David Byrne
David Byrne (/bɜːrn/; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member, principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads.
Byrne has released solo recordings and worked with various media, including film, photography, opera, fiction, and non-fiction. He has received an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, a Special Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award, and he is an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Talking Heads.
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| Known For | Sound |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.2112 |
| Birthday | 1952-05-14 |
| Place of Birth | Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK |
| Also Known As | Talking Heads, |
2021
Social! Distance Dance Club
0/0
A team of creatives get together to throw the safest possible dance party in the middle of the pandemic in NYC. Starring David Byrne, Christian Jones,...
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Social! Distance Dance Club
1984
Stop Making Sense
8.3/389
A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the sta...
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Stop Making Sense
1986
True Stories
6.726/148
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent...
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True Stories
1981
Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
9/0
Adrian Belew augments the band on this 50-minute performance from the Westfalenhalle, in Dortmund, Germany, on December 20th, 1980, for the Rockpop TV...
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Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
1989
Heavy Petting
5.7/10
Celebrities and creatives -- including musician David Byrne, performance artist Spalding Gray, comedian Sandra Bernhard, radical activist Abbie Hoffma...
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Heavy Petting
1998
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th
0/0
Meet the match made in pop heaven, when the singer-songwriter and the 1960s hitmaking composer collaborated on the 1998 album Painted From Memory, fea...
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Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th
2013
Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
0/0
Fatherhood has proved a great subject for a variety of artists - some celebratory, some conflicted, but all inspired by what dad does and doesn't do....
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Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day
2002
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
10/1
A look at "rock and roll" and other pop music based film of the 1970s.
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Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
2012
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
7.1/16
Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the incredible journey of his historic Graceland album, including the political backlash he received for...
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Paul Simon: Under African Skies
1986
Dead End Kids
8/1
The 1986 film version of the theatrical production "Dead End Kids" by the NYC avant-garde theatre group The Mabou Mines.
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Dead End Kids
2021
Twyla Moves
0/0
Interwoven with her storied career and prolific works, Twyla Moves sees legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp navigate her latest creative challenge: ma...
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Twyla Moves
2011
This Must Be the Place
6.971/1324
A bored, retired rock star living in Ireland sets out to find his dead father's tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.
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This Must Be the Place
1986
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
8/1
Two Moon July was a multidisciplinary event that featured experimental video, film, visual art, performance and music in a theatrical framework. More...
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The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1998
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
7.7/3
An incredible retracing of the evolution of Reed's remarkable career over three decades. Filled with interviews with Reed, his friends and some of the...
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Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
1982
Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
0/0
Talking Heads perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland on July 9, 1982. Originally broadcast on Swiss TV and radio.
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Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
1998
Lulu on the Bridge
5.84/50
A famous jazz saxophonist's life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.
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Lulu on the Bridge
1993
Between the Teeth
6/3
Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne performs with his band 10 Car Pile-Up at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, N.J., on October 31, 1992.
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Between the Teeth
1988
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
7.8/3
A compilation of the music videos produced by the band Talking Heads, interspersed with various everyday people telling anecdotes about their lives.
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Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
2018
The Making of True Stories
0/0
The making of a film about a bunch of people in Virgil, Texas.
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The Making of True Stories
2008
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
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A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor" — the author o...
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The Man Who Bottled Clouds
2011
Ride, Rise, Roar
7.7/7
David Byrne is a visual artist as well as a musician, and ever since his early days as a member of Talking Heads, he's wanted his concerts to be more...
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Ride, Rise, Roar
1984
Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime
0/0
In 1984, David Byrne put together a TV special on the Talking Heads for U.K. TV’s Channel 4, a 68-minute mix of live material filmed at Wembley Arena,...
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Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime
2006
Fabricating Tom Zé
4/1
The life and work of one of the most controversial Brazilian musicians, having as its backdrop Tom Zé's 2005 European Tour. The documentary shows a de...
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Fabricating Tom Zé
2009
Beyond Ipanema
0/0
This documentary from filmmaker Guto Barra takes you beyond the 1960s bossa nova hit "The Girl from Ipanema" to explore how samba, Brazilectro and oth...
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Beyond Ipanema
2019
Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
9.2/5
Second MTV Unplugged album of Café Tacvba.
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Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged
2008
Celia: The Queen
0/0
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Celia: The Queen
1998
Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th
0/0
Tori Amos performs. Her set includes "iieee," "Past the Mission," "Caught a Lite Sneeze" and "The Waitress." Hosted by David Byrne.
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Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th
2004
The Pogues Live at the Town and Country
8.333/6
The Pogues playing on St. Patrick's Day in London's Town and Country serves to remind fans why we loved the band and possibly why their breakup was in...
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The Pogues Live at the Town and Country
2011
Talking Heads - Chronology
5/1
Chronology pulls together live performances from across Talking Heads' career. It starts with their earliest days at CBGB and The Kitchen in New York...
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Talking Heads - Chronology
2016
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
7.037/81
Director Spike Lee chronicles Michael Jackson's early rise to fame.
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Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2014
Lennon or McCartney
5.259/29
550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were asked a question and told to answer with one word only....
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Lennon or McCartney
2007
David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas
0/0
This show, captured on November 28, 2001, was hailed by critics as Byrne's best work in years, and his performance on the Austin City Limits stage sho...
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David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas
2016
Contemporary Color
6.7/10
In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the art of Color Guard: synchronized...
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Contemporary Color
1976
The Blank Generation
6/13
The cream of the New York new wave/punk crop, filmed live at CBGB when the scene was just beginning. Includes performances by Patti Smith, Blondie, Te...
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The Blank Generation
1980
Talking Heads: Live in Rome
6.3/3
On December 18, 1980, the American rock band Talking Heads, with guest guitarist Adrian Belew, delivered a fantastic performance at Palaeur Arena in R...
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Talking Heads: Live in Rome
1980
Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
9/2
Rare concert footage of Talking Heads performing their legendary Remain in Light set at Passiac, New Jersey's Capitol Theatre on November 4, 1980.
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Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
2005
TV Party
8/3
From 1978 to 1982, Glenn O'Brien hosted a New York city public access cable TV show called TV Party. Co-hosted by Chris Stein, from Blondie, and direc...
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TV Party
2009
Wandering Heart
4.5/6
Wandering Heart intimately follows Caetano from São Paulo to New York and Japan, during the release of his first album recorded solely in English. It...
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Wandering Heart
1993
10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged
8.5/2
MTV Unplugged is a 1993 live album by 10,000 Maniacs. The music was recorded for the MTV Unplugged series and it was also the last album by the band f...
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10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged
2001
25 Years of Punk
7/2
Lou Reed narrates this Television special that takes a look back at the beginnings of the punk rock movements in New York & England, the underground p...
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25 Years of Punk
2015
We're Gonna Die
6/1
With her band - Future Wife - and David Byrne, playwright Young Jean Lee takes the stage in a life-affirming show that anyone could perform, about the...
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We're Gonna Die
2019
Museum Town
0/0
A rural American town suffering economically from factory closures finds an unconventional route to recovery with the help of MASS MoCA.
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Museum Town
2009
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
8/1
An East Village performance space fought against the Bowery homeless shelter who threatened to shut them down. Some of the most iconic figures in musi...
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Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2019
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
7.022/115
John Mulaney and his kid pals tackle existential topics for all ages with catchy songs, comedy sketches and special guests in a nostalgic variety spec...
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John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
2003
Lubbock Lights
9/2
From the poetic to the philosphical, the heartbreaking to the hilarious, Lubbock Lights explores the phenomenon that is West Texas music.
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Lubbock Lights
1995
Dancing Barefoot
6.25/4
In this 1995 made-for television biopic, see legendary musician and filmmaker Ivan Kral as he made music history. With guitar and camera in the 70s, p...
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Dancing Barefoot
2017
Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
10/1
A brief history of Talking Heads (and how they got here!)
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Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads
2019
Everything For All Reasons
5.8/4
Fringe even in the fringe world of music of the 70's - Terry Allen is an artist in a class of his own. Everything For All Reasons introduces Terry's s...
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Everything For All Reasons
1989
Decade
8.5/2
Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they reflect on...
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Decade
2020
David Byrne's American Utopia
7.528/89
A filmed version of David Byrne's Broadway show, a unifying musical celebration that inspires audiences to connect to each other and to the global com...
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David Byrne's American Utopia
1988
Checking Out
4.4/21
When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an...
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Checking Out
2006
By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston
8/1
French filmmakers Cedric Laty and Vincent Gerard chronicle the life of lensman William Eggleston, emerging with an artful documentary as much about th...
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By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston
2018
David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
0/0
SETLIST: 01. Here, 02. Lazy, 03. I Zimbra (Talking Heads song), 04. Slippery People (Talking Heads song), 05. Everybody’s Coming to My House, 06. This...
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David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018
1990
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
0/0
This music special is dedicated to dispelling the prejudices associated with the HIV infection and raising money for AIDS research and relief. Some of...
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Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
2000
The Art of Amália
8/2
Documentary about the life of Portuguese Fado singer Amalia Rodrigues (1920-1999) with an interview and collection of footage from performances throug...
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The Art of Amália
2012
La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
5/1
A compelling story about Grammy-winning Venezuelan funksters Los Amigos Invisibles, from their early days playing in Caracas, Venezuela, to being disc...
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La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
2020
FeeLee. History of a Single Label
0/0
If it were necessary to describe the history of independent rock music in Russia in one word, then this word would be Gorbushka. It is a password that...
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FeeLee. History of a Single Label
2019
Hream
0/0
A documentary following musician and nurse Doug Hream Blunt on his first world tour.
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Hream
2003
David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
0/0
"(Nothing But) Flowers" (Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) "And She Was" "Once in a Lifetime" (Byrne, Brian Eno, Frantz, Harrison,...
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David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
2016
Temporary Color
0/0
A true crime concert doc about David Byrne and two escaped convicts.
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Temporary Color
2019
Triple-Chaser
0/0
When US border agents fired tear gas grenades at civilians in November 2018, photographs showed that many of those grenades were manufactured by the S...
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Triple-Chaser
2007
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
7.5/13
New York City, 1977 - It was a time when the city had fallen into decay, with too few jobs, money, police, schools, and social services. There was a c...
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NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
2008
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
6.2/20
Wild Combination is a visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell....
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Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
2008
New York Rock at the BBC
6.5/2
Celebrating the cream of the New York rock scene, including classic performances from the Ramones, New York Dolls, Television, Blondie, Lou Reed and m...
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New York Rock at the BBC
1990
Beleza Tropical
0/0
This half-hour documentary was screened on Channel 4 in 1989. Charlie Gillett is in conversation with David Byrne and Susan Young. Gillett explores By...
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Beleza Tropical
2009
Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
8/1
The enlightened and extra-terrestrial Brazilian genius-multi-instrumentalist flies to Asturias in 2008 to give a music workshop. His journey takes us...
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Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
2004
Dennis Cleveland
0/0
A 2002 live performance of Mikel Rouse's Dennis Cleveland, a multimedia opera set entirely on a television talk show in the late 20th century.
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Dennis Cleveland
2023
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário
0/0
Delve into the life of Antônio José Santana Martins, known as Tom Zé. Born in Bahia, this scholar of Brazilian music heads to São Paulo to propel a ca...
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Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
6.765/17
Live from Radio City Music Hall, witness the concert of a lifetime with a star-studded lineup bringing together legendary Saturday Night Live hall-of-...
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SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
7.714/21
Untold stories behind the culture-defining and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years.
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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
1986
Report From L.A.
0/0
The television production Two Moon July was a multidisciplinary event that featured experimental video, film, visual art, performance and music in a t...
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Report From L.A.
2018
Real Life
0/0
Documentary made on the set of David Byrne's 1986 film TRUE STORIES.
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Real Life
2025
Monk in Pieces
8/1
Visionary composer and performer Meredith Monk overcame hostile critics to become one of the great artists of her time. In her seventh decade of creat...
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Monk in Pieces
2025
We Want the Funk!
6.294/17
Stanley Nelson's syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, from early roots to 1970s urban funk and beyond.
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We Want the Funk!
2008
Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
0/0
Patton Oswalt makes funny faces and David Byrne performs in an unusual place.
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Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
1998
PJ Harvey: Sessions at West 54th
0/0
Polly Jean Harvey on the PBS show Sessions at West 54th from 1998, hosted by David Byrne. Includes musical performances and interviews.
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PJ Harvey: Sessions at West 54th
2025
The Twits
5.869/122
When the meanest, nastiest villains pull a trick to take over their town, two brave children team up with a family of magical animals to bring them do...
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The Twits
2026
Changing Lanes
2/1
Politics and planning collide in the struggle to redesign Brooklyn's notoriously dangerous McGuinness Blvd.
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Changing Lanes
2005
Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth
6/3
The life and the sound of Bernie Worrell, best known as a founding member of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective and a touring member of Talking Head...
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Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth
1998
David Byrne - Live From Teatro Gran Rex
0/0
A performance by David Byrne in Buenos Aires in 1998
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David Byrne - Live From Teatro Gran Rex
Talking Heads: 77
0/0
Talking Heads: 77 is the debut studio album by the American rock band Talking Heads, released on September 16, 1977, by Sire Records. The recording to...
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Talking Heads: 77
1991
Until the End of the World
6.695/251
In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Pa...
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Until the End of the World
2024
Eno
7/2
Visionary musician and artist Brian Eno — known for producing David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, among many others; pioneering the genre of ambient music...
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Eno
2025
Breakdown: 1975
6.8/31
In 1975, as America faced social and political upheaval, filmmakers turned chaos into art.
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Breakdown: 1975
David Byrne: Who Is The Sky?
0/0
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David Byrne: Who Is The Sky?
2022
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
0/0
Live from Miami, multi-platinum-selling superstar Miley Cyrus is back with the legendary Dolly Parton to host a star-studded evening full of amazing s...
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Miley's New Year's Eve Party
1987
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
9/2
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars is an in-depth documentation of Robert Wilson’s ambitious attempt to stage an epic, twelve-hour, multinational opera...
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