Hoffman, Philip Seymour 1967-2014

Moneyball by Bennett Miller ( Visual )
35 editions published between 2011 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 2,788 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players

Cold Mountain by Anthony Minghella ( Visual )
22 editions published between 2003 and 2014 in English and held by 2,760 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Inman, a young Confederate soldier, who is injured during the explosive 1864 battle of Petersburg, Virginia, is struggling to make his way home to Cold Mountain, NC, where his beloved Ada awaits him. In Inman's absence, Ada befriends Ruby, who helps her keep up her late father's farm. Meanwhile, in his travels, Inman encounters a menagerie of interesting and colorful characters

Capote by Bennett Miller ( Visual )
49 editions published between 2005 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 2,623 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In 1959, Truman Capote was a popular writer for The New Yorker. He learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Halcomb, Kansas. Inspired by the story, Capote and his partner, Harper Lee, travel to the town to do research for an article. However, as Capote digs deeper into the story, he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work, "In Cold Blood". He arranges extensive interviews with the prisoners, especially with Perry Smith. However, his feelings of compassion for Perry conflicts with his need for closure for his book which only an execution can provide. That conflict and the mixed motives for both interviewer and subject make for a troubling experience that would produce an literary account that would redefine modern non-fiction

Charlie Wilson's war by Mike Nichols ( Visual )
25 editions published between 2007 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 2,566 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
La jaquette indique : "Cette incroyable histoire mais vraie met en scène un député excentrique et amoureux des petits plaisirs de la vie, une mondaine richissime, fervente anti-communiste, et un agent de la CIA expert en conspiration. Ensemble, ils vont mettre sur pied la plus grande opération secrète de l'Histoire."

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley ( Visual )
31 editions published between 2008 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 2,432 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. Father Flynn is a charismatic priest who is trying to upend the schools' strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier. The Sister is the iron-gloved principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. With the winds of political change, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James shares with Sister Aloysius her suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without any proof, besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn. This threatens to tear apart the community with its irrevocable consequence

Mission: impossible III by J. J Abrams ( Visual )
33 editions published between 2006 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,382 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ethan Hunt has retired from active duty as a super-spy in order to train new IMF agents. He is called back into action to confront the toughest villian he has ever faced -- Owen Davian, an international weapons and information provider with no remorse and no conscience. Hunt assembles his team -- his old friend Luther Strickell, transportation expert Declan, and background operative Zhen, in order to rescue Lindsay, one of his trainees, who was kidnapped while on a surveillance detail of Davian. It soon becomes evident that Davian is well-protected, well-connected, and downright malicious, forcing Hunt to extend his journey back into the field in order to rescue his wife, Julia, and uncover an IMF double agent in the process

The ides of March by George Clooney ( Visual )
33 editions published between 2011 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 2,124 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
During the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, an up-and-coming campaign press secretary finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate's shot at the presidency

Patch Adams by Tom Shadyac ( Visual )
26 editions published between 1998 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 2,035 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Patch Adams is a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like other doctors. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just about anything to make his patients laugh-- even if it means risking his own career. Based on a true story

The master by Paul Thomas Anderson ( Visual )
39 editions published between 2012 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 1,975 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In post-World War II America, a naval veteran arrives home unsettled and uncertain of his future, until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader

Almost famous ( Visual )
11 editions published between 2000 and 2010 in English and German and held by 1,903 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
It's the opportunity of a lifetime when teenage reporter William Miller lands an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine. Despite the objections of his protective mother, William hits the road with an up-and-coming rock band and finds there's a lot more to write home about than the music