Bill Conti
4) Rocky V
Language
English
Description
Rocky and his family must move to their old, low-rent neighborhood after all their money is lost by an an unscrupulous financial advisor and injuries force his retirement from the ring. As Rocky tries to resolve the resentment held by his son, a young boxer Rocky trained publicly taunts his mentor, and Rocky realizes he must fight once more.
5) Rocky.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rocky Balboa, a club fighter seemingly going nowhere, gets his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner when fate puts him in the ring with the world heavyweight champion.
6) Rocky II
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
Español
Description
Rocky must cope with the realities of his success, wealth and the responsibilities of marriage, but his main focus is on his second shot at the boxing title against Apollo Creed.
7) Lean on me
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
This is the fact-based story of high school principal Joe Clark, who armed himself with a bullhorn and a Louisville Slugger and slammed the door on losers at Eastside High in Paterson, New Jersey.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When her parents are killed in a car accident, 17-year-old Julie Pierce falls under the wise and patient guidance of Mr. Miyagi, who teaches the sullen teen to dispel her anger through the healing powers of the martial arts. So when she becomes the newest target of the Alpha Elite--a sadistic gang of high-school bullies--it's up to Julie to teach them a lesson they'll never forget."--Container.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Daniel, a fatherless teenager, arrives in Los Angeles and faces the task of making new friends. However, he becomes the object of bullying by the Cobras, a gang of karate students, when he starts dating the Cobra leaders ex-girlfriend. Eager to fight back and impress his new girlfriend, but afraid to confront the gang, he asks his handyman Miyagi, a master of martial arts, to teach him karate. Under Miyagis guidance, Daniel develops physical skills...
Language
English
Description
The karate kid, part 3: Daniel LaRusso has an upcoming tournament in which he is the target of vicious student Mike Barnes; Miyagi instructs Daniel not to compete, but Daniel's pride sends him to the instructor Terry Silver who secretly is setting him up to be the loser.
The next karate kid: Miyagi helps an orphaned 17-year-old tomboy to channel her anger through learning martial arts.
Language
English
Description
This saga follows two families - the Hazards, from the North, and the Mains, from the South - through their changing fortunes at home and the harsh realities of the battlefields. When the South surrenders at the end of the Civil War, the families are reunited once again in friendship. In the final installment, the two families continue through Post-Civil War Reconstruction into pioneer Indian territories.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
After a spy trawler is accidentally sunk off the coast of Albania, the world's superpowers begin a feverish search for its valuable lost cargo. The powerful ATAC system gives unlimited control over Polaris nuclear submarines. As James Bond joins the search, he suspects the suave Kristatos of seizing the device. Competition between nations grows more deadly, but Bond finds an ally in the beautiful Melina Havelock, who blames Kristatos for the death...
13) The perfect game
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In 1957, a group of poor boys from Monterey, Mexico, led by a down-and-out former major league player, win the Little League World Series.
14) The right stuff
Language
English
Description
Depicts the lives, ambitions, thoughts, and feelings of the seven Project Mercury astronauts before, during, and after their historic space flights.
15) Rocky II
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the rematch of the century as Rocky Balboa takes on Apollo Creed in this powerful follow-up to one of the most acclaimed movies in film history. After club fighter Rocky Balboa goes the distance with the world heavyweight champion, boxing fans clamor for a rematch. But Rocky, having sustained massive injuries in the bout, announces his retirement. Though he tries to make a new life for himself, Rocky realizes that he can't escape his true calling....
16) The right stuff
Language
English
Description
The true story of Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton -- the seven men chosen for the Mercury Project manned space flight program in the U.S.
18) Bushwhacked
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A bumbling deliveryman is accused of murder when a get-rich scheme backfires. He flees for the woods where he is mistaken for a world famous scout leader. He ends up supervising six Ranger Scouts on their first overnight expedition.
19) Rocky
Language
English
Description
Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in a ring with the world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time- a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!
20) Lean on me
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of New Jersey high school principal Joe Clark, who wins the support and respect of his students for his controversial methods in ridding the school of violent students and drug dealers.