Biographical film stubs

Song of Granite

Film Age rating: 2 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 6.6

The life story of traditional Irish folk singer Joe Heaney, who is estimated to have recorded in excess of 500 traditional Irish sean nós ('old style') songs. Heaney moved from Ireland to the UK, and...

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Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 6.6

Based on a true story, former parole officer Marilyn Gambrell and a colleague set up a pioneer trial-based program in one of America's toughest high schools to help the children of incarcerated parent...

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Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 6.6

A look at J.K. Rowling from her humble beginnings as an imaginative young girl and awkward teenager, to the loss of her mother and the genesis of the Harry Potter book series.

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Rocky Marciano

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1999 IMDB Rating: 6.6

Step into the ring with one of America's greatest legends...and stand a couple of rounds with greatness! "Pulling no punches" (LA Daily News), Jon Favreau (Swingers) and OscarÂ(r) winner* George C. Sc...

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Lucie Aubrac

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1997 IMDB Rating: 6.6

A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband...

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I Was an American Spy

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1951 IMDB Rating: 6.5

An American nightclub singer in 1940's Singapore becomes a spy for America in an effort to get back at the invading Japanese army. Based on a true story.

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Mary White

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1977 IMDB Rating: 6.5

The true story of the relationship between famed author William Allen White and his teenaged daughter Mary, who died in a horseback-riding accident at age 16, and the powerful effect the tragedy had o...

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Last Call

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2002 IMDB Rating: 6.5

Renowned writer F. Scott Fitzgerald is living the last months of his life with his youthful secretary, confidant, and protégé who later wrote a memoir of their time together.

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Nightwatching

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 2007 IMDB Rating: 6.5

An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch.

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