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A homeless woman living in Central Park is examined in this documentary. Maggie is a good-humored woman in her '40s. She lives in Central park with 6 dogs and a huge backpack. It is in the park that filmmaker Miche Negroponte met her and gradually became her friend. Outwardly she seems normal enough. She is witty, gentle, and intelligent. She claims to be the daughter of actor Robert Ryan and has six children. She also claims to receive radio reports from her husband Jupiter, the Greek god. In trying to understand what she means, Negroponte spent two years following her and interviewing her. The film, which also looks into her past is the result. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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The original Man in Black had numerous sides to his personality, the many facets of which are explored in this unauthorized documentary. Charismatic and contradictory, Johnny Cash became one of the most well-known and loved figures in popular music, with a unique style that incorporated rock, gospel, and folk into a quintessential country sound. This visual journey traces his rise through life, from his childhood in Dyess, Arkansas, to the early concerts at San Quentin and Town Hall Party. Also included is never-before-seen footage from Cash`s performance at the White House, where he entertained President Nixon. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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This biographical documentary examines the life of legendary physicist Albert Einstein. The film takes a look at his beginnings a an excited young scientist, his celebrated status in his adopted country of America, as well as his being the subject of a government investigation, and the modern opinion that he was one of the fathers of the atomic bomb. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
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This program tells selected stories about the life and death of Jesus from his mother's visit from an angel to inform her of the immaculate conception to Jesus' experiences with his disciples as an adult. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
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Ramblin' Jack Elliott, a self-styled folk musician, was an important transitional figure between Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. This documentary serves as both a chronicle of his colorful life and an attempt by his daughter, director Aiyanna Elliott, to reconnect with her often-absent father. Born Elliott Adnopoz in Brooklyn, Jack ran off as a teenager in 1947 to join a traveling rodeo troupe after seeing them perform in Madison Square Garden. He returned to New York and took up singing, first cowboy songs, then traditional and contemporary folk music. He and Woody Guthrie traveled through the South in the 1950s, learning songs from blues artists such as the Reverend Gary Davis, Elizabeth Cotton, and Jesse Fuller. Elliott remained one of Guthrie's truest friends all through Guthrie's long battle with Huntington's chorea, the congenital nerve disease that killed him in 1967. In 1955, Elliott and the first of his four wives decamped to England, where his reputation was made with fans of the skiffle music craze. H
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Relating his facts in straight-on documentary fashion, Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1964 Biblical film stars Enrique Irazoqui as Jesus. In it, Christ and his followers are depicted as gentle radicals working against the grain of the unjust Roman power structure. Typically offbeat Pasolini touches include having Satan disguise himself as a Catholic priest and the casting of the director's own mother as the Virgin Mary. The music is selected from a variety of sources, from Bach to American spirituals. Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo was released in the U.S. as The Gospel According to St. Matthew -- much to the discomfort of Pasolini, who didn't want Matthew designated as a saint. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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