Movies: Eric Lax

2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)
Woody Allen: A Documentary
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Iconic writer, director, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen allowed his life and creative process to be documented on-camera for the first time. With this unprecedented access, Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Robert B. Weide followed th...
2006
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood (2006)
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
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A look at the motion picture production code and its effects on Hollywood....
2003
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (2003)
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
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An overview of the making of John Huston's 1948 classic "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."...
2006
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird (2006)
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
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An appreciation and the story of the making of the 1941 film "The Maltese Falcon."...
2010
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen (2010)
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
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The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real African locations, barely overcoming all kinds of hardships and disasters....
2003
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' (2003)
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
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In the '40s Howard Hawks boasts that he can make a movie out of the worst thing Hemingway ever has written. When Hemingway asks, which novel he means, Hawks says To Have and Have Not. Jules Furthman writes a script, which follows the book closely. Th...
2006
Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero (2006)
Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero
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2006
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates (2006)
Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
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Short documentary about prohibition and gangsters and how it affected the movies of the day....
2005
The Roaring Twenties: The World Moves On (2005)
The Roaring Twenties: The World Moves On
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This documentary is featured on Warner Brothers' DVD for The Roaring Twenties (1939), released in 2005....
2006
Huston's Gamble (2006)
Huston's Gamble
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2005
The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert (2005)
The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert
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Short documentary about the making of "The Petrified Forest."...
2003
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' (2003)
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
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Bogart was interested in this project because it offered a chance to work with his new bride. The studio wasn't convinced, but the result speaks for itself....
2006
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Playing Cat and Mouse (2006)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Playing Cat and Mouse
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The Making of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Donald Spoto and Drew Casper....
2005
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? (2005)
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
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Documentary covering the Warner Bros. James Cagney /Pat O'Brien classic "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), hosted by film historian Rudy Behlmer....
2006
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time (2006)
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
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The making of the film with Drew Casper....
2003
Curtains for Roy Earle (2003)
Curtains for Roy Earle
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A featurette exploring the gangster films made at Warner Bros., actor Humphrey Bogart's career and the making of HIGH SIERRA (1941)....
2005
White Heat: Top of the World (2005)
White Heat: Top of the World
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An examination of "White Heat" (1949) by film historians and critics....
2003
Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night' (2003)
Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'
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Documentary looking at the film classic, They Drive By Night...