John Kent Harrison
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John Kent Harrison is a television producer, director and writer.
Harrison was educated at Columbia University and at Appleby College in Canada.
Harrison is best known for his work in the international miniseries format. Various credits include The Water is Wide (2006), Pope John Paul II (2005) with Jon Voight who was nominated for an Emmy Award for his role as Pope John Paul II. Two other popular films are A Bear Named Winnie (2004), Emmy Award winning Helen of Troy (2003), and A Wrinkle in Time (mini-series) which won the International Children's Film Festival in 2003.
With a 34 share, his 1996 TV movie, What The Deaf Man Heard, has been the highest-rated stand-alone 2-hour TV movie since 1991. It was also nominated for an Emmy Award as Best TV movie of the year. The following year his Hallmark Hall of Fame production, William Faulkner's Old Man with Arliss Howard and Jeanne Tripplehorn won two Emmy Awards, the Humanitas Prize and the Columbus Gold Medal.
In 2009 Harrison was nominated by the DGA as best TV movie director of the year for his Hallmark Hall of Fame production of "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler" with Anna Paquin who was also nominated for a Golden Globe in her role as Irena Sendler, a Polish hero of the Holocaust. Also that year, Harrison directed Winona Ryder and Barry Pepper in another Hallmark Hall of Fame Production, "The Lois Wilson Story" about Lois and Bill Wilson who respectively founded Al-Anon and AA.
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Anne heads to Charlottetown to attend accelerated classes as she continues to work towards her dream of being a school teacher. While there, she is forced to adapt quickly to her new surroundings and classmates as she navigates her way through her first school experience outside of her beloved Green Gables. Anne finds herself facing daunting choices for her future, the stirrings of romance, and tragedy unlike anything she's ever known. Meanwhile, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert contend with advancing age as they deal with financial challenges and creeping ailments.
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La heroína enérgica de la autora L. M. Montgomery, Anne Shirley, se enfrenta a numerosos hitos, entre los que se incluyen las primeras salidas de pijamas, las desventuras culinarias y las relaciones cambiantes, todo ello mientras abarca su naturaleza inquisitiva.
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Una narración de la historia de L.M. Montgomery sobre Anne Shirley, una huérfana que es enviada accidentalmente a una pareja que busca adoptar un niño.
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Suzy acaba de regresar a casa del hospital y necesita que la cuiden las veinticuatro horas del día. Su marido, Duncan, decide que la mejor medicina para Suzy — y un regalo de Navidad que nunca olvidará — es subirse en una rueda de la fortuna de verdad colocada en su jardín trasero. ¿Por qué una rueda de la fortuna? Porque hace muchos años, en una de ellas, Duncan le pidió a Suzy que se casara con él.
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When industrious high school gamer Zach Taylor lands a prized scholarship to the prestigious Digital Institute of Game Design (DIGD), his future breaks wide open. The opportunity to study under gaming legend Marcus Bentton and alongside the country’s most creative minds will certainly propel him into a successful career as a video game designer. That is, if he can pass the infamous freshman project that eliminates more than half of the class within the first three months.
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Hasta este punto, la vida de Sally Danville, ha sido como ella esperaba. Una músico hermosa y de espíritu libre, ella y su marido, piloto de combate, Jason, viven una vida libre de responsabilidades domésticas. Pero con una sola llamada telefónica de la trabajadora de "Servicios Niños y Familias", Dorothy (Phylicia Rashad), se entera de que las cosas no siempre salen según lo planeado. Sally (Brooke White) se reunió con la noticia de que su mejor amigo de la universidad ha muerto en un trágico accidente en una misión del Cuerpo de Paz y ha nombrado a Sally tutora legal de sus cuatro hijos (tres de ellos adoptados en países del tercer mundo). Ahora Sally y Jason (Joe Flanigan) rápidamente deben aprender a ser padres de familia y ayudar a los niños frente al choque cultural de la vida en Estados Unidos.
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Hasta este punto, la vida de Sally Danville, ha sido como ella esperaba. Una músico hermosa y de espíritu libre, ella y su marido, piloto de combate, Jason, viven una vida libre de responsabilidades domésticas. Pero con una sola llamada telefónica de la trabajadora de "Servicios Niños y Familias", Dorothy (Phylicia Rashad), se entera de que las cosas no siempre salen según lo planeado. Sally (Brooke White) se reunió con la noticia de que su mejor amigo de la universidad ha muerto en un trágico accidente en una misión del Cuerpo de Paz y ha nombrado a Sally tutora legal de sus cuatro hijos (tres de ellos adoptados en países del tercer mundo). Ahora Sally y Jason (Joe Flanigan) rápidamente deben aprender a ser padres de familia y ayudar a los niños frente al choque cultural de la vida en Estados Unidos.
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Película que trata sobre los desencuentros entre jóvenes y adultos y acerca de las distintas concepciones de vida de cada generación. Ponerse en los zapatos del otro significa eso, poder salir de la mirada propia y ver las cosas desde una perspectiva diferente... (FILMAFFINITY)
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Narra la larga pero turbulenta relación entre Lois y Bill Wilson, que dedicaron su vida a fundar asociaciones de ayuda como, por ejemplo, "Alcohólicos Anónimos".
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Irena Sendler es una valiente empleada del Departamento de Bienestar Social de Varsovia que, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, trata de ayudar a los niños judíos del gueto de Varsovia a escapar de un trágico destino en los campos de exterminio nazis.
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Irena Sendler es una valiente empleada del Departamento de Bienestar Social de Varsovia que, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, trata de ayudar a los niños judíos del gueto de Varsovia a escapar de un trágico destino en los campos de exterminio nazis.
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A tragic street racing accident kills a wife and her child leaving her husband to pick up the pieces and pursue justice against the boy that killed them.
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Pat Conroy, an ambitious, slightly rebellious idealistic teacher accepts Bennington county, SC's school board superintendent's offer to teach the all-black kids of the pauper fishery community on Yamacrew Island. Staffless 'head' mistress Brown incarnates stupidity and blind rule obedience, her didactic skills consisting in scolding and spanking her students. Pat moves heaven and earth to motivate and educate, but after finally getting trough to pupils and parents is refused contract renewal by the arch-conservative authorities.
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Durante un viaje en tren con tropas canadienses, el teniente Harry Colebourn decidió comprar un cachorro de oso negro. La osezna, a la que llamó Winnipeg, empezó a viajar con los soldados y se convirtió en su mascota, hasta que en 1919, para protegerla, la llevaron al zoológico de Londres, donde era una de las principales atracciones. Años mas tarde, esta historia serviría de inspiración para la novela de A.A. Milne, "Winnie the Pooh".
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Durante un viaje en tren con tropas canadienses, el teniente Harry Colebourn decidió comprar un cachorro de oso negro. La osezna, a la que llamó Winnipeg, empezó a viajar con los soldados y se convirtió en su mascota, hasta que en 1919, para protegerla, la llevaron al zoológico de Londres, donde era una de las principales atracciones. Años mas tarde, esta historia serviría de inspiración para la novela de A.A. Milne, "Winnie the Pooh".
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THE WINNING SEASON tells the story of a legendary baseball player's struggle to choose between the love of his life and his love of the game. In the film, 12 year-old baseball fanatic Joe Soshack finds a mint condition Honus Wagner baseball card that magically takes him back to the 1909 World Series.
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THE WINNING SEASON tells the story of a legendary baseball player's struggle to choose between the love of his life and his love of the game. In the film, 12 year-old baseball fanatic Joe Soshack finds a mint condition Honus Wagner baseball card that magically takes him back to the 1909 World Series.
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Based on a children's series by the same name. Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government experiment. Their travels take them around the universe to a place unlike any other.
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After being released from an Italian prison, British officer Eric Newby (Blue) must find his way out of Italy before the Germans come. However, he is injured on the way and is left behind from his fellow soldiers. He is helped out by the local Italians, and he meets Wanda (Bobulova), a beautiful local girl who helps him learn Italian so he can escape. Slowly, their small friendship turns into a romance, but with the Germans looking for Eric, they are kept apart, not knowing what will happen.
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In the aftermath of the terrible Civil War which has devastated the South, Amanda America Dixon returns home to find she has become the sole heir to a vast cotton plantation. But the dreadful secret which has blighted her life threatens to deprive her of the birthright which her beloved father David had struggled for so long to create. Raised by her father and grandmother to be the perfect white Southern Belle, Amanda's true mother was a black slave Julia. Confronted with the forces of greed and bigotry, Amanda has to face not only the hatred of a racist world, but the complex truth of a family whose lives have been built on a lie.
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En 1924, Bill Tilghman regresa al servicio activo tras años de retiro para encargarse de la seguridad de la ciudad de Cromwell, Oklahoma. La hasta entonces tranquila comunidad granjera ha doblado en poco tiempo su tamaño debido a la explosión petrolera, lo que provoca un preocupante auge de la criminalidad en la zona a manos de bandas
organizadas.
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En 1924, Bill Tilghman regresa al servicio activo tras años de retiro para encargarse de la seguridad de la ciudad de Cromwell, Oklahoma. La hasta entonces tranquila comunidad granjera ha doblado en poco tiempo su tamaño debido a la explosión petrolera, lo que provoca un preocupante auge de la criminalidad en la zona a manos de bandas
organizadas.
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Cuando inició aquel imprevisto viaje en autobús con su madre, Sammy no podía imaginar que su vida cambiaría para siempre: al despertarse en la última parada, descubrió que se encontraba completamente solo en una ciudad desconocida. Al verse huérfano de repente, decidió hacerse el sordo. (FILMAFFINITY)
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Adaptación cinematográfica de la novela homónima de William Faulkner.
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James de 18 años (James Pfeiffer) abandona la universidad y decide convertirse en un pescador como su padre. Margaret y Russell sus padres, estan muy molestos con la decisión de su hijo. Tenían un montón de esperanzas para él, terminando la escuela de derecho y, al igual que su hermano mayor, José, hacer una vida decente en vez de dedicarse al peligro de la mar. James sueña con tener su propio barco .
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A young ranger in the Montana wilderness discovers the great forces of nature while learning the importance of honor, trust and integrity. Legendary veteran ranger Bill Bell educates the young man and guides him toward manhood. The year is 1919-a time when being a ranger meant more than operating expensive equipment. Forest fires were fought with guts and courage, not chemicals and airplanes. Bill Bell was the toughest ranger in an elite crew of very rugged men. A figure of heroic proportions, he was generally feared and respected by all. It was even rumored that he had at one time killed a sheep farmer, which only fueled his already enormous reputation. The young ranger does everything to remain in the good graces of Bill Bell, the senior ranger he idolizes. Their tentative rapport grows into a friendship through a hilarious and heroic rite of passage in which the younger ranger meets the test-and the woman of his dreams.
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A father gives his daughter an unorthodox upbringing on the fringes of the Alaskan underworld in the 1960's and 70's.
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A father gives his daughter an unorthodox upbringing on the fringes of the Alaskan underworld in the 1960's and 70's.
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Nick, a 17-year-old in search of his father, gains employment with a logging company in a beautiful and mysterious virgin forest known as the Limberlost. Through his relationships with new associates and his adventures in this new and strange environment, Nick learns the value of personal honesty and integrity and discovers what defines true friendship. He finds himself torn between his affection for Angelica, who believes with her Aunt Olivia that the forest should be preserved, and loyalty to his boss, the owner of the lumber company. In the end, this city boy must choose between his own safety and the lives of those he has come to love.
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Family Ties' Meredith Baxter Birney stars in this made-for-television movie about a woman threatened with losing her son to her ex-husband. Following her divorce, Margaret's son Aaron is the only person who matters to her. But when Margaret unexpectedly begins showing symptoms of mental-illness, the boy's father decides she is incapable of safely caring for their child. Determined to retain custody, Margaret embarks on a courtroom fight as well as a fight to maintain her own sanity.
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Based on the infamous "Baby Jessica" case, A heated custody battle between her biological and adoptive parents leaves a little girl caught in the crossfire.
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True story of Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone, inspired by his mother.
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True story of Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone, inspired by his mother.
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When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is radically changed. Like Dr. Bucke, Whitman has avant-garde ideas on the subject of mental illness. "Dreamers" is based on true events. Dr. Bucke became an important biographer of Walt Whitman.
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When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is radically changed. Like Dr. Bucke, Whitman has avant-garde ideas on the subject of mental illness. "Dreamers" is based on true events. Dr. Bucke became an important biographer of Walt Whitman.
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Un asesino en serie utiliza aparatos telefónicos como máquinas homicidas.
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A woman hires a contract-killer when her ex-husband kidnaps her son.
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An aged World War II veteran and a young street punk violently meet and discover more in common than anticipated. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
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Un grupo de visitantes descubre, en una isla remota, que un comandante nazi recluído ha estado engendrando a un grupo de soldados zombie.
