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Julious takes on his street name Cisco and soon realizes the street
game is not what he wants. Can he get out in time?
A New York City mafia hit man gets a second chance on life on, when
his assassins mistakenly believe he is dead. He is rescued on the
island of Sicily by an Islamic Bedouin and his life takes a new
course of redemption. His life of purity is challenged when he
meets Mara a pop singer haunted by drugs and alcohol who is on the
edge of self destruction. However the only way he can save her and
himself is to once again, go back to his old way of life.
n Interstellar a group of explorers make use of a newly discovered
wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and
conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. The
screenplay of Interstellar is written by Christopher Nolan and his
frequent collaborator, Jonathan Nolan. The film stars Matthew
McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway and Michael Caine, and
looks set to surpass the visions of Stanley Kubrick and the
technical achievment of Gravity. In addition to the screenplay,
this book also contains over 200 pages of storyboards and an
Introduction featuring a conversation about the film with
Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan. Christopher Nolan's other
films include Momento, Insomnia, The Dark Knight Trilogy and most
recently Inception which starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy,
Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard and Michael Caine.
CHARLA begins with the central character's death, then flashes back
to a year earlier where we first meet this wonderful, witty,
talented, former saloon singer named Charla. We witness the
decimating relationship Charla has with her mother, in contrast to
the warm, nurturing alliance she enjoys with her teenage son. We
also meet Aaron, the last man in her life, who tries to save this
doomed fragile lady from her own self-destructive nature. This
original screenplay is a comic/tragic love story, inspired by the
life of actress Charla Doherty.
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Gorgo
(Paperback)
Bill Cooke; Edited by Philip J Riley
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Discovery Miles 7 340
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Sam Slade didn't believe in Gorgo until he saw the monster's
hideous scaly face, its slimy green talons and the massive mouth
that could swallow a killer whale. If this was not enough he was to
have even bigger problems in his future. The story mixes
familiarity with a couple of neat plot twists; the special effects
are ambitious and oftentimes stunning; and the use of a man in a
rubber dinosaur suit, a technique usually met with derision, is
undoubtedly one of the best on record. But perhaps the reason that
supersedes them all is that Gorgo is the rare city-stomping monster
spectacle with heart. Released by MGM in 1961, Gorgo is that
oft-told cinematic fable of the giant beast that threatens humanity
This volume contains the shooting script and the original tie-in
novel by Carson Bingham and a production background by Bill Cooke.
One year after losing his girlfriend in the attack on the World
Trade Center, as Jack is slowly trying to piece his life back
together, a postcard arrives. A postcard from a far off land,
written in her handwriting, telling him she is waiting for him.
Here the journey begins, as one man travels to Tibet, the Land of
the Snow Lion, not entirely sure if he's chasing a woman, a ghost
or his own sanity.
This is the screen play about a yougn teenager name Jerry; who
wants to get a record deal; as he works a nine-to-five job; until
he gets the deal; he have to struggle.
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