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23) Beaches
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Two childhood friends are reunited in their middle age and one learns she is dying of a fatal disease
Author
Language
English
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Description
In Creative producing, Carol Baum provides a crash course in the frequently misunderstood producer's role and the many skills needed to survive and thrive in Hollywood. Readers receive a master class in production--from pitching, script development, and packaging, to working with stars, directors, and difficult executives. Enhanced with behind-the-scenes stories from Baum's illustrious career, Creative producing offers an intimate look behind the...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The unauthorized, behind-the-scenes story of the stunning rise--and suddenly uncertain reign--of the most transformative cultural phenomenon of our time: the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel Entertainment was a moribund toymaker not even twenty years ago. Today, Marvel Studios is the dominant player both in Hollywood and in global pop culture. How did an upstart studio conquer the world? In MCU, beloved culture writers Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales,...
Series
Publisher
Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Covers literary adaptations in four main categories: classic literature; contemporary bestsellers and popular fiction; nonfiction, encompassing biography, true crime, history, and memoirs; and children's and young adult literature. Sidebars will highlight people, such as authors, film directors, screenwriters, actors, producers, who are particularly identified with adaptation or a particular work.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A 25th anniversary history and celebration of The Shawshank Redemption, one of the most cherished American films of the late twentieth century and one of the finest movies made from a Stephen King story. The movie not only boasts a great story, it has a great backstory, starting with the dollar deal that eventually led King and co-stars Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman to put their trust in a largely untested director making his first feature film....
35) Disney favorites
Series
Jazz piano solos volume 51
Publisher
Hal Leonard
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
None
36) THE DROP
Author
Language
English
Description
"Based on the screenplay he developed for Twentieth Century Fox from his short story "Animal Rescue," New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's The Drop follows a former criminal whose efforts to build a new life with his girlfriend and pit bull rescue puppy fall apart when he becomes mixed up in a robbery gone wrong; scheduled for release in Fall 2014, Fox's film of the same title stars James Gandolfini (in his final on-screen performance),...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Get ready for a wild adventure when the worldly thief Flynn Rider meets Rapunzel, the isolated princess with the long golden hair. Rapunzel plans to leave the mysterious hidden tower in which she has always been imprisoned--but she needs Flynn to guide her
Author
Series
Space Odyssey series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
A special new Introduction by the author highlights this reissue of a classic science fiction novel that changed the way people looked at the stars--and themselves. 2001: A Space Odyssey is the classic science fiction novel that changed the way we looked at the stars and ourselves. 2001: A Space Odyssey inspired what is perhaps the greatest science fiction film ever made--brilliantly imagined by the late Stanley Kubrick.... 2001 is finally here
39) My all American
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The story of University of Texas college football star Freddie Steinmark, who lost his life to bone cancer after a promising start with the Longhorns, recounting the team's legendary win that marked his final game
40) Of mice and men
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001, c1992
Language
English
Description
In Depression-era California, two migrant workers dream of better days on a spread of their own until an act of unintentional violence leads to tragic consequences
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