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A Very English Genius
The work and unexplained death of Michael Ventris, the English architect, classicist, and philologist who deciphered the ancient Mycenaean Greek script Linear B, are portrayed.
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
She broke all the rules.
With one of the most memorably stunning voices that has ever hit the airwaves, Linda Ronstadt burst onto the 1960s folk rock music scene in her early twenties.
Top Billed Cast
Linda Ronstadt Self
Dolly Parton Self
Emmylou Harris Self
Bonnie Raitt Self
Jackson Browne Self
Don Henley Self
Aaron Neville Self
Johnny Carson Self (archive footage)
Johnny Cash Self (archive footage)
Glenn Frey Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr Self (archive footage)
Maria Muldaur Self
Peter Asher Self
Dick Cavett Self (archive footage)
Sheryl Crow Self (archive footage)
Kevin Kline Self
Stevie Nicks Self (archive footage)
Harry Dean Stanton Self (archive footage)
Hank Williams Self (archive footage)
Neil Young Self (archive footage)
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