Bates, Alan 1934-2003Overview
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Hamlet
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12 editions published between 1991 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 1,632 libraries worldwide Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father's death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. This film portrays Shakespeare's immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds.
Hamlet
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 1,467 libraries worldwide Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father's death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. This film portrays Shakespeare's immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds.
The sum of all fears
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4 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 960 libraries worldwide CIA agent Jack Ryan finds himself in a race against time to stop terrorists who plan to ignite a war between the U.S. and Russia by detonating a nuclear bomb at the Super Bowl game.
The mothman prophecies
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5 editions published between 2002 and 2006 in English and held by 910 libraries worldwide This story is based on events which occurred in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Distraught by the sudden, tragic death of his wife, a journalist finds himself mysteriously drawn to a small West Virginia town when his car inexplicably strands him. He soon learns that many of the town's residents have been beset by bizarre events, including sightings of an eerie "moth-like" entity, an entity similar to the one seen by his late wife.
Evelyn
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2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 797 libraries worldwide In 1953, Desmond Doyle takes on the Irish family law system and the Catholic Church in a bid to be reunited with his children. Despite a strong work ethic, Desmond has a hard time holding on to steady work. Desmond's wife walks out on the relationship and his sporadic employment eventually attracts the attention of the law. A court order sends his two sons and young daughter to separate Catholic orphanages until Desmond can prove he's capable of properly supporting them. However, Desmond discovers merely getting work is not enough to bring his children back to him.
Zorba the Greek
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2 editions published between 1991 and 2004 in English and held by 771 libraries worldwide A young British writer moves to Crete to find himself by working in his father's mine, and hires the playful Zorba. He falls in love with a lovely young widow. When she responds to him the townsmen attack her.
Hard times
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12 editions published between 1994 and 2009 in English and held by 688 libraries worldwide Local MP and schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind raises his children, Louisa and Tom, in the utilitarian fashion, stressing reason and fact and dismissing imagination and emotion. Under his influence, Louisa grows cold while Tom turns to a secret life of drinking and gambling. To be nearer her brother, Louisa accepts an offer of marriage from his boss, the self-mad, self-important banker Josiah Bounderby, though she does not love him. But soon finds herself succumbing to the attentions of the lothario James Harthouse. All the while, Mrs. Sparsit, a former aristocrat who now works for Bounderby, obsessively watches as the drama unfolds, longing for Louisa's downfall.
The sum of all fears
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4 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 667 libraries worldwide CIA agent Jack Ryan finds himself in a race against time to stop terrorists who plan to ignite a war between the U.S. and Russia by detonating a nuclear bomb at the Super Bowl game.
Three sisters
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8 editions published between 1970 and 2003 in English and held by 620 libraries worldwide Nearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, three sisters live in virtual exile. Olga attempts to support her family and home that is the sole legacy from their late father. Masha finds relief from an empty marriage by being involved with a passionate young colonel. Irina wills herself to return the affections of an ardent suitor in the hope that he will whisk her off to the city. Sift through the debris of their shattered dreams on the eve of the social and political upheaval that will transform Russia forever.
Far from the madding crowd
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15 editions published between 1967 and 2004 in English and held by 587 libraries worldwide Screen version of Thomas Hardy's classic love story about a headstrong young woman whose life becomes entwined with three disparate men: a dashing soldier, a wealthy landowner, and a sheep farmer.
Gosford Park
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16 editions published between 1985 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 583 libraries worldwide Set at the country estate of Sir William McCordle in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guests and downstairs servants at a hunting party weekend when one of the group is murdered.
Arabian nights
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5 editions published between 1999 and 2000 in English and held by 576 libraries worldwide "A legendary heroine, Scheherazade, saves her kingdom and her own life by seducing her husband Schahriar's imagination with the fantastical tales of Aladdin, Ali Baba, and other larger-than-life heroes, warriors and djinns"--Container.
Georgy girl
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7 editions published between 1987 and 2005 in English and Multiple languages and held by 569 libraries worldwide A homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged employer while striving to capture some of the glamorous li fe of her swinging London roommate.
Le roi de coeur
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9 editions published between 1967 and 2001 in French and English and held by 562 libraries worldwide A Scottish soldier is assigned the task of disarming a bomb in a small French town at the close of World War I. The townspeople have deserted the town leaving behind the inmates of the local insane asylum who embrace the soldier as their king.
Simon Gray's Butley
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6 editions published between 1973 and 2004 in English and held by 550 libraries worldwide Butley, a professor at a London University, finds out that his wife wants a divorce, his boyfriend is leaving him and his untalented colleague is getting a book published all in one day.
The cherry orchard
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5 editions published between 1999 and 2007 in English and French and held by 545 libraries worldwide Madame Ranevskaya returns to her decaying estate in pre-Revolutionary Russia after an exile in Paris. The estate and its beloved cherry orchard are threatened by Ranevskaya's financial problems, and no one seems able to do anything about it.
Far from the madding crowd
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1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 479 libraries worldwide Bathsheba Everdene is a willful, passionate girl who is never satisfied with anything less than a man's complete and helpless adoration. She captures the lives and loves of three very different men. Gabriel Oak is a sheep farmer who is captivated by her beauty and proposes marriage. William Boldwood is an older, prosperous man who had been a confirmed bachelor. Sergeant Frank Troy is a handsome, but reckless swordsman whose given to sudden fits of violence.
Women in love
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1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 468 libraries worldwide A sensual investigation of the relationships of two couples, exploring the thin line between love and lust.
In celebration
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7 editions published between 1975 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 458 libraries worldwide Three sons return to the primitive Yorkshire mining town of their birth to celebrate their parents' fortieth wedding anniversary. During the celebration, their submerged hatreds and fears emerge from behind their model blue collar family facade.
The rose
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1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 429 libraries worldwide "Bette Midler portrays a Janis Joplin-like rock star whose success is laced with so much booze, drugs and hard living [that] it eventually causes her downfall" -- Container. more
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Authors, English Catholic Church College teachers Comedy films Comedy films Curiosities and wonders Denmark Drama England England--London Families Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Films for the hearing impaired Foreign films France Great Britain Greece--Crete Hamlet (Legendary character) Hamlet (Shakespeare, William) History Horror films Human-alien encounters Intelligence service Ireland Legalization Made-for-TV movies Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Miners Murder Orphanages Political science Princes Russia Ryan, Jack (Fictitious character) Scheherazade (Legendary character) Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616 Sisters Spy films Spy films Television programs Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Unidentified flying objects United States Video recordings Video recordings--for the hearing impaired West Virginia
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Bates, Alan Arthur 1934-2003
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