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The Films of George Roy Hill, rev. ed.
As late as 1976, George Roy Hill was the first and only director to have two all-time, top-ten, box-office hits: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting (both starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman). A filmmaker with backgrounds in music, drama and television, he was a popular storyteller. His films reflect an ironic, bittersweet vision of life. The stories entertain, but the subtext is often disturbing. Hill felt that all of his major characters "create an environment, a fantasy, an illusion, and then go on to make it happen." Individual chapters study in detail the art, craft and style of each of his films, including Period of Adjustment, Toys in the Attic, The World of Henry Orient, Hawaii, The Great Waldo Pepper, Slap Shot, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Slaughterhouse Five, A Little Romance, The World According to Garp, The Little Drummer Girl and Hill's last, Funny Farm.
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David Lloyd George
Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt makes his feature directorial debut with this funny yet earnest psychological comedy-drama about a womanizer named Jon Martello (Gordon-Levitt) who earns the nickname "Don Jon" for his ability to charm beautiful women, but remains unable to forge a meaningful connection with the opposite sex due to his all-consuming Internet porn addiction. Meanwhile, as Jon struggles to free himself from the realm of virtual debauchery, he connects with two disparate women (Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore), who separately try to teach him the true value of intimacy. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Mexia
Mexia is a novel that has been written in the form of the memoirs of J. C. Mulkey. J.C., at a very early age, discovers a murder. As he grows up, he discovers more murders and vows to protect, defend, and bring the perpetrators to justice. Along the way, he faces the challenges of growing up, getting educated, and tackling the trials and errors of justice, but through it all he maintains his optimistic nature, his problem solving, and focuses on what he thinks is most important in life. J.C. loves his dogs and his mother. He is a loyal brother and son. He tries to do good things, but, sometimes he ends up putting himself in a frustrating position. Still, he triumphs because of the courage of his convictions that he will identify the murderer. He does his best to protect the community that he loves. Just how this murder mystery happened in Mexia is part of the historical journey that J.C. must learn before he really builds the case. At risk of life and limb, J.C. successfully negotiates the perils that make his life so difficult.
Movies of the 60s
Jürgen Müller's overview of the films of the 1960s has over a hundred A to Z entries that include synopses, film stills, cast and crew listings, box office figures, trivia and actor and director biographies. The book covers examples of Italian, French, German and American movies that strongly characterized the 1960s.
The Lost Spy
Jerry Sanfords historical thriller, The Lost Spy, is a riveting blend of fact and fi ction as ex-CIA operative Cole Rider is mysteriously transported to northern Florida in 1942. A beautiful British agent comes to his aid and helps recruit him into the Offi ce of Strategic Services, the CIAs predecessor. Searching for answers, Rider is catapulted into a deadly race with a Nazi assassin to locate Werner Heisenberg, a German Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Heisenberg heads Adolph Hitlers atomic bomb project but has recently disappeared, possibly in the United States. With the stunning agent at his side and British Naval Commander Ian Fleming a step behind, Rider must win that race or fi nd the atomic bomb in Hitlers hands.
