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Lady Windermere misinterprets her husband's interest in an older woman, Mrs. Erlynne, causing a rift that could lead to both marital and societal ruin. Lady Windermere's Fan Is an intriguing tale that examines intention versus outcome in a world driven by perception.
Lady Windermere is a young wife who's concerned by her husband's connection to the mysterious, Mrs. Erlynne. She believes the woman is a threat to her marriage and livelihood. Despite...
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From The New York Trilogy to The Book of Illusions, Paul Auster's novels have earned him a reputation as "one of American's most spectacularly inventive writers." Here, published together for the first time, are the screenplays of the three films he made in the 1990s.
Smoke (starring Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Forest Whitaker, and Stockard Channing) tells the story of a novelist, a cigar store manager, and a black teenager who unexpectedly cross...
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To test a person's character, give that person power. Then wait. These screenplays examine the moral depths and horror that extreme income inequality and deprivation would drive people to explore. Horror fills the lives of those forced into a corner by systematic, destructive greed. These are the people who have to decide which child can eat dinner tonight and which child has to wait until breakfast tomorrow. They sell everything they own until there...
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Little Abigail Buffington was dangerously ill from eating a whole box of chocolates that her parents had hidden away for Christmas. Her feverish dreams transported her to the fabulous Land of Chocolate. But, her dreams gradually deteriorated, and she descended into a perilous and demonic domain. She was saved by her unassailable, innocence and escaped to enjoy Christmas with her greatly, relieved parents and visiting grandmother.
7) Spray Em' Up
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After leading a successful mission to take out Iraqi warlord Samhal Hussein, Sgt John Williams is hailed as a Hero by the U.S Army. However, when he returns to the South Bronx he finds his neighborhood being oppressed by a neighborhood drug kingpin.With the NYPD scared, and residents feeling powerless, John realizes that he has to declare his own war on terror to save his neighborhood and protect his community.
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Relationships are malleable. One day, you can be inseparable from a friend while the next, you're a complete stranger. Someone, who you could have never met, can change your life with a few simple words. What does it mean to be, connected to others? To these characters, it means everything.
Jacob, a comic enthusiast and Peter, a self-conscious narcissist make the unlikeliest of friends. They meet Quinton, a nerd with similar interests to Peter at...
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Immigrants of diverse cultures from around the world, desperate to escape persecution and hard times, are drawn to the golden city of opportunity, New York City, 1907. They arrive only to find a new kind of nightmarish terror awaiting them in the infamous Bowery. The few demeaning and arduous jobs they can find pay a slave's wage. The streets are dirty and dangerous. Their families are starving. The prettiest of the young women are courted by con...
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Like Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alain Robbe-Grillet, and Marguerite Duras, Susan Sontag has come to filmmaking in the course of a career as a novelist and essayist. In 1968 she accepted a Swedish studio's invitation to write and direct a move in Stockholm. Duet for Cannibals is the result.
Frederic Tuten, in Vogue magazine, wrote: "Duet for Cannibals is a witty, bone-dry serio-comedy that fascinates and disturbs in turn...Dr. Arthur Bauer, attractive in...
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Captain John Harrison is the leader of the elite squad of soldiers hunting for rogues. The 'rogues' are parasites that are infecting and killing humans. The government says the 'bugs' have almost been eradicated leaving only rogues behind. John's wife is contacted by a stranger with news that the 'tapeworms' are more active now than ever. And...this certain stranger has info about who is responsible for the parasites' outbreak. John locates the stranger...
12) Send Me Wings
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This story begins in Charleston, South Carolina. Ron and Sarah Boggs have the sorrowful task of finalizing Sarah's mother's estate. While meeting with the attorney, Mr. Lyndsay, they learn her mother has left her an old church in Hopetown, Virginia. Sarah seems troubled by this inheritance and Ron becomes very curious about the real estate prospect. After much encouragement, Ron convinces Sarah to travel to Hopetown. Ron feels there could be a financial...
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In a rich Nigerian house, Jane, her husband William and her son Jason are in a hostage situation. Jane and Jason hide in a safe room and witness the intruders beat her husband to death. They want to kill Jane and her son too, but all they find and take is a photo of the family.
In reality, Nigeria is no longer a safe place for them. With help from her late husband's foreign friends, she escapes Nigeria with her son. In Australia, life is challenging...
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Dr. Paul Miller is a brilliant psychotherapist who has developed a new form of therapy which he calls Cinematherapy®. As part of his patient's therapy he prescribes movies for them to watch that address their therapeutic issues. Dr. Miller suggested that Mr. and Mrs. Thorton to watch the movie Under the Influence to better understand their daughters drug use. It was suggested that Phil watch Steel Magnolias after his wife died. And he had Daniel...
15) Margaret
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The director's-cut screenplay of the film starring Anna Paquin from the Oscar-winning writer and director of Manchester by the Sea.
This stirring drama by the Academy Award—winning director, playwright, and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan was called "a film of rare beauty and shocking gravity" by Rolling Stone. Delayed for four years in post-production, the film was finally released in 2011, with a director's cut following on DVD in 2012. This edition...
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The insider's guide and perfect companion to the film starring Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, and Vanessa Redgrave.
Stunning and surreal, Lulu on the Bridge is a romantic mystery with a lot on its mind. It is the story of Izzy and Celia, two lonely, wounded, and mismatched strangers, transformed into soul mates by the uncanny powers of a phosphorescent stone. Destiny, as well as some bizarre and near-tragic circumstances, conspire to keep the lovers...
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Gertrude Stein in Dayton & Other Plays is the 2nd collection of plays by Louis Phillips, published by World Audience. This collection is an excellent, eclectic mix of plays by accomplished and award-winning playwright, who has been produced in New York City and regional theater. The plays are poignant and humorous, powerful and articulate. A must buy!
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Squire: What's this? Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver? Francis: Gulliver's Travels, my lord. Squire: Ah, the Reverend Swift! Splendid story. Big people and little people. Steward: Very well-known, sir. Francis: My lord, to be frank, it s not only a matter of big and little. There are things about it, sir, words are spoken, certain actions performed that... Squire: Perform it now. For our pleasure. Or Henry here will...