Speed Racer: Welcome to the World of Vic Chesnutt
1994 · 30 min · ★ 8.0 · Documentary
A portrait of Athens, Georgia singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt.
Directed by Peter Sillen
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★ 7.21992
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Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.
Old Joy · 2006Old Joy
★ 6.42006
MovieDrama
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★ 5.02000
MovieDocumentaryMusic
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Grand Luncheonette · 2005Grand Luncheonette
2005
MovieDocumentary
Grand Luncheonette documents the final days of one of Time Square s unforgettable lunch counters. The closing of Fred Hakim s 42nd Street hot dog stand marks the final phase of the much publicized gentrification of the neighborhood
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2002
MovieMusic
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2019
MovieDocumentary
1969, New York City, 3 teams won World Championships, the Jets, the Mets and the Knicks.
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2024
MovieDocumentary
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2015
MovieDocumentary
In the spring of 1985, Sports Illustrated profiled the latest prospect of the New York Mets farm system: Sidd Finch, a Harvard dropout who spoke 10 languages, played the French horn, wore one hiking boot … and threw 168 mph. If it sounds too good to be true, that’s because it was. Finch was an elaborate hoax constructed by the late George Plimpton for SI’s April 1 issue. Unhittable brings back all of the people who made this hoax possible, including Joe Berton, the bespectacled middle school teacher who truly brought Sidd to life.
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2020
MovieDocumentary
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