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Mel Brooks: Make A Noise

Laugh along as comedy giant Mel Brooks shares stories about his personal life and career. Monday, May 20, 2013 at 8pm.

“Mel Brooks: Make a Noise” profiles the larger-than-life, yet very private comedy giant. He has never authorized a biography and has requested that his friends not talk about him, making his participation in this AMERICAN MASTERS film a genuine first. Features new interviews with Brooks, Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane, Cloris Leachman, Carl Reiner and Joan Rivers.

Mel Brooks: Make A Noise on American Masters, Monday, May 20, 2013 at 8pm.

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The Joffrey Ballet: Mavericks of American Dance

The first quintessentially American dance company.

Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance illustrates the dynamic trajectory of the groundbreaking company through archival interviews with Joffrey (12/24/1930 – 3/25/1988) and Arpino (1/14/1923 – 10/29/2008) and original interviews with former and current Joffrey star dancers and ballet notables, including Gary Chryst, Trinette Singleton, Helgi Tomasson, Kevin McKenzie, Ashley Wheater, Christian Holder, Francoise Martinet, Davis Robertson, and Adam Sklute. These insiders describe what it was like to be a part of the company, Joffrey’s and Arpino’s different teaching styles, and how the Joffrey Ballet broke barriers by: accepting and cultivating a diverse group of talented dancers regardless of race and body type, integrating pop and rock music scores and art with social commentary, and resurrecting nearly lost early 20th Century masterpieces. They also explain how the company repeatedly resurrected itself after devastating financial and artistic setbacks such as the Rebekah Harkness funding power struggle, National Endowment for the Arts cutbacks, Joffrey’s death, and the move from New York City to Chicago in 1995.

American Masters: The Joffrey Ballet: Mavericks of American Dance Friday, December 28, 2012 at 9pm.

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Marilyn Monroe: Still Life

Her life story through many dazzling photographs. Watch <strong>American Masters</strong> Sunday, August 5, 2012 at 7pm.

Marilyn Monroe was, arguably, the most photographed person ever. This program tells her story through interviews with photographers such as Eve Arnold, Arnold Newman, Elliott Erwitt, George Zimbel and Phil Stern, and especially through the photos themselves, an ageless testament to her grace, guts and sexiness — her humor and vulnerability. She understood their power and she exploited it. She created, and curated, her own image. Though she died 50 years ago, Monroe persists in her image.

Watch American Masters Sunday, August 5, 2012 at 7pm.

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Judy Garland: By Myself

One of the most photographed faces ever to come out of Hollywood. Watch American Masters Friday, June 22, 2012 at 9pm.

Judy Garland had one of the most photographed faces ever to come out of Hollywood. She also had one of the most frequently recorded voices of the last century. She is as iconic as she is misunderstood. There were her problems, to be sure, but the proof is in the performances, from The Wizard of Oz to the Palladium, from the Oscars to the Grammies. With singular entrée to the MGM library, including vaulted screen tests and rehearsal footage, this film is wrapped in Garland’s voice, telling her story in her own words. So many outsiders have tried to tell this story and so many friends and family have weighed in — now Judy gets center stage, all to herself. This is her ultimate comeback.

Watch American Masters Friday, June 22, 2012 at 9pm.

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