Morley Safer

Morley Safer

Nacimiento : 1931-11-08, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Muerte : 2016-05-19

Perfil

Morley Safer

Películas

Kurt Vonnengut. A través del tiempo
Self
A documentary 33 years in the making, director and friend of Kurt Vonnegut seeks through his archives to create the first film featuring the revolutionary late writer.
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Self (archive footage)
Matón. Cobarde. Víctima. La historia de Roy Cohn ofrece una mirada inquebrantable al infame abogado que procesó a los abuelos de Ivy Meeropol, Julius y Ethel Rosenberg, y luego argumentó persuasivamente su ejecución en lo que se conoció como el caso de los "espías atómicos". Dirigida por Ivy Meeropol, la película examina la vida de Cohn como asesor principal del senador Joseph McCarthy a fines de la década de 1950 y luego durante la década de 1980, cuando se convirtió en un amante de la Casa Blanca Reagan, un activista anti homosexualidad rabiosa y mentor político de Donald J. Trump antes de morir de SIDA en 1986. La película se basa en un extenso material de archivo recién descubierto, grabado en el apogeo de la carrera de Cohn como corredor de poder en el mundo rudo y caído de los negocios y la política de la ciudad de Nueva York.
Where's My Roy Cohn?
Self (archive footage)
Roy Cohn personificó las artes oscuras de la política estadounidense, convirtiendo los recipientes vacíos en demagogos peligrosos, desde Joseph McCarthy hasta su proyecto final, Donald J. Trump. Esta exposición tipo thriller conecta los puntos y revela cómo un maestro manipulador profundamente perturbado dio forma a nuestra pesadilla estadounidense actual.
Andre the Giant
Self (archive footage)
Una mirada a la vida y la carrera del luchador profesional André Roussimoff, que ganó notoriedad en la década de 1980 como Andre the Giant.
Agnelli
Self (archive footage)
Documentary about the life of Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli, an influential Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat.
Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots
Self (Archive Footage)
He was one of the best-selling authors of the 20th Century. His books became movies. His writings became music. He became an icon. He was Kurt Vonnegut. First, though, he was just a kid from Indianapolis, whose early idyllic life turned tragic. Things got tougher in World War II, when he was captured by the Germans and survived the Dresden firebombing. He overcame all of that to become a literary lion who was both proud of--and frustrated with--his hometown. But as his friend Morley Safer said, he never lost his Hoosier roots. Narrated by NPR Anchor Steve Inskeep, A Writer's Roots talks with Kurt's family and friends, including his daughter, Nan Vonnegut, and fellow writers Morley Safer, Dan Wakefield and James Alexander Thom.
Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown
Self (archive footage)
Jim Traficant was a legendary quarterback turned mob busting Walking Tall Sheriff who rose to power on a platform of “honesty in politics”. He quickly ascended to the hallowed halls of Congress, becoming its most outspoken member. "Jimbo" as his die-hard supporters called him, was known for his polyester thrift store suits, shock top wigs, vulgar humor and profanity laced rhetoric against the FBI, IRS, and every president since Reagan. His one minute speeches made C-SPAN must see programming, as he signed off with his patented “Beam Me Up!” In his post-industrial hometown of Youngstown, Ohio -- dubbed Crimetown, USA for being the most mobbed up city in America -- "Jimbo" was a living legend, once garnering more than 90% of the vote. However, the eccentric maverick also had a dark side, becoming only the second Member of Congress expelled since the Civil War, eventually spending over seven years in federal prison on bribery and tax evasion charges.
Being Canadian
Self
¿Qué significa ser canadiense?
The Sturgeon Queens
Self
Four generations of a Jewish immigrant family create Russ and Daughters, a Lower East Side lox and herring emporium that survives and thrives. Produced to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the store, this documentary features an extensive interview with two of the original daughters for whom the store was named, now 100 and 92 years old, and interviews with prominent enthusiasts of the store including Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, chef Mario Batali, New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin, and 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer. Rather than a conventional narrator, the filmmakers bring together six colorful longtime fans of the store, in their 80s and 90s, who sit around a table of fish reading the script in the style of a passover Seder. - Written by Julie Cohen
Exodus 1947
Narrator
Exodus 1947 is a one hour PBS documentary narrated by Morley Safer with a score by Ilan Rechtman. The Exodus 1947 voyage acted as a catalyst in forming the new State of Israel. The documentary focuses on clandestine and "illegal" American efforts to finance and crew the most infamous of ten American ships that attempted to bring Jewish refugees to Palestine.
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Self
A television special broadcast on PBS in honor of composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist Joe Raposo after he passed away.
The Canadian Conspiracy
A mockumentary illustrating a supposed conspiracy to infiltrate American culture through employing Canadians in the U.S. entertainment industry.
CBS Reports: Don't Touch That Dial!
Reporter
A CBS Reports documentary on the development and production of two prime-time network shows, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and "Family Ties", c.1982.