D. A. Pennebaker Movies

  • 2014
    A Venue For The End Of The World

    A Venue For The End Of The World

    A Venue For The End Of The World

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    Haunted by uncanny similarities between Nazi stage techniques and the showmanship employed by modern entertainers, a filmmaker investigates the...

    A Venue For The End Of The World
  • 2010
    The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music

    The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music

    The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music

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    Concert documentary of The National's performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2010, interspersed with interview footage of the band.

    The National - 'High Violet' Live From Brooklyn Academy of Music
  • 2020
    Tiny Tim: King for a Day

    Tiny Tim: King for a Day

    Tiny Tim: King for a Day

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    The story of Tiny Tim’s improbable rise to stardom is the ultimate fairytale - and so is that of his downfall. For a brief time, the shy and...

    Tiny Tim: King for a Day
  • 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
  • 1968
    Wild 90

    Wild 90

    Wild 90

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    Norman Mailer’s first feature filmmaking effort stars the director and his two longtime collaborators Buzz Farbar and Mickey Knox as a trio of...

    Wild 90
  • 1968
    Wake at Generation

    Wake at Generation

    Wake at Generation

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    An unreleased concert film, shot at the Generation Club on 8th St. in NYC on April 7, 1968. Big Brother & The Holding Co. "Summertime" Joni...

    Wake at Generation
  • 2009
    Kings of Pastry

    Kings of Pastry

    Kings of Pastry

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    The collar awarded to the winners of the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman in France) is more than the ultimate recognition for every pastry...

    Kings of Pastry
  • 2011
    Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales

    Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales

    Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales

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    Colleagues, friends and specialists pay tribute to the filmmaker Mario Ruspoli in a portrait that mixes encounters, archive images and film excerpts....

    Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
  • 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
  • 1970
    Alice Cooper

    Alice Cooper

    Alice Cooper

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    Alice Cooper and band’s first performance, organized by his friend Frank Zappa, at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival in 1969.

    Alice Cooper
  • 2007
    The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey

    The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey

    The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey

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    This special presentation offers all the remaining footage from Jimi Hendrix's incendiary appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Hendrix...

    The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
  • 1983
    Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

    Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

    Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

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    The filmmakers accompany Alan Schneider, director of the American premieres of most of Beckett's plays, and producer Daniel Labeille to the home of...

    Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
  • 2003
    The Cutman

    The Cutman

    The Cutman

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    A cutman at the end of his career struggles to reclaim his true lifelong job.

    The Cutman
  • 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
  • 2016
    Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker

    Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker

    Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker

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    A conversation between Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker.

    Jill Drew and D.A. Pennebaker
  • 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
  • 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'
  • 1953
    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
  • 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
  • 1977
    Energy War

    Energy War

    Energy War

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    Documentary feature. 16mm; color; sound.

    Energy War