Pfeiffer, Michelle 1957-

The age of innocence by Martin Scorsese ( Visual )
78 editions published between 1993 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 2,523 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In New York City in the 1870s, a rigid social code governs how people talk, walk, meet, part, dine, earn their livings, fall in love, and marry. Not a word of the code is written down anywhere, but these people have been studying it since they were born. In this elegant milieu, marriages, like treaties between nations, exist to provide for the orderly transmission of wealth; scions of old and rich families understand that their personal desires have no place in the design. One such is Newland Archer, engaged to marry pretty young May Welland. When he becomes entranced with May's cousin Ellen, the notorious Countess Olenska, every member of that class mobilizes to prevent Archer from doing anything that threatens their needs

Scarface by Brian De Palma ( Visual )
70 editions published between 1983 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 2,430 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title, Scarface follows the violent career of a smalltime Cuban refugee hoodlum who guns his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire

William Shakespeare's A Midsummer night's dream ( Visual )
14 editions published between 1998 and 2012 in English and held by 2,203 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the village of Monte Athena in Italy at the turn of the 19th century, necklines are high, parents are rigid, and marriage is seldom a matter of love. Thus, Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander, while her father wants only Demetrius for his son-in-law. Poor Helena burns hot for Demetrius, who avoids her like the plague. Meanwhile, fairy king Oberon is engaged in a battle of wits with his queen, Titania, and has commanded a trick of Puck, which naturally goes horribly wrong. They are all in the enchanted wood on a midsummer's eve, coming out in the end charged with a gift from the fairies--an enchanted eroticism--that sweeps them away to bed chambers and weddings. The film celebrates love's ability to alter reality while quietly acknowledging that any attempt to portray the feeling of love ultimately falls short

Hairspray by John Waters ( Visual )
18 editions published between 2007 and 2011 in English and German and held by 2,106 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A teenage girl simultaneously pursues stardom as a dancer on a local TV show and rallies against racial segregation in her native Baltimore

I am Sam by Jessie Nelson ( Visual )
26 editions published between 2001 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,028 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks, is obsessed with the Beatles and has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them. As the daughter reaches age 7, Sam's limitations start to become a problem. When the authorities take his daughter away, Sam shames a high-priced lawyer into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need

Dangerous liaisons by Stephen Frears ( Visual )
72 editions published between 1988 and 2012 in 8 languages and held by 2,022 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in 18th century France, this is the story of two bored aristocrats and the havoc they wreak when they play dangerous games with people's lives. The beautiful widow Merteuil challenges rakish Valmont to seduce a virtuous young married woman, never suspecting that he would violate his personal credo and fall in love

Stardust by Claire Danes ( Visual )
28 editions published between 2007 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 2,003 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tristan hopes to win the heart of his beautiful, but shallow love, Victoria. He promises to recover a star that fell somewhere beyond the stony wall that sets between the mundane England and the fantasy kingdom of Stormhold. So Tristan sets forth on his own journey in Stormhold. Meanwhile in that magical land, the dying king has set his four surviving sons on a quest for the crown. And the witch Lamia is seeking the heart of the star for an entirely different purpose, one that involves her secret power

Dark shadows by Tim Burton ( Visual )
26 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 1,936 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Imprisoned vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better and are in need of his protection

Sinbad, legend of the seven seas by John Logan ( Visual )
17 editions published between 2003 and 2010 in English and Greek, Modern and held by 1,713 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sinbad, a daring and notorious rogue, has spent his life sailing the seven seas asking for trouble. Now he had been framed for stealing a priceless and powerful treasure - the Book of Peace. Sinbad has one chance to find, then return the precious book, and battle the Goddess of Chaos or his best friend Proteus will die

White oleander by Janet Fitch ( Visual )
27 editions published between 2002 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 1,621 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Astrid is 15 when she witnesses the arrest of her mother Ingrid for murdering her boyfriend. Suddenly on her own, Astrid is shuttled through a series of foster mothers and homes. As she struggles to master the techniques to survive, her mother's powerful influence remains the only constant in Astrid's life. For good, and for bad