F. Ross Johnson decides to buyout his own tobacco firm RJR Nabisco after the plans of the launch of his new product, a smokeless cigarette Premier, fail on account of market rumours.
Category: TV Movie
TV Movie
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Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Audrey Hepburn was one of the movies’ best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, an elegant sophistication and an enduring aura of youthful innocence. As Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, she spoke for the world’s suffering children and families, earning an affection and admiration that only increased with news of her untimely death. From the star herself we learn of her career and the family and friendships that were her priority.
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L’Affaire Seznec
Guillaume Seznec and Pierre Quéméneur join forces to sell cars to the Soviets. It was then that the latter suddenly disappeared, while driving with the former about 30 kilometers from Paris. The body will never be found. Seznec quickly became the main suspect and was sent to prison for life, even though nothing clearly indicated that he was the culprit.
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Garden of Gethsemane
Based on a novel by Ivan Bahryanyi. About the terrible years of repression in Ukraine in the 1930s.
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Curaçao
Cornelius Wettering and Stephen Guerin are expatriates living in Curaçao. They’re bound together by an understanding that each is hiding from a dangerous past.
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Based on an Untrue Story
Perfume creator Satin Chau is about to reveal her new designer scent, ‘Puppy,’ when she is cruelly struck down by a rare condition called anosmia, which robs her of her sense of smell and could even kill her. With time fast running out, she begins a frantic search for the only people who can provide the tissue-donations she desperately needs: her long-lost sisters, Corduroy and Velour.
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The Last U-Boat
Near the end of WWII a lone U-Boat is sent from Germany to Japan carrying plutonium needed for a Japanese A-Bomb. During the long journey, news arrives on the radio that Hitler killed himself and Germany has surrendered. This causes a rift in the crew, the Nazi Party members wanting to continue to Japan since they are still at war, while the others just want to surrender or return home.
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Born Too Soon
American television film about the life of Emily Butterfield, a baby girl who was born prematurely and died 53 days after her birth.
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The Amy Fisher Story
The true story of the Long Island teen who shoots and wounds the wife of a man she called her lover.
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Partners ‘n Love
David Grodin has an obsessive-compulsive personality. But he is also just plain obsessed with Maxine Smith, his ex-wife of five years and his business partner. Their small business is Mr & Mrs, a small swimwear company he founded but that only became successful when she became its creative director. They work well together and are best friends, but Max feels that they just could not live together and be married to each other. They learn that because of a legal technicality, their divorce was never executed and thus they are still legally married.