The Funniest Man in the World

Released two years after James Dean's death, this documentary chronicles his short life and career via black-and-white still photographs, interviews with the aunt and uncle who raised him, his paternal grandparents, a New York City cabdriver friend, the owner of his favorite Los Angeles restaurant, outtakes from East of Eden, footage o...

Runtime

1h 21m

Director

Robert Altman, George W. George

Cast

Martin Gabel, James Dean, Lew Bracker

In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. During 70 years of utter secrecy, the Nazis construct a gigantic space fortress with a massive armada of flying saucers.

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

Timo Vuorensola

Cast

Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby, Götz Otto

John Cazale was in only five films – The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather: Part II, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter – each was nominated for Best Picture. Yet today most people don't even know his name. I KNEW IT WAS YOU is a fresh tour through movies that defined a generation.

Runtime

39m

Director

Richard Shepard

Cast

John Cazale, Steve Buscemi, Francis Ford Coppola

A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel's eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power of cable television.

Runtime

2h 1m

Director

Xan Cassavetes

Cast

Quentin Tarantino, Robert Altman, Jim Jarmusch

The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real African locations, barely overcoming all kinds of hardships and disasters.

Runtime

57m

Director

Eric Neal Young

Cast

John Philip Dayton, Tony Huston, Martin Scorsese