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The true story of Troy Duffy, a brash, foul-mouthed bartender whose screenplay for an action film (Boondock Saints) scores him a generous contract to write and direct the film at Miramax Studios. Duffy's band, the Brood, is also in the midst of...

A sociopath on death row is given a chance to live if he agrees to take part in a chemical behavioral modification program.

The history of the American whaling industry, from its 17th-century origins in drift and shore whaling off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the golden age of deep ocean whaling, and on to its demise in the decades following the...

For two centuries, American whale oil lit the world - illuminating and powering the start of the industrial revolution, and laying the groundwork for a truly global economy. This two-hour film will tell the riveting and extraordinary story of the...

The story of Adam Stein, a charismatic patient at a mental institution for Holocaust survivors in Israel, in 1961. He reads minds and confounds his doctors, lead by Dr. Nathan Gross. Before the war, in Berlin, Adam was an entertainer--cabaret...