Alexander Scourby

David Rutherford (Michael Moriarty) é um espião industrial que foi contratado por executivos da concorrência para descobrir a receita de um produto chamado "Coisa", um iogurte com marshmallow que é um tremendo sucesso comercial. De alguma forma, os consumidores parecem estar viciados no produto, o que faz com que os demais fabricantes queiram a fórmula a qualquer custo. Com a ajuda de Nicole (Andrea Marcovicci), a designer responsável pela campanha de divulgação da "Coisa" e de Jason (Scott Bloom), um garoto que se recusa a comê-la, apesar de toda a família adorar o produto, David tenta provar que a "Coisa" na verdade é um ser extraterrestre, que deseja se apossar da mente dos humanos para dominar o planeta.

In 1960 Jane Goodall set out for Tanzania's remote Gombe Stream Game Reserve to study the behavior of man's closest living relative, the chimpanzee. With dedication and perseverance she earned the trust of a wild chimp community, and gradually they revealed their individual personalities and the rich tapestry of their daily life. This program looks at two landmark decades of Jane Goodall's work, including her dramatic discovery of chimpanzees making and using tools.

In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27 years he was a monk of the austere Trappist order, where he became an eloquent spiritual writer and mystic as well as an anti-war advocate and witness to peace. Merton: A Film Biography provides the first comprehensive look at this remarkable 20th century religious philosopher who wrote, in addition to his immensely popular autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, over 60 books on some of the most pressing social issues of our time, some of which are excerpted here. Merton offers an engaging profile of a man whose presence in the world touched millions of people and whose words and thoughts continue to have a profound impact and relevance today.

Enjoy some of the bizarre and unbelievable creatures unique to Australia's shores as investigators and scientists probe the secrets of this infinitely varied wildlife.

Records the wildlife in Etosha, a preserve surrounding a huge dry lake bed in the southwest African country of Namibia. Presents nature's interplay of life and death as it happens

Quem foi na realidade Jesus Cristo? O consagrado produtor John Heyman responde a essa pergunta no filme Jesus, o mais autentico filme bíblico produzido. A Vida de Jesus Cristo segundo o Evangelho de Lucas é um empolgante espetáculo assistido por mais de 1 bilhão de pessoas em todo o planeta. Veja com detalhes a Vida do Salvador da humanidade, Seu Amor e Seu Poder. Superprodução com fiel reconstituição de época. Para todos os que gostam de um grande filme.

While at an impromptu reunion lunch, five women reminisce and relive their college days at Mount Holyoke, and weigh their goals and aspirations against their lives.

A study of England's history, with particular emphasis on the role religion has played in shaping the nation and its people. Includes scenes of Stonehenge, the sanctuary at Glastonbury, the fortress of Maiden Castle, and Bamburg Castle. (worldcat.org)

Writer Ernest Hemingway confronts himself at various stages of his life.

Documentary exploring the origins and proliferation of Buddhism throughout Chinese history

The story is set during the South American Wars of Independence. Simón Bolivar, the liberator, has escaped from Spanish custody with the aid of an idealistic Spanish officer, Captain Montserrat. The Spanish commander, Colonel Izquierdo ('left' in Spanish), threatens Montserrat with torture to find out where Bolivar can be recaptured.

The second of two coproductions by the British Broadcasting Corporation and the National Film Board of Canada, People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter is compiled from some of the most vivid footage ever filmed of the life of the Netsilik Inuit in the Pelly Bay region of the Canadian Arctic. Together, the two films provide insight and understanding of a culture now almost vanished, as they show the incredible resourcefulness of the Netsilik (People of the Seal) who have adapted to one of the world's harshest environments. Part 2: Eskimo Winter shows how Inuit families gather in communities on the sea ice to harpoon seal as they come up through breating holes in the ice. Also seen is the mid-winter season, a time of intense socializing in the communal igloo, with games, contests and ceremonial activities.

A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.

This documentary shows efforts by Canadian wildlife specialists to preserve and nurture the creatures that remain in our wilderness areas, species such as the whooping crane, prairie falcons, bighorn sheep, bison, polar bears and grizzlies.

This documentary shows efforts by Canadian wildlife specialists to preserve and nurture the creatures that remain in our wilderness areas, species such as the whooping crane, prairie falcons, bighorn sheep, bison, polar bears and grizzlies.

The grizzly has roamed North America for nearly a million years. And now, in the last century and a half, he has come dangerously close to extinction. Frank and John Craighead have tracked this extraordinary creature.

A whimsical yet serious-minded look into the future sponsored by the appliance and radio manufacturer. In the "1999 House of Tomorrow", each family member's activities are enabled by a central computer and revolve around products remarkably similar to those made by the sponsor. Power comes from a self-contained fuel cell, which supports environmental controls, an automatic cooking system, and a computer-assisted "education room". (IMDb)

Após ser escolhido para representar a França em um congresso internacional, o gendarme Cruchot (Louis de Funès) e sua brigada vão para Nova York.

Like the best USIA films, The Wall distills political events into an emotionally clear and compelling ideological "story". In 1962 Walter de Hoog gathered footage from U.S. and German newsreel sources and crafted this taut short film about the first year of the Berlin Wall. Straightforward, keenly balanced narration portrays Berliners as "accepting the wall but never resigned to it". The extraordinary footage of the first escapes was propaganda enough-- His challenge was to make the politics human.

Um veterano padre, excêntrico e alcoolotra, recruta três relutantes condenados, a ajudá-lo a socorrer uma colônia de crianças leprosas, em uma ilha do Pacífico, ameaçada por um vulcão.

U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen (Ernest Borgnine) helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.

Em Monte Carlo, Theo Wilkins recruta o seu jovem protegido Paul Mason - recem saído da prisão - para ajudá-lo a roubar US $ 4 milhões do famoso cassino. O plano é simples. Na noite do Baile do Governador, Theo irá criar uma distração no casino com um membro da equipe simulando um colapso que requer atenção médica urgente. Enquanto isso Paul e outro membro da equipe vão até o dinheiro do cofre. Quando a ambulância chegar, o dinheiro vai sair com o homem doente. O plano é uma boa, mas nem todos irão sobreviver ao assalto e ninguém vai ficar rico com isso.

Drama that focuses on the later life of Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus.

Por meio de um antigo feitiço, um menino se transforma em um cão pastor e fica alternando entre as duas formas periodicamente. Parece acontecer em momentos inoportunos e o feitiço só pode ser quebrado por um ato de bravura...

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.

Jacobowsky (Danny Kaye), um refugiado judeu, foge dos nazistas com o Coronel Prokoszny (Curd Jürgens), um aristocrático e anti-semita oficial polonês, que está tentando levar uns documentos para a Inglaterra. Ao longo da história Jurgens aprende a gostar de Kaye, apesar de sua disputa pela mesma mulher, e juntos eles tentam despistar seus perseguidores.

A richly animated, exquisitely scored film and narrated by Alexander Scourby. Roy Ringwald composed "The Song of Christmas" as an original musical work to tell the Nativity Story in songs, carols, and passages from the Bible. The film was produced to creatively integrate Stuart Knickerbocker's artistic visualizations with Roy Ringwald's inspiring music.

A recreation and commentary on how people reacted to the radio broadcast of The War Of The Worlds in 1938.

Ivory's initial effort as a filmmaker was Venice: Theme and Variations, a documentary made as his master's thesis at the USC film school that, although only 28 minutes long, is rich in composition and aesthetic texture.

O rico fazendeiro Bick Benedict e o pobre caubói Jett Rink cortejam Leslie Lynnton, uma bela jovem de Maryland que é nova no Texas. Ela se casa com Benedict, mas ela fica chocada com o preconceito racial dos brancos texanos contra o povo local de origem mexicana. Rink descobre petróleo num pequeno pedaço de terra, e enquanto ele usa sua vasta e nova riqueza para comprar toda a terra em torno da fazenda de Benedict, a discordância de Benedict sobre preconceitos abastece conflitos por gerações.

Quando seu filho Andy é sequestrado e mantido para o resgate, David Stannard liquida seus bens para atender a demanda de meio milhão de dólares. Uma observação casual por repórter de jornal Charlie Telfer faz com que ele mudasse de idéia. Apesar dos apelos de sua esposa Edith e irmão e a condenação resultante da imprensa e do público, Stannard vai em um programa de televisão em todo o país, mostra o dinheiro e avisa o seqüestrador que não um centavo será pago para o resgate; em vez disso, o dinheiro será usado para rastrear o sequestrador se Andy não é devolvido ileso. A polícia então encontrar camisa manchada de sangue do rapaz.

A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.

Roman centurion Marcian is captured by Attila the Hun en route to Constantinople, but escapes. On arrival, he finds the eastern Roman emperor Theodosius plotting with Attila to look the other way while the latter marches against Rome. But Marcian gains the favor of Pulcheria, lovely sister of Theodosius, who favors a united Empire.

A feature-length, condensed version of the 1952 documentary TV series 'Victory at Sea'.

Lamont Cranston, a psychiatrist on retainer to the police department, is asked to assist in the Case of the Cotton Kimono murder investigation. Lamont and his girlfriend Margot Lane are not satisfied with Detective Harris' analysis and call on the two prime suspects: the victim's voice instructor and her boyfriend. When Harris, convinced that the boyfriend is guilty, frames the young man for the crime, Lamont is forced to assume his secret identity as "The Shadow", and cloaked by his power of invisibility, seeks to force the true killer to reveal himself.

This Christmas film, created as a special for television broadcast throughout the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania viewing region, was produced by puppeteer Mabel Beaton and her husband Les for Bell Telephone Company and first aired in 1953. Following a short live-action opening portion, featured are two extended marionette segments, the first dramatizing Clement Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas", the second reverently telling the Nativity story; the two stories are staged in classic, traditional style. From 1953 onward, for several years, The Spirit of Christmas was broadcast in the intended region multiple times per holiday season. It was also available as a 16mm film licensed to schools for showings to students. This film often is misstated to have originally been broadcast in 1950.

O policial durão Dave Bannion enfrenta o sindicato do crime politicamente poderoso. Dave Bannion é um policial honesto investigando uma gangue cruel que ele suspeita ter influência sobre a força policial. Bannion é alertado após o suicídio de um colega e o silêncio suspeito de seus colegas policiais o leva a acreditar que eles estão na folha de pagamento dos gângsteres. Quando uma bomba destinada a ele mata sua esposa, Bannion se torna uma furiosa força de vingança e justiça, auxiliado ao longo do caminho pela rejeitada namorada do gângster, Debby. Quando Bannion e Debby caem cada vez mais na armadilha traiçoeira e brutal do mundo do crime, eles devem usar todos os meios necessários (incluindo assassinato) para chegar à verdade. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)

During the Korean War Lt. Sam Pryor volunteers his platoon to escort Greek troops to perform a reconnaissance mission behind Communist lines. Due to his Greek heritage Pryor is initially proud to accompany the Greek contingent but his feelings change to scorn and mistrust when what he believes is cowardice shown by the Greek soldiers and their leaders results in the near annihiliation of his own platoon. An uneasy alliance is maintained between the US and Greek troops as the enemy's true objective is learned.

A saloonkeeper sides with the sheriff for justice after she's framed for rustling.

A female ex-con falls in love and hesitates to reveal her past.

Cantora de boate e seu cunhado tentam encontrar o assassino de seu marido. Quando Steve Emery chega a Trinidad a pedido urgente de seu irmão, ele fica surpreso ao descobrir que seu irmão não só foi assassinado, mas que a esposa de seu irmão, Chris, está sucumbindo às tentativas de sedução do homem que possivelmente é o assassino. Seus sentimentos ficam ainda mais exacerbados quando ele descobre que também está se sentindo fortemente atraído por Chris, que é uma apaixonada cantora de cabaré. Ela, por sua vez, joga um contra o outro enquanto trai os segredos dos dois homens para a polícia, para quem trabalha secretamente. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos) O filme marca o retorno de Rita Hayworth ao cinema depois de quatro anos longe da Columbia.

A documentary covering many aspects of the Hell Gate waterway history, including the clearing of the channel, the building of Hell Gate Bridge, and the General Slocum steamship disaster.