Tab Hunter Confidential. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2005 book, Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star
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Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star
Tab Hunter, Eddie Muller, 2005
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Jeffrey Schwarz, 2015

During the 1950s, Tab Hunter rose to fame as America’s beloved boy next door, seemingly invincible in his soaring career. However, there was one aspect that could potentially tarnish it all: Tab Hunter’s hidden homosexuality. Now, the veil of secrecy surrounding Tab Hunter’s personal life has been lifted. In this documentary, audiences will have the opportunity to meet the authentic Tab Hunter for the first time as he candidly recounts the complete tale of his journey.


Richard Jewell. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2019 book, The Suspect
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The Suspect
Kent Alexander, Kevin Salwen, 2019
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Clint Eastwood, 2019

In 1986, Richard Jewell works as an office supply clerk in a small public law firm, where he builds a rapport with attorney Watson Bryant. In early 1996, he’s working as a security guard at Piedmont College, but is fired after multiple complaints of acting beyond his jurisdiction. After foiling a bomb attack at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Richard is an instant hero, however when the FBI leaks to the media that he is a suspect in the bombing his life becomes a nightmare.


Richard Jewell. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 1997 book, American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell
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American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell
Marie Brenner, 1997
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Clint Eastwood, 2019

In 1986, Richard Jewell works as an office supply clerk in a small public law firm, where he builds a rapport with attorney Watson Bryant. In early 1996, he’s working as a security guard at Piedmont College, but is fired after multiple complaints of acting beyond his jurisdiction. After foiling a bomb attack at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Richard is an instant hero, however when the FBI leaks to the media that he is a suspect in the bombing his life becomes a nightmare.


Sully. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2009 book, Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters
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Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters
Chesley B. Sullenberger, 2009
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Clint Eastwood, 2016

On January 15, 2009, US Airways pilots Captain Chesley Sully Sullenberger and First Officer Jeff Skiles board US Airways Flight 1549 from LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Without engine power and judging themselves unable to reach nearby airports, Sully ditches the aircraft on the Hudson River.


American Sniper. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2012 book
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American Sniper
Chris Kyle, 2012
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Clint Eastwood, 2014

Growing up in Texas, Chris Kyle is taught by his father how to shoot a rifle and hunt deer. After telling her to leave, he is mulling it over with his brother when he sees news coverage of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings and decides to enlist in the Navy.


Invictus. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2008 book, Playing the Enemy
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Playing the Enemy
John Carlin, 2008
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Clint Eastwood, 2009

On 11 February 1990, Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison after having spent 27 years in jail.[5] Four years later, Mandela is elected the first black President of South Africa. The ill will which both groups hold towards each other is seen even in his own security detail where relations between the established white officers, who had guarded Mandela’s predecessors, and the black ANC additions to the security detail, are frosty and marked by mutual distrust.


Pale Rider. Poster of the 1985 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Pale Rider
Alan Dean Foster, 1985
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Clint Eastwood, 1985

Outside the snowy mountain town of Lahood, California, thugs working for big-time miner Coy LaHood destroy the camp of a group of prospectors and their families. Coy LaHood’s son Josh attempts to scare off the Preacher with a show of strength from his giant work hand, Club, who breaks a large rock in half with a single hammer blow.


Magnum Force. Poster of the 1973 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Magnum Force
Mel Valley, 1973
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Ted Post, 1973

Mobster Carmine Ricca drives away from court in his limousine after being acquitted of a mass murder on a legal technicality. Inspector Harry Callahan visits the crime scene alongside his partner Earlington Smith, despite the fact that the two of them are supposed to be on stakeout duty. Sometime after, a motorcycle cop slaughters a mobster’s pool party using a satchel charge and a submachine gun.


The Beguiled. Poster of the 1971 movie and cover of the 1966 book
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The Beguiled
Thomas Cullinan, 1966
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Don Siegel, 1971

During the American Civil War in 1863, Amy, a 12-year-old student at the Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies in rural Mississippi, discovers a seriously wounded Union soldier, John McBurney. She brings him to the school’s gated enclosure where the school headmistress, Martha Farnsworth, first insists on turning him over to Confederate troops, but then decides to restore him to health first.


In the Line of Fire. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the book novelization
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In the Line of Fire
Max Allan Collins, 1993
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Wolfgang Petersen, 1993

Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself “Booth” threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.


Flags of Our Fathers. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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Flags of Our Fathers
James D. Bradley, Ron Powers, 2000
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Clint Eastwood, 2006

As three US servicemen – Marine Private First Class Ira Hayes, Private First Class Rene Gagnon, and Navy Pharmacist’s Mate 2nd Class John Doc Bradley – are feted as heroes in a war bond drive, they reflect on their experiences via flashback. The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.


Heartbreak Ridge. Poster of the 1986 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Heartbreak Ridge
Joseph C. Stinson, 1986
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Clint Eastwood, 1986

Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Highway is nearing mandatory retirement from the Marine Corps. Highway repeatedly clashes with Powers and Staff Sergeant Webster, the 1st Platoon platoon sergeant over his unorthodox training methods (such as firing an AK-47 over his men’s heads to familiarize them with the weapon’s distinctive sound).