‘04 flickers into view

America’s Heart and Soul. Filmmaker Louis Schwartz-

berg tells the country’s story one person at a time, from a Vermont farmer to a coal miner in Appalachia and a cowboy on the range. Walt Disney, July 2.

Broadway: The Golden Age. Using interviews, home movies and with more than 100 subjects, including Angela Lansbury, Shirley MacLaine and Stephen Sondheim, filmmaker Rich McKay fashions a record of a bygone era. Dada Films, June.

Bukowski: Born Into This. John Dullaghan uses interviews with the late writer Charles Bukowski and artists he’s influenced in trying to get to the man beneath the myth. Magnolia Pictures, March 19.

Coral Reef Adventure. Academy-award nominated director Greg MacGillivray (“Dolphins,” “The Living Sea”) explores the underwater beauty of the South Pacific. Narrated by Liam Neeson; songs by Crosby, Stills & Nash. MacGillivray and Freeman Films, Jan. 30.

Games People Play: New York. First in a series of “reality films” that demonstrate how low some people will go to win a few bucks. Written and directed by James Ronald Whitney. Fabiluce, March.

The Hunting of the President. Harry Thomason and Nickolas Perry chronicle the 10-year effort of the Clintons’ adversaries to drive them from the White House. here!/Regent Releasing, summer.

Lightning in a Bottle. Director Antoine Fuqua captures it at a one-time-only concert at Radio City Music Hall saluting the blues and featuring B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Steven Tyler, Macy Gray and many more. Sony Classics, TBA.

My Architect. The influential professional legacy and unusual personal history of builder Louis I. Kahn are examined by his son, filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn. New Yorker Films, Friday.

NASCAR 3D: The Imax Experience. Kiefer Sutherland narrates a film that puts the viewer in the super-size driver’s seat. Directed by Simon Wincer (“Free Willy”). Warner Bros., March 12.

Prisoner of Paradise. Oscar nominees Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender profile German film and cabaret star Kurt Gerron, who was forced by the Nazis to make a propaganda film covering up the horrors of the concentration camp where he was imprisoned. Narrated by Ian Holm. Menemsha, Spring.

Red Trousers: The Life of the Hong Kong Stuntmen. Demonstrates how they do those things they do. Directed by Robin Shou. Tai Seng Entertainment, March 5.

Sacred Planet. Robert Redford narrates a large-format travelogue that visits some of nature’s most picturesque settings. Walt Disney, April 22

The Same River Twice. Robb Moss’ footage of river trips with friends 25 years ago, including spontaneous, communal and sometimes naked activities, is played against current visits with five of the participants. Balcony Releasing, March 12.

This So-Called Disaster. Director Michael Almereyda (“Hamlet”) records the San Francisco staging of Sam Shepard’s play “The Late Henry Moss.” With Sean Penn, Nick Nolte and Woody Harrelson. IFC, TBA.

Unlikely Heroes. Ben Kingsley narrates this profile of seven Jews who offered fierce resistance to the Nazis. Directed by Richard Trank. Seventh Art Releasing, May.

Yves Saint Laurent: His Life and Times and Yves Saint Laurent: 5, Ave. Marceau. Two films on the influential couturier, directed by David Teboul. Empire Pictures, spring.

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Editor -- Kinsey Lowe

Capsules -- Richard Cromelin and Kevin Crust