Movies

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
Documentary on the BBS company who released some of the best films of the 1970s.

Five Easy Pieces
A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.

Being There
A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.

The Elephant Man
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

Seconds
An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity – one that comes with its own price.

Being John Malkovich
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.

Down by Law
A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.

Amour
Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.

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TOP-5 Michael Shannon's Favorite Movies
Here is a list of Michael Shannon's favorite movies. Enjoy!

Michael Shannon
Actor
Here is a list of Michael Shannon's favorite movies. Enjoy!
Books

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TOP-10 Michael Shannon’s Favorite Books
Here is a list of Michael Shannon’s favorite books!

Michael Shannon
Actor
Here is a list of Michael Shannon’s favorite books!
TV Shows

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist is an American animated series that originally ran on Comedy Central from May 28, 1995 to December 24, 1999—with a final set of three shelved episodes airing in 2002—starring Jonathan Katz, Jon Benjamin, and Laura Silverman. The show was created by a Burbank, California production company Popular Arts Entertainment, with Jonathan Katz and Tom Snyder, developed and first made by Popular Arts for HBO Downtown Productions. Boston-based Tom Snyder Productions became the hands-on production company, and the episodes were usually produced by Katz and Loren Bouchard.
The show was computer animated in a crude, easily recognizable style produced with the software Squigglevision in which all persons and animate objects are colored and have constantly squiggling outlines, while most other inanimate objects are static and usually gray in color. The original challenge Popular Arts faced was how to repurpose recorded stand-up comedy material. To do so they based Dr. Katz's patients on stand-up comics for the first several episodes, simply having them recite their stand-up acts. The secondary challenge was how to affordably animate on cable TV at the time. Snyder had Squigglevision, an inexpensive means of getting animation on cable, which could not afford traditional animation processes. A partnership between Popular Arts, Tom Snyder Productions and Jonathan Katz was formed and Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist was born.
Music

White Light/White Heat Studio

Michael Shannon
Actor
Do you have an album you would choose if you did a single record by the Velvet Underground for a set?
SHANNON: The crazy part of me would say White Light/White Heat. That would be insane.
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Document Studio album by R.E.M.

Michael Shannon
Actor
The album that really brought them to my attention was Document.
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Murmur Studio album by R.E.M.

Michael Shannon
Actor
To be fair, I’m a huge fan of all their records, and they’re all very distinct and their own entities to themselves. I wouldn’t say I prefer Murmur to their other ones — it was more a matter of the fact that it was the 40th anniversary of Murmur.
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Bob Dylan

Michael Shannon
Actor
The first gig I went to Bob Dylan
“I was living in Kentucky and went to the State Fair with my family and we were enjoying the silly rides, eating crappy food and whatever… Then my mum said, ‘Hey, there’s a concert tonight and it’s only five bucks. We should go and see it because the guy who’s playing is pretty amazing.’ That guy was Bob Dylan.”
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Naked Studio album by Talking Heads

Michael Shannon
Actor
The album that changed my life
Talking Heads – ‘Naked’
“When I was 13 or so, I stumbled onto the Talking Heads who were my favourite band during my teenage years. ‘Naked’ is one of their best. David Byrne’s orchestration and arrangement is really breathtaking.”
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Michael Shannon's Favorite Songs
Here is a list of Michael Shannon's favorite songs!

Michael Shannon
Actor
Here is a list of Michael Shannon's favorite songs!
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Medeski Martin & Wood

Michael Shannon
Actor
I love Medeski Martin and Wood a lot—but I also love the old stuff a lot.
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People

Zack Snyder
Zachary Edward Snyder is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He made his feature film debut in 2004 with Dawn of the Dead, a remake of the 1978 horror film of the same name.

Michael Shannon
Actor
Zack Snyder, the director, he’s a real powerhouse and I feel like this is his finest work yet—a culmination of everything he’s been working on. It’s a stunning picture.
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Sidney Arthur Lumet
Sidney Arthur Lumet was an American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before moving to film where he gained a reputation for making realistic and gritty New York dramas which focused on the working class, tackled social injustices, and often questioned authority.

Michael Shannon
Actor
I was really fortunate to get to work with Sidney Lumet before he died. He is one of my favorite directors and a very, very kind man.
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