Cooper, Chris 1951-Overview
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Chris Cooper
The Bourne identity
by Robert Ludlum
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34 editions published between 2002 and 2013 in English and Spanish and held by 3,526 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Bourne, is pulled from the sea suffering from amnesia with a pair of bullet wounds in his back. His only clue to his own identity is a bank account number etched on a capsule implanted in his body. He finds the Zurich bank where money, a gun, and several passports with different names await. He quickly realizes he can trust no one and offers a German gypsy named Maria ten thousand dollars for a ride to Paris. With Maria's reluctant help, Bourne edges closer to the truth, something CIA officials want concealed at all costs
October sky
by Homer H Hickam
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13 editions published between 1999 and 2005 in English and held by 3,085 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes
The patriot
by Roland Emmerich
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12 editions published between 2000 and 2007 in English and Spanish and held by 2,947 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Benjamin Martin is a former war hero who has renounced fighting forever - until the Revolutionary War arrives at his front door. Faced with the harsh reality of fighting to protect those he loves, Martin takes up arms and commands a brave rebel militia in fierce battles against the well-armed English army, fighting for his family and his young nation's freedom
American beauty
by Sam Mendes
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12 editions published between 2000 and 2011 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 2,918 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A beleaguered suburbanite decides to revisit his adolescence
Seabiscuit
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23 editions published between 2003 and 2012 in English and Spanish and held by 2,747 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Based on a true story. A half-blind ex-prizefighter and mustang breaker team up with a millionaire and his rough-hewn, undersized horse, Seabiscuit. The men bring Seabiscuit to incredible heights, helping to turn a long shot into a legend. Eventually, Seabiscuit earns Horse of the Year honors in 1938
Syriana
by Stephen Gaghan
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10 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 2,487 WorldCat member libraries worldwide There is less oil than the world requires, and that will make some people rich and others dead. Career CIA field operative Bob Barnes is sorting out his midcareer issues--his bosses want him quietly confined to a desk job. Bryan Woodman, an expatriate in Geneva, becomes the financial adviser to idealistic Gulf Prince Nasir. Corporate lawyer Bennett Holiday is finessing the questionable merger of two powerful U.S. oil companies. In Prince Nasir's country, meanwhile, young Pakistani laborer Wasim succumbs to the lure of radical Islam, seeking refuge from the dusty oil fields and crowded hostels in the tranquility of a madrasa. In the labyrinthine, interconnected worlds of espionage and politics, international finance and law, oil and radical Islam, motives and convictions can shape lives, or destroy them
Where the wild things are
by Maurice Sendak
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12 editions published between 2009 and 2012 in English and held by 2,434 WorldCat member libraries worldwide When Max feels neglected by his mother, he runs away wearing his wolf costume to a world in his imagination inhabited by unruly beasts who befriend Max after he is proclaimed king
Capote
by Bennett Miller
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14 editions published between 2006 and 2013 in English and held by 2,377 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
Adaptation
by Spike Jonze
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23 editions published between 2002 and 2012 in English and French and held by 2,137 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Blends fictional characters and situations with the lives of real people: obsessive orchid hunter John Laroche, "New Yorker" journalist Susan Orlean, Hollywood screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and his twin brother Donald. As Charlie struggles to adapt a best-selling book, he writes himself into the movie plot
The Muppets
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19 editions published in 2012 in English and German and held by 2,069 WorldCat member libraries worldwide While on vacation in Los Angeles, Walter and his friends, Gary and Mary, try to raise ten million dollars to save the Muppet Theater from Tex Richman, a business man who wants to demolish the theater in order to drill for oil
Breach
by Lei
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16 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in English and held by 1,855 WorldCat member libraries worldwide When Eric O'Neill is promoted from a low-level surveillance job into the headquarters of the FBI, his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent is on the verge of reality. He is hand picked to work for the renowned operative Robert Hanssen within "information assurance," a new division created to protect all classified FBI intelligence. Eric quickly discovers the true reason for his hire: Hanssen is the sole subject of a long-term, top-secret investigation, a suspected mole made all the more dangerous by the sheer global import of the information he is charged with protecting. The Bureau asks Eric to slowly draw the traitor out of deep cover
The town
by Ben Affleck
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5 editions published between 2010 and 2012 in English and held by 1,603 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Doug MacRay is leader of a Boston bank robber gang but not cut from the same cloth as his fellow thieves. When Doug falls into a passionate romance with the bank manager briefly taken hostage in their last heist, he wants out of this life and out of the town. As the Feds close in and the crew questions his loyalty, he has one of two choices: betray his friends or lose the woman he loves. Special features include the extended cut
Lone star
by John Sayles
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18 editions published between 1996 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,561 WorldCat member libraries worldwide An unsolved murder in a Texas border town uncovers a tale of corruption, intrigue, and forbidden love
Remember me
by Allen Coulter
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11 editions published in 2010 in English and French and held by 1,404 WorldCat member libraries worldwide In the summer of 2001, New York college student Tyler is still feeling lost from the tragedy that has strained his relationship with his father when he meets Ally, a girl who understands his pain. The last thing Tyler's looking for is love, but through their passionate relationship, he finds new possibilities for happiness. It's an unforgettable story about the power of the heart, the strength of family, and the importance of treasuring every day of one's life
The tempest
by Julie Taymor
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14 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 1,394 WorldCat member libraries worldwide "This modern retelling of William Shakespeare's final masterpiece is an exciting, mystical, and magical fantasy ... Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera ... conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unleashes her powers for revenge"--Container
The company men
by John Wells
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15 editions published between 2009 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,379 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Bobby Walker is living the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and co-workers Phil Woodward and Gene McClary jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands, and fathers. Bobby soon finds himself enduring enthusiastic life coaching, a job building houses for his brother-in-law that does not play to his executive skill set, and perhaps there is more to life
The kingdom
by Peter Berg
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14 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and Italian and held by 1,373 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, causing an international incident to ignite. FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury quickly assembles an elite team and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing. Fleury and his team discover that the Saudi authorities are suspicious and unwelcoming of the Americans into what they consider a local matter. The agents find their expertise worthless without the trust of their Saudi counterparts. Luckily, the agents find a partner in Saudi Colonel Al-Ghazi, who helps them navigate royal politics and helps unlock the secrets of the crime scene and the workings of an extremist cell bent on further destruction
Jarhead
by Sam Mendes
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5 editions published between 2005 and 2008 in English and French and held by 1,229 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Follows "Swoff," a third generation Marine enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred pound ruck on his back through the Middle East deserts. There is no cover from intolerable heat or from the Iraqi soldiers, who are always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand, against an enemy they can't see, for a cause they don't fully understand
Great expectations
by Charles Dickens
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10 editions published between 1998 and 2009 in English and held by 931 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Dickens' tale of an apprentice given the chance to become a gentleman is now that of a young Florida artist named Finn, given the chance to become a success in 1990s New York. First, a mysterious convict bullies Finn into saving his life. Next, Finn is summoned to an overgrown Gothic palazzo where Nora Dinsmoor lives in the past, attended by beautiful blonde Estella, who will haunt him through the rest of the story. Last, there is secret benefactor whose munificence allows him to work toward his dream of success, and to win Estella
Married life
by Ira Sachs
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7 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 901 WorldCat member libraries worldwide In a late 1940's suburban world, middle-class wives, like Pat, build their lives around their husbands. Pat and Harry seem happy, but Harry confesses to his pal, Richard, that the spark is gone. He plans to leave Pat for vibrant young war widow Kay. Once Richard, a notorious ladies man, gets a look at the platinum blonde, he secretly sets out to win her affections and Harry continues to plots to take Pat out of the picture more
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