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Based on the true story of Michael Malloy. During the Great Depression, Michael Malloy ( Douglas Seale ) is tricked into signing an insurance policy so Tony Maroni ( Al Ruscio ) and his fellow barflies can collect the money once he drinks himself to death, only to learn that they're dealing with much more than they expected.
Amazing Stories is an American anthology television series based on the original television series of the same name created by Steven Spielberg. The series is produced for Apple TV+ and its executive producers for the series include Spielberg, Edward Kitsis , Adam Horowitz , Darryl Frank, and Justin Falvey.
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- Titanic. Released: 1997. Rated: PG-13. Memorable quote: “A woman’s heart is a deep ocean of secrets.” Twenty-five years after its release, our hearts still go on for James Cameron’s Academy Award–winning romantic drama.
- 12 Years a Slave. Released: 2013. Rated: R. Memorable quote: “I don’t want to survive. I want to live.” It is nearly impossible for a movie based on a true story to avoid taking any creative license, but 12 Years a Slave comes very close.
- Argo. Released: 2012. Rated: R. Memorable quote: “This is what I do. I get people out. And I’ve never left anyone behind.” Despite being a gripping spy thriller based on the very real extrication of six American diplomats from Iran in 1980 by CIA operative Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck, who also directed the movie), this film took a lot of creative license.
- Hidden Figures. Released: 2016. Rated: PG. Memorable quote: “On any given day, I analyze the velometer levels for air displacement, friction and velocity. And compute over 10,000 calculations by cosine, square root and lately analytic geometry by hand.”
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Season finale. When a WWII pilot crashes in modern-day Ohio, a young widow and her stepson are swept up in his search for home.
A woman, Mary Ann, and her son, Elijah, drive down the road as she switches through radio stations. Her son is on his phone playing a game. She assures him they'll be in Burlington soon. There's a zoo they can visit that is supposed to be the best in Indiana. She takes her phone from him as she wants him to talk with her instead of playing games. H...
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1. Austin Stowell as Lieutenant Theodore Cole 2. Kerry Bishé as Mary Ann Whitaker 3. Duncan Joiner as Elijah Whitaker 4. Edward Burns as Bill Kaminski 5. Juliana Canfield as Nina Bowman
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1. Andrew Benator as Milburg 2. Martha Bird Knighton as Pauline 3. Erika Coleman as Pauline's Nurse 4. Michael Chandler as Sheriff Parker 5. Jay Devon Johnson as Police Chief McClarty 6. Alicia Roberts as TV News Anchor 7. Desmond Phillips as Deputy Sheriff #1 8. Henry Bazemore Jr. as Deputy Sheriff #2 9. Susan Williams as ER Nurse 10. Derek McDonnell as Male Nurse 11. Aly Ward Azevedo as Teenage Girl on Phone
The Riftis the first episode not to feature any guest stars.On December 12, 2021, Apple TV+ updated their site to include the words "season finale" before the episode synopsis of The Rift.The Rift opened with a title card and radio station-themed credits.- All the President's Men (1976) Film. Drama. Wait, you’re telling us Watergate is an actual thing that happened, and in 1974 two reporters really did take down a sitting US president?
- In Cold Blood (1967) Film. Before true crime podcasts and Dateline NBC marathons, there was Truman Capote, whose account of the 1959 massacre of a family in rural Kansas shocked a nation not yet desensitised to random acts of unspeakable violence.
- Hustlers (2019) Film. Drama. A rare depiction of a r ecession that’s neither a teary drama about farmers losing their homes nor a political screed against greedy one-percenters, Hustlers is instead a hyperkinetic story of economic survival, set in a world hit particularly hard by the 2008 financial crisis: New York strip clubs.
- Argo (2012) Film. Drama. It’s one of those stories too far-fetched for even the most inventive screenwriter to make up. At the onset of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, a movie-loving CIA agent hatched a plot to smuggle six diplomats out of the country by pretending to be a Canadian film crew shooting a fake Star Wars-alike sci-fi flick there.
1. The Pianist. 2002 2h 30m R. 8.5 (932K) Rate. 85 Metascore. During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive. Director Roman Polanski Stars Adrien Brody Thomas Kretschmann Frank Finlay. 2. Black Book.
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Reimagining the anthology from visionary Steven Spielberg, "Amazing Stories," executive produced by Spielberg, will transport the audience to worlds of wonder through the lens of today's most imaginative filmmakers, directors, and writers. Creators. Adam Horowitz. Edward Kitsis. Stars. Dylan O'Brien. Austin Stowell. Robert Forster.
