Rags To Riches
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    Movies

    Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2004)

    Filmmaker George Hickenlooper chronicles the life of Los Angeles disc jockey and pop star impresario...

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    Movies

    My Fair Lady (1964)

    Oscar-winning adaptation of the Broadway hit about an English professor who teaches a cockney...

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    A Face in the Crowd (1957)

    A TV woman (Patricia Neal) turns Arkansas bum Lonesome Rhodes (Andy Griffith) into a homespun media...

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    Dear Mr. Prohack

    Cecil Parker is the whole show in Dear Mr. Prohack, just as he'd been in the stage version by Edward...

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    And God Created Woman (1988)

    A convict (Rebecca De Mornay) marries a carpenter (Vincent Spano), turns rock star and seduces a...

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    The Idolmaker (1980)

    A Bronx songwriter (Ray Sharkey) turns a saxophone player and a busboy into '50s/'60s teen idols.

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    Lady Sings the Blues (1972)

    Billie Holiday (Diana Ross) goes from Harlem brothel maid to heroin-addicted singing star, losing...

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    Movies

    Everything's Gone Green (2007)

    A lovable slacker (Paulo Costanzo) becomes part of a money-laundering scheme, then finds it...

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    Movies

    Sweet Home Alabama (2002)

    Separated from her Southern husband (Josh Lucas), an engaged New York fashion designer (Reese...

  • The People vs. Larry Flynt picture
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    The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)

    Arrested on obscenity charges, the publisher (Woody Harrelson) of Hustler magazine, with the help of...

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    Movies

    Les Miserables (1998)

    A French ex-boxer's (Jean-Paul Belmondo) troubles during World War II parallel those of Victor...

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    Movies

    Savage Grace (2008)

    Insecurity and conflict over their son's sexuality eventually lead to tragedy in a portrait of...

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    Movies

    Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

    Flashbacks reveal how a poor youth (Dev Patel) came to be a prize-winning contestant on one of...

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    Movies

    Forrest Gump (1994)

    JFK, LBJ, Vietnam, Watergate and other history is seen through the eyes of an Alabama man (Tom...

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    Lords of Dogtown (2005)

    In the 1970s a group of California surfers (Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, John Robinson) pioneers a...

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    Body and Soul (1982)

    A medical student becomes a boxer (Leon Isaac Kennedy) and rises with the help of his girlfriend...

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    Movies

    Oliver! (1968)

    Dickens' Oliver Twist (Mark Lester) goes from parish boy to Fagin's (Ron Moody) pickpocketing school...

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    Movies

    Angel (2009)

    The rise and fall of a young eccentric British writer, in the early 20th century.

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    Movies

    Great Expectations

    Dickens' orphan Pip (John Mills) goes to London to become a gentleman, thanks to his anonymous...

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    Movies

    The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)

    A bushwhacked prospector (Jason Robards) teams up with a prostitute (Stella Stevens) to turn a water...

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    Movies

    Selena (1997)

    A beautiful Mexican-American singer's (Jennifer Lopez) skyrocketing international career ends...

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    Movies

    Funny Girl (1968)

    Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand) falls for gambler Nicky Arnstein (Omar Sharif).

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    Movies

    Maid in Manhattan (2002)

    A senatorial candidate (Ralph Fiennes) falls for a chambermaid (Jennifer Lopez) after he mistakes...

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    Movies

    Brothers of the Head (2006)

    Conjoined twins (Harry Treadaway, Luke Treadaway) become rock stars in 1970s England, until the...

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    Movies

    Lady L (1966)

    An 80-year-old Frenchwoman (Sophia Loren) recalls her adventures with a French anarchist (Paul...

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    Movies

    The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

    A scheming executive (Paul Newman) promotes a mailroom worker (Tim Robbins) to company president in...

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    The Apple (1980)

    A boy (George Gilmour) and a girl (Catherine Mary Stewart) sway the crowd with a love song at an...

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    Movies

    Cover Girl (1944)

    A Brooklyn chorus girl (Rita Hayworth) wins a contest, leaves her boyfriend (Gene Kelly) and joins a...

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    Movies

    Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

    Song-and-dance man George M. Cohan (James Cagney) recalls his life from a youth in vaudeville to...

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    Movies

    The Guru (2003)

    A dance instructor (Jimi Mistry) from India falls for a wacky woman (Marisa Tomei) and a porn star...