Howard K. Smith
Nacimiento : 1914-05-12, Ferriday, Louisiana, USA
Muerte : 2002-02-15
Historia
Howard Kingsbury Smith was an American journalist, radio reporter, television anchorman, political commentator, and film actor. He was one of the original members of the team of war correspondents known as the Murrow Boys.
Self (archive footage)
From 1971 to 1973, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House. This film chronicles the content of those tapes, which include Nixon's conversations on the war in Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers leak, his Supreme Court appointments, and more--while also exposing shocking statements he made about women, people of color, Jews, and the media.
Self (archive footage)
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem is interviewed by Peter Kunhardt as she discusses her childhood, her career, the women's movement, and her personal life
Himself
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War documents the work Martin Luther King did in attempting to bring peace to people during the turmoil of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. The film includes interviews with contemporaries such as Jesse Jackson, and military experts like Colin Powell.
Howard K. Smith
La historia se sitúa en el tranquilo condado de Lanville, Texas. Allí se encuentra un conocido burdel llamado El Gallinero, el cual es administrado por Mona Stangely (Dolly Parton), y por el cual han desfilado varias generaciones de texanos. El problema aparece cuando el presentador de televisión Melvin P. Thorpe, decide que El Gallinero va en contra de la moral y las buenas costumbres y se propone hacer todo lo posible para que las autoridades lo clausuren. Para evitar su cierre, Mona y su amante, el sheriff Ed Earl Dodd, encarnado por Burt Reynolds, deben unirse más que nunca.
Howard K. Smith
A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains. Has Cooper succeeded in following a meticulous plan to disappear into anonymity despite the best efforts of a dogged cop?
Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
Una noche, cerca de su casa, en Indiana, Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) observa en el cielo unos misteriosos objetos voladores. Obsesionado por comprender lo que ha visto, se distancia de su esposa (Teri Garr). Neary encuentra apoyo en Jillian Guiler (Melinda Dillon), que también fue testigo de esas visiones nocturnas. Juntos buscan una respuesta a ese misterio que ha alterado sus vidas. Al mismo tiempo, un nutrido grupo de científicos internacionales, bajo la dirección de Claude Lacombe (François Truffaut), empieza a investigar las apariciones de OVNIS y otros extraños fenómenos.
Himself
In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess, and neither is about to let anything stand in the way of getting what she wants.
Howard K. Smith
When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office. The events from that day to the next election when he must decide if he will actually run challenge his skills as a politician and leader.
Self (archive footage)
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
Himself - Commentary
Documentary looking at the new independent African states.
Howard K. Smith
Filme sobre la campaña electoral a la presidencia de los Estados Unidos de dos candidatos antagónicos y sus respectivos equipos.
