Woody Allen: A Documentary (2012), Thriller in Manila (2008), Broadway: The Golden Age (2004), The End of the Storm (2020), Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001), Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview (2011), Facing Ali (2009), Rush: Time Stand Still (2016) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Retrospective movies.
Storyline: Filmmaker Robert B. Weide chronicles the life of the actor, comedian and director and his creative processes.
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, director, filmmaking, comedy, new york, film history ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The intense rivalry between American heavyweight boxers Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier is examined in this documentary. Smarting from his earlier defeat by Frazier, Ali fueled a bitter feud in the media, leading up to 1975's "Thrilla in Manila," the much-hyped Philippines-set rematch of the two titans. The film depicts the landmark fight, which lasted 14 rounds, and also reveals what was happening outside of the ring as Ali and Frazier relentlessly pummeled each other.
Plot Keywords: action, thriller, documentary, boxing, sports, history, biography ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Filmmaker Rick McKay directs this oral history about the golden age of live theater in New York City during the 1940s and '50s. The film includes interviews with the actors, singers, dancers, authors, directors and producers of some of Broadway's greatest shows, as well as reminiscences from younger actors inspired by the greats of this era. Over 100 interviews are included, from stars such as Bea Arthur, Angela Lansbury, Charles Nelson Reilly and Elaine Stritch.
Plot Keywords: documentary, broadway, golden age, theater, history, musical, actors ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: "The best football is always about the expression of emotion." - Jurgen Klopp Featuring unprecedented access to Liverpool Football Club, THE END OF THE STORM is the gripping feature length inside story of the 2019/20 Premier League winning season. In a year when all sports came to a standstill, fans of Liverpool Football Club finally saw their team lift the trophy that had eluded them for 30 long years. Seen through the eyes of manager Jurgen Klopp, his first team players including Jordan Henderson, Sadio Mané and Roberto Firmino, join passionate Liverpool fans from around the world - THE END OF THE STORM celebrates one of sport's most historic triumphs.
Plot Keywords: football, documentary, team, fans, victory, history, glory ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Narrated by Tom Cruise, "Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures" goes through each one of his movies and talks to various participants about their memories of working with Kubrick. For those who know very little about Kubrick, the documentary is an excellent career overview. Kubrick film clips include "Fear and Desire," "Killer's Kiss," "The Killing," "Paths of Glory," "Spartacus," "Lolita," "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," "2001: A Space Odyssey," "A Clockwork Orange," "Barry Lyndon," "The Shining," "Full Metal Jacket" and "Eyes Wide Shut." Those appearing include: Arthur C. Clarke, Keir Dullea, Shelley Duvall, James B. Harris, Richard Schickel, Michael Herr, Nicole Kidman, Anya Kubrick, Christiane Kubrick, Gert Kubrick, Katharina Kubrick, Paul Mazursky, Jack Nicholson, Malcolm McDowell, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Douglas Trumbull, Marie Windsor, Matthew Modine, Sydney Pollack and Peter Ustinov.—alfiehitchie
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, director, filmmaking, film history, hollywood, behind the scenes ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A conversation with Steve Jobs as he was running NeXT, the company he had founded after leaving Apple.
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, technology, interview, innovation, entrepreneur, history ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The life and career of Muhammad Ali (1942- ) as seen chronologically in archival footage: Ali as a fighter, a personality, a political lightening rod, and a man. Boxers who fought him describe what led up to major fights and the matches themselves; they also offer personal revelations about their own lives: George Chuvalo's family losses, George Foreman's conversion, Ken Norton's gratitude, Ron Lyle's teaching, Earnie Shaver's encounter with the Klan, and Joe Frazier's good humor pack their own punch. The fighters talk about Ali's quickness, cunning, and recuperative powers - and how fighting him changed their lives.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: boxing, documentary, sports, biography, interviews, legend, career ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Rush grants filmmakers exclusive behind-the-scenes access and candid interviews as their final tour comes to a crescendo in Los Angeles.
Plot Keywords: documentary, music, rock, concert, band, live performance, guitarist ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This feature-length documentary film follows the artist as she prepares for what may be the most important moment of her life: a major retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. To be given a retrospective at one of the world's premiere museums is, for any living artist, the most exhilarating sort of milestone. For Marina, it is far more - it is the chance to finally silence the question she has been hearing over and over again for four decades: 'But why is this art?'—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: documentary, art, performance art, artist, retrospective, emotion, time ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The story of the history-making Nottingham Forest team that won back-to-back European Cups in 1979 and 1980, led by the mercurial Brian Clough and his assistant Peter Taylor.
Plot Keywords: documentary, sports, football, history, team, legend, 1970s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the career of celebrated football player Diego Maradona, who played for S.S.C. Napoli in the 1980s.
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, sports, football, argentina, legend, athlete ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Some of MGM's musical stars review the studio's history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) to Brigadoon (1954), from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain (1952), are examined.—Kelly
Plot Keywords: musical, classic, song and dance, hollywood, golden age, mgm, documentary ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Acclaimed, award-winning filmmaker Maximillian Schell reconstructs the life and career of the enigmatic film diva. This is accomplished through use of archival footage and commentary from the actress recorded at her home. Schell's job was complicated by the aging actresses's stipulation that her face not be photographed directly.—duke1029@aol.com
Plot Keywords: biography, history, documentary, music, drama, art, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: At the heart of the Apollo program was the special band of brothers in Mission Control. The feature documentary film Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo tells their stories, describing the rural homesteads and smokestack towns they came from, and the remarkable team they became. The film consists of interviews with those who worked in Mission Control and astronauts, enhanced by extraordinary archive, stunning VFX and an original orchestral score. The film covers the first journeys to the moon by Apollo 8 and Apollo 11, and the huge effort required to save the crew of Apollo 13.—Keith Haviland
Plot Keywords: documentary, space exploration, nasa, history, technology, astronauts, 20th century ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: All Blacks great Dan Carter has revealed that an "intimate" film about his personal life and his "challenging road" towards the 2015 Rugby. He's fallen in love with an impossible reach, a few thousand km away, and circumstances aren't making it any more possible.
Plot Keywords: sports documentary, biography, new zealand, athlete, career, legend, inspirational ...
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