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18501) It happened one night
Series
Summary
A rich young woman marries an idle playboy against her father's will. Her father holds her captive on his yacht but she escapes and, while on her way to New York, becomes entangled with an unemployed news reporter.
18502) Lady Jane
Series
Pub. Date
Ã2002
Summary
In 1553, England's idle rich were anything but idle. With the blessing of the royal family, they plundered the riches of the church, stole the finest farmlands, and generally took all the best things the country had to offer. A cousin to the infamous Henry VII, Lady Jane Grey (Helena Bonham Carter) disapproved of the way her fellow nobles behaved, and disagreed with their religious beliefs. But as a sheltered 16-year-old, there wasn’t much she could...
18503) My fair lady
Series
Summary
Outside Covent Garden on a rainy evening in 1912, cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, meets linguistic expert Henry Higgins. Higgins, in turn, bets with his companion, Colonel Pickering, that, within six months, he could transform Eliza into a proper lady, simply by teaching her proper English. The next morning, face and hands freshly scrubbed, Eliza presents herself on Higgins' doorstep, ready and willing to be turned into a lady.
18505) Saving grace
Pub. Date
1986
Summary
When the Pope inadvertantly locks himself out of the Vatican, penniless and in street clothes, he seizes the opportunity to travel to a remote village that has no priest. He finds a place of lost hope--a town of delinquents, derelicts and bums. While Vatican personnel scurry to find him, the Pope guards his true identity, desperately seeking to understand the people he leads.
18506) What happened to Kerouac?
Pub. Date
c1986
Summary
Investigates the personal history and creative process of Jack Kerouac, father of the Beat Generation, author of "On the road", and a pivotal figure of the fifties countercultural revolution. Shows what happened when fame and notoriety were thrust upon an essentially reticent man.
18507) What's up, Doc?
Series
Summary
Judy, who is bright but a little strange, and Howard, a befuddled Iowa musicologist, meet in a San Francisco hotel. The only thing they have in common is their red plaid travelling cases (his holds rocks; hers, lingerie). Identical cases are owned by two of the hotel's other guests. Mrs. Van Hoskins keeps hers stuffed with jewelry, and Mr. Smith's holds a batch of top secret government documents. When the bags are mixed up, the result is chaos of...
18508) " ... And justice for all"
Summary
Pacino is a lawyer who is uncomfortable with the cumbersome legal system and the deals that are made.
18509) American graffiti
Summary
One night in the life of a group of high school friends just before they go off to college, jobs, or the army.
18510) The Bridge on the River Kwai
Summary
In early 1943, British POWs arrive by train at a Japanese prison camp in Burma. The commandant, Colonel Saito, informs them that all prisoners, regardless of rank, are to work on the construction of a railway bridge over the River Kwai that will help connect Bangkok and Rangoon.
18511) Bridge to Terabithia
Series
Pub. Date
c1985
Summary
The life of a ten-year old boy expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death. From his sorrow he learns the meaning of friendship.
18512) Explorers
Series
Summary
In their makeshift laboratory, three boys (Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix and Jason Presson) use an amazing discovery and their ingenuity to build their own spaceship and launch themselves on a fantastic interplanetary journey. Nominated for Best Make-Up and Best Special Effects at the **Academy of Science Fictions & Horror Movies.** *"It looks terrific, moves along at a gallop, and is marvelously good natured." - Geoff Andrew, **Time Out***
18513) Fright night
Pub. Date
1985
Summary
When a teen-age boy can't get anybody to believe that his neighbor is a vampire, he turns to a TV-horror host, who used to be the "Great Vampire Killer" of the movies.
18514) Iron eagle
Pub. Date
1985
Summary
A retired Air Force colonel and an eighteen-year-old hot-shot pilot commandeer F-16s and head for the Middle East to rescue the boy's father from terrorists. Starring Lou Gossett, Jr. and Jason Gedrick.
18515) Those Calloways
Pub. Date
1985
Summary
Presents a story about a man whose private dream of establishing a bird sanctuary interferes with commercial development of a hunting resort. Shows the conflict that arises when he takes the law into his own hands. Designed to motivate students to assess their own feelings of responsibility to the environment and to other people.
18516) All of me
Pub. Date
1984
Summary
Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin make the perfect couple of comedy in this hilariously concocted plot.
18517) Falling in love
Pub. Date
2001
Summary
A shining example of the magic that's created when two of Hollywood's biggest and brightest stars join forces in one special film. Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep play Frank Raftis and Molly Gilmore, two everyday people who meet first by chance, and later by choice. There's just one thing standing between Frank and Molly's intense, newfound love: both are already married. Oscar Winners De Niro, Streep and a fine supporting cast including Harvey Keitel...
18518) Footloose
Pub. Date
c1984
Summary
The timeless struggle is portrayed between innocent pleasure and rigid morality, when city-boy Ren McCormick finds himself in an uptight Midwestern town where dancing, and therefore all youthful joy, has been banned. Ren revolts with best friend Willard and the minister's daughter.
18519) Lassiter
Pub. Date
c1984
Summary
Lassiter's problems come in package deals. If the Nazis catch him safecracking in the German Embassy in London, they'll crack his skull. If the London police don't get their diamonds, they'll frame him for armed robbery. If his girlfriend learns the score, she may blow the whole game. And if a kinky German countess has her way, Lassiter will find himself in a world of hurt.
18520) The Little drummer girl
Pub. Date
c1984, 2009
Summary
Charlie is a repertory actress and Palestinian sympathizer thrust into the world of international espionage. The cunning head of an Israeli counterspy group sees Charlie's politics and romantic vulnerability as the perfect trap for their quarry, the elusive Palestinian terrorist Khalil.