Gore Vidal

21. yüzyılda genetik mühendisliği çok gelişmiş ve bilimsel olarak kusursuz insanlar yaratılmaktadır. Özel pozisyonlar için yetiştirilen bu yeni süper insan ırkı yüzünden, normal yollardan dünyaya gelmiş insanlar işsiz kalmakta ve ikinci plana itilmektedir. Onlardan biri olan astronot adayı Vincent, Gattaca şirketinde ancak temizlikçi olarak iş bulabilecekken, komadaki bir atletin kan örneklerini ve kimliğini alarak iyi bir pozisyonda işe girer. Fakat şirkette işlenen bir cinayet, olayı araştıran dedektifin dikkatini Vincent'ın üzerinde yoğunlaştırmasına sebep olacaktır.

Bobby Bishop, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Başkanı'nın özel asistanıdır. Tesadüfen, sokakta arkadaşı Profesör Pochenko ile karşılaşır. Pochenko, Bobby Bishop'a Beyaz Saray'daki bir komplodan bahseder ancak hemen ardından bir suikastçı tarafından öldürülür. Şimdi kötü adamlar, bu komployu bilen tek kişi olan Bobby Bishop'ın peşindedir. Bobby Bishop, yalnızca hayatta kalmakla kalmayıp, komplocuların hedeflerine ulaşmasını da engellemelidir. Ve güvenecek birini bulması gerekmektedir.

Convinced he'll graduate with honors because of his thesis paper, a stuffy Harvard student finds his paper being held hostage by a homeless man, who might be the guy to school the young man in life.

In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel: "Deep Throat," starring Linda Lovelace. This film would surpass the wildest expectation of everyone involved to become one of the most successful independent films of all time. It caught the public imagination which met the spirit of the times, even as the self-appointed guardians of public morality struggled to suppress it, and created, for a brief moment, a possible future where sexuality in film had a bold artistic potential. This film covers the story of the making of this controversial film, its stunning success, its hysterical opposition along with its dark side of mob influence and allegations of the on set mistreatment of the film's star.

Zengin dul Violet Venable'ın tek oğlu kuzeni ile tatildeyken ölür. Kız gördüklerinden sonra delirir ve Bayan Venable gerçeklerin ortaya çıkması için Catherine 'e lobotomi yapılmasını istiyor...

For a book project, photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders took photographs of 30 stars of adult movies, each pair of photographs in the same pose, clothed and nude. This film records the photo shoots and includes interviews with the performers and commentary from eight writers (and John Waters). The actors and writers discuss economics, nudity and exhibitionism, careers, and private lives.

Yaşı kendisinden büyük seksi kadınlar tarafından ve aile ve arkadaşlarının ezdiği espritüel ve zeki Igby,her ne ters giderse gitsin zorlukları aşmaya kararlıdır.

Henry Carter adındaki ünlü psikayatr basından gecen olaylar nedenlerle marihuanaya başlar. Marihuanaya başlayan henry gittikçe bağımlı hale gelir ve kendini unutur.Dahada kötüsü mesleğine duyduğu inancı unutur.

Rüyaların, tutkuların, anıların ve kadınların yönetmeni Rimini'li Federico Fellini, Roma ile İtalya'nın en sinematografik kentine yakından bakıyor ve kendi Roma'sını anlatıyor. Filmin bir diğer adının, 'Fellini'nin Roma'sı' olması son derece anlamlı.Yarı-otobiyografik, yarı düşsel Roma, sinemacının Rimini'den Roma'ya taşındığı dönemde yaşadıklarından esinleniyor. Peter Gonzales'in yönetmeni canlandırdığı filmde Marcello Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi ve Gore Vidal gibi oyuncular izleyiciyi selamlasa da, filmin başrolünde Roma var. Konuklarıyla anlam kazanan, rengini içinde yaşayan insanlardan alan o rengarenk şehir... Belki de Fellini'nin çılgın ve melankolik bilinçaltına en yakın olan yer...

The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.

Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.

This is a short film based on the 1979 film of the same name. The film is stylized with the actors wearing modernized robes and Roman jewelry and females playing male characters and vice-versa.

A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Williams' work, among them extracts of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Night of the Iguana, The (1964), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (TV). Contains footage of Williams being interviewed, including conversations with David Frost, 'Edward R. Murrow (I)', and Melvyn Bragg, as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him, among them Edward Albee, Gore Vidal, and his lifelong friend, Lady Maria St. Just. Features readings from Elia Kazan's Notebook by Kim Hunter.

Karizmatik ancak faşist eğilimli bir senatör adayı olan Bob Roberts, halk şarkıcısı kimliğiyle seçmenlerin beğenisini kazanır ve herkesin desteklediği uyuşturucu karşıtı söylemleriyle öne çıkar. Ancak seçmenler, onun gerçek niyetlerini sorgulamadan destekler. Roberts’ın uyuşturucu kaçakçılığı ve ticaretiyle bağlantılı olduğu ortaya çıkınca, onun mükemmel imajı çöker. Film, politik manipülasyonu ve seçmenlerin safça güvenini eleştiriyor.

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Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s.

An in-depth investigation into the private world of the American writer J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), who lived most of his life behind the impenetrable wall of a self-imposed seclusion: how his dramatic experiences during World War II influenced his life and work, his relationships with very young women, his obsessive writing methods, his many literary secrets.

Rescued from the Closet is a 2001 documentary consisting of interviews originally recorded for the 1995 film The Celluloid Closet. It explores the history and impact of LGBT representation in cinema, providing insights into the portrayal and evolution of LGBT characters and themes within the film industry.

A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic and explosive encounters came to define the modern era of public discourse in the media, marking the big bang moment of our contemporary media landscape when spectacle trumped content and argument replaced substance. Best of Enemies delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers, and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their debates, begging the question, "What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?"

Anchored by intimate, one-on-one interviews with the man himself, Nicholas Wrathall’s new documentary is a fascinating and wholly entertaining tribute to the iconic Gore Vidal. Commentary by those who knew him best—including filmmaker/nephew Burr Steers and the late Christopher Hitchens—blends with footage from Vidal’s legendary on-air career to remind us why he will forever stand as one of the most brilliant and fearless critics of our time.

Documentary about the state of the modern world.

In documentary style, Al Pacino tells the story of how he came to stage a production of Oscar Wilde's Salomé. He travels to the Mojave Desert ("dessert?"), to Ireland and the United Kingdom to show who Wilde was as a private person and as a writer.

The strange history of the now abandoned American 1993-bill, «Don't ask, don't tell» where sexual orientation was a "non-talk" policy in the American forces, leading to 13.368 getting kicked out before 2011.

A contrarian and wickedly funny man, this PBS American Masters special explores Gore Vidal's extraordinary life and work, joining him at his cliff-side villa in Ravello, Italy.

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Bu animasyon komedi dizisi, Springfield'de diziye adını veren aileye odaklanmaktadır. Baba Homer, tipik bir aile babası değildir. Nükleer santralde çalışarak ailesine liderlik etmeye çalışır ancak çoğu zaman ailesi onu yönetir. Sevgi dolu, mavi saçlı aile reisi anne Marge, sorun çıkaran oğlu Bart, çok başarılı kızı Lisa ve bebek Maggie, ailenin diğer üyeleridir.

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Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Presented by Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience.

Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.

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TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.

Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.

In the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio, suburban housewife Mary Hartman seeks the kind of domestic perfection promised by Reader’s Digest and TV commercials. Instead she finds herself suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune: mass murders, low-flying airplanes and waxy yellow buildup on her kitchen floor.

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.

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If "greatness is thrust upon us," as Winston Churchill once said, then it stands to reason that those who are destined for greatness are rarely aware of it. Take Jack and Bobby McCallister for example: two bright young brothers growing up under the watchful eye of their eccentric single mother Grace McCallister. Grace's personality is a force of nature destined to shape both of these young men's lives and secure one a place in the history books - as President of the United States.

The David Susskind Show is an American television talk show hosted by David Susskind. The program began its existence in 1958 as Open End, and was broadcast by WNTA-TV in New York City. The title referred to the fact that the program continued until Susskind or his guests were too tired to continue late on a Sunday night.

Da Ali G Show is a British satirical television series created by and starring English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. In the series, Baron Cohen plays three unorthodox journalists: faux-streetwise poseur Ali G, Kazakh reporter Borat Sagdiyev, and gay Austrian fashion enthusiast Brüno Gehard. These characters conduct real interviews with unsuspecting people, many of whom are celebrities, high-ranking government officials, and other well-known figures, during which they are asked absurd and ridiculous questions.

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