19 January 2006 Factual 78 mins
A documentary that highlights the deadly combination of sleep deprivation and long days of work, focusing on the American film industry.
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Brent Lon Hershman as Self (Archive Footage)
Deborah Eden as Self
Haskell Wexler as Self
David Agus as Self
Netta Bank as Self
Annette Bening as Self
Roger Deakins as Self
Julia Roberts as Self
Paul Newman as Self
Tom Hanks as Self
Conrad Hall as Self
Conrad W. Hall as Self
Sam Mendes as Self
Richard D. Zanuck as Self
Tyne Daly as Self
Vilmos Zsigmond as Self
Haskell Wexler Director
Haskell Wexler Director of Photography
Haskell Wexler Writer
Haskell Wexler Camera Operator
Rita Taggart Director of Photography
Lisa Leeman Editor
Greg Landau Original Music Composer
Tamara Goldsworthy Director of Photography
Kevin McKiernan Director of Photography
Alan Barker Director of Photography
Joan Churchill Director of Photography
Tamara Maloney Producer
Tamara Maloney Editor
United States 21 July 2006
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09 June 2006
Juca, a black kid, sees his friends and his mother being hit by his stepfather, without being able to do anything against it, but when he knows that he is the great-grandson of João Cândido, the leader of the sailors rebellion against the chibata hits adopted by Brazilian Navy till 1910, he takes an extreme attitude towards changing the course of his life.
19 October 2006
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
11 October 2006
In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather.
01 January 2006
A small chested woman wishes she had bigger boobs and her wish is granted.
06 October 2006
A young man finds himself torn between his current girlfriend and an old flame at a friend's funeral, where lifestyles and attitudes clash over a long weekend.
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Has-been sports promoter Billy Cole gets a second shot at fame and fortune when he puts together a women's volleyball team, comprised of exotic dancers.
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14 July 2006
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