Time Stood Still is a 1956 Warner Brothers Scope Gem travelogue, filmed the previous year in Dinkelsbühl, and presented in the wide-screen format of CinemaScope. Filmmaker André de la Varre handled a great many of that studio’s documentary shorts of the forties and fifties.
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 29th Academy Awards.
, 54minutes Directed byFrank Capra, William T. Hurtz OriginUSA GenresDocumentary, Animation ActorsEddie Albert, Lionel Barrymore, Marvin Miller, Sterling Holloway Rating73% The film opens with Dr. Research (Dr. Frank C. Baxter) and the Writer (Eddie Albert) meeting Father Time (Lionel Barrymore) and Mr. Sun (Marvin Miller) who explain that time started a few billion years ago and that the Sun is a star. Mr. Sun explains that he was worshipped as various gods (Shamash, Mithra, Ra and Apollo) until Anaxagoras proclaimed the Sun was a very hot stone and not a god. Logic and reasoning were the beginning of the end of worshiping the Sun as algebra and the astrolabe were used to study the heavens.
, 1h33 Directed byGlenn Rockowitz OriginUSA GenresComedy, Documentary ActorsJim Gaffigan, Michael Rispoli, Victor Varnado, Glenn Rockowitz Rating56% The story revolves around bad stand-up comedy performances by Jim Gaffigan, Michael Rispoli and Victor Varnado. The unlikely band of comics travel to a comedy and poultry festival in the country to exercise their art. Later, a follow-up gives a summary of how everyone has progressed since appearing at the festival, with differing levels of success. On the commercially released DVD (approx 83 minutes running time), the outtakes section runs in tandem with the credits for around 5 minutes.
, 1h9 OriginFrance GenresDrama, Comedy, Documentary, Pornographic ThemesFilms about sexuality Rating66% Il s'agit de plusieurs films érotiques muets du début du XXe siècle. Ils étaient programmés en séances dans les salons d'attente des bordels huppés. Les films sont compilés et produits par Michel Reilhac et Mélange Production. Le film est diffusé lors de la Quinzaine des réalisateurs au Festival de Cannes le 19 mai 2002.
, 1h45 OriginFrance GenresDocumentary ThemesSports films, Documentary films about sports, Association football films Rating70% Vingt ans après leur victoire à la Coupe du monde de football de 1998, l'ensemble des joueurs et membres du staff de l'équipe de France partagent leurs souvenirs de leur parcours durant cette compétition ; du premier match victorieux contre l'Afrique du Sud à la finale au scénario idéal contre le Brésil, en passant par le but en or contre le Paraguay, les tirs au but contre l'Italie et la demi-finale disputée contre la Croatie, ainsi que les à-côtés, comme la vie à Clairefontaine ou les changements dans l'opinion publique et les médias.