William Goldman
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"William Goldman’s beloved story of Buttercup, Westley, and their fellow adventurers. A tale of true love and high adventure, pirates, princesses, giants, miracles, fencing, and a frightening assortment of wild beasts—The Princess Bride is a modern storytelling classic. As Florin and Guilder teeter on the verge of war, the reluctant Princess Buttercup is devastated by the loss of her true love, kidnapped by a mercenary and his henchmen, rescued...
2) Marathon man
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One of the most memorably harrowing encounters between a villain and victim is in Goldman's suspense masterpiece "Marathon Man." A seminal thriller of the 20th century, the bestseller will enthrall a whole new generation of readers in the 21st.
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Este es el mejor libro del mundo. Hay mil razones para amarlo. Léelo y descubre la tuya.
¿De qué trata La princesa prometida? Bueno, es una historia de espadachines y de combates. Trata de amor eterno, de odio inmortal y de venganzas despiadadas. En esta novela salen algunos gigantes, un montón de villanos y de héroes, cinco o seis hermosas mujeres, monstruos bestiales y otros amables, y muchas aventuras y huidas y capturas. Hay muerte, mentiras,...
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This adventure story has everything you could want: a handsome good guy, a pretty heroine, some bad guys, sword fighting, revenge, romance, and of course a happy ending, along with "rodents of unusual size." Join Westley (the plucky farm boy), Buttercup (the beautiful young maiden), Inigo Montoya (the driven, embittered swordsman), Prince Humperdinck (the scheming villain), and many other strange and unusual characters in this swashbuckling tale of...
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"As Florin and Guilder teeter on the verge of war, the reluctant Princess Buttercup is devastated by the loss of her true love, kidnapped by a mercenary and his henchman, rescued by a pirate, forced to marry Prince Humperdinck, and rescued once again by the very crew who absconded with her in the first place. In the course of this dazzling adventure, she'll meet Vizzini—the criminal philosopher who'll do anything for a bag of gold; Fezzik—the...
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"¿De qué trata La princesa prometida? Bueno, es una historia de espadachines y de combates. Trata de amor eterno, de odio inmortal y de venganzas despiadadas. En esta novela salen algunos gigantes, un montón de villanos y de héroes, cinco o seis hermosas mujeres, monstruos bestiales y otros amables, y muchas aventuras y huidas y capturas. Hay muerte, mentiras, verdad, milagros e incluso algún que otro beso. Tras la muerte de su amado Westley,...
7) Maverick
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Comedy about a handsome gambler, a charming lady scam artist and a lawman, all headed for a poker tournament held on a riverboat with a $500,000 pot for the winner.
8) Marathon man
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"Hoffman plays the likeable Columbia graduate student and marathon runner of the title, unwittingly trapped in a terrifying drama revolving around a murderous Nazi fugitive"--Container.
9) Wild card
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A bodyguard goes after the sadistic thug who beat his friend, only to find that the object of his wrath is the son of a powerful mob boss.
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Butch and Sundance head up the infamous Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch's specialty is he's an idea man. Sundance is a true gunfighter. When Butch and Sundance rob a train once too often, a relentless posse is sent to track them down. Finally able to outrun the posse, Butch suggests that he, Sundance and his girlfriend Etta, try Bolivia, thinking Bolivian banks will be easy targets. Based loosely on the exploits of the historical characters.
11) Hot rock
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A hilarious comedy about jewel thieves out to score the biggest heist of their lives.
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"When the beautiful maiden Buttercup hears that her true love Westley is dead, she reluctantly agrees to marry the loathsome Prince Humperdinck. After Westley returns to rescue Buttercup, the two begin an epic adventure filled with fencing, fighting, giants, monster, miracles, true love and hilarity!"--container.
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In the Watergate Building, lights go on and four burglars are caught in the act. That night triggered revelations that drive a U.S. President from office. Washington reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein grabbed the story and stayed with it through doubts, denials, and discouragement. All the President's Men is their story. Directed by Alan J. Pakula and based on the Woodward/Bernstein book, the film won four 1976 Academy Awards.
14) Chaplin
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Portrays the amazing life and times of the "Little Tramp" from his poverty-stricken childhood in England, to his friendships, his many wives and scandalous affairs, his acting career, and his relentless pursuit by J. Edgar Hoover.
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The natural: A once-promising baseball player on his way to stardom in the big leagues, finds his dreams shattered when a mysterious woman and a silver bullet end his career prematurely. Sixteen years later, armed with his childhood bat "Wonderboy," he comes back to baseball, joins the roster of the lowly New York Knights to see if he can overcome physical pain and the nefarious forces around him to lead his team to the pennant
All the president's...
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The firm: A brilliant and ambitious Harvard Law grad joins a small, prosperous law firm in Memphis, and is soon confronted by FBI agents with evidence of corruption and murder within the firm.
The chamber: Adam Hall is an idealistic young attorney who takes on the death row clemency case of his one-time Klansman grandfather, Sam Cayhall. With just 28 days before the execution, Adam sets out to retrace the events leading to the crime for which Sam...
17) A bridge too far
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In September 1944, flush with success after the Normandy Invasion, the Allies launched Operation Market Garden, a wild scheme intended to put an early end to World War II by invading Germany and smashing the Reich's war plants.
18) Absolute power
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An expert thief witnesses the President and his men committing a murder when he breaks into the home of a Washington official. Now he must run and save himself from the men after him.
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It: A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children.
Pet sematary: When the new doctor in town discovers that a nearby patch of woods can rejuvenate the dead, he uses it to restore the life of his dead son. But it soon becomes clear that his son has changed.
The shining: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence,...
20) Chaplin
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Well-crafted portrait traces Chaplin's impoverished London upbringing, extraordinary success as an actor and director, his troubled marriages, scandalous affairs, shocking exile to Switzerland and his triumphant return to Hollywood. Special features included.