Brian's Song. Poster of the 1971 movie and cover of the 1970 book, I Am Third
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I Am Third
Gale Sayers, 1970
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Buzz Kulik, 1971

The true story of a special relationship between two professional football players, Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo. Both star players for the Chicago Bears, Sayers and Piccolo soon became roommates and best friends. When Sayers suffers a knee injury in mid-season, it is Piccolo who prods and inspires him to work toward a complete recovery. Then fate deals a cruel blow: Piccolo is stricken with malignant cancer.


The Man Who Fell to Earth. Poster of the 1976 movie and cover of the 1963 book
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The Man Who Fell to Earth
Walter Tevis, 1963
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Nicolas Roeg, 1976

Thomas Jerome Newton is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth from a distant planet on a mission to take water back to his home planet, which is experiencing a catastrophic drought. Newton uses the advanced technology of his home planet to patent many inventions on Earth, and acquires tremendous wealth as the head of a technology-based conglomerate.


Spies Like Us. Poster of the 1985 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Spies Like Us
Gordon McGill, 1985
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John Landis, 1985

Austin Millbarge is a basement-dwelling codebreaker at the Pentagon who aspires to escape his under-respected job to become a secret agent. Following orders in real-time from the intelligence agency (operating from a military bunker located deep under an abandoned drive-in theater), they begin to operate the launcher.


Never Say Never Again. Poster of the 1983 movie and cover of the 1961 book, Thunderball
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Thunderball
Ian Fleming, 1961
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Irvin Kershner, 1983

After James Bond fails a routine training exercise, his superior, M, orders Bond to a health clinic outside London to get back into shape. The man’s face is bandaged and after Blush finishes her beating, Bond sees the patient using a machine which scans his eye. Bond is seen by Blush, who sends an assassin, Lippe, to kill him in the clinic gym.


Boxcar Bertha. Poster of the 1972 movie and cover of the 1937 book, Sister of The Road
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Sister of The Road
Ben L. Reitman, 1937
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Martin Scorsese, 1972

The film narrates the tale of Boxcar Bertha Thompson and ‘Big’ Bill Shelly, a pair of train robbers deeply in love, whose lives become intertwined with the struggles of railroad workers in the Southern United States. However, their lives take a dramatic turn when Bertha is accused of being involved in the murder of a wealthy gambler, forcing them to become fugitives on the run from the law.


Another 48 Hrs.. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Another 48 Hours
Deborah Chiel, 1990
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Walter Hill, 1990

Veteran San Francisco police inspector Jack Cates has been after drug dealer #the Iceman# for the past four years. At the Hunter’s Point Raceway, Jack confronts Tyrone Burroughs and Arthur Brock. Blake Wilson, the head of the Internal Affairs division, becomes determined to prosecute Jack on a third-degree manslaughter charge.