Richard Leacock Movies

  • 1961
    On the Pole: Eddie Sachs

    On the Pole: Eddie Sachs

    On the Pole: Eddie Sachs

    01961HD

    The documentary traces Eddie Sachs (one of the most popular drivers in the history of the Indianapolis 500) in a behind-the-scenes look at the race...

    On the Pole: Eddie Sachs
  • 1984
    Lulu in Berlin

    Lulu in Berlin

    Lulu in Berlin

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    Vérité documentarian Richard Leacock’s LULU IN BERLIN features one of the few long interviews ever done with actor Louise Brooks....

    Lulu in Berlin
  • 1957
    American Football

    American Football

    American Football

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    A coach’s whole career depends upon winning this football game, the U.S. Air Force Academy against the University of Colorado. The film was an...

    American Football
  • 1968
    French Lunch

    French Lunch

    French Lunch

    01968HD

    Documentary look behind the scenes of La Caravelle, an acclaimed French restaurant in New York City.

    French Lunch
  • 2010
    A Boatload of Wild Irishmen

    A Boatload of Wild Irishmen

    A Boatload of Wild Irishmen

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    Robert Flaherty is credited with being the father of the modern documentary after making "Nanook of the North" and classics such as "Man of Aran" and...

    A Boatload of Wild Irishmen
  • 1970
    Queen of Apollo

    Queen of Apollo

    Queen of Apollo

    01970HD

    In 1970 I went to New Orleans with Noel Parmentel to shoot fragments of the “The Moviegoer.” While we were down there my daughter Elspeth...

    Queen of Apollo
  • 1991
    Les oeufs à la coque de Richard Leacock

    Les oeufs à la coque de Richard Leacock

    Les oeufs à la coque de Richard Leacock

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    Inspired by both new love and Gulliver's Travels, Les Oeufs à la Coque (aka Richard Leacock's Soft-Boiled Eggs), is a ravishingly beautiful,...

    Les oeufs à la coque de Richard Leacock
  • 2012
    Ricky on Leacock

    Ricky on Leacock

    Ricky on Leacock

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    A 38-year journey that the director began in 1972 as a young filmmaker and, shooting off and throughout many years, the director filmed many and...

    Ricky on Leacock
  • 1965
    Ku Klux Klan—The Invisible Empire

    Ku Klux Klan—The Invisible Empire

    Ku Klux Klan—The Invisible Empire

    01965HD

    A documentary on the KKK

    Ku Klux Klan—The Invisible Empire
  • 1968
    Chiefs

    Chiefs

    Chiefs

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    Filmed at the October 1968 meeting in Hawaii of several hundred police chiefs of the International Association of Chiefs of Police as they watch...

    Chiefs
  • 1984
    Ein Film für Bossak und Leacock

    Ein Film für Bossak und Leacock

    Ein Film für Bossak und Leacock

    01984HD

    A portrait of the two documentary filmmakers Jerzy Bossak and Richard Leacock.

    Ein Film für Bossak und Leacock
  • 1962
    Kenya: Land of the White Ghost

    Kenya: Land of the White Ghost

    Kenya: Land of the White Ghost

    01962HD

    A film by the Drew-Leacock team.

    Kenya: Land of the White Ghost
  • 2011
    BodySongs

    BodySongs

    BodySongs

    02011HD

    The classical nude as video in four male/female duets

    BodySongs
  • 1964
    Lambert & Co.

    Lambert & Co.

    Lambert & Co.

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    Jazz vocalist Dave Lambert auditions a new group of singers at RCA Studios in 1964.

    Lambert & Co.
  • 1962
    Mooney vs. Fowle

    Mooney vs. Fowle

    Mooney vs. Fowle

    01962HD

    The doc brings us back to a 1961 football game played in front of 40,000 people at the Orange Bowl. A high school football game, pitting Miami High...

    Mooney vs. Fowle
  • 1977
    Centerbeam

    Centerbeam

    Centerbeam

    01977HD

    Film produced and directed by Ricky Leacock, Edward Pincus, and MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies documenting the Centerbeam kinetic sculpture...

    Centerbeam
  • 1965
    Elizabeth and Mary

    Elizabeth and Mary

    Elizabeth and Mary

    01965HD

    A film focusing on a day in the life of two identical twin girls, one of whom is blind and mentally handicapped

    Elizabeth and Mary
  • 1935
    Canary Island Bananas

    Canary Island Bananas

    Canary Island Bananas

    01935HD

    Filmed on his father's plantation, Leacock’s sophisticated use of pans and tilts described the process of planting, harvesting, and shipping...

    Canary Island Bananas
  • 1954
    Toby and the Tall Corn

    Toby and the Tall Corn

    Toby and the Tall Corn

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    Toby is a heartwarming and entertaining portrait of one of the last travelling variety shows in the United States. Every summer, Toby, the troupe's...

    Toby and the Tall Corn
  • 1981
    Rebuilding an Old Japanese House

    Rebuilding an Old Japanese House

    Rebuilding an Old Japanese House

    01981HD

    Five Japanese carpenters came to Boston that summer to reconstruct a Kyoto silkweaver's 150 year old townhouse that had been packed in crates and...

    Rebuilding an Old Japanese House