D. A. Pennebaker Movies

  • 1957
    Daybreak Express

    Daybreak Express

    Daybreak Express

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    Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway...

    Daybreak Express
  • 1981
    DeLorean

    DeLorean

    DeLorean

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    In 1973, John DeLorean was most likely going to be the next president of General Motors, when he turned his back on his $650,000 a year job and...

    DeLorean
  • 1962
    Susan Starr

    Susan Starr

    Susan Starr

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    Susan Starr is a talented young concert pianist preparing for the biggest competition of her life. She also happens to have a terrible cold that...

    Susan Starr
  • 2006
    Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl

    Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl

    Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl

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    Emmy-winning actor-comedian Robert Wuhl assumes the role of college professor in this hilarious history lesson conducted in front of an audience of...

    Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
  • 1962
    Jane

    Jane

    Jane

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    Documentary focusing on 25 year-old actress Jane Fonda as she and her director Andreas Voutsinas prepare a stage play called The Fun Couple for...

    Jane
  • 2008
    The Return of the War Room

    The Return of the War Room

    The Return of the War Room

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    Those who played prominent roles in Clinton's 1992 Presidential campaign return to discuss how politics and the media have changed since that time.

    The Return of the War Room
  • 1987
    Shake! Otis at Monterey

    Shake! Otis at Monterey

    Shake! Otis at Monterey

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    Renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captures Otis Redding in his ascendancy, singing at the historic Monterey International Pop Festival...

    Shake! Otis at Monterey
  • 1957
    American Football

    American Football

    American Football

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    A coach’s whole career depends upon winning this football game, the U.S. Air Force Academy against the University of Colorado. The film was an...

    American Football
  • 2007
    65 Revisited

    65 Revisited

    65 Revisited

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    A collection of rare outtakes and performances from Pennebaker's 1965 documentary Don't Look Back.

    65 Revisited
  • 1971
    1 P.M.

    1 P.M.

    1 P.M.

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    Lighter and livelier than the films Jean-Luc Godard had made in France, his U.S. collaboration with Direct Cinema documentarian D. A. Pennebaker was...

    1 P.M.
  • 2003
    World Tour 1966: The Home Movies

    World Tour 1966: The Home Movies

    World Tour 1966: The Home Movies

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    With a set of drums and an 8mm color home movie camera, Mickey Jones toured the world in 1966 with Bob Dylan and The Band. He captured on film what...

    World Tour 1966: The Home Movies
  • 1977
    Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964

    Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964

    Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964

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    Surrounded by his children, his wife Ethel, and Sammy Davis, Jr., RFK visits schoolchildren around the city, and is every bit the good patriarch and...

    Jingle Bells: RFK - 1964
  • 1968
    Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making

    Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making

    Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making

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    Jean-Luc Godard visits NYU in order to discuss his latest feature "La chinoise" with graduate students on filmmaking and politics.

    Two American Audiences: La Chinoise - A Film in the Making
  • 1961
    Aga Khan

    Aga Khan

    Aga Khan

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    In 1960, Robert Drew founded his production company Drew Associates; joining him were a number of well-known or soon-to-be well-known documentary...

    Aga Khan
  • 1979
    Town Bloody Hall

    Town Bloody Hall

    Town Bloody Hall

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    Norman Mailer and a panel of feminists — Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, and Diana Trilling — debate the issue of...

    Town Bloody Hall
  • 1971
    Up Your Legs Forever

    Up Your Legs Forever

    Up Your Legs Forever

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    The film consists of continuous panning shots up a series of 367 human legs.

    Up Your Legs Forever
  • 1957
    Your Share in Tomorrow

    Your Share in Tomorrow

    Your Share in Tomorrow

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    Informational film explaining the work of the New York Stock Exchange.

    Your Share in Tomorrow
  • 1982
    Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

    Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

    Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

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    A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.

    Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
  • 1973
    Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'

    Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'

    Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'

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    Keep On Rockin', aka Little Richard: Keep On Rockin' (USA video title) is a film of a 1969 Little Richard concert at the Sweet Toronto Peace...

    Little Richard: Keep on Rockin'
  • 2007
    Addiction

    Addiction

    Addiction

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    Assembled by some of the nation's top documentary filmmakers, this centerpiece film in HBO's 'Addiction' campaign features insights from experts on...

    Addiction