Writer and broadcaster Stephen Smith re-envisions the story of 20th-century American culture through its most iconic institution - the diner. Whether Edward Hopper's Nighthawks or the infamous encounter between Pacino and de Niro in Heat, these gleaming, gaudy shacks are at the absolute heart of the American vision. Stephen embarks on a girth-busting road journey that takes him to some of America's most iconic diners. He meets the film-makers and singers who have immortalised them, and looks at the role diners have played not only in America's greatest paintings and movies, but also in the fight against racial oppression and the chain restaurants' global takeover. For Stephen, it is because the diner is the last vestige of a vital part of the American psyche - the frontier. Like the Dodge City saloon it is a place where strangers are thrown together, where normal rules are suspended and anything can happen. And it is this crackle of potentially violent and sexual energy that have drawn so many artists to the diner, and made it not a convenient setting but an engine room of 20th-century American culture.

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Interviews with cast and crew about their memories on the making of the film

Having 'good taste' is not only limited to one's fashion sense; it also transcends to the culinary arena where food is tailored, dressed and designed. In this brand new series, Fashion On A Plate features top chefs and restaurants from around the world, daring them to utilize their culinary ingenuity to show us what their interpretation of the term 'fashion on a plate' is. From inception to presentation, have a look on how a simple ingredient gets turned into a work of art. "It is about self-expression and style within the culinary world" Join us as we explore new cultures through visually tasty delights. Fine dine with us in foreign cities all over the world. Let us learn the art of making food, fashionable.

A shapeshifting Alien from outer space wreaks havoc on a small rural town in the American Southwest near the legendary Area 51 of UFO fame. These Extraterrestrials are a brain-eating race who love to behead and eat humans. They are among us and have been for millions of years.

Rick and Louis are two eccentric regulars at the local diner. Their waitress, Beth, keeps them honest and on their toes within the diner's revolving door of screwy characters and preposterous happenings.

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Robert Mitchum, an admitted alcoholic, narrates this U.S. government short documentary on the dangers of alcoholism, delving into the reasons people drink to excess, the psychology of alcoholics, and recommendations for diminishing the scourge of alcoholism.

Covers how volcanoes are formed, and treats them in historical and mythological perspective, with attention to Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, and volcanoes in Hawaii. Has a segment on the Modoc people fighting in the lava beds of California.

Anna Alexeyevna, once married not for love, had long since come to terms with both her boring husband and her unhappy life. One day, her husband brought a guest into their home — a landowner named Pavel Konstantinovich Alekhin. Anna Alexeyevna immediately felt a kindred spirit in him...