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Based on the true story of how Charlie Wilson, an alcoholic womanizer and Texas congressman, persuaded the CIA to train and arm resistance fighters in Afghanistan to fend off the Soviet Union. With the help of rogue CIA agent, Gust Avrakotos, the two men supplied money, training and a team of military experts that turned the ill-equipped Afghan freedom-fighters into a force that brought the Red Army to a stalemate. However, the result also empowered the Taliban and terrorists including Osama bin Laden.
Based on the incredible true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr. in a tour de force performance) rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette (Lucy Boynton) herself and her court.
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21% WON'T SEECantinflas is the untold story of Mexico's greatest and most beloved comedy film star of all time. From his humble origins on the small stage to the bright lights of Hollywood, Cantinflas became famous around the world – one joke at a time. Relive the laughter that has charmed generations
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6% WON'T SEEIn 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.
Melissa McCarthy stars in the adaptation of the memoir Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer (and friend to cats) Lee Israel (McCarthy) who made her living in the 1970’s and 80’s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack (Richard E. Grant).
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61% WON'T SEEA biopic about the French novelist who wrote Gigi and Cheri.
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30% WON'T SEEMike 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.
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.