Category Archives: Biography
12 Years a Slave
Release 2013
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Director: Steve McQueen
Writers: John Ridley, Solomon Northup
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dwight Henry, Dickie Gravois, Bryan Batt, Ashley Dyke
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024544/
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Release 2013
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Director: Justin Chadwick
Writers: William Nicholson, Nelson Mandela
Stars: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Riaad Moosa, Zolani Mkiva
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2304771/
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
The Wind Rises
Release 2013
Genre Animation, Biography, Drama, Romance, War
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Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Martin Short, Stanley Tucci
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2013293/
A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.
The Wolf of Wall Street
Release 2013
Genre Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
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Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Terence Winter, Jordan Belfort
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993846/
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
Lone Survivor
Release 2013
Genre Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
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Director: Peter Berg
Writers: Peter Berg, Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Yousuf Azami
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091191/
Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.
The Frozen Ground
Release 2013
Genre Biography, Crime, Thriller
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Director: Scott Walker
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Vanessa Hudgens, John Cusack, Dean Norris, Gia Mantegna
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2005374/
An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.