Tolkin, Michael

Nine by Rob Marshall ( Visual )
35 editions published between 2010 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 1,573 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. Ten days away from the start of principal filming of his latest movie--ambitiously titled "Italia"--He has no idea for the movie at all. Escaping all the pressure at a seaside resort, he thinks about the women who have shaped his life: Mamma, judgmental but affectionate; Luisa, cherished yet under appreciated wife; Claudia, actress/muse of the picture; Carla, his flashy, passionate mistress; longtime costumer Lilli; bubbly American journalist Stephanie, and Saraghina, the salacious, witchy temptress of his childhood memories

Changing lanes by Roger Michell ( Visual )
10 editions published between 2002 and 2009 in English and held by 1,369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A minor traffic accident turns two perfect strangers into vicious adversaries waging an all-out war of personal destruction

The player by Robert Altman ( Visual )
61 editions published between 1992 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 1,120 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"I was just thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we could just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we've got something here."--Griffin Mill. Griffin is a slick, successful film studio vice president whose primary duty is to listen to story pitches from a constant stream of writers. Like all Hollywood producers, he's always looking over his shoulder, and he thinks up-and-comer Larry Levy is after his job. Along with power lunches, corporate in-fighting, and bottom-line priorities, a mysterious someone--probably an ignored and angry screenwriter--has been leaving him threatening postcards. When he finally takes action, his cool aplomb deserts him, things go seriously sideways, and Griffin's world begins falling apart

The player : a novel by Michael Tolkin ( Book )
37 editions published between 1988 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 874 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A senior vice president of production at a major Hollywood studio receives a death threat from a rejected writer, plunging him into a nightmare that threatens both his life, his job, and the woman he loves in this devastating portrait of contemporary Hollywood

Among the dead by Michael Tolkin ( Book )
13 editions published between 1993 and 2002 in English and Undetermined and held by 736 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Frank Gale is sick of cheating on his wife, Anna, and he wants to tell her the truth, but in the right way. Everything looks better when he decides to take her and their daughter on a sudden trip to Mexico, where he can give Anna the carefully crafted letter that details the nature of his affair. One mistake: He's late meeting them at the airport. He misses the plane; he'll have to take the next flight: and then everything changes. In his first novel, the highly acclaimed The Player, Michael Tolkin explored the emotional geography of Griffin Mill, the Hollywood executive who literally gets away with murder. Now, in Among the Dead, the stakes are raised: What if the executive had a conscience? For Frank, there will be no escaping the consequences. A novel that begins as a domestic drama opens into a nightmare picture of the modern age. Among the Dead is a penetrating, unsettling, and brilliantly written catalog of the truths that lie just beyond the reach of language; a diabolic, blackly comic illumination of the darker corners of the human mind

The return of the player by Michael Tolkin ( Book )
13 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 728 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Film executive Griffin Mill hopes to convince fabulously wealthy Phil Ginsberg to become his partner, while Griffin's personal and professional lives begin to fall apart, forcing him to consider murder as an option

Under radar by Michael Tolkin ( Book )
8 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 428 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tom Levy's vacation in Jamaica turns deadly when he kills a man who tricked Tom's daughter into a vulgar act

Deep cover by Bill Duke ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1992 and 2004 in English and held by 380 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A cop goes undercover to bring down a major drug supplier with the help of a drug dealing attorney

The Rapture ( Visual )
10 editions published between 1991 and 2004 in English and held by 360 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A young woman, so unhappy with her life that she attempts suicide, undergoes a religious conversion when she is comforted by members of a cult. Her involvement with the cult leads to a frightening and ultimately tragic denouncement

The player ; The rapture ; The new age : three screenplays by Michael Tolkin ( Book )
6 editions published between 1994 and 1995 in English and held by 209 WorldCat member libraries worldwide