William S. Burroughs: featuring never before seen footage as well as exclusive interviews with his closest friends and colleagues. Born the heir of the Burroughs' adding machine estate, he struggled throughout his life with addiction, control systems
藉由未曾面世的私人录音带和档案影片,引领观众从路易斯阿姆斯壮的视角,洞悉他的人生故事。讲述他如何从音乐巨星成为民权运动家,进而成为世界知名艺人。
杰(沃伦·比蒂 Warren Beatty 饰)是一名参议员,在竞选遭遇连连失败之后,对自己的政治生涯和人生同时失去了希望的杰决定自杀。但是他不能白死,杰为自己买了高额的保险,受益人是自己的家人,活着的时候杰是个无用的男人,他希望他的死至少能够给家人带来经济上的补偿。 之后,杰雇佣了一名职业杀手来暗杀自己,在临死之前,杰决定进行最后一次演讲,这一次,他抛弃了所有的礼节和教规,天马行空畅所欲言,没想到,他的发言深深的震撼了台下的观众,观众们给与了他热烈的掌声和巨大的肯定。杰还因此结识了名为妮娜(哈
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"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and drug deal
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