52 Pick-Up. Poster of the 1986 movie and cover of the 1974 book, 52 Pickup
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52 Pickup
Elmore Leonard, 1974
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John Frankenheimer, 1986

Harry Mitchell is a successful businessman with mechanical aptitude living in the suburbs of Los Angeles whose wife Barbara is running for city council. Harry is confronted by three hooded blackmailers who demand $105,000 per year for a videotape of him and the mistress, Cini, with whom he has been having an affair.


Blonde. Poster of the 2001 TV series and cover of the 2000 book
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Blonde
Joyce Carol Oates, 2000
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Joyce Chopra, 2001

A fictional biography of Marilyn Monroe mixed with series of real events in her life: childhood years, first marriage to James Dougherty, meeting with the photographer Otto Ose, career with XX Century Fox, relationship with her mother, foster parents, life wasters Charles Chaplin Jr. and Edward G. Robinson Jr., baseball player Joe DiMaggio, playwright Arthur Miller and many other people.


Joseph Andrews. Poster of the 1977 movie and cover of the 1742 book
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Joseph Andrews
Henry Fielding, 1742
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Tony Richardson, 1977

The story of Joseph Andrews, a young man who is dismissed from his position as a footman and sets out on a journey to reunite with his sweetheart, Fanny. Along the way, he meets a variety of colorful characters, including Lady Booby, who tries to seduce him, and Parson Adams, a kind-hearted clergyman who becomes his traveling companion.