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(0)Robert Towne
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Warner Bros
Language
English
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Steve Prefontaine was a champion's champion, holder of every American distance running from 2,000 to 10,000 meters. Fans elevated him to rock star status. Athletes were inspired by him. Off the track, officials mired in outdated politics got the point that activist Pre was taking the sport into a new era. The short life and fast times of the fiery Oregon distance runner form a movie that "belongs in the company of Jim Thorpe - All American and Chariots...
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Language
English
Description
Jack Nicholson returns as private eye Jake Gittes in this atmospheric Chinatown follow-up that's hit upon "the elusive sequel formula for somehow enhancing a great original" (Mike Clark, USA Today).Much has changed since we last saw Jake. The war has come and gone; 1948 Los Angeles teems with optimism and fast bucks. But there's one thing Jake knows hasn't changed: "Nine times out of ten, if you follow the money you will get to the truth." And that's...
6) The Firm
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Description
A brilliant and ambitious Harvard Law grad joins a small, prosperous law firm in Memphis, and is soon confronted by FBI agents with evidence of corruption and murder within the firm.
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Language
English
Description
"I didn't need to watch Mad Men - I lived it." This is a documentary about legendary studio executive and producer Marcia Nasatir. She shattered Hollywood's glass ceiling in 1974 when she became the first female vice-president at a major film studio, United Artists.
10) Ask The Dust
Author
Language
English
Description
Colin Farrell is Arturo Bandini, a young would-be writer who comes to Depression-era Los Angeles to make a name for himself. While there, he meets beautiful barmaid Camilla (Salma Hayek), a Mexican immigrant who hopes for a better life by marrying a wealthy American. Both are trying to escape the stigma of their ethnicity in blue-blood California. The passion that arises between them is palpable – if they could only set aside their ambitions...
11) Chinatown
Author
Language
English
Description
Jake Gittes, a private eye, uncovers a web of personal and political scandals while he is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra marital affair.
12) Chinatown
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A private detective finds himself in over his head as he takes on a case involving the most rich and powerful people in Chinatown.