Gregory Hines

Maurice Hines, a charming, gay African-American entertainer navigates the complications of show business while grieving the loss of his more famous, often estranged younger brother, tap dance legend Gregory Hines.

O documentário aborda a história cultural da forma de dança conhecida nos EUA como "tap".

The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on opening night. This second compilation of great musical moments from the Tonys features another dazzling array of stars and performances. Hosts Lauren Bacall, Bebe Neuwirth, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Jerry Orbach introduce these one-of-a-kind performances and share their personal Broadway and Tony memories.

Cast and crew offer up a nice overview piece, discussing the picture's authenticity, real life in the time of Boyz n the Hood, the parallels between Singleton's real life and his film, the process of making the film, the casting process, the quality of the script, the film's reception, its Oscar nominations, and its legacy.

A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Williams traces the struggles and triumphs of the superstars of music and film. Among the many artists featured are: Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Cab Calloway, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald, and Little Richard, Also included are today's contemporary superstars: Snoop Dogg, Ice T, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Russell Simmons, and many, more! 80 minutes plus DVD bonus features.

Songwriter Noel is struggling to write a hit song, and so he takes his frustrations out on his family. His daughter Dakota is granted one wih for doing a good deed and she wishes that her daddy will write a hit song. There is a sub-plot about kindness to animals that has almost nothing to do with the main story.

Biografia do dançarino afro-americano William Bojangles Robinson e sua luta contra o preconceito racial.

Two estranged half-brothers, Billy and Torch, reconnect during a brief jail stay. 20/20 Mike concocts a scheme in which the two of them will steal dope from some young couriers. The heist goes wrong when Billy shoots the couriers dead. They hole up in an abandoned building, and 20/20 Mike seeks help from an old cell mate, Tony.

From 1979 to 1981, 29 African-American males, mostly children, were either missing or found murdered in metro Atlanta. The cases plagued the city until 1982, when Wayne Wiiliams was convicted of the murders of two adult men. Authorities then considered the other cases closed. Some of the parents of the slain children were critical of the way the cases were handled and believed there was some sort of cover up. Nearly four years after the conviction of Williams, "Spin" magazine editor Ron Larson and reporter Pat Laughlin come to Atlanta in search of the truth.

A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor. With his mother's help, he is an underage regular at a local nightspot, where he is teamed up with a sax superstar. Both come to learn that each suffers from Tourette's Syndrome (thus the film title). The older man has developed mannerisms to cover up his own fallibilities and resents the boy and his mother's acceptance of the disease.

Cinco vidas aparentemente desconexas se cruzam em San Francisco Valley: a Detetive Kathy Farber (Amy Brenneman) chega cena de um crime e descobre que o cadáver uma antiga amiga sua, Carmen; Elaine (Glenn Close) briga com a mãe enquanto espera por uma chamada telefônica; Rebecca (Holly Hunter) descobre que está grávida; Rose (Kathy Baker) desenvolve uma obsessão por seu novo vizinho; e Carol (Cameron Diaz), a irmã de Kathy, especula com o que poderia ter levado Carmen ao suicídio.

Four young black men kill a white woman. Now the D.A. is very cautious how to pursue this case because it might start a riot. And adding fuel to the fire is a bombastic and vocal black community leader, who's saying that they will not have a fair trial and that they were justified in their actions because they were in fear for their lives

O metrô de Nova York serve de palco para uma série de sketches enfocando, ora de forma dramática, ora de forma cômica, ou mesmo romântica, o cotidiano das milhões de pessoas que passam por ali diariamente. Grande elenco que compõe as histórias, sob grandes direções.

Bernard "Bern" Lemly (Gregory Hines) is fed up with being in a wheelchair and wants more out of life. Meanwhile, former football player Tony "Ole" Olezniak (Vincent D'Onofrio) is stewing after recently losing his sight. The men soon realize they can put their frustrated energy to good use by competing in a whitewater rafting race on Oregon's Rouge River. In the process, they discover their disabilities don't have to destroy their dreams.

Ainda criança, Isaiah viu seus pais serem mortos cruelmente e jurou vingança ao homem que comandou a chacina. Anos mais tarde, ele fica sabendo do paradeiro do assassino e treina para enfrentá-lo num desafio, ao mesmo tempo em que precisa fugir de um pistoleiro que foi contratado para acabar com sua vida.

Um reverendo que está passando por uma crise recebe a visita de um anjo. Mas o emissário divino, em vez de ajudá-lo, se distrai com a presença da mulher do religioso.

With his boss in the madhouse, a mobster is temporary boss of the criminal empire just as vicious rivals threaten the control of the empire.

Whitney Houston e Angela Bassett são as estrelas deste divertido e tocante filme sobre quatro mulheres que encontram forças na forte amizade que as une. Savannah, Bernadine, Robin e Gloria estão todas em busca do Amor Verdadeiro. Bernadine achava que tinha encontrado a felicidade, até que seu marido a deixou por outra mulher. Savannah e Robin são bem sucedidas em suas carreiras, mas suas vidas amorosas são um fracasso. E a divorciada Gloria está de volta à parada flertando com seu novo e muito interessante vizinho. Baseado no livro best-seller de Terry McMillan, e com o super sucesso musical Exhale (Shoop Shoop), Falando de Amor é o filme que você e suas amigas esperavam!

An ill-fated, tender romance between an adult, male, white tutor (Mark Evan Jacobs) and his 17-year-old, African-American, female student (Karen Kirkland).

In this made-for-TV movie, Kay's (Jean Smart) small-town life allows her to manage the challenges of caring for her sick baby. But when a mysterious stranger (Gregory Hines) invades her home and reveals that he knows all too many things about Kay's past, she must work fast to preserve her peace -- even if it means taking matters and the law into her own hands.

A distraught disc jockey seeks out a mystery caller who may be the killer of his girlfriend.

Depois de perder o emprego, um publicitário consegue um emprego como professor em uma base militar. Ele deve melhorar o grau de instrução dos fuzileiros, que não estão nada interessados em aprender. Para conseguir atrair a atenção dos jovens, ele usa Hamlet, de Shakespeare.

Oscar nominated short film from 1994. Directed by Sean Astin!

A couple of con men look for paradise in a stolen car.

A behind the scenes look at the Broadway production of Jelly's Last Jam, including a tribute to jazz musician and composer Jelly Roll Morton. Gregory Hines and George C. Wolfe, who wrote the book for Jelly's Last Jam, are interviewed. Includes scenes from the show.

A black New York man returns to his southern hometown to investigate his father's lynching at the hands of a white mob.

A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.

Eve is a military robot made to look exactly like her creator, Dr. Eve Simmons. When she is damaged during a bank robbery, the robot becomes an unstoppable killing machine. Colonel Jim McQuade is assigned to stop the robot and with the help from Dr. Simmons they have to predict where she will go next.

Celebrating Sammy Davis Jr 's 60th anniversary in show business, including musical,comic and dancing performers.

Max Washington has just been released from prison after serving time for burglary. He returns to his old hangout, a hoofer club. His old girl friend, Amy, who still works at the club as a Tap instructor, is less than thrilled to see him. Her father, Little Mo, is happy to see him, because he has plans for a show involving Max. In addition, Max's old partners in crime have another job for him.

Em Saigon, uma dupla de policiais se depara com a difícil missão de investigar o responsável por uma série de assassinatos a prostitutas. A solução do caso se torna ainda mais difícil quando as testemunhas também são mortas.

Uma pouco convencional dupla de policiais se vê as voltas com um traficante de drogas. Eles querem na realidade se aposentar e curtir a vida, mas antes precisam concluir sua missão.

Nikolai Rodchenko (Mikhail Baryshnikov) é um bailarino da União Soviética exilado nos Estados Unidos que é aprisionado pela KGB quando seu avião sofre uma pane e pousa em território soviético. Lá tem contato com um bailarino americano, que desertou do exército na época da Guerra do Vietnã, foi morar em Moscou e está casado com uma russa.

A young man (Gregory Hines) journeys from rags-to-riches thanks to his talented Puss in Boots (Ben Vereen). Starring Ben Vereen, Gregory Hines, Alfre Woodard, George Kirby, and Brock Peters. Narrated by Shelley Duvall.

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.

Seis anos após fazer o filme No Maps on My Taps (1979), sobre o legado do sapateado nos Estados Unidos, o documentarista norte-americano George T. Nierenberg voltou ao tema para mostrar os estilos particulares de três mestres do gênero - Steve Condos, Jimmy Slyde e Chuck Green -, intercalando entrevistas e cenas de suas talentosas criações. Característico do cinema de Nierenberg, as apresentações são orquestradas por ele e sua equipe, em diálogo com os dançarinos. O filme conta ainda com a introdução do ator e dançarino Gregory Hines, que compartilha suas memórias de infância, quando assistia a grandes dançarinos de sapateado no Teatro Apollo, em Nova York, e os imitava.

O Cotton Club foi uma famosa boate do Harlem. Esta é a história das pessoas que frequentavam este clube, bem como das pessoas que o dirigiam. O filme é generosamente recheado com música, o jazz que tornou o Cotton Club tão renomado nas décadas de 1920 e 1930.

Os Muppets vão tentar a vida em Nova York, onde esperam se tornar grandes artistas. A sorte não os ajuda e eles passam por períodos difíceis, morando em armários de estações rodoviárias. Até que um dia, um golpe de sorte torna possível seus sonhos. E eles invadem a Broadway!

Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; understanding the exact nature of how 'gifts' are used to grease the wheels of a sale, a religious conversion from one of the salesman and a romance that begins to grow between two competitors.

Shirley MacLaine uses music and drama to look at ways in which things are not necessarily what they seem to be.

Steve Martin's fourth NBC special was in the spirit of his previous association with Saturday Night Live. It was broadcast live from Studio 8H, produced by Lorne Michaels and featured some original cast members of the show.

Um policial de Nova York investiga uma série de mortes brutais que se parecem com ataques de animais.

Uma versão barulhenta da história que prova que nada é sagrado - nem mesmo o Império Romano, a Revolução Francesa e a Inquisição Espanhola.

Eubie! began life as a Broadway musical, celebrating the life and work of legendary black entertainer/composer Eubie Blake. This taped version was specially prepared for cable TV in 1981, then released on videocassette a few years later. Gregory and Maurice Hines head the exuberant, toe-tapping cast. Among the highlights are such Blake standards as "I'm Just Wild About Harry". The race issue is brought into play every once in a while, but never in such an omnipresent fashion as to dampen the spirits of this sparkling example of Broadway at its best.

The story of legendary jazz bassist Milt Hinton and tap dancer Charles "Honi" Coles offers a front row seat to the creation of Jazz History. The film includes rehearsals, practice sessions, photographs, historical film footage, as well as a lunch break interview at New York's China Song restaurant in which the artists discuss everything from the mathematical principles of music to the dance acts who played the Apollo. The film also features a special appearance by choreographer/tap dancer Brenda Bufalino.

After the huge financial and cultural success of WOODSTOCK (1970), filmmaker and political activist Michael Wadleigh spent many years in Hollywood writing scripts that were never produced. However, WOLFEN (1981), his only other major motion picture, was. After that he would never complete another feature film again. This is the story of that film.