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Author
Language
English
Description
From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes the New York Times bestselling account of the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Goldman, producer Norman Lear, and director Rob Reiner.
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Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.
4) Wonder Woman
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Before she was Wonder Woman she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained warrior. When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, she leaves home to fight a war to end all wars, discovering her full powers and true destiny.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After the death of her husband, Claire Underwood becomes the first female President of the United States. Regardless of the power Claire holds, she finds that she doesn't have allies or friends, both outside and inside the White House.
Publisher
Walt Disney Pictures
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late. Includes featurettes, and deleted scenes.
7) The Congress
Publisher
Drafthouse Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An aging actress (Robin Wright) decides to take her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood. In return, she receives healthy compensation so her digitized character will stay forever young.
8) The congress
Series
Drafthouse Films volume 24
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, an aging actress decides to take her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent and the head of Miramount Studios, her alias will be controlled by the studio, and will star in any film they want with no restrictions.
Publisher
1091 Media
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
After nearly two decades caught under the wing of an aging husband (Alan Arkin), devoted mother and housewife Pippa Lee (Robin Wright) undergoes a midlife breakthrough. Unearthing the sexually curious wild child of her teens (as portrayed by Blake Lively), Pippa sparks a relationship with a kindred soul (Keanu Reeves). Robin Wright delivers a stunning and revelatory performance in Pippa Lee; a wry, moving, and complex portrait of the many lives behind...
12) Forrest Gump
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2001, c1994
Language
English
Description
In spite of a mental handicap, a young man becomes a football star, Vietnam War hero, successful businessman, and loving husband and father.
13) Land
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A bereaved woman seeks out a new life, off the grid in Wyoming.
15) Moneyball
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Industries
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
16) Everest
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, the film documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle...
17) State of play
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
When D.C. reporter Cal McCaffrey is assigned to investigate the murder of an assistant to an up-and-coming politician, he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens to bring down the nation's power structures. In a town of spin-doctors and wealthy power brokers, he will discover one truth: when fortunes are at stake, no one's integrity, love, or life is safe.
Series
Criterion collection volume 948
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When the beautiful maiden Buttercup hears that her true love Westley is dead, she reluctantly agrees to marry the loathsome Prince Humperdinck. After Westley returns to rescue Buttercup, the two begin an epic adventure filled with fencing, fighting, giants, monsters, miracles, true love and hilarity!
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