Judy. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2005 book, End of the Rainbow
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End of the Rainbow
Peter Quilter, 2005
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Rupert Goold, 2019

At the outset of the film, Judy Garland is 15 years old and is being told by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio head, Louis B. Mayer, that she has a gift other girls do not. The action returns to 1968, with Judy seeing an agent who tells her that Britain is open to her, but that the US reception to her has cooled due to her performance unreliability and moodiness.


True Story. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2005 book
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True Story
Michael Finkel, 2005
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Rupert Goold, 2015

In 2001, Christian Longo, an Oregon man whose wife and three children have been discovered murdered, is arrested by police in Mexico, where he had been identifying himself as a reporter for the New York Times named Michael Finkel. He is confronted by his editors about a story he has written which featured on the cover of the New York Times Magazine.


King Charles III. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2014 book
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King Charles III
Mike Bartlett, 2014
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Rupert Goold, 2017

As the newly crowned King Charles III, he is faced with a difficult choice regarding his authority in contemporary England. Is it appropriate for the King to wield any true power or has the world progressed to the point where the monarchy is no longer relevant?