music video.
Tamara Mellon, who had a troubled childhood, loses her job as an editor at Vogue. After a stint in rehab, Mellon partners with Malaysian-born cobbler Jimmy Choo whose footwear she develops into a billion-dollar brand in the late 1990s & early 2000s. As the company becomes a runaway success, private equity suits try to take over, undermine quality, boost sales, and ultimately sell the firm out from under her. Mellon fights back tooth-and-nail. She ultimately sells her shares for a reported $135M and exits the company in 2011.
After taking a commercial DNA test on a whim, the man a woman had known her whole life as her father was not biologically related to her. She goes on to uncover the truth about her identity, which had been kept from her for more than 50 years.
A biopic on boxer Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight champion.
A biopic about John McCain.
Katharine Hepburn recreates herself from outsider into one of the greatest stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Despite 5000-to-1 odds, Leicester City soccer club wins the English Premiere League in 2016 overcoming perennial monied powerhouses like Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool.
Lenny McLean goes from humble beginnings in Hoxton, East London to become a boxer, bouncer, bare-knuckle fighter, actor, accused murderer and family man. McLean dies in 1998 at the age of 49.
A biopic of the Motown soul singer behind such hits as “What’s Going On,” “Sexual Healing,” and “Let’s Get It On”.