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All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Frank Langella, ranked
Jack Bourdain once had everything but squandered it by living recklessly. Four years later, he finds himself stuck in a menial job at a pizza chain. However, his fortunes take a turn when he receives an opportunity to re-enter the culinary world as the head chef of a renowned restaurant.
After the Watergate scandal of 1972 and his subsequent resignation in 1974, 400 million people worldwide tune-in to watch Nixon leave the White House. Nixon’s literary agent, Irving Lazar, believes the interviews would be an opportunity for Nixon to salvage his reputation and profit financially.
Lyndon B. Johnson’s amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK’s assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the ‘accidental President.’
Harry March, a cranky retired novelist in the Hamptons, devises a complex plan of retaliation that is bound to fail hilariously when his outrageously affluent neighbor constructs an intrusive mega-mansion next door.
Pat Conroy, an ambitious and somewhat rebellious idealistic teacher, agrees to the offer from the school board superintendent of Bennington County, SC, to teach the impoverished African American children in the fishing community on Yamacrew Island. The school’s leader, the inept and rigid headmistress Brown, embodies ignorance and strict adherence to rules, relying on scolding and physical punishment as her teaching methods.
In 1947, Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged European professor of English literature, travels to the United States to take a teaching position in New Hampshire. Humbert’s affection for Lo is also rivaled by another man, playwright Clare Quilty, who has been pursuing Lo since the beginning of the pair’s travels.
Dr. Martin Harris and his wife Liz arrive in Berlin for a biotechnology summit. The taxi is involved in an accident and crashes into the Spree, knocking him unconscious. As Harris attempts to prove his identity, Harris provides identification and a family photo, both of which have his face.
Ali’s most significant battle unfolds outside the boxing ring as he confronts the might of the US government. This film delves into the intricate world of politics and arrogance during the Vietnam War, highlighting the repercussions faced by America’s most revered athlete of the 20th century when he boldly defied military service.
Dean Corso is a New York City rare book dealer who is hired by wealthy collector Boris Balkan. Torchia is alleged to have written the book in collaboration with the Devil, and only three copies survived when he and his works were burned for heresy. Corso retrieves the book and travels to Toledo, Spain, to speak to the Ceniza Brothers, book restorers who owned Balkan’s copy before the Telfers.
Top defense contractor GloboTech Industries acquires the Heartland Toy Company and as part of the move, Globotech CEO Gil Mars tells Heartland toy designers Larry Benson and Irwin Wayfair to develop actual live action toys capable of playing back. Faced with a tight three-month deadline for the toys’ release, Larry forgoes safety testing, then uses Irwin’s password and chooses GloboTech’s X1000 microprocessor to activate the toys.
The sailor Pietro and his rat companion Roscuro dock in the kingdom of Dor, famous around the world for its delicious soups, during the Royal Soup Day. Roscuro sneaks into the royal banquet hall and falls into the Queen’s soup, giving her such a fright that she has a heart attack and dies.
The sailor Pietro and his rat companion Roscuro dock in the kingdom of Dor, famous around the world for its delicious soups, during the Royal Soup Day. Roscuro sneaks into the royal banquet hall and falls into the Queen’s soup, giving her such a fright that she has a heart attack and dies.