The Omen Legacy

Oct 30, 2001

1h 40m

★ 7.0

Unraveling the mystery behind the most terrifying series in horror history.

Overview

The true stories that spawned the serie tale of Damien, a small boy with an angelic face, whose very name still conjures up thoughts of Satan. This documentary shares spine-tingling information about the the all-too-memorable flick that has terrorized film audiences since 1976.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Van Ness Films

Prometheus Entertainment

Foxstar Productions

Fox Television Studios

AMC

The Omen Legacy Trailers

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Jack Palance

Self

David Seltzer

Self

Richard Donner

Self

Alan Ladd Jr.

Self

Martin Benson

Self

David Warner

Self

Lee Grant

Self

Lance Henriksen

Self

Leonard Maltin

Self

Lisa Harrow

Self

Michael Lerner

Self

Blanche Barton

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8.0

Nice, les artistes et l'azur

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No overview available.

7.4

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

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A feature-length documentary about the film Galaxy Quest and its legacy, celebrating its milestone 20th anniversary.

6.5

Beatles '64

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Featuring never-before-seen footage of the band and the legions of young fans who helped fuel their ascendance, follow McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Starr as they land in New York City in February 1964 and solidify their status as the biggest band in the world.

7.1

Corman's World

Dec 16, 2011

A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.

7.6

Becoming Marilyn

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The story of how Norma Jeane Mortenson became Marilyn Monroe (1926-62), a lucid path of self-discovery, from anonymity to stardom: the painful birth of a myth.

7.5

Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin

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From her precocious status as a sex symbol to her consecration as a filmmaker, Jodie Foster's story is about a feminist struggle, albeit atypical, fought on and off the screen. This film sets out to retrace her remarkable journey within the Hollywood industry.

7.3

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

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Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past. The film city was solemnly inaugurated in 1937 by Mussolini. Here, propaganda films would be produced to strengthen the dictator's position.

0.0

The Riverside Project

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A documentary celebrating over one hundred years of The Riverside Theatre & Cinema in Woodbridge.

6.7

The Doors: Feast of Friends

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A cinematic look at The Doors on the road during their summer '68 tour. Concert performances are intercut with fly-on-the-wall footage of the group in their natural habitat.

6.9

Billy Wilder Speaks

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In 1988, German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff sat down with legendary director Billy Wilder (1906-2002) at his office in Beverly Hills, California, and turned on his camera for a series of filmed interviews. (A recut of the 1992 TV miniseries Billy, How Did You Do It?)

6.2

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

Jul 17, 2005

How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to watch by an undemanding audience or even how mutilates them to adapt the original formats and runtimes to the restrictive frame of the television screen and the abusive requirements of advertising. (Followed by “Filmmakers in Action.”)

6.5

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

Jun 14, 2017

The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth of a domestic star system, populated by very peculiar artists among whom stood out several beautiful, magnetic, special actresses; a dark story of war, drugs, sex, censorship and tragedy.

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0.0

Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies

Jan 1, 2000

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6.8

Filmmakers in Action

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7.1

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