Paul Dooley

Man in the Square Suit

Jean Yarbrough

Michael Blodgett, Diane Sherry Case

Comedy TV Film

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jon Stone

Caroll Spinney, Frank Oz

As the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes, Big Bird decides to leave his Sesame Street friends behind in search of Snuffy. Once locked inside for the night, educational hilarity ensues as Big Bird and Snuffy team up to help a small Egyptian boy solve a riddle - as the rest of the cast searches for their big, yellow friend.

The Shady Hill Kidnapping

Paul Bogart

Garrett Hanf, George Grizzard

John Cheever's wry comedy of errors comes to the screen in this filmed presentation from the Broadway Theatre Archive. An upper-middle-class suburb is turned upside-down by the apparent kidnapping of Toby Wooster (Garrett Hanf). Unaware that the whole thing is a setup, the town swings into action to raise funds to meet the kidnappers' ransom demands. George Grizzard, Polly Holliday, Katharine Balfour and Celeste Holm star.

Breaking Away

Peter Yates

Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his 3 friends, The comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends and parents annoyance.

Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary

Henry Sarwer-Foner

The Rt. Hon. Paul Martin, Rick Moranis

In 1980, the SCTV crew had a request from their broadcaster, the CBC, for distinctively Canadian content. What players Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas created was a satire of it, but Bob and Doug became so much more. This documentary tells the special tale of how the McKenzie Brothers became a sensation that would become a cherished part of Canada's self identity.

The Player

Robert Altman

Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Celebrating Sixteen Candles

Blanche Baker, Diablo Cody

A retrospective look at "Sixteen Candles" from cast and crew, as well as fellow screenwriters, directors, and critics.

The Great Buster: A Celebration

Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich, Buster Keaton

A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as a true cinematic visionary.

The Gesture and The Word

Helen Alexis Yonov

James Michael Tyler, Paul Dooley

A lonely postman (Gilbert) secretly recreates postcards for a woman (Aurore) on his postal route when her boyfriend's homemade postcards stop arriving from his travels around the world. With the help of his friend Mr. Rostalle, (Paul Dooley) a blind widower and retired literary professor/poet, Gilbert (James Michael Tyler) learns to open himself up to the prospect of love, and in the process of trying to bring someone else happiness, discovers it for himself.

Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North

Mike Robe

David Keith, Barnard Hughes

Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North follows the military career of Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North, beginning with his Naval Academy days through to his role in the Iran-Contra scandal.

Waiting for Guffman

Christopher Guest

Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy

Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort Guffman will be in attendance.

Cars

John Lasseter

Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt

Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.

Insomnia

Christopher Nolan

Al Pacino, Robin Williams

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

Slap Shot

George Roy Hill

Paul Newman, Strother Martin

To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.

Hansel and Gretel

James Frawley

Ricky Schroder, Joan Collins

Abandoned by their parents, a young brother and sister try to find their way home. On the way, they find themselves trapped in the plot of a nasty witch.

A Mighty Wind

Christopher Guest

Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest

Director Christopher Guest reunites the team from "Best In Show" and "Waiting for Guffman" to tell the story of 60's-era folk musicians, who, inspired by the death of their former manager, get back on the stage for one concert in New York City's Town Hall.