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Four days before his wedding, Howard William Hunter, 24, played his last engagement as a professional musician. From then on, whether as a successful corporate attorney, church leader in the Los Angeles ares or apostle of the Lord, Howard's life was dedicated to serving others. His focus on temple service began as a young bishop and carried through to his presidency as he challenged the Church membership to increase temple worthiness and attendance. His tenure as the 14th President of the Church lasted only nine months, but he left a wonderful legacy that blesses us today.
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Genere: Biography
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
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Candid and poignant drama about the comedian Frankie Howerd and the relationship with his long-term, long-suffering manager, and gay partner, Dennis Heymer. Despite his overtly camp persona, Howerd kept his companionship with Heymer under wraps for 35 years, until his death in 1992. Yet through career disaster, social stigma, illegality, numerous infidelities and Howerd's own deep-seated issues about his homosexuality, their love endured.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Biography
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
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Stanley Laurel's last visit to Oliver Hardy, as originally told in Neil Brand's radio play.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Biography
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: entertaining
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Dive into the life of the father of the nuclear Navy: Hyman Rickover. Combative, provocative, and blunt, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was a flamboyant maverick and a unique American hero. When few thought it possible, then-Captain Rickover harnessed the power of the atom to drive the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, whose trip under the polar ice pack was one of the great adventure stories of the 1950s. Later, Rickover built the world's first nuclear aircraft carrier and the first commercial nuclear power plant at Shippingport, PA. Rickover's achievements made him into a national celebrity, and he appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Many wonder whether America can maintain its technological pre-eminence and whether we can still build and manage large-scale projects. To understand these issues, Rickover considers the story of the man who created the nuclear Navy as well as the civilian nuclear power industry: Hyman G. Rickover.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Biography
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Duration: 116 min
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The story of Allan Kardec, from his days as an educator to his contribution to the spiritist codification.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min
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The film tells the life story of its director, Jan Nemec, one of the most known and important filmmakers of Czech New Wave.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Biography
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, France
Duration: 75 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 34
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Lincoln (1992)
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Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 331
Genere: Biography, History
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Biography
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 304
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Emma Smith: My Story (2008)
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By the side of a founder of a new faith was a woman of undeniable courage.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 369
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 122
Genere: Biography
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 275
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 172
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 774
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When a woman dies in a supposed accident, her parents suspect their son-in-law of foul play. When the police begin to agree, the murder suspect vanishes.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 172
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Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident. He gradually loses the will to live, in the meantime befriending a talk radio DJ over the phone. The two meet each other and become friends, though Larry still wishes to end his life. The DJ reluctantly has a switch installed on Larry's life support that Larry can activate at any time (via his mouth) to end his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 123
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 47
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 742
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 490
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IMDB Votes: 138
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In 1827, Joseph Smith, Jr. was only 21 years old when he received a prophetic calling to translate ancient scriptures that would soon be published as The Book of Mormon. Less than three years later, he founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that today has 14 million followers and is the 4th largest religious denomination in the United States. Plates of Gold follows Joseph's early adult years and portrays the events that lead up to the publishing of The Book of Mormon and the founding of a new worldwide church. The film also details Joseph's personal life and his desire to find forgiveness, acceptance and salvation from God. Directed by Christian Vuissa (The Errand of Angels, One Good Man).
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 82
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 533
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 872
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 28000
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 362
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Cult leader Warren Jeffs rises to power in the polygamist Mormon sect once headed by his late father, but some of his wives fight back to bring him to justice. Based on a true story.
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IMDB Votes: 972
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
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