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Writing in the Disciplines
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Links to guides to writing in 24 different disciplines.
Links to guides to writing in 24 different disciplines.
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The Greatest Showman
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Michael Gracey , 2017
Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
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Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
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20 Feet from Stardom
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Morgan Neville , 2013
Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
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Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
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A Star Is Born
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Bradley Cooper , 2018
A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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Begin Again
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John Carney , 2013
A chance encounter between a disgraced music-business executive and a young singer-songwriter new to Manhattan turns into a promising collaboration between the two talents.
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A chance encounter between a disgraced music-business executive and a young singer-songwriter new to Manhattan turns into a promising collaboration between the two talents.
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Billy Elliot
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Stephen Daldry , 2000
A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.
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A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.
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Blinded by the Light
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Gurinder Chadha , 2019
In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.
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In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.
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Bohemian Rhapsody
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Bryan Singer , 2018
The story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).
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The story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).
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Bombay Beach
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Alma Har'el , 2011
Bombay Beach is one of the poorest communities in southern California located on the shores of the Salton Sea...
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Bombay Beach is one of the poorest communities in southern California located on the shores of the Salton Sea...
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Cabaret
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Bob Fosse , 1972
A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.
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A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.
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Coco
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Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina , 2017
Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.
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Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.
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Control
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Anton Corbijn , 2007
A profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to commit suicide at the age of 23.
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A profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to commit suicide at the age of 23.
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Fiddler on the Roof
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Norman Jewison , 1971
In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.
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In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.
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Fisherman's Friends
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Chris Foggin , 2019
Ten fisherman from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album, "Sea Shanties."
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Ten fisherman from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album, "Sea Shanties."
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Fisherman's Friends: One and All
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Meg Leonard, Nick Moorcroft , 2022
Following the success of their first album, the Fisherman's Friends struggle to adjust to their new-found fame and work towards a second album.
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Following the success of their first album, the Fisherman's Friends struggle to adjust to their new-found fame and work towards a second album.
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George Harrison: Living in the Material World part 1
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Martin Scorsese , 2011
Inter-cut with archive material, friends, family and associates of the musician tell the story of his life and how spirituality became such a major part of it.
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Inter-cut with archive material, friends, family and associates of the musician tell the story of his life and how spirituality became such a major part of it.
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Good Vibrations
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Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn , 2012
A chronicle of Terri Hooley's life, a record-store owner instrumental in developing Belfast's punk-rock scene
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A chronicle of Terri Hooley's life, a record-store owner instrumental in developing Belfast's punk-rock scene
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Grease
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Randal Kleiser , 1978
Good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?
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Good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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John Cameron Mitchell , 2001
A transexual punk rock girl from East Berlin tours the US with her rock band as she tells her life story and follows the ex-boyfriend/bandmate who stole her songs.
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A transexual punk rock girl from East Berlin tours the US with her rock band as she tells her life story and follows the ex-boyfriend/bandmate who stole her songs.
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High Fidelity
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Stephen Frears , 2000
Rob, a record store owner and compulsive list maker, recounts his top five breakups, including the one in progress.
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Rob, a record store owner and compulsive list maker, recounts his top five breakups, including the one in progress.
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Hilary and Jackie
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Anand Tucker , 1998
The tragic story of world renowned classic cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.
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The tragic story of world renowned classic cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.
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Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
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Julien Temple , 2007
As the front man of the Clash from 1977, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before.
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As the front man of the Clash from 1977, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before.