Char·ac·ter

Nov 30, 2012

1h 28m

★ 4.0

Overview

A raw and candid dialogue about the life and craft of acting between longtime colleagues and friends Dabney Coleman, Peter Falk, Charles Grodin, Mark Rydell, Harry Dean Stanton and Sydney Pollack. Drago Sumonja's document takes us into the hearts, minds, and living rooms of some of America's greatest storytellers.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Americana Motion Picture Co.

Char·ac·ter Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Self

Dabney Coleman

Self

Harold Baldridge

Self

Peter Falk

Self

Charles Grodin

Self

Sydney Pollack

Self

Mark Rydell

Self

Harry Dean Stanton

Lucas, a sociology professor, visits the city of Rosario to give a talk. There, he meets Clara through an application that connects two people in the same city to accompany her. What initially is a simple walk from Clara's neighborhood to her work becomes the rediscovery of the relationship between a city, whose architectural heritage remains hidden between the hubbub of the city and its past.

1.0

A Manual for Breaking Up

Jul 21, 2021

A young woman goes through 4 stages of breaking up.

0.0

Sleep Tight, Don't Let the Existential Crisis Bite!

Jul 7, 2019

In the late-night-early-hours of the morning, Gary has an existential crisis; he questions the meaning of life, much to the annoyance of his level-headed partner Meg, who attempts to calm him down.

8.0

Jaza

Jan 2, 2020

Two men trapped in a house for several months due to a disaster that hit the country.

5.2

Jackass Shark Week

Jul 11, 2021

Johnny Knoxville sends Steve-O, Chris Pontius, and new Jackass cast members on a Shark Week mission for the ages. They'll dial up a series of shark stunts that test their bravery and threshold of pain as they put common shark myths to the test.

6.0

Breakaway

Jul 13, 2021

Maya Moore was one of the best women’s basketball players in the world when she stepped away from the sport in 2019 for a remarkable reason: to fight for a man she believed was wrongly imprisoned. “Breakaway” chronicles a search for justice, and a relationship that changed the lives of two people forever.

6.0

The Media Waltz

Jan 1, 1987

Study on the evolution and modernization of public libraries and media libraries.

7.1

The Endless Summer

Jun 15, 1966

Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they travel the world during California’s winter (which, back in 1965 was off-season for surfing) in search of the perfect wave and ultimately, an endless summer.

7.1

Land Without Bread

Dec 1, 1933

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time.

6.5

Megacities

Aug 12, 1998

Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.

4.7

Railway Station

Jan 1, 1980

Warsaw's Central Railway Station. 'Someone has fallen asleep, someone's waiting for somebody else. Maybe they'll come, maybe they won't. The film is about people looking for something.

7.3

Gimme Shelter

Dec 13, 1970

A detailed chronicle of the famous 1969 tour of the United States by the British rock band The Rolling Stones, which culminated with the disastrous and tragic concert held on December 6 at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival, an event of historical significance, as it marked the end of an era: the generation of peace and love suddenly became the generation of disillusionment.

6.4

Primary

Nov 8, 1960

Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use light equipment in order to follow their subjects in a more intimate filmmaking style. This unconventional way of filming created a new look for documentary films where the camera’s lens was right in the middle of what ever drama was occurring. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1998.

7.4

Dont Look Back

May 17, 1967

In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Bob Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated philosophical jousts with journalists, and kicks back with fellow musicians Joan Baez, Donovan, and Alan Price.

5.2

Ciné regards: Jacques Tourneur

Jan 1, 1978

Interview with film director Jacques Tourneur which first appeared on the French television series "Ciné regards".