Peter Riegert
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The 80s. It was a time when everybody was making the big bucks. When F. Ross Johnson decides to buy out the Nabisco shareholders and take over his company, no one is prepared for what hits the fan. What follows is a down-to-the-wire battle to see who's really king of the Wall Street jungle.
22) Americathon
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Comedy about the United States government facing bankruptcy and staging a telethon to bail them out.
23) The mask
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A mild-mannered bank clerk becomes a superhero when he puts on a mystical mask.
24) Local hero
Series
Criterion collection volume 994
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Texas oil executive Mac is dispatched by his crackpot boss to a remote seaside village in Scotland with orders to buy out the town and develop the region for an oil refinery. But as business mixes with pleasure, Mac finds himself enchanted by both the picturesque community and its oddball denizens, and Texas starts to feel awfully far away.
25) The mask
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
The mask: A mild-mannered bank clerk becomes a superhero when he puts on a mystical mask.
Son of the mask: The legendary Mask of Loki finds its way into the hands of cartoonist Tim Avery, whose new son is born with the Mask's spectacular powers.
26) Local hero
Series
Criterion collection volume 994
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Texas oil executive Mac is dispatched by his crackpot boss to a remote seaside village in Scotland with orders to buy out the town and develop the region for an oil refinery. But as business mixes with pleasure, Mac finds himself enchanted by both the picturesque community and its oddball denizens, and Texas starts to feel awfully far away.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Seymour 'Swede' Levov, a once-legendary high school athlete, is a successful businessman married to an ex-beauty queen, Dawn. When Swede and Dawn's daughter disappears after being accused of a violent crime, Swede's perfect life is broken forever and he is left to make sense out of the chaos.
Author
Pub. Date
1994, 2005.
Language
English
Description
The Mask: A mild-mannered bank clerk becomes a superhero when he puts on a mystical mask.
Son of the mask: The legendary Mask of Loki finds its way into the hands of cartoonist Tim Avery, whose new son is born with the Mask's spectacular powers.
29) We bought a zoo
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Adapted from a memoir by Benjamin Mee, the story of how the author, who has lost his wife, and his children cope with a dilapidated zoo, dealing with escaped tigers, raising endangered animals, working with an eclectic skeleton crew and readying the zoo for a reopening.
30) We Bought a Zoo
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Adapted from a memoir by Benjamin Mee, the story of how the author, who has lost his wife, and his children cope with a dilapidated zoo, dealing with escaped tigers, raising endangered animals, working with an eclectic skeleton crew and readying the zoo for a reopening.
32) Gypsy
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
"Bette Midler stars as the world's most relentless stage mother, who lovingly but unremittingly drives her two daughters, June and Louise, and their small rag-tag vaudeville troupe across America from theater to theater, in search of success. This movie musical extravaganza brings the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee to life though spectacular production and unforgettable songs..."--Container.
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Smokey and the Bandit: Tear up the highway with the Bandit (Burt Reynolds), a fun-loving, fast-talking trucker who takes on his craziest haul yet - delivering 400 cases of beer across the country in just 28 hours, all while he has Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) on his trail.
The Jerk: Navin Johnson (Steve Martin), the adopted son of a poor family, goes on an adventure to find his identity while his crazy inventions lead him from rags...