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- An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.
- Levar Burton introduces young viewers to illustrated readings of children's literature and explores their related subjects.
- Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
- Charts the adventures of the prefab four, possibly the most famous band of all time.
- It's July, and Delphine has nowhere to go for the summer. She feels very bored and "empty", but this won't last; one day she accidently meets someone who seems to be totally made for her...
- A couple of creative losers accidently become big shots in the video music industry.
- A writer goes on a road trip across West Germany with a group of eclectic people he meets along the way.
- During the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.
- Twin zoologists lose their wives in a car accident and become obsessed with decomposing animals.
- A 13-year-old girl changes a pleasant life in the countryside for a troubled life in the city.
- The crew is running out of money to finish their film.
- A brainless android wakes up to be taunted by a large bee.
- Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.
- American feature-length adaptation of Heidi (1974), Japanese anime series produced by Zuiyo Eizo (now Nippon Animation) based on the Swiss novel Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning by Johanna Spyri (1880), and directed by Isao Takahata.
- Goalkeeper Josef Bloch is ejected during a game for foul play. He leaves the field and goes to spend the night with a cinema cashier.
- Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity mutations and unusual short films, including Thomas Alva Edison's "Elephant Electrocution".
- In a Gypsy village, the fathers of Candela and José promise their children to each other. Years later, the unfaithful José marries Candela but while defending his lover Lucía in a brawl, he is stabbed to death. Carmelo, who secretly loves Candela since he was a boy, is arrested while helping José and unfairly sent to prison. Four years later he is released and declares his love for Candela. However, the woman is cursed by a bewitched love and every night she goes to the place where José died to dance with his ghost.
- An anthology series focusing on various stories from Kurt Vonnegut's acclaimed collection "Welcome to the Monkey House". The stories blend elements of black humor, satire, and science fiction.
- Garret Morris vignette has him going back to his old job posing for lawn jockeys.
- A survey of the artistic history of the comic book medium and some of the major talents associated with it.
- In this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village must come to terms with their nation's defeat and the sudden occupation of General MacArthur and his troops.
- The last cinema in a small town in South Wales closes. This means for the projectionist Trevor and ice cream vendor Mona that they are out of job. They come up with a new idea: They want to grow mushrooms in the humid clima of the cinema...
- Rosa is an cantabrian woman who travel to Madrid after the Civil War. With the help of Don Pedro, a chief supplies, she opens a restaurant that transforms in a political and intelectual center.
- A series of interviews are conducted concerning people's beliefs towards the possibility of an afterlife. The interviews are filmed against a set of strange backdrops, and are intercut with clips from classic films and a variety of stock footage.
- A montage of sketch comedy and music videos.
- A look at the work and worlds of leading scientists and astronomers who are helping to unlock the mysteries of the universe.
- An analysis of Diana's style - her outfits, her hats, her hair.
- A half-hour comedic monologue by Bill Martin, made up of short routines each delivered in a different character voice. Martin wears a smoking jacket and plays host in a manner spoofing Orson Welles, tended by butler Nesmith.
- Cowboy poet Waddie Mitchell recites his work and that of other western writers in real western locations.
- A behind the scenes view of a zoo, hosted by a talking giraffe.
- A tribute to director William Wyler consisting of interviews and excerpts from his many classic films.
- 1985– 58mTV-146.1 (118)TV EpisodePresents a biography of Nobel Prize winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer as he converses with friends in a popular cafeteria, responds to post-lecture questions, and addresses people in his study.
- 1985– 1h 22mTV-14TV EpisodeThe modern dance choreographers Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis jointly and individually led many companies. The two developed the Nikolais/Louis dance technique together. In 1999 the dance companies representing their work were phased out
- 1985– 56mTV-146.6 (221)TV EpisodeSurely one of the most profound and outrageous influences on the times following World War I, was the group of a dozen or so taste-makers who lunched together at New York City's Algonquin Hotel.
- 1985– TV-147.3 (92)TV EpisodeIn the summer of 1931, three young idealists, Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg, were inspired by a passionate dream of transforming the American theater.
- 1985– TV-147.1 (142)TV EpisodeDocumentary about acclaimed screenwriter Waldo Salt.
- 1985– 1h 22mTV-147.2 (286)TV Episode59MetascoreThe life and work of Allen Ginsberg, the greatest of the Beat Generation poets is put in focus in this film
- 1985– 1h 2mTV-148.0 (97)TV EpisodeDanny Kaye was a great American entertainer with an enormous creative range, encompassing dance, popular song, classical music, complicated verse, impersonation and improvisation, which melded together into an utterly unique style.
- Even in her eighties, the legendary Lena Horne has a quality of timelessness about her. Elegant and wise, she personifies both the glamour of Hollywood and the reality of a lifetime spent battling racial and social injustice.
- 1985– 1h 55mTV-147.9 (101)TV EpisodeTelevision and radio pioneer Jack Paar has been called the most imitated personality in broadcasting. He virtually created the late-night talk show format as the host of The Tonight Show, one of televisions longest running programs.
- 1985– 1h 22mTV-147.3 (134)TV EpisodePlaywright Arthur Miller, director Volker Schlöndorff and actor Dustin Hoffman are seen creating the Roxbury Productions and Punch Productions teleplay Death of a Salesman (1985).
- Using film clips and photos, the art and history of vaudeville (1890-1930s) is illustrated.
- 1985– 1h 13mTV-147.3 (349)TV EpisodeAbout the musician, poet and composer Lou Reed. The rebel who made rock and roll into avant garde.
- Isamu Noguchi was a sculptor, designer, architect, and craftsman. Throughout his life he struggled to see, alter, and recreate his natural surroundings.
- 1985– TV-143.4 (80)TV EpisodeA documentary on the famed painter and sculptor of Western Americana, Frederic Remington.
- In the 1960's, Paul Simon's moving lyric "Bridge Over Troubled Water" was an anthem for a generation. With Art Garfunkel he made moving testaments to the times, fusing folk and rock music.
- 1985– 56mTV-147.8 (145)TV EpisodeBiographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and famous that knew him, this portrait concentrates on his career and his public life events.
- 1985– 1h 26mTV-147.6 (391)TV EpisodeWith Hitchcock's career just beginning and Selznick's on the decline, the final year of their collaboration would mark turning points in both men's lives.
- 1985– 1hTV-147.3 (121)TV EpisodeA leading acting teacher who trained some of the most famous performers of the stage and screen, Sanford Meisner was a founding member of the Group Theatre a leading force in the theater world of the 1930's.