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Broadcast News
District of Columbia The 1980s The 1990s The 1960sIt’s the story of their lives. — Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and substance.
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Morgan Stewart's Coming Home
District of ColumbiaHe was just Ducky in "Pretty in Pink". Now he's crazy rich...and it's all his parents' fault. — After seven years in boarding school, Morgan Stewart is finally coming home. He discovers it's not the same happy home it used to be....
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Manhunter
District of ColumbiaIt's just you and me now, sport… — FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecktor to capture a new killer.
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Heartburn
District of Columbia The 1970sSex. Love. Marriage. Some people don't know when to quit. — Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are living happily ever after until she discovers that Mark is having an affair while she is waddling around with a second pregnancy.
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Power
District of Columbia The 1980sMore seductive than sex… More addictive than any drug… More precious than gold. And one man can get it for you. For a price. — Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the man destined to succeed him, unknown and mysterious businessman Jerome Cade...
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Good to Go
District of ColumbiaAfter being misled by the police about a rape and murder near a popular Washington, D.C. Go-Go club, a jaded journalist begins digging into the establishment's racist framework.
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Spies Like Us
District of Columbia The 1980sWith spies like these who needs enemies? — Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.
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The Man with One Red Shoe
District of ColumbiaMugged, bugged, chased and seduced. Why is every one after Tom Hanks? — A man is mistaken as a spy by the CIA when he arrives at the airport with one red shoe.
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St. Elmo's Fire
District of ColumbiaThe passion burns deep. — A group of friends graduate from the halls of Georgetown University into lives that revolve around sex, paychecks, and career aspirations. Kirby waits tables to pay for law school. His roommate Kevin struggles at a D.C. newspaper as he lusts after the stylish Jules. Jules may be an object of adoration and envy, but secretly she has problems of her own. Demure Wendy is in love with Billy—a sax player and an irresponsible drunk. Alex wants it all: a career in politics and the appearance of a traditional home life. Alex's girlfriend, Leslie, is an ambitious architect who doesn't know about his infidelity, but his new allegiance to the Republican Party is already enough to put her off marriage.
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D.A.R.Y.L.
District of Columbia The 1980sHe can fly a jet, race a car and outsmart a computer. The government created him and now they want him destroyed. — Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.
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Seven Minutes in Heaven
District of ColumbiaWhen you're fifteen, being in love is more than just... — Natalie allows her classmate Jeff, who ran away from home after a fight with his stepfather, to stay at her place while her father is away on a business trip. Natalie soon starts dating Jeff's friend James Casey, who isn't as faithful as she thinks, while her best friend Polly falls in love with baseball player Zoo Knudsen.
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Countdown to Looking Glass
District of ColumbiaA fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf. The narrative of the film details the events that lead up to the initial exchange of nuclear weapons from the perspective of an on-going news broadcast.
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Protocol
District of ColumbiaThere's something funny going on in Washington. Goldie's about to become a diplomat. — Sweet, unsophisticated Sunny is working as a cocktail waitress. She saves a visiting dignitary and as a reward she gets a top-office job in the Washington beehive. She has to fight against a devious protocol officer but with her charms, she saves the day when she gets involved in an arms deal with an Arab country
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Another State of Mind
District of Columbia The 1980sUnder the makeup. Over the edge. An incredible journey through the underground. — Another State of Mind is a documentary film made in the summer of 1982 chronicling the adventure (and misadventure) of two punk bands – Social Distortion and Youth Brigade – as they embark on their first international tour. Along the way they meet up with another progressive punk band, Minor Threat, whom they hang out with at the Dischord house for about a week near the end of their ill-fated tour.
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Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
District of Columbia The 1980sThe True Story — Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac is a true story based on the crash of Air Florida flight 90 on January 13, 1982 in Washington D.C. This movie follows the main players throughout the day, with a lot of care taken to re-create what actually went wrong, who died, and who survived. There is a lot of actual footage from the day, as well as accurate representations of aircraft type and airline.
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Special Effects
District of ColumbiaPresents a historical overview of special cinematographic effects, also demonstrating current techniques of computer-controlled camerawork and computer-generated sequences.
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D.C. Cab
District of ColumbiaWhen these guys hit the streets, guess what hits the fan. — The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause.
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The Man Who Wasn't There
District of ColumbiaA minor diplomatic functionary stumbles upon a formula for invisibility.
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Daniel
District of Columbia The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s The 1930sThe fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his experiences to the memory of his parents and his belief that they were wrongfully convicted.
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The Invisible Woman
District of ColumbiaTonight ...you won't believe your eyes! — In a research lab, a scientist's pet chimpanzee mixes up an invisibility formula. A young woman accidentally drinks the solution and becomes invisible.
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Annie
District of Columbia The 1930sThe movie of 'Tomorrow' — An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan, Annie believes that her parents left her there by mistake. When a rich man named Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks decides to let an orphan live at his home to promote his image, Annie is selected. While Annie gets accustomed to living in Warbucks' mansion, she still longs to meet her parents. So Warbucks announces a search for them and a reward, which brings out many frauds.
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Hajji Washington
District of Columbia The 1920sHajji Hossein-Gholi Noori (Haji Baba) goes to Washington D.C. as the first Iranian (Persian) ambassador to the United States of America. After he opens the embassy, he is unable to invite statesmen to visit him. Haji fires the embassy staff due to the inability of the Persian government to meet the embassy's needs. One night he is visited by President Grover Cleveland.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
District of Columbia The 1930sIndiana Jones - the new hero from the creators of JAWS and STAR WARS. — When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
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The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
District of Columbia The 1930sBEWARE! See this movie - An hour later you'll want to see it again! — Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up ingredients for a new batch of elixir, starting with the Star of Leningrad diamond, nabbed from a Soviet exhibition in Washington. The FBI sends agents Capone and Williams to England to confer with Nayland Smith, an expert on Fu.
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Superman II
District of ColumbiaThe Man of Steel meets his match! — Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to make himself human in order to get closer to Lois, realizes he has a responsibility to save the planet.
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Hopscotch
District of ColumbiaThe most dangerous man in the world. He's about to expose the CIA, the FBI, the KGB ... and himself. — When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.
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First Family
District of ColumbiaThe president (Bob Newhart) and his boozing wife (Madeline Kahn) go to Africa to bargain for their abducted daughter's (Gilda Radner) return.
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Being There
District of ColumbiaGetting there is half the fun; being there is all of it! — A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.
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The Amazing Captain Nemo
District of Columbia The 1970sHis goal was Atlantis - but first he must conquer the menace of the depths! — Captain Nemo (José Ferrer) is found in suspended animation under the sea and revived by modern-day Navy men in order to battle a fiendish mad scientist (Burgess Meredith).
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The Greek Tycoon
District of ColumbiaShe was the most famous woman in the world. He was a peasant, a pirate, a shark. What he couldn't buy with money he stole with charm. — A lusty Greek shipping magnate courts the widow of an assassinated U.S. president.
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The President's Mistress
District of ColumbiaWhen Ben investigates the mysterious death of his sister, he is unaware that he is opening up a web of political intrigue. Ed Murphy, the White House Chief of Staff, becomes embroiled in a struggle to save the President from a humiliating scandal.
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Born Again
District of Columbia The 1970s The 1960sHaving been imprisoned for his part in the Watergate scandal, Charles Colson undergoes a religious conversion.
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Black Sunday
District of ColumbiaIt could be tomorrow! — An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a plot to commit a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl.
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Billy Jack Goes to Washington
District of ColumbiaThe most dangerous Billy Jack of all! — After a senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining senator and the state governor must decide on a person who will play along with their shady deals and not cause any problems. They decide on Billy Jack, currently sitting in prison after being sent to jail at the end of his previous film, as they don't expect him to be capable of much, and they think he will attract young voters to the party.
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
District of Columbia The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s The 1930s The 1920sNot all the files were destroyed — The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture. From the Kennedys to Martin Luther King. From cab drivers to Congressmen. From housewives to hostesses. He had something on 58 million people. It was all in his files. Now you can see how he used it.
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The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington
District of ColumbiaShe served her country... the only way she knew how! — The world's most famous madame is called to Washington to testify before Congress.
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Tail Gunner Joe
District of Columbia The 1950sSenator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President.
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The Omen
District of Columbia The 1970sIt is the greatest mystery of all because no human being will ever solve it. — Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
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All the President's Men
District of Columbia The 1970sThe most devastating detective story of this century. — During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Richard Nixon to resign from his post.
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Logan's Run
District of Columbia The FutureThe only thing you can’t have in Logan’s world is your 30th birthday. Unless you run away. — In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures- but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being 'renewed' in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.
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Three Days of the Condor
District of Columbia The 1970sHis CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him. — A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
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The Missiles of October
District of Columbia The 1960sThe most powerful docudrama ever produced on The Cuban Missile Crisis — Based in part on Robert F. Kennedy's book, "Thirteen Days," this film profiles the Kennedy Administration's actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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The Exorcist
District of Columbia The 1970sSomething almost beyond comprehension is happening to a girl on this street, in this house… and a man has been sent for as a last resort. This man is The Exorcist. — 12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to her last hope: Father Damien Karras, a troubled priest who is struggling with his own faith.
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The Last Detail
District of ColumbiaNo *#@!!* Navy’s going to give some poor **!!@* kid eight years in the #@!* brig without me taking him out for the time of his *#@!!* life. — Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
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The Werewolf of Washington
District of ColumbiaMakes It Perfectly Clear. — After being unknowingly inflicted with the bite of a werewolf while on a visit to Europe, White House press secretary Jack Whittier begins to turn into a deadly beast by night, terrorizing Washington D.C. and presenting a very deadly threat to the President.
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The President's Plane Is Missing
District of ColumbiaThe countdown is on. The crisis is building. The fate of the country depends on the next 24 hours. — When the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board, it is left to the seemingly weak Vice President to try and advert a nuclear exchange with the Chinese.
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Top of the Heap
District of ColumbiaJustice shall be swift and deadly! — A Washington D.C. cop is proud to be one of the few African-Americans on the force. He is not well loved by his peers, or by people. Trouble erupts when he is overlooked for a promotion.
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The Man
District of ColumbiaIt took an accident to make this man President of the United States. What they do to him now won't be an accident. — When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office. The events from that day to the next election when he must decide if he will actually run challenge his skills as a politician and leader.
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
District of Columbia The 1930s The 1940sThe incredible attack on Pearl Harbor. — In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
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The Kremlin Letter
District of Columbia The 1970s The 1960sA network of older spies from the West recruits a young intelligence officer with a photographic memory to accompany them on a mission inside Russia. They must recover a letter written by the CIA that promises American assistance to Russia if China gets the atomic bomb.
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