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- The premise was that four cute upper-middle-class kids had been suddenly orphaned. About to be split up and sent to foster homes, they located a cranky old homeless man and offered him food, a home, and a decent life-style if he would live in their nice house and pose as their grandfather (this could only happen in a sitcom!). Of course he took his new responsibilities more seriously than they expected, and amid the quips, little lessons in life were learned by all around the sunny kitchen table. Roger was the helpful next-door neighbor, an air traffic controller turned homemaker.
- Marge stars in a musical adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire, but is angry with Homer's lack of interest; Maggie squares off with her strict new daycare owner.
- The American Film Institute commemorates the first century of American films with this awesome made-for-TV special highlighting the greatest 100 American movies as determined by leaders in the moviemaking business right here in the good old U.S.A.
- When the Communists took over Russia in 1917, the royal family was executed the year after, 1918. But in later years, many said that the youngest princess escaped. The program looks at recent evidence which clears up many questions surrounding the fate of the young woman, as well as the identity of the Anastasia claimer in New York City in 1928. Was she the genuine princess or a fake?
- A profile of actress Ann-Margret, the sexy, red-haired starlet of the '60s who overcame alcohol dependency and depression.
- When Arnold receives Mr. Hyunh's name in the boarding house's annual Secret Santa draw, he decides to make it the most special Christmas ever for the lonely boarder, and tries to reunite Mr. Hyunh with his long-lost daughter. Meanwhile, Helga agonizes over what would make the perfect present for Arnold.
- In Tetouan, at the northern edge of Morocco, three young men decide to rob a jewelry store. The heist goes awry, and their destinies part drastically.
- A complex story of murder, passion and haunting memories for three estranged brothers and their ailing father.
- After being released from prison on parole, Sideshow Bob plots to murder Bart.
- A portrait of the working class musicians and dancers of Buenos Aires's San Telmo neighborhood, who have channeled the city's many cultural influences into the street performance called Murga.
- The famous commander of the Bounty has been immortalized in literature and film as the leader who was so onerous that his crew deposed him on the high seas. This documentary checks into the facts, and the factual Bligh is seen as much different person than the fictitious one. Journals, diaries, and the insights of scholars provide the facts of the actual mutiny.
- Chaogtu yearns to move to the city, while his wife, Sarula, is content with their life on the Mongolian prairie. Then one day change comes creeping into the region. This tale of conjugal love combines traditional landscapes with contemporary social issues.
- After a vow to start fresh, live stress free and reach his goals, obstacles appear more and more frequently in site manager Allan's life. Being constantly down on his luck through no fault of his own, can optimistic Allan dig deep enough and find the will to succeed? Or is the future he is building already falling apart?
- "An experimental documentary about the violent closing of the first Queer Sarajevo Festival. Straddling truth and fiction, the film interweaves the courageous story of the four festival organizers with an apocryphal essay by Susan Sontag - about cover versions of "bird" songs - that pushes the limits of liberal solidarity."
- A look inside Paris' Crazy Horse, a club that boasts the greatest and most chic nude dancing in the world.
- A failed real estate agent who has amassed huge personal debt, Mike Recket (Nicholas Lea) has fallen on hard times. His stunning but spoiled wife Jasleen (Agam Darshi) has kicked him out, refusing him visiting rights to their infant daughter. But Mike has met what could be the answer to his money problems in the form of lonely widow Leslie Klemper (Gabrielle Rose), and he has a plan in place that could set everything right. Then: Leslie goes missing. Enter a troop of solicitous cops lead by Detective Shane Knost (Paul Skrudland) to encircle Mike and his family as they investigate the woman's apparent disappearance, which may or may not have involved Mike.
- Barbie is no longer just a pretty face. She can do any and everything, and to prove it, she and her good friend Becky have just completed a training course at 'Detective Academy'. The fall carnival has come to town, and Barbie's boyfriend Ken in charge of the finances-money which will be donated to charity. But when he volunteers to help the magician with her disappearing act, he disappears for good-along with the charity money. Barbie and her parthers must search the carnival for clues that might lead them to find Ken, the missing money and the person responsible for their inopportune departure.
- Fatherland brings a rigorous structural approach to a site of monuments that is also a place of movement, criss-crossed daily by tourists and locals. The grounds are laid out like city blocks, with wide avenues branching onto laneways filled with elaborate mausoleums. The film does not attempt to tour the cemetery as one would on foot, however, but rather moves chronologically through the history enshrined there. A series of individuals are framed in static compositions as they read aloud excerpts from the writings of noteworthy Argentines interred within. (Some license has been taken, as the final resting places of certain figures represented - such as journalist Rodolfo Walsh, who was among the "disappeared" - remain unknown. The result is both poetic and political.) Beginning in the early 1800s, this history comprises civil war, battles with the country's native population, the conflict between the city and the provinces, and years of military dictatorship. This structure is intercut with sequences of daily life in Recoleta, including the cemetery's custodians, whose work amid the tombs alludes to the ongoing construction of the nation's history.
- Each citizen of Jotuomba plays an integral role in village life. Madalena is responsible for baking bread; each morning she stacks her rolls as Antonio prepares the coffee. The two share a morning ritual of arguments and insults, followed by an amicable cup of coffee on the bench outside Antonio's shop. At midday the church bells ring, summoning the villagers to mass. In the early evening, they all share a meal together. And so life proceeds in Jotuomba, the days languidly drifting into one another. The only variations seem to be in the weather. One day Rita arrives looking for a place to stay. She came upon the village while traveling through the valley, following the unused railroad tracks. She is a photographer, intent on capturing the village's special allure. Initially reticent, the townsfolk gradually open up to her, sharing their stories and allowing themselves to be photographed. Rita is comfortable with technologies old and new, and Madalena teaches her to knead dough by the light of an oil lamp. Only the village priest continues to find Rita's presence worrisome, especially when she begins asking about the locked cemetery.
- Grandma Grouper's kelp seeds are missing and without them all of the sea creatures will go hungry! Good thing Freddi Fish and her finny friend Luther are on the case, and, thanks to a couple of bumbling sharks, they've got some great leads. But the ocean's a big place-there's lots of ground to cover and many obstacles to overcome before the case is solved!
- The young actress from England won an Academy Award at the age of 14 for her role in Pollyanna. But it was her real-life role that brought her the most publicity. Her fans, who adored the ingénue she played on-screen, were outraged when she fell in love and married a man who was decades older. Archival film clips chronicle her movie roles, and her marriage to director Roy Boulting. Interviews with family, friends, and colleagues reveal the private side of the actress with the Polyanne smile.
- She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship Heartburn, nothing will.
- Ivan is desperate for employment. One day his search takes him to a nearby island, where he finds himself stranded, penniless and unable to make his way back home to the dingy apartment he shares with his ailing father. Help arrives, almost magically, in the form of a mute young woman. Martina has retreated into silence. She lives with a middle-aged priest recently impaired by a stroke. Don Enzo is proud and independent, his gruffness a sign of his resentment at being fussed over by a sister whom he suspects has ulterior motives. Enzo believes his caretaker has her eye on a piece of land used to house his beloved bees - and she is certainly disapproving of the bohemian lifestyle he has adopted by befriending strays like Ivan and Martina. Meanwhile, as Ivan spends more time on Enzo's property, he becomes intrigued by the mysterious young woman who seeks solace with the bees but refuses to say a word.
- In the annals of crime, perhaps no name evokes terror more than that Jack the Ripper. Although this anonymous killer committed his gruesome murders more than a century ago, his name lives on. This program goes to England to investigate the murder of five women, which took place in 1888 and have gripped the collective psyche ever since. Most frightening of all is the fact that murderer was never caught, or even identified. Criminologists present their theories on the identity of the infamous killer. Never-before-released photographs graphically display the vicious work of Jack the Ripper's knife.
- The question continues to be raised: what happened to Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa after his release from prison in 1975, when President Nixon commuted Hoffa's sentence? His disappearance decades ago led to reports that he was murdered; others claim to have seen him in foreign lands, living under a new identity. This program investigates the facts surrounding Hoffa's disappearance and looks at his life before he went to prison. Long the object of criminal investigations. Hoffa had many ties to the Mafia. Archival news footage chronicles his controversial public life. Interviews with family, friends, and colleagues paint an altogether different picture of the missing man.
- A profile of actress-director Jodie Foster, who began appearing in TV commercials at the age of 2, received her first Oscar nomination at the age of 14 for her role in "Taxi Driver", and won Oscars for "The Accused" and "The Silence of the Lambs".
- Bart and Lisa attend "Kamp Krusty" but it is nothing like they thought it would be; Homer's hair grows back and he loses weight while the kids are away.
- About the emotional upheaval of a Palestinian couple's last moments before leaving voluntarily Jerusalem, their native city, to forge a brighter future in France.
- A man convalescing in a sanatorium writes letters to a lover on the outside. Using black and white to embellish the author's poetic and neurotic musings, Letters from R presents an intelligent consideration of memory - and its fallibility - and a mature examination of one man's tenuous grip on reality.
- Lisa has a crush on her substitute teacher; Bart decides to run for class president.
- Khoi, a naive twenty-year-old, travels to Ho Chi Minh City from the countryside to begin a new life. It's his first time in the big city and he's looking for a place to live. He befriends Dong, a handsome extrovert who offers to share his apartment. When Khoi goes to check the place out, he meets Lam, who also appears to be living there. Khoi decides to stay, but while he showers, Dong and Lam - who turn out to be boyfriends - run off with all his cash and belongings. It's not long before Lam is himself abandoned by Dong, and winds up back on the street as a prostitute. Meanwhile the penniless and disillusioned Khoi takes on menial jobs to survive. Lam and Khoi are eventually reunited, and despite Lam's past actions, the two become closer and closer - even though Khoi becomes more and more troubled by Lam's dangerous source of income. At the same time, Cuoi, a mentally handicapped man abandoned by his family, attempts to befriend a female prostitute. Her pimps do not take kindly to his hanging around and scaring away customers, but she takes pity on him and ultimately becomes his protector.
- 1987– 1hTV-146.8 (132)TV EpisodeTheir lawless spree of robbing and killing took the lives of a dozen people. Yet something about them captured America's imagination; perhaps the glamorous ideal of the romantic outlaw had special appeal during the Depression. Archival news footage, newspaper accounts, and the recollections of observers relate the true picture of Bonnie and Cyde, including the dramatic ambush that ended their lives. An interview with Clyde's sister gives the viewer insight into the character of her brother and his girlfriend.
- A family unit begins to bow under the pressure of a failing marriage.
- Ade and Femi are expatriate Nigerian brothers. Ade is a successful banker in London, while Femi, once a political dissident in his home country, has had to escape to South Africa, live in refugee tenements and work menial jobs. The brothers have not only been physically estranged, their relationship is riddled with unspoken betrayal, guilt and scorn, which they have carried since the early days of their youth. During a short visit to Johannesburg, Ade discovers that his brother has been missing for a week. He sets out to investigate Femi's mysterious disappearance, reconstructing the pieces of his everyday life and the cruel hardships he endured just to survive. A riot erupts while Ade is visiting Femi's former boss in one of the townships. Ade is forced to take shelter with the employer. The mounting violence outside seeps into their exchanges and, eventually, prompts an explosion of revelation.
- An account of the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood's most famous and glamorous movie stars. Her sad and difficult childhood is recounted, including her mother's breakdown and her life with unsympathetic foster parents. After being "discovered" by Hollywood, Monroe endured many insecurities and problems that came along with a world that called her a "goddess", but saw her as a sex object. Although her movie roles reveal a sense of humor, warmth, and talent, her life continued-with three failed marriages, addiction to drugs and alcohol, and a tragic, controversial death. Interviews with actress Sheree North, Gloria Steinem, Donald Spoto and Monroe's first husband offer information and reflections.
- In this tale of immigration, love and translation, a man sits on his balcony listening to French-language cassettes and making colourful fishing lures. As his wife works around him, she persists in asking if he will be leaving tomorrow. How will he communicate his true feelings when faced with the changes to come tomorrow at noon?
- A satirical tale about a village idiot who might just be a prophet.
- The career and personal life of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. He quickly became one of Italy's most intelligent and menacing young Socialists. He broke with Italian Socialist Party after advocating intervention in World War I. In 1922, he became prime minister, and by 1925, he had established himself as dictator. His rule saw an official totalitarian system; the establishment of the Vatican state; the annexation of Abyssinia and Albania; and the formation of the Axis with Germany. His declaration of war on Britain and France was followed by a series of defeats in Africa and in the Balkans. Following the Allied invasion of Sicily, his supporters deserted him, and he was overthrown and arrested. Rescued from imprisonment by German paratroopers, he was placed in charge of the puppet Italian Social Repbulic, but in 1945 he was captured by the Italian Resistance and executed.
- Neil Young returns to his birth Canadian province of Ontario to revisit his old haunts and to perform in Toronto's vintage Massey Hall.
- Pajama Sam chases down some snickering cookies, only to find himself in the midst of a food squabble.
- Fed up with his fear of the dark, Sam transforms himself into Pajama Sam, the world's youngest superhero, and resolves to confront Darkness.
- The minister tells Jordan to write a sermon for next week's service after overhearing the boy complain about being forced to attend church. Meanwhile, Monica wants to appear older, so she begins wearing high heels and adopts a new nickname.
- Two professional assassins fall in love.
- Rose, a German widow, hides from Russian soldiers who like to rape women and fights off Polish refugees who will steal everything she has. She gets help when Tadeusz, a former Polish officer, arrives looking to hide from his past.
- Mustapha is a forty-year-old barber in Casablanca. His clients are retired high-ranking government officials, former cabinet ministers and power brokers in Morocco. On the side, Mustapha has an underground business "facilitating" paperwork, using his privileged access to these retired bigwigs to grease the wheels of bureaucracy. While his operation thrives, Mustapha keeps a shameful secret: he is illiterate, and has hired Said to assist him with managing appointments and tracking transactions. He does not know that Said is being paid to monitor his underground dealings. Zakia, Mustapha's next door neighbor, is a thirty-year-old schoolteacher whose fiancé, Driss, has immigrated to Spain. Zakia longs to join Driss, but a visa seems impossible to secure. She learns that strawberry-picking season in Spain is imminent and a company is hiring Moroccan women to do the harvesting, granting them temporary work visas. The women have to be married with children and, most importantly, they must have rough hands. She asks Mustapha to forge her papers and gets her mother to concoct a special cream that will make her hands coarse. The papers are processed, but Zakia's hands fail the test. She and Driss soon break up, and she has to stay in Casablanca. But another destiny seems written in the stars for Zakia.
- Actress Shirley MacLaine takes Hollywood by storm.
- 1987– 1h 30mTV-147.4 (111)TV EpisodeShe debuted at age three and became a star at six when her mother landed her the lead role in Little Miss Marker, the box-office sensation of 1934. As America's princess, Shirley Temple captured the hearts of millions with her charm, youth, and talent.
- Still considered one of the most beautiful women in the world, Sophia Loren, an international star for many years. Born into poverty in Italy, Loren went from modeling to acting, and with the help of director Carlo Ponti, onto Hollywood and international fame. She was awarded a special Academy Award in 1991 for lifetime achievement.
- The first episode is "Spelling Bee", It's time to crown the spelling champ of the whole city, and P.S. 118 has two contenders for the $500 prize. In one corner, Arnold. In the other, Helga. The second "Pigeon Man", Arnold's prized pigeon takes ill, and only one person can help-the creepy recluse Pigeon Man. But when Arnold visits him in his rooftop roost he find they're birds of a feather.
- A huge hairspray space station is blasting vile vapors into the ozone, putting Earth at the mercy of the sun's rays. With her paw on the nozzle, Poodles Galore unleashes her plot to corner the sunscreen market. It's up to Spy Fox and his friends to "can" Poodles and save the planet.