A low-budget production that even the director thought would flop, Saturday Night Fever grossed $285 million, generated one of the all-time best-selling soundtracks and earned a permanent place in pop culture. Stage 3’s 2-hour documentary for A&E Biography looks in-depth at the stars, stories and significance of this iconic film.

Dubbed “Costner’s Last Stand,” Dances with Wolves had everything on the line, not the least of which was the fate of a faltering studio and the credibility of its novice director. Enduring a production fraught with weather delays, critical backlash and a nearly fatal on-set accident, director/star Kevin Costner never lost his focus and delivered a sweeping, heartfelt, three-hour epic that would become the box office surprise of 1990.

“Dances with Wolves: The Inside Story” features brand-new interviews with Costner and his crew bringing viewers inside the tumultuous story of Dances with Wolves, the revisionist western that would take in over $400 million worldwide and win seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Homeward Bound for A&E Biography follows chart-topping musicians back in time and place to their formative days. In Episode 1, John Mellencamp winds his way through the streets of Seymour, Indiana, reminiscing about his coming of age and the people who inspired him. This 90-minute documentary/retrospective culminates in an intimate concert recorded at Indiana’s historic Crump Theater, Mellencamp’s first performance there in 30 years.

A cautionary tale of a one-night stand gone horribly wrong, Fatal Attraction may have scared straying men straight, but sure didn’t scare moviegoers away from the multiplex. This special takes viewers between the sheets of 1987’s thriller hit and reveals the passion and the pathology of Michael Douglas and Glenn Close, one of the most iconic onscreen duos of all time–a pairing it seemed that no one wanted. With interviews from Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and director Adrian Lyne, you’ll hear how indecision over the film’s leads, a strong critical backlash over its treatment of powerful career women, and an audience reaction so negative that it forced weeks of reshoots, put the production in jeopardy. But despite its struggles, the attraction proved anything but fatal for audiences, and they came back again and again.

How do you breathe fresh life into the most beloved character in Western civilization? Kill him, of course! The Santa Clause is the story of divorced ad exec Scott Calvin who’s thrust into the role of the world’s most benevolent father figure–a story that turned the Santa myth on its head becoming the surprise hit of the 1994 holiday season in the process. Through exclusive interviews with stars Tim Allen, Wendy Crewson, Judge Reinhold and David Krumholtz as well as director John Pasquin and others, Inside Story takes us behind the scenes where an overheated fat suit and unnaturally high set temperature caused the denizens of this North Pole to pass out with alarming frequency, and rejected scripts and under budgeted special effects threatened to sink the production before it got off the ground. When it finally limped into theaters, though, the filmmakers found The Santa Clause made the season bright.

Charlie Sheen has been partying since 1980, and according to the actor, he’s tired of pretending he’s not great at it. This BIO special tracks Sheen’s 30-plus years of wild behavior, from using stolen credit cards to buy a prostitute over the phone at age 15 to no less than five domestic violence arrests and at least a half dozen stays in rehab (three in the past twelve months) to his current status as a living media circus gleefully self-destructing in front of America. Viewers get a close up look at the goddesses and the ex-wives, the family and the feuds, the excess, the fast times and the furor that surrounds the self-proclaimed frickin’ rock star from Mars.

Mad Mel: The Rise and Fall of a Hollywood Icon takes an in-depth look at the complex persona behind some of the biggest blockbusters in history, and the personal struggles which transformed him from box office king to industry outcast.

Using interviews with co-stars, journalists and psychology experts, Mad Mel traces Mel Gibson’s beginnings as one of ten children transplanted from upstate New York to Australia, charts his transformation from action star to Oscar winning director, and uncovers a string of personal struggles including his lifelong battle with alcohol, the demise of his 29 year marriage and an ugly, public feud with Oksana Grigorieva, the mother of his newborn daughter.

From Spitzer to Schwarzenegger, Weiner to Woods, high-ranking men seem hellbent on proving that power and infidelity go hand-in-hand. Biologists, behavioral experts, and even former mistresses push past headlines and into the minds and bodies of these power-wielding philanderers. Are ego and the trappings of fame to blame for the affairs that rocked their families and reputations? Or do more elusive causes, such as the existence of a cheating gene or a need for thrills, propel these men to put everything on the line in the name of infidelity?

Caddy for Life is a documentary for the Golf Channel based on John Feinstein’s New York Times best-seller Caddy for Life. It’s a three-part love story between Bruce Edwards and his passion for caddying; his remarkable friendship with golfer Tom Watson; and he and wife Marsha’s on-again, off-again, till-Bruce’s-death-did-them-part relationship.

At the heart of the film is the friendship between Tom and Bruce, the triumphs, disappointments, trust, courage and loyalty that shaped their unique caddy/player relationship. We go in-depth into the ways Bruce and many of his compatriots revolutionized the field of caddying with their pioneering work in the 1970’s. And we hear up-close about Tom and Bruce’s final season together and how Bruce’s fight against Lou Gehrig’s disease inspired everyone who knew him.

In addition to interviews with family, fellow comedians and other show biz insiders who knew and loved him, this two-hour documentary for A&E Biography uncovers never-before-seen footage of the comic genius in action.