person

Peter Bogdanovich

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-07-30

Place of Birth

Kingston, New York, USA

Peter Bogdanovich

Biography

Peter Bogdanovich ComSE (July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022) was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian. He started his career as a film critic for Film Culture and Esquire before becoming a prominent filmmaker as part of the New Hollywood movement. He received accolades including a BAFTA Award and Grammy Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Bogdanovich worked as a film journalist until he was hired to work on Roger Corman's The Wild Angels (1966). His credited feature film debut came with Targets (1968), before his career breakthrough with the drama The Last Picture Show (1971) which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, and the acclaimed films What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Paper Moon (1973). Other films include Saint Jack (1979), They All Laughed (1981), Mask (1985), Noises Off (1992), The Cat's Meow (2001), and She's Funny That Way (2014). As an actor, he was known for his roles in HBO series The Sopranos and Orson Welles's last film The Other Side of the Wind (2018), which he also helped finish. He received a Grammy Award for Best Music Film for directing the Tom Petty documentary Runnin' Down a Dream (2007). Bogdanovich directed documentaries such as Directed by John Ford (1971) and The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018). He also published numerous books, some of which include in-depth interviews with friends Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, and Orson Welles. Bogdanovich's works have been cited as important influences by many major filmmakers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Bogdanovich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also Known For

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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Feb 03, 2007

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Pieces of Time: Bogdanovich on the Movies

Jan 01, 1987

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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Mar 09, 2003

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Cult of Terror

Oct 14, 2017

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The Wild One

May 10, 2023

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Infamous

Oct 13, 2006

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The Fifth Patient

Oct 23, 2007

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Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

Oct 08, 2009

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The Doorman

Jul 18, 2008

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Scene Stealers

Mar 04, 2004

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Rated X

Jan 25, 2000

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Hollywood Legenden

Jan 01, 2004

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Humboldt County

Sep 26, 2008

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Dean Martin: King of Cool

Nov 14, 2021

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Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals

Jan 01, 2005

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Hollywood Gangster

Dec 27, 2008

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Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon

Feb 10, 2010

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Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved

Feb 10, 2010

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Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten

Feb 23, 2013

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Highball

Apr 02, 2002

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Abandoned

Aug 24, 2010

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The Dukes

Apr 23, 2007

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Love in Hollywood

Dec 08, 1996

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Queen of the Lot

Nov 19, 2010

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Reborn

Nov 03, 2018

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Targets

Aug 15, 1968

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Hollywood Scandals

Apr 02, 2011

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Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

Jun 18, 1992

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Mr. Jealousy

Jun 05, 1998

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John Wayne Standing Tall

Mar 01, 1989

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Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies

Apr 02, 2001

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The Informer: Out of the Fog

Jun 05, 2006

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It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')

Aug 20, 2002

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On Cukor

Nov 22, 2000

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Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema

Jan 19, 2021

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No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

Jan 11, 2009

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Festival in Cannes

Nov 03, 2001

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Hawks on Hawks

Jan 10, 2017

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Barry Norman in Celebrity City

Sep 14, 1982

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Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That

Dec 21, 2005

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All About 'The Birds'

May 28, 2000

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Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?

Jan 01, 1972

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By Bogdanovich

Jun 08, 2011

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Don't Let Me Go

Apr 06, 2013

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100

New York at the Movies

Jul 07, 2002

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'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic

Mar 06, 2001

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Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

Jan 01, 1998

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Cold Turkey

Nov 15, 2013

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70

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

Jan 03, 2000

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Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten

Mar 15, 2006

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Tomorrow, Yesterday, and Today

Feb 23, 2010

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Heavy Rain

Feb 23, 2010

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Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote

Nov 05, 2000

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Cary Grant: A Class Apart

Jun 01, 2004

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'Mask' Revealed: A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich

Jan 01, 2004

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It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

May 01, 2001

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John Ford Goes to War

Jan 01, 2002

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Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic

Sep 07, 2004

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John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons

Mar 23, 2023

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Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali

Oct 14, 2008

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Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo'

Jan 01, 2007

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Edge of Outside

Jun 11, 2006

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Edgar G. Ulmer – Der Mann im Off

Sep 04, 2004

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Durant's Never Closes

Jan 22, 2016

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Are You Here

Sep 07, 2013

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67

The Other Side of the Wind

Nov 02, 2018

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Wanderlust

Jul 12, 2006

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65

Fragments of Paradise

Aug 31, 2022

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The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth

May 19, 2009

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73

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

Jan 29, 1996

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60

Bacall on Bogart

Mar 13, 1988

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66

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

Mar 22, 2019

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67

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Dec 12, 2014

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Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption

Jun 06, 2006

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Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

Sep 06, 1991

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This Is Orson Welles

May 21, 2015

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Out of the Blue and Into the Black

Jan 30, 1987

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One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film

Aug 26, 2014

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Pearly Gates

Apr 26, 2015

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Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II

Nov 17, 1993

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John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

Jun 15, 2012

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78/52

Oct 13, 2017

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Lost, Lost, Lost

Sep 14, 1976

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Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

Oct 13, 1999

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On the tracks of a filmmaker

Jan 01, 1988

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The Tell-Tale Heart

Apr 05, 2016

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Between Us

Apr 18, 2016

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BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

Nov 23, 2010

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The Last Picture Show: A Look Back

Apr 25, 1999

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The Independent

Nov 10, 2000

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Hollywood Confidential - Les égouts du paradis

Aug 21, 2016

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365 Day Project

Dec 31, 2007

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Arena - John Cassavetes

Feb 24, 1989

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Willie and Me

Feb 09, 2024

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Directed by John Ford

Sep 06, 1971

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Corman's World

Dec 16, 2011

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Lick the Star

Oct 01, 1998

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The Story of 'Frenzy'

Mar 06, 2001

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Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

Jan 23, 1999

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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Jun 06, 2018

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Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock

Sep 07, 2004

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Vittorio D.

Sep 17, 2009

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We Blew It

Nov 08, 2017

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100

The Definition of Insanity

Dec 10, 2005

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Morning Has Broken

May 09, 2020

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Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess

Sep 07, 2004

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With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

Feb 05, 1990

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A Constant Forge

Jan 01, 2000

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Hitchcock/Truffaut

Sep 05, 2015

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Hitchcock and Dial M

Oct 31, 2004

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Bella Mafia

Nov 16, 1997

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Ruhm in der Niederlage - John Ford und der Zweite Weltkrieg

Jan 01, 1998

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The Great Buster: A Celebration

Oct 05, 2018

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Saint Jack

Apr 27, 1979

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3D: A Brief History

Sep 07, 2004

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Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'

Sep 07, 2004

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The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'

Oct 14, 2008

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Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster

Oct 14, 2008

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The Sound of Silence: The Making of 'The Lodger'

Oct 13, 2008

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Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'

Mar 14, 2008

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A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making

Sep 01, 2018

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Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

Jun 29, 2009

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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

Aug 31, 2018

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The Wild Angels

Jul 20, 1966

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Working with Orson Welles

Jan 01, 1993

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F for Fake

Sep 01, 1973

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Hollywood Mavericks

Sep 07, 1990

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The Making of 'Rebecca'

Oct 14, 2008

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100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story

Mar 13, 2011

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Notes on the New York Film Festival

Dec 31, 1971

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A Discussion with Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich

Dec 31, 2009

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The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

Oct 03, 2006

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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Oct 28, 1991

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The Next Picture Show

Aug 13, 2003

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Opening Night

Dec 22, 1977

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Lions Love

Oct 12, 1969

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Carl Laemmle

Jan 15, 2019

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Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths

Sep 07, 2004

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60

Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright'

Sep 07, 2004

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The Creatress

Aug 23, 2019

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60

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Mar 13, 1987

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68

It Chapter Two

Sep 04, 2019

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Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger

Jan 01, 2006

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Los Angeles Overnight

Mar 20, 2018

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Dedication

Aug 24, 2007

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America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

Nov 23, 2010

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Tesla Nation

Oct 27, 2018

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Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!

Aug 13, 1996

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Il falso bugiardo

Jul 03, 2008

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Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

Oct 14, 2000

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68

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

Apr 21, 2020

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60

Broken English

Nov 22, 2007

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Godard Made in USA

Dec 11, 2010

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Howard Hawks: American Artist

Jan 01, 1997

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Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

Aug 18, 2020

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Searching for Orson

Nov 02, 2006

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Getting the Moon

Aug 12, 2003

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Coming Soon

Jun 08, 1999

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I Am Burt Reynolds

Dec 17, 2020

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Audrey

Nov 30, 2020

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The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich

Feb 19, 2000

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While We're Young

Mar 27, 2015

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The Trip

Aug 23, 1967

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The Trouble with 'Marnie'

May 30, 2000

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Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story

Oct 13, 1985

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Claire Makes It Big

Apr 27, 1999

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Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Jul 08, 1997

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Aug 28, 1998

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Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women

Oct 01, 1968

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The Last Picture Show

Oct 03, 1971

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They All Laughed

Nov 20, 1981

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Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides

Jan 12, 2011

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Six L.A. Love Stories

Sep 01, 2016

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73

The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh

Sep 30, 2014

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71

Casting By

Nov 01, 2012

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Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

Jun 13, 2006

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The Fabulous Allan Carr

May 19, 2017

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70

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

Sep 17, 2021

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A Decade Under the Influence

Apr 25, 2003

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Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

Jul 01, 1994

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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

Jun 11, 2002

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The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons

Jul 01, 2022

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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Jun 26, 1989

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An Appreciation of Stageocach with Peter Bogdanovich

May 25, 2010

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A Film of Firsts: Peter Bogdanovich on Red River

Jul 14, 2014

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The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20

Oct 18, 2019

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The Death of Playboy Playmate

Jun 14, 1995

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F.

Jan 01, 1999

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80

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

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81

How I Met Your Mother

Sep 19, 2005

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57

Cybill

Jan 02, 1995

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81

E! True Hollywood Story

Aug 21, 1996

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75

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Sep 30, 2001

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53

Out of Order

Jun 01, 2003

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67

8 Simple Rules

Sep 17, 2002

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86

The Sopranos

Jan 10, 1999

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75

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Oct 01, 1962

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53

The Mike Douglas Show

Dec 11, 1961

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63

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Apr 02, 1973

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47

Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood

Nov 01, 2010

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70

Get Shorty

Aug 13, 2017

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79

Northern Exposure

Jul 12, 1990

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75

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Oct 01, 1962

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66

Dinah!

Oct 21, 1974

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79

Rizzoli & Isles

Jul 12, 2010

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68

The Dick Cavett Show

Jun 06, 1968

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NA

Picture Windows

Oct 01, 1995

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55

Great Performances

Jan 28, 1971

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76

The Good Wife

Sep 22, 2009

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NA

Talking Sopranos

Apr 07, 2020