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Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? – 2009

In 1983 the upstart United States Football League (USFL) had the audacity to challenge the almighty NFL. The new league did the unthinkable by playing in the spring and plucked three straight Heisman Trophy winners away from the NFL. The 12-team USFL played before crowds that averaged 25,000, and started off with respectable TV ratings. But with success came expansion and new owners, including a certain high profile and impatient real estate baron whose vision was at odds with the leagues founders. Soon, the USFL was reduced to waging a desperate anti-trust lawsuit against the NFL, which yielded an ironic verdict that effectively forced the league out of business. Now, almost a quarter of a century later, Academy Award-nominated and Peabody Award-winning director Mike Tollin, himself once a chronicler of the league, will showcase the remarkable influence of those three years on football history and attempt to answer the question, Who Killed the USFL?

Director : Mike Tollin
Cast : Burt Reynolds|Donald Trump|Herschel Walker|Mike Tollin
Genre : Documentary
Release Date : 2009-10-20

October Country – 2009

October Country is a beautifully filmed portrait of an American family struggling for stability while haunted by the ghosts of war, teen pregnancy, foster care and child abuse. With rarely seen intimacy, sensitivity and respect, this vibrant documentary examines the forces that unsettle the working poor and the violence that lurks beneath the surface of American life.

Director : Donal Mosher|Michael Palmieri
Cast :
Genre : Documentary
Release Date : 2009-06-01

The Friends at the Margherita Cafe – 2009

Bologna, 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Café, located under the portico across from his family’s home. Through a ploy, he manages to get work as the chauffeur for Al, the neighborhood’s most glamorous and mysterious resident. Having been taken under Al’s wing, Taddeo gets to witness the adventures of Bep, who is in love with Marcella the entraineuse; the trials and tribulations of Gian, an aspiring singer and the victim of a horrible practical joke; the crazy behavior of Manuelo, a small-time robber with a sex phobia; the meanness of Zanchi, inventor of the elastic necktie; and the bizarre manias of Sarti, a ballroom dancing champion who wears his tux day and night. And Taddeo’s home life is no less out of the ordinary, considering his mother is being led on by the family physician while his grandfather has fallen head over heels for a well-built piano teacher.

Rudy Maxa’s World Exotic Places: Turkey – 2009

Join veteran travel writer and TV show host Rudy Maxa as he explores Turkey, a land of stark beauty that sits at the crossroads where Europe and Asia — and two of the world’s great religious faiths — meet. Maxa guides you through the mysteries of Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar and then into the delights of a bona fide Turkish bath. Next, he hops on a boat to explore the many Roman ruins along Turkey’s southern Turquoise Coast.

Director : Rudy Maxa
Cast : Rudy Maxa
Genre : Documentary
Release Date : 2009-01-01

Westlife: The Number Ones Tour – 2009

Over the past 4 years, Westlife have performed to over 3 million fans, making them the biggest selling arena tour act ever. In February of this year they embarked on their 5th sell-out arena tour, The Number 1s Tour, and now fans can re-live the energy and excitement of that tour when it becomes available to own on DVD. Filmed at Sheffield Arena on Friday 18th March 2005, the show lives up to the reputation of the charged, action-packed performances that have become synonymous with Westlife. The Number 1s Tour is an extravagant spectacle of impressive costume design and staging, along with spectacular pyrotechnics, resulting in a unique visual experience that takes the live show to a whole new level.

Director : Brett Turnbull
Cast : Kian Egan|Mark Feehily|Nicky Byrne|Shane Filan|Westlife
Genre : Music
Release Date : 2009-02-16

400 Years of the Telescope – 2009

A documentary chronicling the history of the telescope from the time of Galileo. Featuring interviews with leading scientists discussing Galileo’s first use of the telescope to the latest discoveries in cosmology.

Director : Kris Koenig
Cast : Lawrence Krauss|Mark Giampapa|Neil deGrasse Tyson|Wendy Freedman
Genre : Documentary
Release Date : 2009-01-06

Turtles Forever – 2009

Turtles Forever is a made-for-tv animated movie. Produced in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, the movie teams up different incarnations of the titular heroeschiefly the light-hearted, child-friendly characters from the 1987 animated series and the darker cast of the 4Kids’ own 2003 animated seriesin an adventure that spans multiple universes.