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About Schmidt
A review of the film "About Schmidt".
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Dennis Hopper & Peter Fonda in Easy Rider
The end of the 1960's seen the rise of the counter-culture movement in America and with it came Easy Rider signaling a change in Hollywood.
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Dennis Hopper, Director of Easy Rider
Dennis Hopper, Academy Award nominated actor, has been making movies since 1955. He worked with James Dean, Peter Fonda, Francis Ford Coppola and Jack Nicholson.
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Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll:<i>Easy Rider</i>
I've heard that Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper really <i>were</i> under the influence of pot while making this picture. Well, that would explain <i>everything</i>........
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Eliza Gilkyson
Famed folk singer Eliza Gilkyson discusses her father, Hollywood song man Terry Gilkyson
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Laslo Kovacs Dies
Hungarian born Laslo Kovacs brought us a personal vision of America, one formed by experiences back home
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Road Trip Movies Exemplify the American Dream
Ever since pioneers left America's east coast to travel west, the iconic road trip has played a major part in America's psyche. Hollywood images explore the theme.
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Dennis Hopper in Night Tide (1960)
Dennis Hopper's first lead film role comes in this quirky, supernatural mermaid tale, one which expertly blurs the line between the mundane and the surreal.
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Independent Film in the 1980s
Perhaps the biggest mistake Hollywood ever made was to ignore the emergence of a new breed of artist. An artist who was more concerned with expression then profit.
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Film, History and Society
Film has many important qualities but none may be greater then its ability to educate about the histories of the world.
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Hollywood and The Artist
Should film be more concerned about art and education or about profits and entertainment? Or is it possible for these elements to eventually coincide with one another?
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Nicholson -- As Good As It Gets
Nicholson, 64, is as good as it gets as a Hollywood legend.
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The Films of the 1970s
The films of the 1970's were attempts to explore the mindsets of a society undergoing tremendous change through honest portrayals of real people
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The Hippie Photographs of Paul Dembski on Show
The photographs of Paul Dembski taken in the sixties and seventies, shown now during Taos' Summer of Love, present a realistic view of these times in Taos, New Mexico.
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PAST AND PRESENT: FLASHBACK, THE FRESHMAN
A look at how FLASHBACK and THE FRESHMAN offered its respective stars, Dennis Hopper and Marlon Brando, a chance to have fun with their pasts
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The Hired Hand
Peter Fonda just wants to be taken seriously. Seriously.
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The Shooting
Jack Nicholson takes a back seat to Warren Oates in Monte Hellman's existential western.
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Crash Season Two
Two veteran actors join forces on the second season of Crash on Starz.
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Doom/Death Music News Tape (November, 18)
Doom and Death music news and reviews
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Lionsgate Gets Alpha and Omega
Lionsgate and Crest Animation Productions have hooked up to make Alpha and Omega, an animated comedy about two mismatched wolves.
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Merging the Golden Age with New Hollywood
The term "classic film" is subjective, no matter how you splice it, but a case can be made that the categorization covers the 1930s through the 1970s.
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Michael Almereyda's Nadja (Part 1 of 4)
The dead travel fast.
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Mirisch Brother Memoir
"I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History" is the dry, gentlemanly memoir of Walter Mirisch, baby of one of Hollywood's most successful families
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No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond made their mark on movies and their story is remarkable.
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The Allure of Motorcycles
Although motorcycles still have the "bad boy" stigma of the Hell's Angels, most motorcyclists are regular people enjoying an outdoor sport or just getting around.
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Top AFI Film Picks That Were Not Oscar Nominees
The AFI's 2007 updated list of top 100 American films has nearly two dozen great films that were not nominated for best picture Oscars. Here are a few.
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US Library of Congress Film Registry
The United States Library of Congress is ensuring that movies that showcase the best and most significant aspects of the American film experience will be preserved.
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A Dream and its Influence
Can a speech, seen only as excerpts on the news, help shape a persons ideas? Maybe. I beleive that Dr. King's did for me. This is my small thanks to him.
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Best Travel Movies
Certain movies inspire us to travel. It is not always the beauty or magic of a place either; some films just create wander lust and a sense of exploration.
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Celebrate Halloween with Tour of a U.S. Cemetery
Sounds ghoulish, but cemeteries can be interesting for their beautiful landscaping and history of the people buried there. You don't even need a Halloween costume.
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Convert your lawn to groundcover
Test your devotion to your lawn. Is it time to convert from lawn to a groundcover garden?
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Famous Hollywood Families
What is it about certain families that make them exceptional? Whether by genes or nepotism, many famous Hollywood names got their "in" through their famous relatives.
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Goerge Romero's Knightriders
Arthurian Legend on wheels, baby!

MegaCon 2005 Part 1
MegaCon 2005 Movie news with Arnie Star. How to be a writer with Marv Wolfman and Barbara Kesel. Don’t miss my convention pictures!!! Free comic book day is just around the corner? Do you know when? Get your information on this event now!
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New Orleans Cemetery Tours Fascinate Tourists
It's Necropolis Now for tens of thousands of tourists in New Orleans, Louisiana, who are drawn to the slightly macabre but immensely popular cemetery tours.
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The Actor And The Film Star
Looking at the definitions of an actor and a film star. Whether there are any discernable differences between the two, and can a person ever be both?
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The Electric Prunes; Mass in F Minor
For their third release the Electric Prunes were partnered with hit producer David Axelrod to create one of the most bizarre pop concepts of the sixties- Mass in F Minor
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American Idol Recap – Top 7
The Top 7 American Idol finalists sang song from the movies Tuesday night - find out who looked like a star and who flopped on the show!
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Film Review: Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces
Five Easy Pieces helped mark a sea change in the content, tone and direction of American movies in the transitional, counterculture years of the late 1960s and early 70s.
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Leiber & Stoller
One of r&b's most imortant songwriting pairs.
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NBC Tries to Climb Out of Ratings Slump
This week we preview the new fall schedule for NBC. The once first place network fell to fourth in the ratings this past season. Can any of these new shows bring them back to the top?
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The Last Picture Show
What a John Ford film would look like if it were set in the Fifties, was about horny teenagers, and was R-rated.
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