Movies Similar to Highly Classified: The World of 007

Cannes Man(1997)

Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab driver who is visiting the festival is chosen as the test subject to settle the bet and Sy uses his skills of hype and manipulation to try and turn the cab driver named Frank into the talk of the town. Many celebrities make cameos throughout the film.

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The House That Shadows Built(1931)

The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the studio's founding in 1912. It was a promotional film for exhibitors and never had a regular theatrical release and includes a brief history of Paramount, interviews with various actors, and clips from upcoming projects (some of which never came to fruition). The title comes from a biography of Paramount founder Adolph Zukor, The House That Shadows Built (1928), by William Henry Irwin.

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A Trip to Paramountown(1922)

Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, featuring dozens of stars captured candidly and at work.

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Bernardo Bertolucci's Chinese Adventure(1986)

Documentary about the making of Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor.

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On Screen!: Mon Oncle Antoine(2006)

Documentary about the 1971 Canadian film by Claude Jutra.

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The Blade Runner Phenomenon(2021)

Ridley Scott's cult film Blade Runner, based on a novel by Philip K. Dick and released in 1982, is one of the most influential science fiction films ever made. Its depiction of Los Angeles in the year 2019 is oppressively prophetic: climate catastrophe, increasing public surveillance, powerful monopolistic corporations, highly evolved artificial intelligence; a fantastic vision of the future world that has become a frightening reality.

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Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers(2008)

Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag für Autoren (Film Publishing House for Authors). Among them are Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Wim Wenders.

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It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures(2001)

A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded AIP (then called American Releasing Corporation) on a $3000 loan in 1954 with his partner, James H. Nicholson, a former West Coast exhibitor and distributor. The company made its mark by targeting teenagers with quickly produced films that exploited subjects mainstream films were reluctant to tackle.

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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire(1991)

Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend.

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Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic(2004)

Documentary about the legendary American film director from his introduction to the film industry in its early years to his death in 1959.

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Comrades in Dreams(2006)

Four lives that could not be more different and a single passion that unites them: the unconditional love for their cinemas, somewhere at the end of the world. Comrades in Dreams brings together six cinema makers from North Korea, America, India and Africa and follows their efforts to make their audiences dream every night.

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Wild Session(2019)

A walk through the golden age of Spanish exploitation cinema, from the sixties to the eighties; a low-budget cinema and great popular acceptance that exploited cinematographic fashions: westerns, horror movies, erotic comedies and thrillers about petty criminals.

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The Pixar Story(2007)

A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.

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Sexo en el plató(2007)

How are the sex scenes filmed? What tricks are used to fake the desire? How do the interpreters prepare and feel? Spanish actors and directors talk about the most intimate side of acting, about the tricks and work methods when narrating exposed sex. In Spain the general rule is that there are no rules. Each film, each interpreter, faces it in very different ways.

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Bond on Location(2012)

Behind the scenes of shooting in various notoriously difficult locations, including interviews with producers and lead actors.

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Blow Up of 'Blow-Up'(2016)

Documentary about Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film.

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Private Screenings: Robert Osborne(2014)

TCM host Robert Osborne discusses his life and career with guest interviewer Alec Baldwin in commemoration of Osborne's 20 years with the network.

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Death in Venice: The Sinking Palazzo(2008)

Short behind the scenes making-of documentary about the filming of the sinking house palazzo and the Venetian piazza chase from the James Bond movie Casino Royale (2006).

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James Bond in the Bahamas(2008)

A documentary about James Bond in the Bahamas.

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Ian Fleming: The Secret Road to Paradise(2008)

A documentary about Ian Fleming.

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