George Butler
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"It is an unusual feeling to walk into a place that everyone is leaving . . . Resisting his own urge to walk away, award-winning artist George Butler took his sketchbook and made, over the course of a decade, a series of remarkable pen-and-ink and watercolor portraits in war zones, refugee camps, and on the move. While he worked, his subjects-migrants and refugees in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Asia-shared their stories. Theirs are the human...
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Recounts one of the history's greatest tales of survival, Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914-1916 expedition to Antarctica. The expedition, Shackleton's third, followed the tragic death of the famous English polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott on his quest to the South Pole. Narrated by Liam Neeson.
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Takes an intimate, well-balanced and riveting look into moral leadership during a time of national crisis. The film places particular emphasis on the young Senator Kerry’s bravery during the Vietnam War and his courageous opposition to the war upon his return. George Butler interviewed all of the living Swift Boat veterans who were on Kerry’s two boats, thus rendering a comprehensive view of the Vietnam experience. More than a biography, GOING...
4) Pumping Iron
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Sports film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, directed by George Butler and Robert Fiore. Scripted documentary following the hopefuls for the coveted Mr. Olympia bodybuilding title in 1975. The action begins at Gold's Gym, California and Schwarzenegger is seeking to keep his title as long-reigning champion after five consecutive wins, whilst trying to psych out the younger competitors. His main competition comes from Serge Nubret and Lou Ferrigno; a...