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Tim Robbins
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Series
Ave fénix volume 182
Language
English
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Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television 'family'. But...
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Language
English
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Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers; however the first edition contained...
3) I.Q
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Albert Einstein tries to lure his spirited niece Catherine away from her stuffy British fiance and into the arms of her perfect love match...a sweet-natured auto mechanic.
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In 2050, 86-year-old Marjorie has a holographic companion who resembles her dead husband and is programmed to feed her the story of her life. With Lois Smith, Jon Hamm and Geena Davis. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival** and **San Francisco International Film Festival**.
5) Catch a fire
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Patrick Chamusso, an oil refinery worker who joined the African National Congress after being arrested and tortured for a crime he did not commit.
6) Straws
Publisher
Video Project
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A powerful documentary about plastic straws and other forms of plastic pollution that inundate our waterways and oceans. The film illustrates how individuals, groups, and businesses around the globe are reducing plastic straw use through education, collaboration, policy development and utilization of non-plastic alternatives. With colorful opening animation narrated by Oscar winner Tim Robbins, STRAWS is entertaining as well as educational. Winner...
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Carnelle, a hellraiser, enters the Miss Firecracker contest in the old-fashioned town where she was raised. Carnelle's not the usual contestant, but her cousin is a famous winner, and Carnelle's determined to equal her, no matter what.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. When a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest...
10) Dead man walking
Publisher
Polygram Video
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A Catholic nun, Prejean, provides spiritual counseling to a man on death row.
11) City of Ember
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
When an underground city begins to run low on resources, two teenagers search to escape above.
12) Code 46
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
A government worker in a future, totalitarian society falls in love with a woman who forges papers for the disenfranchised.
13) Bob Roberts
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
A radical folksinger turned senatorial candidate blends the campaign trail with singing, music videos and scandal.
14) The big fix
Publisher
Green Planet Productions
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
Follow two daring filmmakers, Josh and Rebecca Tickell, as they go undercover to expose the secrets of the largest industry on Earth, Big Oil. The Tickells set out to investigate the root causes of the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and, in so doing, discover a vast network of corporate and government malfeasance.
15) Zathura
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Danny twists the key of an old science fiction game. The game unleashes a localized meteor shower and wrenches Danny's house into orbit around a distant ringed planet. Besides Danny, his brother Walter and sister Lisa have to go along. Soon a defective robot, a rangy astronaut, and an alien spaceship enter the picture. The only way the kids can return their house to its proper space-time coordinates is to finish the game, but before they can finish,...
16) Bull Durham
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
American romantic comedy, dealing with a very minor minor-league team and three of its current constituents, an aging baseball groupie that beds one player each season, a cocky foolish new pitcher, and the older, weary catcher brought in to wise the rookie up.
17) Nothing to lose
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Advertising executive Nick Beam has completely bottomed out. His career is a mess, his marriage is on the rocks and a fast-talking, would-be carjacker has just jumped into his car! So what does he do? Nick throws common sense out the window and turns the tables on his captor! Soon this mismatched pair speeds off on a comical crime spree that includes holdups, high-speed chases, and revenge!
18) Mission to Mars
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
NASA launches a Mars Recovery Mission to investigate and bring back survivors from the first manned mission to Mars which has mysteriously disappeared.
19) Marjorie Prime
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
in the near future where artificial intelligence has brought about holographic reconstructions of loved ones, 86-year old Marjorie gains a holographic companion in the form of her late husband, but will she take advantage of this opportunity to recreate their life as she wished to have lived it?
20) Mystic River
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Three childhood friends are reunited after one loses a daughter, but all for different reasons.