As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Olivier Boutinot

Cast

Claude Jade, Pierre Tchernia, Jean-Ollé Laprune

When Francois Truffaut approached Alfred Hitchcock in 1962 with the idea of having a long conversation with him about his work and publishing this in book form, he didn't imagine that more than four years would pass before Le Cinéma selon Hitchcock finally appeared in 1966. Not only in France but all over the world, Truffaut's Hitchcoc...

Runtime

30m

Director

Robert Fischer

Cast

Claude Chabrol, Patricia Hitchcock, Madeleine Morgenstern

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper

Cast

Francis Ford Coppola, Eleanor Coppola, John Milius

A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems. Featuring ongoing dialogues of experts from all over the world, including former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev, renowned scientist Stephen Hawking, former head of the CIA R. James Woolse

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Nadia Conners, Leila Conners

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio, Kenny Ausubel, Sylvia Earle

Edward Said, Professor of English & Comparative Literature at Columbia University, was a prominent literary critic of the late 20th century and a leading spokesperson for the Palestinian cause in the US. Born to a Palestinian family in Al-Quds (Jerusalem) in 1935, he and his family were dispossessed in 1948 and settled in Cairo. Educat...

Runtime

3h 26m

Director

Mike Dibb

Cast

Edward Said, Charles Glass