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All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring James Urbaniak, ranked
A look at the life and work of doctor-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian. In 1990, Dr. Jack Kevorkian astonished the world as he took the end-of-life debate head-on with his ‘Mercitron’ and performed his first assisted suicide. “The movie follows Kevorkian as he builds his infamous Mercitron and starts a media frenzy with his epic legal battles defending a patient’s fight to die.
Harvey Pekar is file clerk at the local VA hospital. He regularly scours Cleveland’s thrift stores and garage, savoring the rare joy of a 25-cent find. It is at one of these junk sales that Harvey meets Robert Crumb, a greeting card artist and music enthusiast. When, years later, Crumb finds international success for his underground comics, the idea that comic books can be a valid art form for adults inspires Harvey to write his own brand of comic book.
Harvey Pekar is file clerk at the local VA hospital. He regularly scours Cleveland’s thrift stores and garage, savoring the rare joy of a 25-cent find. It is at one of these junk sales that Harvey meets Robert Crumb, a greeting card artist and music enthusiast. When, years later, Crumb finds international success for his underground comics, the idea that comic books can be a valid art form for adults inspires Harvey to write his own brand of comic book.
An adaptation of the semi-autobiographical book by Cheryl Della Pietra. The story recounts her real-life experience surviving a three-day trial period that involved a .44 magnum, potent hallucinogens, intense verbal outbursts, encounters with fame and the law, a collection of peacocks, and a substantial amount of cocaine, all in her journey to work alongside Hunter S. Thompson.
Nicholas Hoult stars in the tale of the literary genius behind the masterpiece Catcher in the Rye and the mentor who helped change American culture forever. The movie follows the life of J. D. Salinger from his youth to the World War II era, including his romantic life and the publication of his debut novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ in 1951.
Architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox is settled down with her husband Elgie and their 15-year-old daughter Balakrishna Bee in a dilapidated former schoolhouse in Seattle. Bernadette seldom leaves the house or interacts with others, having become agoraphobic. She does not get along with the other parents at Bee’s school, including their neighbor Audrey Griffin.
The film interlaces two stories set fifty years apart, switching frequently between them, with the older storyline filmed in black and white. Each tells the story of a child’s quest. In 1927, young deaf girl Rose runs away from her father’s New Jersey home to find her mother/idol, the actress Lillian Mayhew. In 1977, recently orphaned Ben, made deaf by a freak accident, runs away from his Minnesota home in search of his father.