Charlton Heston — Actor (84)
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The Mystery of the Sphinx (1993) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Mystery of the Sphinx
director: Bill Cote actor: John Anthony West / Charlton Heston …
other title: Mystery of the Sphinx
Hosted by Charlton Heston, it explores the possibility that the Sphinx maybe older than expected. John Anthony West examines that water erosion on the Sphinx can pre-date it to 10,000 years old?. Other mysteries such as how they moved 200 ton stone blocks to build the pyramids, the secret chambers under the Sphinx and the links to the pyramids that are suggested on Mars.
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The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
director: Arnold Leibovit actor: George Pal / Ray Bradbury …
other title: Los mundos fantásticos de George Pal / 喬治·帕爾的奇幻電影世界
Among the legends of Hollywood, George Pal takes his place as a true visionary, an innovator and a showman who profoundly shaped the art of motion pictures. A peer of Walt Disney, Pal pioneered stop motion animation and went on to virtually invent the modern science fiction and fantasy film genres. Pal's extraordinary genius molded a dazzling array of films, which earned an incredible total of eight Academy Awards and left a cinematic legacy that served as formative inspiration for the movies of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Gene Roddenberry.
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While I Run This Race (1967) WikiData IMDb TMDB
While I Run This Race
director: Edmond Levy actor: Charlton Heston
other title: 跟現實賽跑
While I Run This Race is a 1967 American short documentary film about poverty in the United States directed by Edmond Levy. The film follows VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) working in two Arizona migrant community groups. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
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Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996) IMDb TMDB Douban
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
director: Suzette Winter / Gene Feldman actor: Shirley MacLaine / Nicolas Cage …
other title: Shirley MacLaine - Gelebte Träume
Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the fantasy world of show-biz. Her ballet training and her long-legged pixie charm led to rapid success on Broadway in musical comedy. Inevitably, Hollywood called and by 1955 Shirley was cast in Hitchcock's "The Trouble With Harry." It wasn't too long before the fine dramatic roles also came to her opposite the most popular leading men of the time, like Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, Clint Eastwood and Robert Mitchum.
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Texas (1995) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Texas
director: Richard Lang actor: Patrick Duffy / Benjamin Bratt …
other title: Texas - Kampf um die Freiheit / James A. Michener's Texas …
In the beginning of the 19th Century many Anglosaxons are settling in the Mexican province of Texas. As the years go by, political conflicts between the settlers and the Mexican government are escalating which would lead to war and Texan independence.
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Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction (2024) IMDb TMDB
« La Planète des singes » : une odyssée de l'espèce
director: Antoine Coursat actor: Alexandra Alévêque / Roddy McDowall …
other title: »Planet der Affen« – Meilenstein der Science-Fiction / « La Planète des singes » : une odyssée de l'espèce …
Since its release in 1968, Planet of the Apes, the masterful film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston, and its subsequent sequels have asked its viewers challenging questions about contemporary society under the guise of a bold science fiction saga: a fascinating look at a hugely successful pop culture phenomenon.
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Gideon (1998) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Gideon
director: Claudia Hoover actor: Christopher Lambert / Charlton Heston …
other title: Gideon - Um Anjo em Nossas Vidas / 吉迪恩 …
Gideon Dobbs is young, simple-minded man who has never stopped dreaming. He checks into a retirement home where he finds the residents have lost their lust for life. Through his innocence he changes their lives and teaches them that each day is a precious gift. They get back their self-esteem and their lust for life.
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The Private War of Major Benson (1955) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Private War of Major Benson
director: Jerry Hopper actor: Charlton Heston / Julie Adams …
other title: Der Privatkrieg des Major Benson / La guerre privée du major Benson …
A Major noted for advancing with his mouth before thinking is given a choice: to be drummed out of the Army, or take command of and shape up the ROTC program at Sheridan Academy before it fails its next inspection. At Sheridan he encounters three hundred pre-teen cadets who range from rascally to adorable, and a female doctor who has just the right prescription for him.
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The President's Lady (1953) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The President's Lady
director: Henry Levin actor: Susan Hayward / Charlton Heston …
other title: 대통령의 여인 / Gefährtin seines Lebens …
The story of president Andrew Jackson from his early years, through his meeting with and subsequent marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards. The plot concentrates on the later scandal concerning the legality of their marriage and how they overcame the difficulties.
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The Far Horizons (1955) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Far Horizons
director: Rudolph Maté actor: 弗莱德·麦克莫瑞 / 查尔顿·赫斯顿 …
other title: Horizontes Desconhecidos / Am fernen Horizont …
Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and Meriwether Clark, is sent to survey the new lands and go where no white man has gone before.
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Counterpoint (1967) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Counterpoint
director: Ralph Nelson actor: 查尔顿·赫斯顿 / 马克西米连·谢尔 …
other title: 카운터포인트 / Der Befehl …
In December of 1944, Lionel Evans, an internationally renowned American conductor, is on a USO tour with his 70-piece symphony orchestra in newly-liberated Belgium. While fleeing from a German counterattack, Evans and his orchestra members are captured by a Panzer division and taken to an old chateau in Luxembourg. Despite orders to execute every prisoner, General Schiller, an avid music lover, commands Evans to give a private concert for him.
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The Mountain Men (1980) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Mountain Men
director: Richard Lang actor: 查尔顿·赫斯顿 / Brian Keith …
other title: 마운틴 맨 / Duell am Wind River …
The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp -- during the dying days of the fur-trapping era. The plot begins when Running Moon runs away from her abusive husband Heavy Eagle and comes across the two seedy fur trappers. The mountain men take her in, unaware that Heavy Eagle has dispatched an army of Indian braves to reclaim her.
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Airport 1975 (1974) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Airport 1975
director: Jack Smight actor: Charlton Heston / Karen Black …
other title: 에어포트 75 / エアポート’75 …
When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a retired test pilot, tries to talk her through piloting and landing the 747 aircraft. Worse yet, the anxious passengers — among which are a noisy nun and a cranky man — are aggravating the already tense atmosphere.
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Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998) WikiData IMDb TMDB Eggplant.place
Behind the Planet of the Apes
director: David Comtois / Kevin Burns actor: Roddy McDowall / Charlton Heston …
other title: Hinter den Kulissen von Planet der Affen / Les Coulisses du tournage de la Planète des singes …
Roddy McDowall takes you, film by film, from production meetings to make-up sessions, then right onto the movie set to see the actual filming of the science fiction masterpiece. The most comprehensive history of Planet of the Apes ever created, this fascinating 127-minute documentary explores one of the most imaginative and influential series in movie history.