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Deauville Festival of American Cinema · 2014

Deauville Festival of American Cinema 2014

Documentaries

Programme

5 films · 1 review

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The Go-Go Boys (The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films)

A documentary about Israeli-born cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, who turned the Hollywood power structure upside down, producing over 300 films and becoming the most powerful independent film company in the world.

(Country: Israel; Year: 2014; Director: Hilla Medalia; Writer: Hilla Medalia, Daniel Sivan; Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jon Voight, Charles Bronson, Chuck Norris)

Last Days In Vietnam

During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats confront a moral quandary: whether to obey White House orders to evacuate only US citizens.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Rory Kennedy; Writer: Mark Bailey, Keven McAlester, Keven McAlester)

Life Itself

The story of the surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert. The film details his early days as a freewheeling bachelor and Pulitzer Prize winner, his famously contentious partnership with Gene Siskel, his life-altering marriage, and his brave and transcendent battle with cancer.

(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Steve James; Stars: Roger Ebert)

National Gallery

Review preview for National Gallery

What comes through is a sense of the vast number of tasks the museum must carry out to cover its remit as a public service.

Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
A documentary exploring the National Gallery in London.

(Country: France, USA, UK; Year: 2014; Director: Frederick Wiseman)

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Red Army

The story of Russia's Red Army hockey team.

(Country: US, Russia; Year: 2014; Director: Gabe Polsky; Writer: Gabe Polsky; Stars: Mark Deakins, Anatoli Karpov, Vyacheslav Fetisov)