Frankenheimer, John 1930-2002Overview
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The Manchurian candidate
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3 editions published between 1996 and 2004 in English and held by 1,547 libraries worldwide A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis-induced conditioning to carry out the orders of the enemy upon release. When a decorated Korean War veteran who has been brainwashed starts to commit political assassinations, his old military commander begins to suspect and must stop him.
The Manchurian candidate
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37 editions published between 1962 and 2011 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 1,300 libraries worldwide A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis- induced conditioning that transforms the men into human time bombs. Returned to the United States as war heroes, one of them is used by his mother to promote her Joseph McCarthy-like husband's political career.
Ronin
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44 editions published between 1997 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 868 libraries worldwide A group of freelance intelligence agents work together to steal a mysterious package, only to have a doublecross throw things into confusion.
The films of Frankenheimer forty years in film
by Gerald Pratley
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10 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 790 libraries worldwide
Andersonville
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10 editions published between 1996 and 2003 in English and French and held by 716 libraries worldwide The Civil War explodes, air thick with musket fire, soil drenched with the blood of kinsmen, bodies piling up like cords of wood. In the madness and fury, a small group of Union soldiers fall into the hands of the Confederate army. Overnight, they find themselves herded aboard a prison train bound for the deepest regions of the South, to a slice of Hell carved out of the Georgia clay known as Andersonville. A moving drama that tells the most tragic tales ever to come out of the Civil War.
Seven days in May
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11 editions published between 1984 and 2011 in English and held by 700 libraries worldwide "It happens with startling swiftness and violence. An armed cadre seizes state control. Fortunately, a coup d'etat can't happen here. Or can it? ...At odds are a popular general and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman and an unpopular President with a pacifist agenda. At stake is the survival of the Republic. A vigilant colonel uncovers the scheme. But are the seven fateful days ahead enough time to derail a disaster?" -- Container.
Birdman of Alcatraz the story of a real and living man
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3 editions published between 2001 and 2008 in English and held by 640 libraries worldwide The true story of a convicted killer who avoids the depths of despair by becoming a world-renowned authority on birds during his imprisonment.
Eugene O'Neill's The iceman cometh
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4 editions published between 1973 and 2003 in English and held by 597 libraries worldwide In the faded, Vermeer-like light of Harry Hope's 1912 New York skid row bar, a ragtag group of fallen men await the annual arrival of their friend Hickey. But now Hickey is sober, and he wants his drunken friends to follow the same path.
Reindeer games
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13 editions published between 2000 and 2011 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 520 libraries worldwide Upon release from prison, Rudy decides to pose as his dead cell-mate Nick in order to make time with Nick's beautiful pen pal, Ashley. Then Rudy is forced to participate in an armed robbery plot hatched by her evil brother.
The island of Dr. Moreau
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8 editions published between 1996 and 2010 in English and held by 517 libraries worldwide Dr. Moreau is brilliant geneticist on the brink of superseding evolution. When a U.N. diplomat visits the island laboratory he discovers experiments turning animal life forms into human-like beasts. The beasts revolt, threatening not only the island but ultimately all mankind.
The Manchurian candidate
by George Axelrod
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4 editions published between 1962 and 2002 in English and held by 450 libraries worldwide
Path to war
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7 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and Chinese and held by 435 libraries worldwide Beginning after his election to the Presidency, Lyndon Johnson's dreams for "The Great Society" and his vision for civil rights in America were overshadowed by the Vietnam War. Johnson watches the nation react to the deaths of young Americans overseas.
The golden age of television
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2 editions published between 1995 and 2009 in English and held by 418 libraries worldwide The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive "teleplays" constituted an artistic high for the medium, bringing Broadway-quality drama to all of America.
John Frankenheimer's The train
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4 editions published between 1999 and 2008 in English and held by 378 libraries worldwide In August 1944 the Allied army is closing in on Paris. German commander and art fanatic Colonel Von Waldheim steals a vast collection of rare French paintings and loads them onto a train bound for Berlin. When a beloved French patriot is murdered while trying to sabotage Von Waldheim's scheme, Labiche, a stalwart member of the Resistance, vows to stop the train at any cost.
Grand Prix
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13 editions published between 1966 and 2011 in English and French and held by 329 libraries worldwide Nine races. One champion. Formula One drivers compete to be the best in this tale of speed, spectacle, and intertwined personal lives.
French connection II
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15 editions published between 1975 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 328 libraries worldwide Gene Hackman returns in the role of hard-hitting detective Popoeye Doyle who travels to Marseilles in prusuit of the heroin dealers who he hit, but failed to kill in New York.
Black Sunday
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9 editions published between 1976 and 2003 in English and French and held by 292 libraries worldwide A Black September terrorist group attempts to blow up a Goodyear blimp hovering over the Super Bowl stadium with 80,000 people and the President of the United States in attendance.
George Wallace
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7 editions published between 1997 and 2009 in English and held by 266 libraries worldwide George Wallace was an infamous politician and segregationist. He had a lust for power and status that made him bedfellows with racists and became one of the most destructive and most hated American politicians of his time. Follows George from his early days as a state circuit judge to his presidential run, when he was paralyzed by a would-be assassin.
Seconds
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8 editions published between 1966 and 2002 in English and held by 247 libraries worldwide Desperate to escape his dreary, dead-end life, an aging banker succumbs to a mysterious organization's offer of a new identity and a fresh start. Surgically transformed into a handsome, young man, he begins a jet-set existence among a shadowy community of similar "reborns." But his heady exhilaration spirals into a heart-stopping terror as he discovers that his newly purchased life carries a terrifying price.
Birdman of Alcatraz
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11 editions published between 1962 and 2004 in English and Multiple languages and held by 238 libraries worldwide The true story of a convicted killer who avoids the depths of despair by becoming a world-renowned authority on birds during his imprisonment. more
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American Civil War (1861-1865) Andersonville Prison Animal experimentation Assassins Bars (Drinking establishments) Biographical films Biography Brainwashing California China--Manchuria Cold War (1945-1989) Conspiracies Detective and mystery films Drama Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Films for the hearing impaired France Frankenheimer, John,--1930-2002 Gaddis, Thomas E Georgia--Andersonville German Occupation of France (1940-1945) History Horror films Intelligence officers Interviews Korean War (1950-1953) Mothers and sons Motion picture producers and directors New York (State)--New York Nineteen tens O'Neill, Eugene,--1888-1953 Political crimes and offenses Political science Presidents--Assassination attempts Prisoners Recovering alcoholics Science fiction films Skid row Stroud, Robert,--1890-1963 Television mini-series Thrillers (Motion pictures) United States United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, California Veterans Video recordings--for the hearing impaired War films World War (1939-1945)
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