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New-York-Sur-Mer (1964)
Character: N/A
A unique documentary about New York City by the great New York photographer Jan Yoors and Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau.
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This Is America (1977)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Inspired by shock-documentaries like Mondo Cane, this film looks at the wilder side of life in America. Starting off with the bloodier side of the American car culture by showing a series of crashes at race events, the film then goes on to lesser-known sexual practices. Included among these is a porno movie award show, a nude beauty contest, a sex therapy session, and a detailed explanation of where dildos come from.
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This Is America Part 2 (1980)
Character: Narrator (voice)
The sequel to This is America, aka Jabberwalk. This film goes inside the real America circa 1980 - a world of punks, orgies and worm-eating hicks! Romano Vanderbes back on the film making side and Norman Rose back on narrating duty for the second of the This Is America trilogy. Things kick off slightly louder this time with a performance by The Dictators doing a version of America the Beautiful while the titles role, then right into piece about punk star Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedy's running for mayor of San Francisco. Then back into a more This Is America feeling segment about a crazy fat bloke called Captain Sticky. Among some of the other more interesting segments we get a look at underground vagrants, a piranha attack, martial arts nuns, a family of worm eaters, a drug abusing church and ends with a death row electrocution.
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America Exposed (1991)
Character: Narrator (voice)
The father of American mondo cinema returns to his favorite genre for a final THIS IS America film! Pornstars entertaining war veterans at Vegas, gun conventions, war games and firepower shows, the cremation of Satan Claus, mating animals, sorority house atrocities, redneck fights, ninjitsu training, elderly citizens fighting muggers, drugs, sleazy entertainment, cops VS street gangs, limousine escort services, bank robberies, custom lethal weapons, sex in public, big city morgues, Nazi & white power organizations! This catalogue of sleaze should not be missed! See America EXPOSED in its totally uncensored form!
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Sex Maniac's Guide to the U.S.A. (1983)
Character: Narrator (voice)
This a compilation of three mondo-style documentaries from the father of American mondo cinema, director Romano Vanderbes. He is credited with a 3-part documentary series called "This Is America" [1977], "This Is America Part 2" [1977] and "America Exposed" [1990]. This documentary contains all the "sex-related" stories from the series. It travels across the country in search of the kinky and the bizarre. Title song "America the Beautiful" by The Dictators.
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Sugar Ray Robinson: Pound for Pound (1970)
Character: Narrator
In "Sugar Ray Robinson - Pound for Pound," the champ is profiled, from his early days to his welterweight victories and his five-time winning of the middleweight championship. Show business called to Robinson, and he had a brief sojourn as a tap dancer, but returned to the ring to win five more titles. Boxing greats add their commentary, including Muhammad Ali, Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis, Joe Frazier, Gene Tunney, and Jack Dempsey.
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The Conquest of Light (1960)
Character: Narrator
The film discusses the evolution and potential of using light waves, particularly coherent light, for communication. It highlights the development of lasers at Bell Telephone Laboratories, explaining how they produce a highly controlled and intense beam of light that could revolutionize communication. The film emphasizes the vast possibilities of lasers, including applications in telecommunications, surgery, and exploring the universe, suggesting that this technology represents a significant step in humanity's understanding and use of light.
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Harold and the Purple Crayon (1959)
Character: Narrator
This is the ingeniously imaginative story of a small boy who, with his magic crayon, draws himself in and out of a series of adventures.
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Jump (1971)
Character: Dutchman
A Southern stock-car driver puts his rising career in the hands of a race promoter.
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F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980)
Character: Ben Cohen
Though visibly frail and weary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt runs for a precedent-setting fourth term. He also oversees plans for the D-Day Invasion and engages in tempestuous summit meetings with his wartime allies Stalin and Churchill.
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The Night America Trembled (1957)
Character: 2nd Announcer
A recreation and commentary on how people reacted to the radio broadcast of The War Of The Worlds in 1938. [An episode of the CBS anthology series "Studio One".]
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The Front (1976)
Character: Howard's Attorney
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
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The Telephone Book (1971)
Character: Mr. Smith
A sexually voracious young woman receives a dirty phone call from a stranger; so satisfied by the experience, she sets out to find him somewhere in New York City.
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The Violators (1957)
Character: Stephen
A New York City probation officer, noted for his sympathy with delinquents, put to a severe test when his daughter falls for a boy whom circumstances force into breaking the law.
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The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Character: Longene
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.
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Love and Death (1975)
Character: Death (voice) (uncredited)
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
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Radio Days (1987)
Character: Radio Voice (voice)
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
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The Nutcracker (1977)
Character: Narrator
The Nutcracker is Mikhail Baryshnikov's breathtaking and critically acclaimed Emmy-nominated production. This spectacular performance is danced by the magnificent team of Baryshnikov, one of the greatest classical dancers of the century, and Gelsey Kirkland, both showcased at the peak of their careers, with members of the American Ballet Theatre.
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Biloxi Blues (1988)
Character: Newsreel Announcer
A Jewish teenager sets three goals: lose his virginity, become a writer, and survive World War II.
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