Movies: Christopher Reeve

Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movie. Hosts Dick van Dyke and Rita Moreno interview the wide array of celebrities and Muppets who atten...

Danny, dying of AIDS, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny's father and his sister....

The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market to raise money for the Vatican, he also falls in love with a young French nun....

A documentary about making The Remains of the Day....

Despite her husband's doubts, a woman reaches out to her dead daughter with a psychiatrist's help....

Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-the-scenes footage, as well as scenes from the film, reveal just how audiences were able to "believe a man can fly." This program features interviews wi...

A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero....

A former slave affects peace between Indian tribes and homesteaders in 1860s West Texas....

Detective Allan Pinkerton, working for the Union, becomes obsessed with Southern socialite Rose O'Neal Greenhow, a spy for the Confederacy....

Documentary about the making of the sequel to Superman....

In a society of the future, a conformist falls in love with a fugitive who forces him to rethink his attitudes about the society he lives in....

The Grand Knockout Tournament (colloquially also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which was shown on British television on 19 June 1987. It followed the format of It's a Knockout, a slapstick TV gameshow which was broadcast...

A prince chases his destiny to an ancient castle in search of a cursed princess, thanks to the help of an informative lumberjack....

The film was commissioned in 1988 by Leonard Stern as the first of a series on celebrity businessmen and finished in 1991. Back then, the only way for a film to be seen was on television or in the theater. Donald threatened to sue any broadcaster or...

The filmmakers and lead actors of The Remains of the Day (1993) discuss how they came to make the film, and the subtle power of its execution....

A man seeks revenge on the bigot who shot his wife to death in 1880s Texas....

Historical context for The Remains of the Day....

An all-star variety special saluting America....

Documentary - After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first and only movie mogul with his establishment of the legendary Pinewood Studios. Narrated by Michael Caine, THE GOLDEN GONG chroni...

A divorcee moves her family cross-country to take her paralyzed son to a pioneer neurosurgeon....