The life story of Pulitzer Prize winning author John Kennedy Toole as told by friends and colleagues. Legacy format production, representational photography and an original music score combine to bring the author's life into focus. His personal triumphs, his untimely death and the publication of the novel, 'A Confederacy of Dunces,' years after his suicide are all explored in this darkly beautiful first person narrative.
Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs, hosted by Sam Waterston, tells the compelling stories behind some of the world's most memorable photographs. Returning to the scene of the action, each photographer describes, in a gripping first-hand account, how they took their prize-winning photographs. The moments they captured forged history and changed lives - including the photographers own. The stories of these unforgettable photographs' own. The stories of these unforgettable photographs - many of them shown here for the first time - are as compelling and long lasting as the images themselves.
An unparalleled portrait of Arthur Miller (1915-2005), a major writer who left an indelible mark on the world. Miller's life is intimately connected with the great themes that marked the 20th century. Glamour, fame, social criticism and Marilyn Monroe.
In 1953, Horace Carter earned a Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service for his reporting on the Ku Klux Klan. Carter persevered in the face of death threats, including those against his family, and used the editorial authority of North Carolina's TABOR CITY TRIBUNE to protest the Klan's racist rhetoric and vigilantism. Carter's bold reporting and the unwavering integrity of his editorials helped lead to the first federal intervention in the south during that era and to the arrest and conviction of nearly 100 klansmen.
Ben Jordan runs away after accidentally setting fire to a barn in his small New England community. He returns when his mother dies to find that she has left everything to her ward, Jane Crosby.
This first cinematic version of the classic book is a part-talkie, although the only surviving print is silent (housed in the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY). It is a straight-forward telling of the intermingled lives of a group of strangers doomed to die in a collapsing bridge accident. The Art Direction, paltry and unremarkable, surprisingly won an Oscar over the far more remarkable work nominated in THE IRON MASK. The special effect scene of the lovers plummeting with the bridge into the chasm is unforgettable and remarkably done.
Unusual relationships, a feminist awakening and a career in art history mark a baby boomer's life, ages 16 through 46.
The Pulitzer at 100, by Oscar and Emmy winning director Kirk Simon, is a ninety-minute independent documentary released in conjunction with the Pulitzer Centennial in April 2016. This film is told through the riveting stories of the artists that have won the prestigious prize. With Pulitzer work read by Helen Mirren, Natalie Portman, Liev Schreiber, John Lithgow and Yara Shahidi; journalists include Carl Bernstein, Nick Kristof, Thomas Friedman, and David Remnick; authors include Toni Morrison, Michael Chabon, Junot Díaz, Tony Kushner, and Ayad Akhtar; and musicians Wynton Marsalis, David Crosby, and John Adams also share their stories.
A mother and daughter spend a night together after the daughter reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it.
本片重现了海明威著名小说《老人与海》的精彩情节。圣地亚哥是一位经验丰富的老渔夫，与名叫马洛林的小男孩是忘年交。在八十四天没有捕到鱼之后，一日，两人相约出海。那天运气极好的两人很快就钓到了一条巨大的大马林鱼。原以为能就此返航的两人没想到捕获的大鱼却引来了鲨鱼的围攻，猛烈的进攻似乎咄咄逼人般胁迫圣地亚哥放弃到手的大鱼。而老渔夫也并没有示弱。即便一条肥美的大鱼最后只被鲨鱼啃食得只剩骨架，圣地亚哥也没有放弃这条来之不易的大鱼。本片由俄罗斯动画导演亚历山大·彼得洛夫执导，通过定格动画的形式以令人惊讶的流畅性荣获2000年奥斯卡最佳动画短片奖、克罗地亚萨格勒布动画节、圣彼得堡国际电影节等各大奖项。
史蒂文·索德伯格新长片项目确认为[让他们说吧](Let Them All Talk，暂译)。影片将由梅丽尔·斯特里普、嘉玛·陈主演，尽管剧情尚且透露，但该片已在悄然拍摄中。
描述纽约时报驻柬埔寨的战地记者Sydney Schanberg与当地翻译Dith Pran的友情血泪故事。美国自柬埔寨撤军后，当地情势更为险恶，Sydney仍坚守在那，而多亏在当地人Dith Pran的帮忙，才能多次化险为夷度过鬼门关卡。没想到就在一次美国人士必须全面撤离柬埔寨的关键，Sydney的错估情势，让本来可以逃亡的Pran被红色高棉掳走，开始过着生不如死的生活……
戴茜（杰西卡·坦尼Jessica Tandy 饰）小时候在贫民地方长大，丈夫生意的崛起才让他们家过上富足日子，所以戴茜非常节俭。现在她年时已高，不能自己开车了，儿子为她请来黑人司机霍克（摩根·弗里曼 Morgan Freeman饰），但是戴茜却十分不喜欢。她起初逃避出行，因为不想让霍克当上司机，后来她才觉得，儿子付了钱却不用他干活，似乎太不划算，于是终于给了霍克第一次为自己开车的机会。霍克是一个非常善良淳朴的男人，他知道自己不被接受，并没有把不快放在心里。相反地，他处处关心戴茜的生活，也慢慢了解戴茜坚守原则的执著性格。戴茜对霍克的排斥开始慢慢消融，直至几年间她终于发现，霍克是一个很值得信赖的朋友。于是，戴茜教会不识字的霍克传授认字，霍克也成为了戴茜晚年最贴心的老友记。
十六岁的黑人男孩詹姆·华莱士（罗伯·布朗 Rob Brown 饰）在篮球方面极富天赋，非常有潜力成为篮球界的明日之星。他常常与小伙伴们一起打篮球，他们注意到住在对面公寓顶层的沉默男人总是看着他们。这位神秘的隐士原来就是知名作家威廉·佛瑞斯特（肖恩·康纳利 Sean Connery 饰）。一次偶然的恶作剧让两人相互结识，威廉发现他在写作方面也很有天份。很快，詹姆凭借自己出色的篮球技术和优秀成绩，获得了一所著名私立学校的邀请。然而对于一所白人学校而言，詹姆却面临着艰难选择和种种质疑。威廉同意帮助詹姆提高他的写作水平。渐渐地，两人在交流中建立了深厚的友谊，循循善诱的威廉激发出詹姆潜藏的写作才能，而威廉自己也开始改变，终于走出避世多年的隐居公寓。