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1956 Certificate 12
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Schoolteacher and family man Ed Avery, who's been suffering bouts of severe pain and even blackouts, is hospitalized with what's diagnosed as a rare inflammation of the arteries. Told by doctors that he probably has only months to live, Ed agrees to an experimental treatment: doses of the hormone cortisone. Ed makes a .. Read more

Starring James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau
Director Nicholas Ray
Genres Drama

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    Oscar-nominated filmmaker documents Soulja Boy's rise to fame

    • WENN Newsdesk
    • 30 Sep 2011

    Rapper Soulja Boy has become the subject of a new documentary by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Peter Spirer. The director has chronicled the Crank That (Soulja Boy) hitmaker's early life and his sudden rise to fame at the age of 17 in Soulja Boy - The Movie, and he hopes the film will show others the extent of the hip-hop star's talents. Spirer says, "Soulja Boy is undoubtedly one of the most creative, entrepreneurial hip-hop artists I have ever dealt with... "I think sometimes the press, the... Read more

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    • Bigger than Life
      Schoolteacher and family man Ed Avery, who's been suffering bouts of severe pain and even blackouts, is hospitalized with what's diagnosed as a rare inflammation of the arteries. Told by doctors that he probably has only months to live, Ed agrees to an experimental treatment: doses of the hormone ...