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The pursuit of happyness
by Gabriele Muccino
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7 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 2,034 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Chris Gardner is an intelligent, energetic guy who can't catch a break. In the sluggish Bay Area economy of 1981, he's losing ground, by investing all his family's money in high cost bone-density scanners. His wife leaves him, he loses his apartment, and with his 5-year-old son in tow joins the ranks of the homeless, if not the hopeless. Bounced from shelter to shelter, he finds himself a single dad who has to support and care for a young child. Impressing a Dean Witter higher-up by solving a Rubik's cube during a taxi ride, Chris gets a place in a stockbroker-training program. But internships don't pay, and there's no guarantee he'll be offered a job at the end of it. Against all odds, he pushes toward success, and eventually turns his life around
Lawrence of Arabia
by David Lean
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19 editions published between 1962 and 2002 in English and held by 1,546 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The story of T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole), the heroic and troubled man who organized the Arab nations to fight the Turks in World War I and then, having reached a pinnacle of power in Mideast politics, retired to postwar military obsurity
21 Jump Street
by Phil Lord
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3 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 1,270 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring
Gridiron gang
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6 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 1,250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Sean Porter was a football player who turned into a juvenile detention counselor. He wrestles with the seemingly insolvable problem. The vast majority of young men who leave detention fall right back into crime. Looking for a way to give these not-yet-hardened kids a taste of self-esteem and discipline, Porter manages to persuade his superiors to let him teach the kids football - and then take on other high school football teams. Based on a true story
1776
by Sherman Edwards
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8 editions published between 1972 and 2002 in English and held by 1,137 WorldCat member libraries worldwide 1776 is a musical celebration of the founding of The United States of America. The story centers around historical characters as they organize a movement for independence from England. All events lead up to July 4, 1776, when the Declaration was signed
Silverado
by Lawrence Kasdan
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17 editions published between 1984 and 2007 in English and French and held by 1,047 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A fast-riding adventure story of four strangers drawn together on the Western frontier
Girl, interrupted
by Susanna Kaysen
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3 editions published between 1999 and 2001 in English and held by 873 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The fascinating true story of a young woman's life-altering stay at a famous psychiatric hospital in the late 1960's
Dr. Strangelove or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
by Stanley Kubrick
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15 editions published between 1963 and 2004 in English and held by 766 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A satire in which the President and his military advisers struggle ineptly to avert a holocaust after a psychotic Air Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union because he fears the Russians are poisoning the water supply in the United States
Agnes of God
by Norman Jewison
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10 editions published between 1985 and 2002 in English and French and held by 640 WorldCat member libraries worldwide When, at an isolated convent, the infant of a young nun is found strangled, a court-appointed psychiatrist must decide if the devout but troubled girl is fit to stand trial
Against all odds
by Taylor Hackford
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12 editions published between 1984 and 2005 in English and French and held by 633 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Terry Brogan, a cynical ex-football star, is hired to find Jessie Wyler, the runaway mistress of a ruthless L.A. nightclub owner, Jake Wise. According to Jake, Jessie had stabbed him and vanished with $50,000. But Terry's mission is soon forgotten when he tracks down the beautiful Jessie on a Mexican island and falls in love with her
Oliver!
by Carol Reed
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8 editions published between 1985 and 2001 in English and held by 626 WorldCat member libraries worldwide As a young orphan, Oliver is left to fend for himself until he is befriended by a band of young thieves who quickly train him in their craft. But, Oliver is not content to be a thief for he knows that life holds great joys and that true happiness cannot be stolen, but must be earned
A passage to India
by David Lean
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10 editions published between 1984 and 2001 in English and held by 620 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Story of love and the class struggle in 1928 India
Ice castles
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7 editions published between 1985 and 2001 in English and held by 559 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A young figure skater is blinded in a tragic accident
One Direction : this is us
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1 edition published in 2013 in English and held by 530 WorldCat member libraries worldwide An intimate all-access look at life on the road for the global music phenomenon. Weaved with stunning live concert footage, this inspiring feature film tells the remarkable story of Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry, and Louis's meteoric rise to fame, from their humble hometown beginnings and competing on the X-Factor to conquering the world and performing at London's famed O2 Arena. Hear it from the boys themselves and see through their own eyes what it's really like to be One Direction
Higher learning
by John Singleton
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4 editions published between 2001 and 2012 in English and held by 508 WorldCat member libraries worldwide First-term college freshmen get a crash course in diversity, identity and sexuality
Picnic
by William Inge
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4 editions published between 1983 and 2000 in English and held by 489 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The story covers one Labor Day week-end in a small Kansas town, and tells about the impact a virile drifter has on the lives of several women in town
Gandhi
by Richard Attenborough
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8 editions published between 1982 and 2009 in English and held by 477 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Story of Gandhi, not a commander or a ruler of nations, nor one with scientific gifts but a small, modest man who does what others before him could not do. He led an entire country to freedom. And he gave his people hope. Gandhi, the man of the century, is explored in the motion picture experience of a lifetime. A vision of the heart and soul of a man and an entire nation is vividly portrayed in this masterful epic that took 20 years to make
A soldier's story
by Norman Jewison
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11 editions published between 1984 and 2006 in English and Chinese and held by 451 WorldCat member libraries worldwide An African-American attorney is sent to Fort Neal Louisiana, near the end of World War II to investigate the murder of an African-American soldier, Sergeant Waters
The new adventures of Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
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4 editions published between 1988 and 1996 in English and held by 446 WorldCat member libraries worldwide While Pippi is sailing with her sea captain father, she is suddenly washed overboard and lost in a fierce storm. Pippi eventually drifts ashore to a small coastal town where she sets up house in an ancient vacated mansion. There, with her horse and monkey, Pippi begins a new life without any adult supervision
Starman
by John Carpenter
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8 editions published between 1984 and 2002 in English and held by 434 WorldCat member libraries worldwide An alien, from a distant planet, lands in Wisconsin and arrives at the remote cabin of Jenny Hayden, a distraught young widow. The alien (Starman) convinces her to drive him to Arizona, explaining that if he isn't picked up by his mothership in three days he'll die. En route, Starman demonstrates the power of universal love, while Jenny rediscovers her human feelings for passion more
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