Aaron Copland Movies

  • 1998
    He Got Game

    He Got Game

    He Got Game

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    A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.

    He Got Game
  • 1949
    The Heiress

    The Heiress

    The Heiress

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    In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who...

    The Heiress
  • 1939
    Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

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    An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.

    Of Mice and Men
  • 1940
    Our Town

    Our Town

    Our Town

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    Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.

    Our Town
  • 1943
    The North Star

    The North Star

    The North Star

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    A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited and released as "Armored Attack."

    The North Star
  • 1961
    Something Wild

    Something Wild

    Something Wild

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    A young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at the mercy of a would-be rescuer.

    Something Wild
  • 1949
    The Red Pony

    The Red Pony

    The Red Pony

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    Peter Miles stars as Tom Tiflin, the little boy at the heart of this John Steinbeck story set in Salinas Valley. With his incompatible parents -- the...

    The Red Pony
  • 1958
    Appalachian Spring

    Appalachian Spring

    Appalachian Spring

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    A filmed version of Aaron Copland's most famous ballet, with its original star, who also choreographed.

    Appalachian Spring
  • 2017
    The Opera House

    The Opera House

    The Opera House

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    In this documentary, award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke explores the creation of the Metropolitan Opera’s storied home of the last five...

    The Opera House
  • 1979
    Bachianas Brasileiras: Meu Nome é Villa-Lobos

    Bachianas Brasileiras: Meu Nome é Villa-Lobos

    Bachianas Brasileiras: Meu Nome é Villa-Lobos

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    German-Brazilian production on the life of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.

    Bachianas Brasileiras: Meu Nome é Villa-Lobos
  • 1952
    Abstronic

    Abstronic

    Abstronic

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    A pioneer of visual music and electronic art, Mary Ellen Bute produced over a dozen short abstract animations between the 1930s and the 1950s. Set to...

    Abstronic
  • 1949
    Idlers That Work

    Idlers That Work

    Idlers That Work

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    Conveyor belt idlers in construction and operation.

    Idlers That Work
  • 1939
    The City

    The City

    The City

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    A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay...

    The City
  • 1979
    Are My Ears on Wrong?: A Profile of Charles Ives

    Are My Ears on Wrong?: A Profile of Charles Ives

    Are My Ears on Wrong?: A Profile of Charles Ives

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    Dramatizations and actual archival film footage and photographs combine to relate the life of American composer Charles Ives and to document the...

    Are My Ears on Wrong?: A Profile of Charles Ives
  • 1952
    Three Installations

    Three Installations

    Three Installations

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    Early Lindsay Anderson industrial film promoting Sutcliffe's conveyors. Three different uses of Sutcliffe's conveyor installations.

    Three Installations
  • 2010
    Paris: The Luminous Years

    Paris: The Luminous Years

    Paris: The Luminous Years

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    A storm of Modernism swept through the art worlds of the West in the early decades of the twentieth century, uprooting centuries of tradition. The...

    Paris: The Luminous Years
  • 1945
    The Cummington Story

    The Cummington Story

    The Cummington Story

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    War refugees begin new lives in a small Massachusetts town.

    The Cummington Story
  • 1949
    Tanglewood Music School and Music Festival

    Tanglewood Music School and Music Festival

    Tanglewood Music School and Music Festival

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    This video depicts Tanglewood in its very early years. It contains very rare footage of Serge Koussevitzky and Aaron Copland.

    Tanglewood Music School and Music Festival
  • 1985
    Tanglewood: A Place for Music

    Tanglewood: A Place for Music

    Tanglewood: A Place for Music

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    A look at the activities of the Tanglewood Music Center, America's renowned summer Academy for talented musicians, singers, composers and conductors.

    Tanglewood: A Place for Music
  • 1985
    Aaron Copland: A Self Portrait

    Aaron Copland: A Self Portrait

    Aaron Copland: A Self Portrait

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    Copland himself is the key explicator of his own extraordinary musical career, from piano lessons in Brooklyn and study with Nadia Boulanger, a fling...

    Aaron Copland: A Self Portrait