John Korty

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John Korty

Born June 22, 1936 · Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Died March 9, 2022 · aged 85

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Korty (born July 22, 1936 – March 9, 2022) is an American film director and animator, best known for the television film The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and the documentary Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?, as well as the theatrical animated feature Twice Upon a Time. He has won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Featu…

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Resting PlaceResting Place · 1986
Resting Place
★ 6.31986
MovieDrama
A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the body of Lieutenant Dwyte Johnson, a Vietnam war hero. It's Laird's job to help Johnson's parents bury their son. But since the dead hero was black, his parents are turned away by the white racists who maintain the town's "all-white" cemetery.
The Ewok AdventureThe Ewok Adventure · 1984
The Ewok Adventure
★ 5.81984
MovieAdventureFamily
Wicket the Ewok and his friends agree to help two shipwrecked human children, Mace and Cindel, on a quest to find their parents.
Twice Upon a TimeTwice Upon a Time · 1983
Twice Upon a Time
★ 6.61983
MovieAnimationComedy
In the world of the Murkworks where nightmares are made, the evil Synonamess Botch hatches a scheme to make non-stop nightmares. Only Ralph and Mumford, misfits from the cheery land of Frivoli where good dreams are made, can stop him.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane PittmanThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman · 1974
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
★ 6.61974
MovieDramaTV Movie
In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized.
Second Sight: A Love StorySecond Sight: A Love Story · 1984
Second Sight: A Love Story
★ 7.01984
MovieDramaRomance
Alexandra McKay is a woman who's been blind for twenty years and is afraid that people will just try to get close to her because of her condition, so she ultimately stays to herself and her trusty guide dog, Emma. When Richard Chapman enters her life, a romance develops and McKay begins to let the outside world in to her private world. The prospect of an operation arises that will restore McKay's eyesight, but the fear of what it will do to her relationship with Chapman and the concern over the fate of her guide dog weigh heavily upon her decision to do the procedure.
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees StoryLine of Fire: The Morris Dees Story · 1991
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
★ 7.01991
MovieDramaTV Movie
This is the story of Morris Dees, a civil rights lawyer, who's being threatened, so he has to have an armed bodyguard.
Redwood CurtainRedwood Curtain · 1995
Redwood Curtain
★ 6.51995
MovieDramaTV Movie
Geri Riordan is adopted, half-Vietnamese, eighteen, and a piano prodigy. She also feels as if she doesn't know who she really is, and when her adopted father dies, she begins to search for her biological father.
Go Ask AliceGo Ask Alice · 1973
Go Ask Alice
★ 5.61973
MovieDramaTV Movie
A 15-year-old girl in late 1960's America is inadvertently sucked into an odyssey of sex and drugs. She eventually seeks help.

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Deadly MatrimonyDeadly Matrimony · 1992
Deadly Matrimony
★ 5.61992
MovieThrillerCrime
Alan Masters is a despicable businessman with his hands in organized crime. He marries Diane, a kind and gentle woman, and abuses and batters her viciously. Sergeant John Reed has had enough of his city's organized crime and, against the wishes of his dirty-cop superiors, tries to get evidence against Alan Masters. After Alan finds out that Diane has been helping Reed, he beats her to death...and its up to John Reed to put him away for it, and clean up the dirty cops that want to stop him. Part I starts with Diane's death and then, in a flashback, details her struggles against abuse and Reed's struggles as he coaches her to gather evidence against Alan. Part II deals with Reed's struggles with intimidating cops.

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