Mark Harris
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Pub. Date
2021
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One of The Hollywood Reporter’s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time • A National Book Critics Circle finalist • One of People's top 10 books of 2021 • An instant New York Times bestseller • Named a best book of the year by NPR and Time
A magnificent biography of one of the most protean creative forces in American entertainment...
A magnificent biography of one of the most protean creative forces in American entertainment...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Description
The epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967-Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Doctor Dolittle, and Bonnie and Clyde-and through them, the larger story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood, and America, forever. It's the mid-1960s, and westerns, war movies, and blockbuster musicals such as Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music dominate the box office....
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In Pictures at a Revolution, Mark Harris turned the story of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967 into a landmark work of cultural history, a book about the transformation of an art form and the larger social shift it signified. In Five Came Back, he achieves something larger and even more remarkable, giving us the untold story of how Hollywood changed World War II, and how World War II changed Hollywood, through the prism of five film...
4) The Southpaw
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Coming of age in America by way of the baseball diamond, left-hander Henry Wiggen grows to manhood in a right-handed world. From his small-town beginnings, to the top of the game, Henry finds out how hard it is to please his coach, his girl, the sports page and himself-all at once. The first installation of a series that includes Bang the Drum Slowly, The Southpaw is a comic and poignant look at Henry Wiggen's first season in the majors. Based on...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xiii, 673 pages, 32 unnumberered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Description
"A magnificent biography of one of the most protean creative forces in American entertainment history, a life of dazzling highs and vertiginous plunges--some of the worst largely unknown until now--by the acclaimed author of Pictures at a Revolution and Five Came Back. Mike Nichols burst onto the scene as a wunderkind without parallel: while still in his 20's, he was half of a lucrative hit improv duo with Elaine May that was the talk of the country....
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
490 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
[Explores] the epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967-Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Doctor Doolittle, and Bonnie and Clyde-and through them, the larger story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood, and America, forever.--From publisher description.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
511 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
Traces the World War II experiences of five legendary directors including John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra and George Stevens to assess the transformative impact of the war and period beliefs on Hollywood.
The untold story of how Hollywood changed World War II, and how World War II changed Hollywood, through the director's lens. It is little remembered now, but in prewar America, Hollywood's relationship with Washington was tense....
11) Wildlife
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (folded : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Description
A meticulously crafted portrait of the American nuclear family in crisis charts the rift that forms within a 1960s Montana household when the father and breadwinner abruptly departs to fight the forest fires raging nearby, leaving his restless wife and teenage son to pick up the pieces. A deeply human look at a woman's wayward journey toward self-fulfillment in the pre-women's liberation era and a sensitively observed, child's eye coming-of-age tale....
12) We will stand
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 audio discs : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
40 years of contemporary Christian music celebrated with 40 hit songs.
14) Breaking Bounds
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Description
A young gay man from an affluent family faces deportation after a shooting incident. If returned to his homeland of Uganda, he faces anti-homosexual persecution. As this is taken to the courts, his Nigerian attorney also finds himself struggling to define his own cultural identity and be able to live the life he chooses with an American girl, regardless of his family's traditional expectations.
15) No Regrets
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Flight attendant Nina Thomas (Monica Calhoun) has spent 12 years dating her college sweetheart. After rejecting his many marriage proposals, she finally decided to say yes. But after meeting a handsome divorcee (Brian White) during a long layover in Los Angeles, Nina finds herself in a compromising position she never expected and that may change her life forever.
16) The notebook
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun meet one evening at a carnival. But they are separated by Allie's parents who dissaprove of Noah's unwealthy family, and move Allie away. When Allie doesn't hear from Noah after several years, she meets and becomes engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. Allie, with her love still alive for Noah, stops by Noah's home to check on him. Seeing that their reunion has rekindled a passionate romance, Allie must now...
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A seemingly quiet morning in rural small town America unravels when Sheriff Long and his military buddy, Chuck, find themselves in the midst of a full on zombie Invasion. With the assistance of family and friends, the Sheriff has to figure a way to fight off the onslaught and escape the surrounded diner the survivors are trapped in. A 'Safe Zone' the military has set up a few towns away may be their only hope....but when the truth of the zombies...
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This celebratory presentation of contemporary inspiration and American history combines the past glory and achievements of General John J. Black Jack Pershing (1860-1948) with his modern-day impact upon young Americans. Inspired by Pershing's numerous civil and military accomplishments, a diverse group of American cadets decides to follow his global footsteps to uncover how his leadership still influences our society today. From the trenches of war...