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A Bigger Splash

A Bigger Splash

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1973 IMDB Rating: 5.8

A fictionalised biopic about the end of David Hockney's relationship with Peter Schlesinger which was named after Hockney's pop-art painting 'A Bigger Splash'.

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Capone

Capone

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Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1975 IMDB Rating: 5.7

Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run his Prohibition-era alcohol sales operation. Capone r...

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The Legend of Valentino

The Legend of Valentino

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1975 IMDB Rating: 5.3

An embellished dramatization of the career and personal life of actor Rudolph Valentino, widely regarded as the screen's first male sex symbol.

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Evel Knievel

Evel Knievel

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1971 IMDB Rating: 5.2

Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was filmed in his home town of Butte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life just before a big jump.

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Gable and Lombard

Gable and Lombard

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1976 IMDB Rating: 5.1

A biography about the love affair between 1930s Hollywood superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.

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