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24 movies and shows

Kate & Leopold

Tue, 25 Dec 2001

When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Mon, 29 Jul 1957

To save his career, an ad man wants a sex symbol to endorse a lipstick but in exchange, she wants him to pretend to be her lover.

Life with Mikey

Fri, 04 Jun 1993

Michael Chapman, a former child TV star, runs a struggling talent agency specilizing in child acts. When a young girl off the street puts on a real performance after he catches her picking his pocket, he may have just found the next big thing.

Oh Belinda

Fri, 07 Apr 2023

A young actor's perfect life takes a madcap turn when she agrees to star in a commercial — and suddenly gets transported to her character's world.

The Bit Part

Sat, 20 Jun 1987

Career counsellor Michael Thornton decides to change his career and become an actor. He dreams of performing Shakespeare but ends up in a television ad where only his hands appear on camera. He finds a friend in actress Mary McAllister (Nicole Kidman) until she is called to Hollywood to star in a horror feature. Katrina Foster plays Michael's understanding wife Helen, who supports him while he pursues his elusive dream.

The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money

Sun, 17 Nov 1996

An examination of the evolution of commercials as an artistic medium, featuring interviews with media luminaries who relate how the in-your-face stylistic conventions of commercials have influenced feature films and the visual arts. A documentary film talking about art and advertising divided in three parts: 1. Crossing Over - from cinema to ads from ads to cinema 2. Humour - How humour affects us in advertising 3. Shock - The way shock is used to sell

Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces

Mon, 01 Jan 2007

A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker.

Up the Wolves

Sat, 14 Feb 2015

Maude, an actress, grows bitter as she loses another job to her nemesis Catherine Perry, whose popularity is growing amongst the commercial and television auditioning circuit. To get her mind off things, Maude drinks a bunch and goes on a date she set up online (and nearly forgot about), though her problems only become more apparent over the course of her evening.

Call Me Miss Cleo

Thu, 15 Dec 2022

Follow the rise, fall, and reinvention of controversial and revered '90s television psychic Miss Cleo. Featuring interviews with celebrities and those closest to the self-proclaimed voodoo priestess, this documentary explores the many layers behind a complicated and charismatic figure.

Ballyhooey

Sat, 02 Jan 1960

Woody Woodpecker tries to watch his favorite TV quiz show - which is constantly interrupted by commercials.

False Pregnancy

Sat, 11 Sep 1993

Perhaps you have to love dogs in order to sell tins of slimy mystery meat to their owners. At any rate Martin, who is indifferent to pets in general, isn't doing all too well in his marketing job at Floppy Dog Foods. But right now this is the least of his problems: he has made a British au-pair pregnant in a one night stand; and while he is trying to figure out how to deal with this, his ex-wife (who divorced him over his not wanting children) and his mother (a militant anti-overpopulation, pro-birth control, pro-abortion activist) have a few comments to offer on the situation. Before his own child is born, Martin clearly has some growing up of his own to do.

The Stan Freberg Commercials

Tue, 17 Aug 1999

Collection of commercials on VHS tape included with the CD box set, "The Tip of the Freberg." Also includes a video for the single "The Conspiraski Theory."

Bambi Plus

Wed, 06 Dec 2006

An experimental documentary graduation thesis. Conflicting worldviews of a Serbian female artist, Marina Markovic, anorexia nervosa surviver, are contrasted with archive footage of socialistic Yugoslav propaganda.

On Paper Wings

Fri, 14 Jul 1967

A love story of a couple who both reconsider the meaning of their former lives, only to come up with decision that they should marry.

Point of View: A Retrospective of Joe Sedelmaier

Fri, 23 Oct 2009

As one of his generation's quintessential Mad Men, television commercial director Joe Sedelmaier's work was iconic, dynamic, and instantly recognizable--some twenty to thirty years later, people are still wondering 'Where's the beef?” He turned the advertising world on its brain-damaged head by casting offbeat non-actors in still-unforgettable spots. His brilliant, frequently hysterical commercials for Wendy's, Alaska Airlines, Federal Express and others were snappy slices of cultural quirk that tapped into the Cold War-fearing, corporate workaholic zeitgeist of the '70s and '80s with a sense of humor that cracked billions of smiles, sold billions of burgers, and sped up the default rhythm of time-based media.