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.


The Ice Storm. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1994 book
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The Ice Storm
Rick Moody, 1994
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Ang Lee, 1997

The novel takes place over Thanksgiving weekend 1973, during a dangerous ice storm, and centers on two neighboring families, the Hoods and the Williamses, and their difficulties in dealing with the tumultuous political and social climate of the day. The setting is an affluent Connecticut suburb during the height of the sexual revolution.


Game Change. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 2010 book
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Game Change
John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, 2010
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Jay Roach, 2012

During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign kicks into high gear, her lack of experience, in both political and media savvy, becomes a drain upon McCain and his strategists.


The Stand. Poster of the 1994 TV series and cover of the 1978 book
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The Stand
Stephen King, 1978
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Mick Garris, 1994

On June 13, at a top-secret government laboratory in rural California, a weaponized version of influenza, called Project Blue, is accidentally released. A U.S. Army soldier, Charlie Campion, escapes the lab and travels across the country, unintentionally spreading the virus.