O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Poster of the 2000 movie and cover of the -700 book, The Odyssey
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The Odyssey
Homer, -700
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Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, 2000

Three convicts, Ulysses Everett McGill, Pete Hogwallop, and Delmar O’Donnell, escape from a chain gang and set out to retrieve a supposed treasure Everett buried before the area is flooded to make a lake. They pick up Tommy Johnson, a young black man, who claims he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the ability to play guitar.


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).


The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2009 book, Catching Fire
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Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins, 2009
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Francis Lawrence, 2015

Three convicts, Ulysses Everett McGill, Pete Hogwallop, and Delmar O’Donnell, escape from a chain gang and set out to retrieve a supposed treasure Everett buried before the area is flooded to make a lake. They pick up Tommy Johnson, a young black man, who claims he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the ability to play guitar.


Licence to Kill. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Licence to Kill
John Gardner, 1989
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John Glen, 1989

DEA agents collect James Bond and his friend, CIA agent Felix Leiter, on their way to Leiter’s wedding in Key West, to have them assist in capturing drugs lord Franz Sanchez. Bond and Leiter capture Sanchez by attaching a hook and cord to Sanchez’s plane and pulling it out of the air with a Coast Guard helicopter.


Silver Bullet. Poster of the 1985 movie and cover of the 1983 book, Cycle of the Werewolf
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Cycle of the Werewolf
Stephen King, 1983
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Daniel Attias, 1985

Jane Coslaw serves as the narrator of the film as well as the older sister of the main protagonist of the movie, her paraplegic brother Marty. Although local Sheriff Joe Haller attempts to stop the citizens, he relents after being berated by Brady’s father.