Buck Henry
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Thomas Jerome Newton, a mysterious and complex personality, appears in New York. Despite his curiously frail physical presence, the strength of his intellect and scientific knowledge appear to transcend contemporary human experience. His inventions are of such originality that they will revolutionize the nation's systems of communication and lead, in approximately three years, to the creating of the largest corporate empire in the United States......
2) Catch-22
Pub. Date
1970.
Language
English
Description
**Oscar** winner Mike Nichols superbly directs this cinematic adaptation of Joseph Heller's scathing black comedy about a small group of pilots in the Mediterranean in 1944. There are winners and losers, opportunists and survivors. Separately and together they are nervous, frightened, often profane and sometimes pathetic. Almost all are a little crazy. CATCH-22 is an anti-war satire of epic proportions. Nominated for The UN Award and Best Cinematography...
3) The graduate
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Fortieth anniversary edition.
Language
English
Description
Uncertain of what he wants to do with his life, college graduate Benjamin Braddock returns home. And when the wife of his father's business partner, the sexy Mrs. Robinson, seduces him, the affair only deepens his confusion. That is, until he meets the girl of his dreams. But there's one problem-- she's Mrs. Robinson's daughter.
4) Get Smart
Language
English
Formats
Description
Maxwell Smart is a bungling secret agent who is also known as Agent 86. He works for the United States spy agency known as CONTROL and is on a mission to battle the forces of their evil crime nemesis known as KAOS. Working at his side is his more than competent partner, Agent 99. When the CONTROL headquarters is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief has no choice but to promote his ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart, who has...
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Max and 99 pursue their elusive KAOS adversaries around the world from Greenland to the scorching sands of the Sahara desert; come face-to-face with their dastardly foes, stay in a Bedoin tent; stay at the "Pussycat Club, " and deep beneath the eaves in a secret KOAS submarine. The madcap misadventures just get funnier.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This spoof of spy novels and films features the adventures of Maxwell Smart, AKA Agent 86, and his female partner Agent 99. Members of the secret organization CONTROL, Maxwell and 99 investigate and foil dastardly plans and schemes by, among others, the nefarious organization KAOS.
10) The humbling
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Over-the-hill stage actor Simon Axler struggles to find his passion for life again. Near his breaking point, he finds motivation in the form of a young and lustful lesbian Pegeen Stapleford, but as their relationship heats up Simon has a hard time keeping up with the youthful Pegeen.
12) To die for
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
In a small town in New Hampshire, a media sensation erupts over a murder case against Suzanne Stone, in which she is accused of persuading teenagers to kill her husband, Larry Maretto. Obsessed with becoming a TV personality, she viewed her husband's desire for children as an impediment to her career.
Series
Criterion collection volume 304
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
The Man Who Fell to Earth is a daring exploration of science fiction as an art form. The story of an alien on an elaborate rescue mission provides the launching pad for Roeg's visual tour de force, a formally adventurous examination of alienation.
14) Grumpy old men
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Neighborhood curmudgeons' long-running feud becomes an all-out rivalry when an attractive widow moves into the house across the street.
15) The graduate
Language
English
Description
A recent college graduate from an affluent family is seduced by the wife of his father's business partner, then subsequently falls in love with her daughter.
16) Eating Raoul
Series
Criterion collection volume 625
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A bawdy, gleefully amoral tale about a prudish married couple feeling put upon by the swingers who live in their apartment building, who, one night by accident, discover a way to simultaneously realize their dream of opening a little restaurant and rid themselves of the 'perverts' down the hall.
18) Protocol
Pub. Date
1998.
Edition
Standard version.
Language
English
Description
A daffy Washington D.C. waitress saves a visiting Arab dignitary from an assassination attempt and goes from serving drinks to serving her country in the State Department's protocol branch.
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