John Williams
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Composer John Williams has had a long association with Steven Spielberg, composing music for all but two of Spielberg's feature films. The score has a moody '60s feel and features soprano opera star Renee Fleming on the song The Pursuit of the Falcon.
Series
Ulitimate Oliver Stone collection volume 1 1986-1991
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Ron Kovic, a young man who volunteered for the Vietnam War, was wounded, and returned paralyzed from the mid-chest down. He later became a new voice for those disenchanted with the war.
10) 1941
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.
13) The terminal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Viktor is a simple man with a mission who finds himself entrapped in JFK airport after the accidental loss of his country to villainous coup. He becomes a man without a country and is stuck in at the airport's international terminal with no visa, and is instructed that he is not allowed to leave. Slowly he encounters airport workers who come to his aid by mutual coercion. Gupta the hilarious Indian custodian; Enrique who transports food; Torres the...
14) Jaws
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A man-eating shark causes havoc off the Long Island coast and three men join together to hunt and destroy it.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In 1929, an impoverished fishing village father sells his nine-year-old daughter, Chiyo, to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and she becomes subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. As she grows older, her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo. She is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri,...
19) The Fabelmans
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Young Sammy Fabelman falls in love with movies after his parents take him to see "The Greatest Show on Earth." Armed with a camera, Sammy starts to make his films at home, much to the delight of his supportive mother.
20) Superman returns
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Following a mysterious absence of several years, the man of Steel returns to Earth. While archenemy Lex Luthor plots to render him powerless once and for all, Superman faces the realization that Lois Lane has moved on with her life.