BILL GUTTENTAG
LIVE!
Synopsis
Set in a world where reality and entertainment continually collide, Live! follows a TV network president Katy Courbet (Eva Mendes) and up-and-coming documentary filmmaker Rex (David Krumholtz) as inspiration strikes to create the most daring reality program ever.
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"Bill Guttentag's hilarious satire of reality/game show media culture, Live! takes its subject to the wall with a live televised Russian Roulette competition. Presented as a The Making Of story, Live! also attacks the ghoulish opportunism of independent documentaries. "
- Screen Daily
"This frequently funny send-up creates a seemingly plausible arena in which hard-working media execs and show contestants can take moral bankruptcy all the way to the bank."
- Variety
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NANKING
Even in the darkest of times,
there is light.
Synopsis
A powerful, emotional and relevant reminder of the heartbreaking toll war takes on the innocent, Nanking tells the story of the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China, in the early days of World War II. As part of a campaign to conquer all of China, the Japanese subjected Nanking – which was then China’s capital – to months of aerial bombardment, and when the city fell, the Japanese army unleashed murder and rape on a horrifying scale. In the midst of the rampage, a small group of Westerners banded together to establish a Safety Zone where over 200,000 Chinese found refuge.
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“An exceptionally well-knit documentary about the horrifying events that took place in Nanking between December, 1937, and March, 1938. It’s very likely that the anguish of a city helplessly besieged by a marauding army hasn’t been conveyed with comparable power since the Greek tragedies that were told from the Trojan point of view.”
– David Denby, The New Yorker
“Nanking’ is a swift, incisive documentary about one of the lesser-known horrors of the 20th century. A few people did what they could to hold the line against humanity’s worst instincts. The voices in ‘Nanking’ speak for the persistence of good in times and places where a moral crevice opens to reveal a vision of hell on earth.”
– Stephen Holden, The New York Times
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KNIFE FIGHT
Synopsis
Knife Fight is about sex, drugs and money; it's about how politics is really played–a knife fight in a telephone booth, where blood is spilled, brutal blows are common and the best candidate is not always the best person. It's a world where the noblest ends are used to justify the darkest means.
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SOUNDTRACK
FOR A REVOLUTION
Synopsis
Soundtrack for a Revolution tells the story of the American civil rights movement through its powerful music – the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, in police wagons, and in jail cells as they fought for justice and equality. The film features contemporary performances of the freedom songs by top international recording artists, including John Legend, Wyclef Jean, Joss Stone, and The Roots. Soundtrack for Revolution also has riveting archival footage and interviews with civil rights foot soldiers and leaders, including Congressman John Lewis, Harry Belafonte, Julian Bond, and Ambassador Andrew Young.
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CRIME &
PUNISHMENT
Crime & Punishment was a prime-time NBC series which chronicled real-life cases prosecuted by the San Diego County District Attorney’s office. The non-fiction series was part of the Law & Order family of shows, and was also created and executive-produced by Dick Wolf and Bill Guttentag. Crime & Punishment followed prosecutors as they investigated and tried extremely dramatic cases – involving murder, attempted murder, kidnapping and other high-stakes crimes. Viewers watched the drama unfold from the perspectives of victims, their family members, the prosecutors, the police, and the defendants.
Law and Order:
Crime & Punishment People v. Richard Arnold
Law and Order:
Crime & Punishment People v. Robershaw
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