Tag: Biography

During Credits? Yes

during the credits

The credits start with Ed Koch joking and talking about the renaming of the Queensboro Bridge to Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, and show him presiding at the official unveiling ceremony. Mixed in are various scenic shots of NYC.

After Credits? No

Is this stinger worth waiting around for? Yes (No Ratings Yet)
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Let Fury Have the Hour (2012)?

TITLE: Let Fury Have the Hour

RELEASE DATE: 2012

RATING: NR

A documentary that chronicles how a generation of artists, thinkers, and activists used their creativity as a response to the reactionary politics that came to define our culture in the 1980s.

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Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)*

TITLE: Hyde Park on Hudson

RELEASE DATE: 12/7/2012

RATING: R

The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.

What did you think of this film?

During Credits? Yes

during the credits

We see some of the (fake) film footage the King shot during the picnic.

After Credits? Yes

after the credits

There is a short cartoon of the King holding a sword over a hot dog while saying “I knight thee Sir Hot Dog.”

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Heleno (2011)?

TITLE: Heleno

RELEASE DATE: 3/30/2012

RATING: R

A biography of the tragic life of one of Brazil’s greatest soccer players, Heleno de Freitas.

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Chasing Ice (2012)*

TITLE: Chasing Ice

RELEASE DATE: 12/14/2012

RATING: PG-13

Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers.

What did you think of this film?

During Credits? Yes

during the credits

We are told that there are cameras still posted and recording glacier activity. We also learn that James Balog finally had his knee repaired via stem cell surgery.

After Credits? No

Is this stinger worth waiting around for? Yes (No Ratings Yet)
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NOTE: The film is dedicated “To our children” followed by a long list of names (cast and crew children), followed by “…and their children.”

Addicted to Fame (2012)?

TITLE: Addicted to Fame

RELEASE DATE: 2012

RATING: NR

A documentary that goes behind the scenes of the movie Illegal Aliens, and a filmmaker’s journey from obscurity to moral blindness in the seductive glare of the media spotlight.

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Hitchcock (2012)*

TITLE: Hitchcock

RELEASE DATE: 11/23/2012

RATING: PG-13

A love story between influential filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho in 1959.

What did you think of this film?

During Credits? No

After Credits? Yes

after the credits

We see Hitchcock standing in front of the movie screen, lit from behind like his trademark silhouette shot. Then he slowly walks off the screen.

Is this stinger worth waiting around for? Yes (No Ratings Yet)
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Lincoln (2012)

TITLE: Lincoln

RELEASE DATE: 11/16/2012

RATING: PG-13

As the Civil War continues to rage, America’s president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.

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