Jason Robards
3) Hurricane
Description
This is a touching story of the desperate love affair between a young Samoan chief and a beautiful American painter, against the will of her father, the powerful governor of the island of Bora Bora. Amid this man-made tension comes a powerful hurricane so devastating, the lives of the lovers and the entire island are imperiled.
5) Philadelphia
Description
Two competing lawyer join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
Description
Recently widowed John Tanner, not wanting to spend Christmas alone, decides to seek companionship through a "social introductions" agency. He meets Iris who, though shy and reserved, agrees to join him. Soon a warm relationship develops, but there is a secret side to Iris that, when revealed, will change both their lifes forever.
7) Philadelphia
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
A young Philadelphia lawyer with AIDS is the victim of irrational fear of the disease and fights back in the courts where even his own attorney is phobic.
11) Truman
Pub. Date
1997.
Description
A profile of the life and times of the thirty-third president of the United States, Harry S. Truman.
13) Sakharov
Pub. Date
1984
Description
Presents a dramatization of the dissident activities of Soviet physicist Andreĭ Sakharov. Reveals the extent of Russian repression and the great personal danger to which Sakarov and his activist comrades were exposed.
14) The Civil War
Description
Ken Burns's Emmy Award-winning documentary brings to life America's most destructive and defining conflict. The Civil War is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one.
15) The day after
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Following a nuclear strike against the United States, families in small-town Kansas try to survive as radiation slowly kills everything around them.
Pub. Date
c1996
Description
Features the life and career of American artist Thomas Hart Benton. He depicted a self reliant America emerging from the Depression and was a fierce defender of the aestheics of realism. This film used long-lost footage, interviews, and the art of Benton to tell the bittersweet story of an extraordinary American artist.
18) The Civil War
Description
Ken Burns' Emmy Award-winning documentary brings to life America's most destructive and defining conflict. The Civil War is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one.