Franklin J. Schaffner

Almost everyone who worked with director Franklin J. Schaeffer on the film is interviewed here, including George C. Scott (this piece was done before he died in 1999) and they all seem to unanimously agree that he was a complete and total gentleman to work with. Oliver Stone shows up here to give us his thoughts on the film and accuse it for being in some part responsible for the bombing of Cambodia, which is an interesting theory if perhaps a little misguided (he claims that Nixon was so influenced by Patton that it resulted in his decision to launch that first attack which in turn resulted in the bombing). Other interviewees in this piece include Richard Zanuck, Jerry Goldsmith, Fred Koenekamp, Franklin J. Schaeffer himself, and the film's producer, Frank McCarthy. The interviews are nicely complimented by some behind the scenes clips as well as a small assortment of camera tests.

An Air Force officer returns to his father, son and remarried wife in Vermont after 17 years in Vietnam.

A young knight sets out to join King Richards crusaders. Along the way, he encounters The Black Prince who captures children and sells them as slaves to the Muslims. It is Robert Narra's sworn duty to protect the children and lead them to safety.

A famous opera singer, Giorgio Fini, loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to a female throat specialist, Pamela Taylor, whom he falls in love with.

Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs - murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy's curse!

Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs - murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy's curse!

O ensandecido médico Joseph Mengele (Gregory Peck), que fez milhares de experiências genéticas com judeus (inclusive crianças), vive no Paraguai e planeja o nascimento do 4º Reich. Para obter tal objetivo, faz 94 clones de Hitler quando ele era um garoto. Mas isto não basta, pois diversas variáveis necessitam serem criadas para traçar o perfil psicológico de Hitler. Entretanto Ezra Lieberman (Laurence Olivier), um judeu que é um caçador de nazistas, descobre a trama e tenta impedir que tal plano se concretize.

Em 1940 um rico, mas recluso, escultor de peças metálicas, Thomas Hudson (George C. Scott), vive numa ilha das Bahamas, onde se diverte, bebe e pesca. Invadindo o paraíso de Thomas chegam os três filhos de suas ex-esposas. O mais velho, Tom (Hart Bochner), é o mais próximo do pai. Andrew (Brad Savage) e David (Michael-James Wixted), que são de outro casamento, são bem diferentes um do outro. Andrew mostra afeto, já David mostra uma certa raiva em relação ao pai, que vem à tona numa inocente luta de travesseiros, quando David começa a socar o pai. No entanto esta raiva aos poucos se transforma em afeto. Paralelamente as notícias que vêm de fora não são nada boas, pois a 2ª Guerra Mundial se intensifica e a França se rende. Ao final das férias os três partem e Tom vai lutar na R.A.F. Um dia Hudson recebe a visita de Audrey (Claire Bloom), uma ex-esposa, que lhe dá uma notícia que modificará sua vida.

Na década de 1930, Papillon (Steve McQueen) foi acusado de assassinato e mandado para cumprir prisão perpétua na Guiana Francesa. As regras da prisão são claras: Qualquer um que tentar fugir ganhará como punição dois anos de solitária. Isso não é o bastante para assustar Papillon, que vai tentar fugir de qualquer maneira com a ajuda de Louis Dega (Dustin Hoffman). Em uma das vezes ele quase consegue e vai parar incialmente em uma colônia de hansenianos e depois em uma tribo de índios caribenhos, até chegar na Ilha do Diabo.

Na década de 1930, Papillon (Steve McQueen) foi acusado de assassinato e mandado para cumprir prisão perpétua na Guiana Francesa. As regras da prisão são claras: Qualquer um que tentar fugir ganhará como punição dois anos de solitária. Isso não é o bastante para assustar Papillon, que vai tentar fugir de qualquer maneira com a ajuda de Louis Dega (Dustin Hoffman). Em uma das vezes ele quase consegue e vai parar incialmente em uma colônia de hansenianos e depois em uma tribo de índios caribenhos, até chegar na Ilha do Diabo.

Documentary short featuring behind-the-scenes footage of the 1973 film "Papillon." The film stars Steve McQueen and is based on the life story of Henri Charriere, both of whom can be seen on set in "The Magnificent Rebel."

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

Norte da África, 1943. Patton (George C. Scott) assume o comando e injeta disciplina nos seus subordinados. Na Segunda Guerra, preocupado com a batalha contra o Marechal Rommel (Karl Michael Vogler), Patton procura entendê-lo lendo o livro do próprio Rommel. Promovido, é enviado para a Itália, mas coloca o futuro de sua carreira em risco ao esbofetear um recruta que estava tendo um colapso nervoso. Este incidente o faz perder o comando do seu exército e, por extensão, ser excluído da invasão do "Dia D", além de ser forçado a pedir desculpas públicas pelo ocorrido.

George Taylor, um astronauta americano, viaja por séculos em estado de hibernação. Ao acordar, ele e seus companheiros se vêem em um planeta dominado por macacos, no qual os humanos são tratados como escravos e nem mesmo tem o dom da fala.

In a complex piece of espionage the Russian secret service attempts to kidnap a high ranking officer in the CIA and replace him with a double of its own.

A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is making progress until he falls in love with one of the local women.

The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.

An aging former movie starlet whose Hollywood career went nowhere, now reduced to dancing with a third-rate touring show, finds herself stranded in a small town where she's courted by an infatuated and naive local teenager.

A timid man with money problems gets into a big card game with some high-rollers.

Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy was a television special featuring the First Lady of the United States, Jacqueline Kennedy on a tour of the recently renovated White House. It was broadcast on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1962, on both CBS and NBC, and broadcast four days later on ABC. The program was the first ever First Lady televised tour of the White House, and has since been considered the first prime-time documentary specifically designed to appeal to a female audience.

Ernie Pandish has tried to be a writer for years and has never made much money out of it. But now he seems likely to hit the big-time.

After the first atom bomb test, scientists realize the bomb was more powerful than they expected - which may have terrible results.

Arriving in Washington, a freshman senator gets an experienced advisor who warns him not to continue a heated feud with his state's senior salon, held over from his father. But later in a drunken jag, he blurts out secret evidence that can end the career of the older man.

High Tor is a 1936 play by Maxwell Anderson. Twenty years after the original production, Anderson adapted it into a television musical with Arthur Schwartz. Anderson first considered a musical adaptation of High Tor for television in 1949. He and John Monks Jr. adapted the play as a made-for-television musical fantasy in 1955, with music by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Anderson. High Tor was filmed in November 1955 by Desilu Productions at the RKO-Pathé Studio and broadcast March 10, 1956 on the CBS television network, as a 90-minute episode of the series Ford Star Jubilee. Bing Crosby, Julie Andrews, Nancy Olson, Hans Conreid, and Keenan Wynn starred in the film, produced by Arthur Schwartz, and directed by James Neilson.

Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television series. Initially staged as a CBS live production on 20 September 1954, the drama was later rewritten for the stage in 1955 under the same title and again for a feature film, 12 Angry Men (1957). The episode garnered three Emmy Awards for writer Rose, director Franklin Schaffner and Robert Cummings as Best Actor.

Major Gaylord grapples with a vexing command in the Korean War. Aired by Studio One in Hollywood, sponsored by Westinghouse.

A woman is accused by a poison-pen letter of murdering her husband.

A man is released from prison only to find a new kind of prison: society's judgment of an ex-con's continuing guilt. He now lives with his mother, his critical brother, and the story his mother told that he joined the army.

The birth of Jesus and the serene Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem.

Jeff and his family just moved into a small, rural community. When two sinister locals tamper with Jeff's water pump, a fight breaks out among the three. Jeff is seen as a fugitive in the eyes of this bloodthirsty community...and there seems to be no way to stop them.

The story, set 15 years after the Crucifixion, of the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who is depicted as a victim of circumstances.

Business mogul's son David Grant uses his father's power to extricate himself from problems - until implication in a woman's death tests David's willingness to avoid responsibility.

Prim, quiet Jane Eyre finds work as a governess at the house of the mysterious Mr. Rochester. Despite his aloofness, this haunted older man stirs up passion within the heart of shy, inhibited Jane. Little does she realize he hides a shameful family secret that could doom their blossoming romance.