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Best Language & Literature Films of 1998


Mark Twain's America In 3D

Anne Bancroft narrates this ... life and career is intercut with regional square dancing, reenactments of Civil War battles, and modern-day Mississippi River steamboats. [ best language & literature films - 1998 ]

Hugh Hefner: American Playboy

This edition of Biography, ... mid-1980s. At that point Hefner's daughter Christie began to serve as chairman and CEO of Playboy Enterprises. [ best language & literature films - 1998 ]

Biography: Tennessee Williams

The famed psychotherapist Carl ... family, friends, and colleagues give insight into Williams' troubled life, while literary critics discuss the merit of his work. [ best language & literature films - 1998 ]

Biography: Ernest Hemingway - Wrestling with Life

This biography of the ... the public imagination. In this A&E portrait, both the man and the myth are examined in an illuminating way. [ best language & literature films - 1998 ]

Slam Nation: The Sport of the Spoken Word

The phenomenon of the ... One of the featured performers, Saul Williams, also starred in a dramatic feature about the poetry slam movement, Slam. [ best language & literature films - 1998 ]

Shakespeare's Women

Acclaimed Shakespearean thespian Claire ... of the actress made famous by his work, and chronicles her successes, interpretations, and lifetime achievements in the arts. [ best language & literature films - 1998 ]

Secrets of the Bible: The Mystery of God

This inspirational video is ... of the Bible: Cultures and Politics, and Secrets of the Bible: The Bible in Everyday Life and Its Traditions. [ best language & literature films - 1998 ]

Secrets of the Bible: The Mystery of a Nation

This program is part ... prophecies, trials, and tribulations of the Israelites, repeatedly tested by God, are related, with commentary by theologians and historians. [ best language & literature films - 1998 ]

Secrets of the Bible: Jesus - The Center of the Bible

It's no secret that ... of the Bible: Cultures and Politics, and Secrets of the Bible: The Bible in Everyday Life and Its Traditions. [ best language & literature films - 1998 ]

Secrets of the Bible: Cultures and Politics

This program is part ... United States. Artwork and archival film footage illustrate the points made in this discussion of faith, culture, and politics. [ best language & literature films - 1998 ]

Secrets of the Bible: The Bible in Everyday Life and its Traditions

This program is part ... and tribulations of Job, David, Esther, and other Bible heroes. Artwork and reenactments are used to illustrate the examples. [ best language & literature films - 1998 ]

The Case of Howard Phillips Lovecraft

Directors Patrick Mario Bernard ... own lifetime, his writings have endured to inspire - and terrify - generations of filmmakers and horror fiction novelists. [ best language & literature films - 1998 ]




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