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- A man returns home with his bride-to-be, an actress, who turns out to be the sister of his family's maid.
- Stanley Kubrick's masterful classic A Clockwork Orange and its controversy through the years are discussed by contemporary film directors (like Sam Mendes, Mary Harron and Tony Kaye), critics and lead actor Malcolm McDowell, in this fascinating documentary about one of the greatest films ever made and also one of those most debated and controversial works of cinema of all time.
- This straight-talking program seeks to understand the enigmatic and controversial Sam Peckinpah, whose violent films such as The Wild Bunch and Straw Dogs had a telling effect on the cinema of the 1970s and 80s. Those who knew and worked with him, including actor James Coburn, actress Ali MacGraw, his associate Katherine Haber, his cousin Bob Peckinpah, and several screenwriters and producers, examine his life in an attempt to separate the man from the persona. Clips from key films reinforce this detailed discussion of Peckinpah's art and a fixation on violence that still permeates Hollywood today.
- An examination of the craft of Marlon Brando, narrated by professionals of the film industry. The film follows his career from the stage with "A Streetcar Named Desire", through the Actors Studio and professional relationships with Elia Kazan and Stella Adler to Hollywood. An actor who redefined the limits to which a professional may go in becoming the character not only intellectually but emotionally, Brando changed the meaning of film acting. Bedeviled by personal tragedy (a murder charge to his son Christian) and a serious late career weight problem, Brando remains a towering figure in American film history.
- A documentary history of the Pink Panther series, focusing on their star Peter Sellers and his relationship with director Blake Edwards.
- Documentary on the American independent film scene.
- Interviews with women directors working in Hollywood and Europe today, exploring the opportunities and obstacles that face them. Program made to accompany a Channel 4 season of films directed and produced by women.
- Tonight's programme is the first full-length portrait of controversial director Sam Peckinpah who died in 1984. His films included The Getaway and Straw Dogs, but he was most closely identified with westerns like The Wild Bunch, Ride the High Country, Guns in the Afternoon, and Pat Garrett. Combining the intensely violent with the deeply elegiac, Peckinpah did more than anyone to dramatise the death of the west. Actors Kris Kristofferson, James Coburn, Ali MacGraw, Jason Robards and other collaborators reflect on working with this unique maverick.