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Covering the entire 20th century in one video series is an ambitious project, but one that Peter Jennings and ABC News are up to. In The Century: America's Time, a 12-part documentary on six videotapes that is a companion to the book of the same name, Jennings guides us through a century of technology and advancement like no other. As he says in his introduction to episode 1, "Seeds of ...

Manufacturer: ABC News
Starring: Linda Hunt, Peter Jennings, John Aaron, Harold Agnew, Steve Allen

Peter Wintonick and Mark Achbar made this penetrating documentary about the career and views of linguist and media critic Noam Chomsky. While the man is the subject of the movie, the filmmakers wisely and carefully choose not to make Chomsky more important than his insights into the way print and electronic journalism tacitly and often willingly further the agendas of the powerful. We learn a lot ...

Manufacturer: Zeitgeist Video
Starring: William F. Buckley, Noam Chomsky, Kelvin Flook, Edward S. Herman, Peter Jennings
Directed By: Peter Wintonick

To anyone who truly understands what it means to be an American, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 should be seen as a triumph of patriotic freedom. Rarely has the First Amendment been exercised with such fervor and forthrightness of purpose: After subjecting himself to charges of factual errors in his gun-lobby exposé Bowling for Columbine, Moore armed himself with a platoon ...

Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: John Ashcroft (II), James Baker III, James Bath, Khalil Bin Laden, Stephen G. Breyer

Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
Starring: Peter Jennings, Fidel Castro, Seymour Hersh, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy

Manufacturer: ABC Video
Starring: Frank Gifford, Jim McKay, Al Michaels, Jim Lampley, Howard Cosell
Directed By: Roone Arledge

Manufacturer: The History Channel/ABC News
Starring: Peter Jennings

Manufacturer: KOCH VISION
Starring: Jonah Blank, Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Paula Fredriksen, Robert Funk

After scoring a hit with the Eddie Murphy-Nick Nolte cop thriller 48 Hours, director Walter Hill returned to the buddy formula with this half-ridiculous, half-invigorating action flick about humorless Russian cop Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger). He follows a drug dealer from Moscow to Chicago, where he's matched up with city cop Art Ridzik (James Belushi), whose work ethic is ...

Manufacturer: Avid Home Ent
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross, Laurence Fishburne
Directed By: Walter Hill

Peter Wintonick and Mark Achbar made this penetrating documentary about the career and views of linguist and media critic Noam Chomsky. While the man is the subject of the movie, the filmmakers wisely and carefully choose not to make Chomsky more important than his insights into the way print and electronic journalism tacitly and often willingly further the agendas of the powerful. We learn a lot ...

Manufacturer: Zeitgeist Films
Starring: William F. Buckley, Noam Chomsky, Kelvin Flook, Edward S. Herman, Peter Jennings
Directed By: Peter Wintonick

Gracefully adapted from Dava Sobel's extraordinary bestseller, the four-part TV production of Longitude combines drama, history, and science into a stimulating, painstakingly authentic account of personal triumph and joyous discovery. Equally impressive is the way writer-director Charles Sturridge has crafted parallel stories that complement each other with enriching perspective. The ...

Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Starring: Jonathan Coy, Christopher Hodsol, Jeremy Irons, Peter Cartwright, Gemma Jones
Directed By: Charles Sturridge