Ted Kotcheff

Richard ve Larry, sigorta şirketinin vefat etmiş bir müşterisinin poliçesinden dört kez ödeme yapıldığını fark edip patron Bernie'ye bildirirler. Bernie, onları Hampton Adası'nda ki lüks villasında bir hafta sonu partisine davet eder, ancak bu bir tuzaktır. Bernie, mafya lideri Vito ile anlaşarak ikilinin ortadan kaldırılmasını planlar. Mafya lideri Vito, sevgilisinin Bernie'yle ilişkisini öğrenince tetikçisi Paulie'ye Richard ve Larry yerine Bernie'yi öldürmesini emreder. Villaya varan ikili, ölü patronlarını bulunca cesedi hayattaymış gibi göstermeye karar verir: güneş gözlüğü taktırır, havuz başında oturtur, partidekilere şarap içirir ve hatta dans ettirirler. Bu sırada mafya peşlerindedir ve Bernie'nin cesedi giderek bozulmaktadır, ancak kimse onun ölü olduğunu anlamaz.

Stephen Glass, "Başkanın Uçağı'nın Uçuş Dergisi olarak tanıtılan The New Republic'te yıldızı yükselen bir muhabirdir. Doğum gününüzü hatırlayan, tereddüt etmeden size iyilikte bulunan türden biridir. Hayret verici haberler yapan ve yazdıklarının çoğunu özenle uyduran biri. Glass, şirket ortamına kesinlikle yatkın, eşsiz becerileri sayesinde ayakta durmayı başarır. Adi bir yalancı olduğundan, ofisteki herkesin gözüne girerek suçlanmaktan kurtulmayı becerir. Her daim hazır bir göz yaşartıcı öyküsü bulunan Glass, yalanı ortaya çıktığında bile, aralarında bazı editörlerin de bulunduğu mesai arkadaşlarını sadece bir hata işlediği konusunda inandırır. Her şey yolunda giderken öyle bir habere çatar ki, çileden çıkardığı seçmenler altta kalmayı reddeder. Ve işler çığrından çıkar...

Film, görünüşte sıradan olan Barney Panofsky sıra dışı hayatının samimi ve espirili hikâyesini anlatıyor. Film, dört tane 10 yıllık perioda ve iki kıtaya yayılıyor. Bu sıra dışı yaşam hikâyesinde Barney’e üç farklı kadın ve yakın arkadaşı olan babası Izzy’ı eşlik ediyor.

Awkward telemarketer Martha Plant is down and out — sucking at her job and grieving her recently deceased parents. When she finds unlikely friendship in Sadie Mayflower, a bubbly vagrant with multiple personalities, Martha discovers having three friends in one may be more than she bargained for.

As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock," a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. Documentary filmmaker Mark Hartley explores this unbridled era of sex and violence, complete with clips from some of the scene's most outrageous flicks and interviews with the renegade filmmakers themselves.

This documentary takes a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "First Blood", the film about a Vietnam veteran pushed too far that started the Rambo series of the 1980's. Includes interviews with stars Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna and Brian Dennehy, as well as other members of the cast and crew, who talk about the effort that went into making the finished film.

From a shy kid on Long Island to Hollywood Leading Man, during its most prolific decades, legendary entertainer George Segal shares his life story.

Twenty years later, the cast and crew of 'First Blood' look back on the making of the first Rambo film. Featuring Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, director Ted Kotcheff, producers Mario Kassar and Andrew Vanja.

'Bo' Gritz is one of America's highest decorated Vietnam veterans and the real life inspiration behind Rambo. He also killed 400 people, turned against Washington and moved to the Nevada desert where he now sleeps with many weapons. Filmed over ten years using impressive visual material, Zimmerman's portrait of Bo embodies contemporary American society in all its dizzying complexity and contradictions.

Everyone is creative in one way or another. But for some, their journey reaches a fork in the road where they must leave their old, safe life behind and venture into an unfamiliar and risky territory. They are not afraid to take chances and against all odds, they dare to pursue their dreams just to make this world a little bit more beautiful to live in. Every day they wake up without thinking what to eat, or how to pay their bills - they just want to create. And that's why they inspire others. Being a classic Motown artist and having decades of a successful music career, William Goldstein discovers that he posses a very rare talent. A talent of creating instant composition. And that pushes him to start his search for an answer to a very puzzling question - what is A Soul of An Artist?

Documentary interview the director Ted Kotcheff on his film 'Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?'

What do the movies First Blood and Weekend at Bernie's have in common? One man with a clear and curious thematic focus, that's what. Ted Kotcheff is an auteur filmmaker. He is a director with a unifying style, a clear thematic concern, and a coherent vision of life. This video essay defines these elements with an in-depth analysis of his filmography, which also includes Wake in Fright (1971), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), Fun with Dick and Jane (1976), North Dallas Forty (1979), and many others.

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.