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King of the South

Master P changed the music game in the 90's with an eighty-twenty distribution deal with Priority records, the first of its kind. Selling over one hundred million records independently, making No Limit one of the most successful Hip Hop labels to date.

Kit Lambert Project

Kit Lambert discovers the rock band The Who while he is trying to make a film about the band, known then as the High Numbers. Instead, he decides to manage the band and to launch their musical career, and with Chris Stamp -- brother of Terence Stamp -- Lambert pushes Townshend to take The Who into more experimental avenues. The result is the seminal rock opera album "Tommy," which later becomes a Ken Russell film. Lambert also works with Jimi Hendrix and other artists, and is as known for self-destruction as they are.

Kyriakides

The life of of Stylianos Kyriakides, who won the 1946 Boston Marathon after escaping execution during the Nazi occupation of Greece.

Long Shot

Kevin Laue journeys from Pleasanton, CA to the basketball court of Manhattan College in New York, where he joins the team in 2009. Laue becomes the first player missing a limb to play NCAA Division I basketball.

Masterpiece

The film is based on the true story of French artist Henri Matisse's relationship with his nurse Monique Bourgeois, who also served as the painter's model and muse.

My War Gone By, I Miss ...

An English journalist and war correspondent's account of the Bosnian War, and alternates between his experiences in Bosnia and personal reflections of his time in the British army, his parents’ divorce, his estrangement from his father, and his heroin addiction.

Phenomenon

Betty Robinson sets an unofficial world record in the 100-meter at the age of 16. At the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, running in just her fourth official 100-meter race, Robinson wins gold — the first gold medal awarded to a woman in track and field at the Olympics. In 1931, tragedy strikes when Robinson is involved in a terrible plane crash. It takes her two years to learn to walk again, and, incredibly, she is able to make the U.S. team for the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Rich Strike Biopic

The film portrays the remarkable triumph of Rich Strike, an 80-to-1 longshot, in the 2022 race, showcasing the improbable win and its significance.

Saint John

The story centers on the rise and fall of entrepreneur John DeLorean. After his arrest in 1982, DeLorean presses a defense that he was entrapped by the FBI and is eventually acquitted. Still, his company goes bankrupt after producing only 9,000 automobiles.

Simply Halston (TV)

Centers on the life and death of fashion superstar Roy Halston and his long-term friendship with Liza Minnelli.

Steve McQueen Biopic

Follows Steve McQueen's life from humble beginnings in the Midwest to the pinnacle of Hollywood and ultimately to his untimely death at the age of 50 in Mexico. Also features the meeting and issues that evolved between McQueen and Charles Manson.

Tennessee Williams

Follows the childhood of Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams and his career as a playwright.

The American Duchess: T...

Handsome, charismatic, and popular Prince Edward is expected to marry a well-bred virgin who will one day become Queen of England when he ascended the throne. But when the prince is nearly forty, he falls in love with a divorced American woman—Wallis Simpson. No one thinks the relationship will last, and when the prince becomes king, everyone assumes that it's the end of the affair. But to the shock of the British establishment, the new king announces his intention to marry the American divorcée. Overnight, Wallis is accused of entrapping the prince in a seductive web in order to achieve her audacious ambition to be queen. After declaring that he could not rule without the woman he loves, the king abdicates, and his family banishes him and his new wife from the country. The couple spends the rest of their days in exile, but happy in their devoted love for each other.

The Bootlegger's Boy

A big-screen adaptation of football coach Barry Switzer's memoir about coaching at Oklahoma University and the NFL's Dallas Cowboys

The Man Who Drank Canad...

In the early 1980s, Canadian snooker icon "Big" Bill Werbeniuk comes out of nowhere to become one of the world's top-ranked players despite suffering from a hereditary disease that causes his cuing hand to shake uncontrollably. Bill's solution - alcohol, and lots of it - up to 50 pints of beer in a day to keep himself steady and at the top of his game. After quickly becoming a fan favorite in his adopted homeland of England, his career is abruptly brought to an end after the medication he takes to protect his heart from the booze, is summarily banned by the sport's governing body.

The Man Who Forgot He W...

T La Rock rises as a pioneer and ground-breaker in rap music until a nearly deadly beating that leaves him in a coma at the peak of his career.