Movies: Jason Robards

Inspired by a Norman Rockwell painting, this 1950s coming of age drama centers on a young man leaving home to attend college, where he will learn the lessons in becoming a man. While his family must deal with a life threatening illness....

After 17 years of marriage in American suburbia, Richard and Barbara Harmon step into the new world of divorce....

During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge....

An aging and recent widower, not wanting to spend his first Christmas alone, responds to an ad in the newspaper which reads: "You are not alone. We make social arrangements of all kinds." When he visits the Social Arranger, he makes it very clear hi...

Addie becomes jealous when her widowed father starts to woo a beautician....

An autobiographical short film by Werner Herzog made in 1986. Herzog tells stories about his life and career. The film contains excerpts and commentary on several Herzog films, including Signs of Life, Heart of Glass, Fata Morgana, Aguirre, the Wrat...

A short documentary based on Sergio Leone's life and career, and the making of the film "Once Upon a Time in America."...

As seen through the eyes of true baseball enthusiasts, this award-winning documentary tells the story of America's favorite pastime from the Depression to the 1950s, using footage shot from the movie cameras of fans and players. From the first color ...

A very in-depth documentary that follows the very over-worked director Paul Thomas Anderson through a gruelling 80+ days of shooting for the film Magnolia (1999), containing behind-the-scenes footage and interviews....

A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political and cultural figures. Made at a time when the city was experiencing unprecedented real estate developm...

Retrospective of TIME's reporting of the personalities and events of the past six decades. Made in collaboration with TIME editors and representatives of the publisher's office, and checked for accuracy by reporter-researchers in the manner of TIME s...

A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family....

Frank Elgin's career in the theater is all washed up — but his friend Bernie thinks he can make a comeback, as long as his wife Georgie doesn't interfere....

Documentary about early 20th-century photographer Lewis Hine, who helped to expose grim working conditions in American factories and mines, especially the abuse and exploitation of children by their employers. Later, he became the official photograph...

Unfinished version of the immortal story with Jason Robards in the lead role, who was replaced by Jack Palance and the resultant film was released one year later as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1967)....

A cynical, self-hating, failed actor visits the gruff, earthy daughter of his scheming Irish tenant farmer and passes a soul-baring night of guilt-ridden confessions, tenderness, and absolution....

The Face of a Genius is a 1966 American documentary film about Eugene O’Neill, produced by Alfred R. Kelman for WBZ-TV Boston. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the first time that a film originally produced for tele...

Set prior to the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, the 1980 documentary 'Ghosts of Cape Horn' retraces the journey made by sailing ships during the days when it was necessary to travel 18,000 miles around Cape Horn in order to sail from the East C...

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A champion of the strenuous life, Teddy Roosevelt embodied the notion of an expanded presidency. Stamping the presidency with his own colorful personality, Roosevelt's enormous popularity gave him political clout that matched his celebrity status. "G...