William Goldman — Playwright (21)
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Harper (1966)
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Jack Smight actor: Paul Newman / Lauren Bacall …
other title: Detective's Story / Harper, privatdetektiv …
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
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Heat (1986)
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Dick Richards actor: Burt Reynolds / Karen Young …
other title: Black Jack / Banco …
Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with the mob, and trying to get enough money together to move to Venice, Italy.
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A Bridge Too Far (1977)
A Bridge Too Far
Richard Attenborough actor: Dirk Bogarde / James Caan …
other title: Quell'ultimo ponte / Broen ved Arnhem …
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.
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Movie

The Chamber (1996)
The Chamber
James Foley actor: Chris O'Donnell / Gene Hackman …
other title: L'ultimo appello / Dødskammeret …
Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met.
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Movie

The General's Daughter (1999)
The General's Daughter
Simon West actor: John Travolta / Timothy Hutton …
other title: La figlia del generale / Generalens Datter …
When the body of Army Capt. Elisabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.
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The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
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Stephen Hopkins actor: Michael Douglas / Val Kilmer …
other title: Spiriti nelle tenebre / Caçadores na Noite …
Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.
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TV

Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020)
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Serialized remake of 'The Princess Bride' told in short chapters featuring celebrities at home during quarantine.
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Absolute Power (1997)
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Clint Eastwood actor: Clint Eastwood / Gene Hackman …
other title: Potere assoluto / Poder Absoluto …
A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President.
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Misery (1990)
Misery
★ 7.9 21 ratings
Rob Reiner actor: Kathy Bates / James Caan …
other title: Misery non deve morire / Misery: O Capítulo Final …
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
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The Stepford Wives (1975)
The Stepford Wives
★ 8.1 8 ratings
Bryan Forbes actor: Katharine Ross / Paula Prentiss …
other title: La fabbrica delle mogli / Dukke-kvinderne …
Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.
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Maverick (1994)
Maverick
Richard Donner actor: Mel Gibson / Jodie Foster …
other title: Maverick – Den Colt am Gürtel, ein As im Ärmel
Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.