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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
(1971)
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directed by
Mel Stuart
featuring
Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole, Aubrey Woods
Promoted as a family musical by Paramount Pictures, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is more of a black comedy, perversely faithful to the spirit of Roald Dahl's original book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Enigmatic candy manufacturer Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) stages a contest by hiding five golden tickets in five of his scrumptious ...
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Wattstax
(1972)
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directed by
Mel Stuart
featuring
The Staple Singers
This is a filmed documentary of a black music festival held on August 20, 1972 at the Los Angeles Coliseum, sponsored by Stax Records and Schlitz Beer. The L.A./Watts riots demonstrated the community's urgent needs to the black show-business community. All the proceeds from the concert and this movie went to charity. Among the better-known ...
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The Hobart Shakespeareans
(2004)
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Mel Stuart
Mel Stuart's documentary The Hobart Shakespeareans shows how one talented teacher is changing the lives of his at-risk students by exposing them to great literature and mathematics. Rafe Esquith teaches fifth-grade in a dangerous section of Los Angeles. In addition to engaging the children in Shakespeare, he makes sure his students understand the ...
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Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
(1997)
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Mel Stuart
Man Ray, famed Dada artist, expatriate, and innovator, is the subject of this PBS American Masters Series episode. Stockard Channing hosts this in-depth documentary. Several interviews with the artist himself and other archival footage aptly covers and describes one of the 20th Century's most influential artists. Ed Atkinson, All Movie Guide
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
(1968)
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Mel Stuart
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Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
(1980)
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Mel Stuart
featuring
Sophia Loren
This made-for-television biography chronicles the life of Italian actress and beauty Sophia Loren, from her childhood in Naples to her international stardom. Joanna Crawford adapted the screenplay from A.E. Hotchner's biographical book. Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
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Four Days in November
(1964)
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Mel Stuart
David Wolper's crack documentary staff, under the guidance of talented Wolper protege Mel Stuart, was responsible for the powerful, poignant Four Days in November. This filmed record of the November 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy and its aftermath was the yardstick by which future documentaries on the subject would be measured. Most of the ...
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Running on the Sun: The Badwater 135
(2000)
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Mel Stuart
Thirteen competitive runners present themselves with the ultimate challenge -- a 135-mile voyage through Death Valley to the peaks of Mount Whitney. Director Mel Stuart and his crew follow these men (two of whom are handicapped runners who've lost limbs to land mines) as they confront blistering heat, violent windstorms, and one of the most ...
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Ruby and Oswald
(1978)
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Mel Stuart
Producer/director Mel Stuart, who'd previously worked with David L. Wolper on the historical-recreation series Appointment with Destiny, applies the same docudrama techniques to the feature length Ruby and Oswald. Framed in the form of a documentary, the film recounts the days just prior to the Kennedy assassination, then traces the events leading ...
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The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
(1979)
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directed by
Mel Stuart
This made-for-television drama tells of an actual event in 1911 where 145 workers in the Triangle garment factory were killed in a huge industrial fire. Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
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Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
(1987)
directed by
Mel Stuart
Documentary filmmaker Mel Stuart, whose previous subjects have ranged from JFK to Mao Tse-Tung, focuses his attention on everyone's favorite dinner-jacketed spy in Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond. Roger Moore, who'd played Bond from 1973 through 1985, hosts this roundup of filmclips and interviews. Scriptwriter Richard Schickel calls ...
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