The best Christopher Walken’s documentary movies

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken

31/03/1943 (81 años)
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Christopher Walken’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Christopher Walken.

Showbiz Kids

Showbiz Kids
7/10
A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a child.

QT8: The First Eight

QT8: The First Eight
7.3/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 21/10/2019
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scandalous fall in disgrace of producer Harvey Weinstein. A story about how to shoot eight great movies and become an icon of modern pop culture.

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
6.9/10
A behind the scenes look at the making of Sleepy Hollow.

Trumbull Land

Trumbull Land
7.3/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 15/10/2018
  • Character: Himself
Everyone has seen a Trumbull sequence in Stanley Kubrick's "2001 A Space Odyssey", Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" or Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". Recognized and respected SFX maestro, he has also directed two full-length films which left their mark on sci-fi cinema: "Silent Running" and "Brainstorm". Today, at over 70, Trumbull-the-pioneer continues his quest for innovation and still dreams of a cinema which places spectators into the film. "Trumbull Land" is an immersive portrait of Douglas Trumbull in his studios and a diving headfirst in his cinema.

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love

Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
7.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 12/10/2013
  • Character: Himself
When Marvin Hamlisch passed away in August 2012 the worlds of music, theatre and cinema lost a talent the likes of which we may never see again. Seemingly destined for greatness, Hamlisch was accepted into New York’s Juilliard School as a 6-year-old musical prodigy and rapidly developed into a phenomenon. With instantly classic hits ‘The Way We Were’ and ‘Nobody Does It Better’ and scores for Hollywood films such as The Swimmer, The Sting and Sophie’s Choice and the Broadway juggernaut A Chorus Line; Hamlisch became the go-to composer for film and Broadway producers and a prominent presence on the international Concert Hall circuit. His streak was staggering, vast, unprecedented and glorious, by the age of 31 Hamlisch had won 4 Grammys, an Emmy, 3 Oscars, a Tony and a Pulitzer prize: success that burned so bright, it proved impossible to match.

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 13/09/2019
  • Character: Himself
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage is a warm and revealing portrait of the charismatic, groundbreaking actor’s journey from his native Puerto Rico to the creative hotbed of 1960s New York City, to prominence on Broadway and in Hollywood. Filled with passion, determination and joy, Juliá’s brilliant and daring career was tragically cut short by his untimely death at age 54.

Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing "Man on Fire"

Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing
7.2/10
A documentary on the making of the 2004 film, Man on Fire, mixing movie clips, behind the scenes shots, and interviews of cast and crew. The program covers the flick’s genesis and very long path to the screen, adaptation concerns and changes from the original story, the choice of Mexico as a location, research into real-life kidnapping and various case studies, training and realism, casting and characters, shooting in Mexico City and location issues, cinematography and the movie’s distinctive look, Scott’s style on the set, and general thoughts.

The Work of Director Spike Jonze

The Work of Director Spike Jonze
8.4/10
When you experience The Work of Director Spike Jonze, you enter a world where anything can happen and frequently does. From the innovative director of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation., this superior compilation of music videos, documentaries, interviews, and early rarities offers abundant proof that Jonze is the real deal--a filmmaker ablaze with fresh ideas and fresh ways of filming them. Featuring The Beastie Boys, Bjork, Weezer, The Pharcyde, Fatboy Slim and many others.

Saturday Night Live Backstage

Saturday Night Live Backstage
7.2/10
Saturday Night Live Backstage documentary

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Talking with the Vampires

Talking with the Vampires
5.4/10
Abel Ferrara directed this thirty-minute documentary that interviews the cast of his film THE ADDICTION.

Christopher Walken Cooks

Christopher Walken Cooks
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 09/09/1999
  • Character: Himself
Christopher Walken cooks with Julian Schnabel and a guy named Cha-Cha

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