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All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Ellen Burstyn, ranked
In 2067, crop blights and dust storms threaten humanity’s survival. Corn is the last viable crop. The crew includes scientists Dr. Amelia Brand (Professor Brand ‘s daughter), Dr. Romilly, Dr. Doyle, and robots TARS and CASE. After traversing the wormhole, Romilly studies the black hole while Cooper, Doyle, and Brand descend in a landing craft to investigate Miller’s planet, an ocean world.
Sara Goldfarb, a widow who lives alone in a Brighton Beach apartment, spends her time watching television. When Harry recognizes the signs of her drug abuse and implores her to stop taking the amphetamines, Sara insists that the chance to appear on television and the increased admiration from her friends are her remaining reasons to live.
Lankester Merrin, a veteran Catholic priest who performed an exorcism in the 1950s, is on an archaeological dig in the ancient city of Hatra in Iraq . After playing with a Ouija board and contacting a supposedly imaginary friend whom she calls Captain Howdy , Regan begins acting strangely , using obscene language , and exhibiting abnormal strength ; additionally , there is poltergeist-like activity in the home at night .
In 1951 Sonny Crawford and Duane Jackson are high-school seniors and friends in Anarene, Texas, a small declining northern Texas town. She is lonely because her husband is a closeted homosexual. At the Christmas dance Jacy is invited by Lester Marlow to a naked indoor pool party at the home of Bobby Sheen, a wealthy young man who seems to be a better prospect than Duane.
Eddie, a veteran and an amusement park maintenance worker, arrives in Heaven after a fatal accident. There, he encounters five people from his past: the Blue Man, the Captain, Marguerite, Ruby, and Tala. Each person demonstrates how Eddie influenced their lives, or vice versa, revealing that his impact was not always positive.
Caught in the grip of mortality, Tommy, a contemporary scientist, grapples with the daunting task of finding a medical breakthrough that could potentially rescue his wife, Izzi, who is battling cancer. His relentless pursuit is driven by a desperate desire to save her life.
When a racist is killed in this 1940s drama, an elderly clockmaker is accused of murder. Kevin Kilner, however, steps forward and asserts that he committed the crime out of self-defense. Kilner’s family is experiencing a number of issues at the same time, including his daughter contracting meningitis.
A tragic accident forces twelve-year old Louisa Mae and her younger brother Oz to move from New York City to live with their great grandmother on a small farm in Virginia. Once Lou and Oz finally adjust to their new home, their family is threatened to be torn apart again when a coal company tries to steal their land. Now, Lou must team-up with lawyer Cotton Longfellow, to fight for their land, their home and their future.
The movie narrates the remarkable tale of futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller, as seen through the experiences of two teenagers aiming to find love, achieve fame in the punk scene, and navigate the challenges of high school.
A solitary boy manages to bridge the gap with his distant father and stern grandmother, thanks to the assistance of a courageous velveteen rabbit whose singular desire is to transform into a real rabbit one day.
Ten years after escaping from Foxworth Hall, the surviving Dollanganger children—Cathy, Chris, and Carrie—attend the funeral of their adoptive father, Paul Sheffield, who took them in. Their bio mom still rejects them. Ballerina Cathy moves in with a ballet dancer in NYC to start a life away from her med student brother/lover.
The twisted story of the Dollanganger kids who, after the unexpected death of their father, are convinced by their mother Corrine to stay hidden in the attic of their wealthy grandparents’ mansion so she can reclaim the family fortune. But as her visits begin to wane after she becomes involved with a new husband, the children endure unimaginable treatment at the hands of their ruthless grandmother Olivia Foxworth.