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Harold Ramis
Most widely held works by
Harold Ramis
Ghostbusters
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10 editions published between 1983 and 2011 in English and held by 1,508 libraries worldwide When ghosts go on a rampage, only three men can save the world. Soon every spook in the city is loose and our heroes face the supreme challenge If you want your spirits raised, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
Groundhog Day
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7 editions published between 1993 and 2008 in English and held by 1,413 libraries worldwide A romantic comedy about a weatherman caught in a personal time warp where it is Groundhog Day again, and again, and again. First he uses this to his advantage, but then he realizes that he might be doomed to spend the rest of eternity in the same place, seeing the same people, and doing the same thing every day.
Knocked up
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5 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 1,272 libraries worldwide Ben is a 23-year-old slacker who meets up and coming career girl Alison at a bar. They end up having a one night stand. Eight weeks later, Ben is shocked when Alison meets him and reveals that she is pregnant. Despite having little in common, the two decide that they have to at least try to make some kind of relationship work for the baby's sake.
Caddyshack
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6 editions published between 1997 and 2010 in English and held by 1,219 libraries worldwide The story centers around Danny Noonan, who is desperate to win the college scholarship awarded to the best caddy at Bushwood Country Club. Also involved are a millionaire who wants to turn the golf course into a a new property development and a greenskeeper who is about to start World War III--against a gopher.
Analyze this
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19 editions published between 1999 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 1,166 libraries worldwide A spoof on the gangster roles that have been associated with De Niro's film career, this is the story of an anxiety-ridden Mafia boss who monopolizes the services of a family psychiatrist.
Groundhog Day
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36 editions published between 1993 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 1,056 libraries worldwide There is an old belief that everyone is rewarded with the heaven or hell that he deserves. For Phil, the nasty, self-centered weather forecaster in "Groundhog Day," that hell reveals itself one morning in the Groundhog Capitol of the USA, Punxsutawney, Pa. He has journeyed there to do a remote broadcast about his namesake, the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, and wakes up the next morning in the same bed, with the radio playing the same song, and it gradually becomes clear to him that he is reliving precisely the same day. It will be Groundhog Day again tomorrow, too, and on the day after that. Finally, Phil begins to ponder the question "What would you do if you were stuck in one place, and everything that you did was the same, and nothing mattered?"
Stripes
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18 editions published between 1981 and 2006 in English and held by 998 libraries worldwide When John Winger loses his apartment, girlfriend and job all in one day, he does what any red-blooded American would do: he joins the army and nearly starts WWIII.
Analyze that
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17 editions published between 2002 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 979 libraries worldwide Fearful of his emotional stability, prison officials release Paul Vitti into the custody of his psychiatrist, Dr. Ben Sobel, who becomes even more exasperated when he learns Vitti will be moving into his home. As Sobel tries to get to the root of Vitti's real problems, he tries to help Vitti find a straight job. And adding to all this confusion, several members of Vitti's old crew are after him, who are determined to see that he doesn't pass along any incriminating information.
Year one
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10 editions published between 2006 and 2009 in English and held by 907 libraries worldwide Tribal nitwits, Zed and Oh, are two guys living in the year one. Neither one can hunt nor gather, so they are thrown out of their Neanderthal community and dung-and-stick huts. Zed eats the forbidden fruit and the two become curious about what may lay outside of their limited little world. They decide to embark on a journey through the ancient world. On their travels they meet Cain and Abel, Abraham and Isaac. They wind up in Sodom where their girlfriends have been turned into slaves and are about to be sacrificed by the high priest.
National Lampoon's Animal house
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5 editions published between 1987 and 2003 in English and held by 871 libraries worldwide Faber College has one frat house so disreputable it will take anyone. The campus's only other frat house is full of white, anglo-saxon, rich young men that no one can stand except Dean Wormer. The dean enlists the help of their fraternity to get the boys of Delta House off campus. The dean's plan comes into play just before the homecoming parade.
Baby boom
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20 editions published between 1987 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 673 libraries worldwide An over-achieving businesswoman's life is changed by the arrival of a twenty-two pound bundle named Elizabeth. She tries to juggle a high-pressure career and instant motherhood in this fast-paced comedy about a woman who discovers what's really important in life.
The ice harvest
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1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 633 libraries worldwide It's Christmas Eve in icebound Wichita, Kansas, and this year Charlie Arglist just might have something to celebrate. Charlie is an attorney for the sleazy businesses of Wichita, along with his unsavory associate, the steely Vic Cavanaugh, the two have just successfully embezzled $2 million from Kansas City boss Bill Guerrard. But the real prize for Charlie is the stunning Renata, who runs the Sweet Cage strip club. Charlie hopes to slip out of town with Renata. But as daylight fades and an ice storm whirls, everyone from Charlie's drinking buddy Pete Van Heuten to the local police begin to wonder just what exactly is in Charlie's Christmas stocking.
National Lampoon's Animal house
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10 editions published between 1986 and 2008 in English and held by 609 libraries worldwide In 1962, Larry Kroger and Kent Dorfman are freshman in college. They want to join a fraternity. After visiting several, including the snobby Omega house, they come to a Delta house pledge party. Here they meet the handsome, but compulsive womanizer Otter, his best friend Boone, Boone's girlfriend Katy, the daring thrill-seeker D-Day, the ever responsible Hoover, and slacker Bluto. They are accepted into the fraternity and join in on the wild toga parties, road trips, and practical jokes. But Dean Wormer is determined to have Delta kicked off campus and its members expelled. He enlists the help of Omega house and its leaders Doug Neidermyer and Greg Marmalard and new pledge Chip Diller. Delta is not willing to go away quietly.
Multiplicity
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13 editions published between 1996 and 2005 in English and French and held by 566 libraries worldwide A comedy about a man who clones himself to save his marriage, and then almost loses his wife to himself.
Ghostbusters
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23 editions published between 1984 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 517 libraries worldwide When ghosts go on a rampage, only three men can save the world. It's GHOSTBUSTERS, starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis as a maniacal band of parapsychologists specializing in psychic phenomena - and supernatural hilarity! Fired from university research jobs, Drs. Venkman (Murray), Stanz (Aykroyd) and Spengler (Ramis) set up shop as "Ghostbusters," ridding Manhattan of bizarre apparitions. But even the spirit exterminators are severely tested when beautiful Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) and her nerdy neighbor (Rick Moranis) become possessed by demons living in the building. Soon every spook in the city is loose and our heroes face the supreme challenge at a roof-top demonic shrine. If you want your spirits raised, who you gonna call? GHOSTBUSTERS!
Bedazzled
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12 editions published between 2000 and 2002 in 4 languages and held by 474 libraries worldwide A love-starved computer technician sells his soul for seven wishes and encounters modern versions of the seven deadly sins.
Stealing home
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3 editions published between 1991 and 1999 in English and held by 393 libraries worldwide An ex-ballplayer returns home, thinking of the past and of the person who made it special. A long-time friend and mentor draws the loose ends of his past and present lives together.
Bedazzled
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4 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in English and held by 389 libraries worldwide A love-starved computer technician sells his soul for seven wishes and encounters modern versions of the seven deadly sins.
Ghostbusters II
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4 editions published between 1996 and 1999 in English and held by 380 libraries worldwide The Ghostbusters team regroup when the infant son of single mother Dana Barrett becomes the target of a demonic force. They must put a stop to an enormous underground river of slime ready to rot the roots of the Big Apple.
Ghostbusters II
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12 editions published between 1989 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 368 libraries worldwide Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis regroup to nuke the spooks in the highly-spirited GHOSTBUSTERS II. Sidelined for five years since their spectacular save (and near destruction) of New York City, the superstars of the supernatural spring back into action when the infant son of single mother Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) becomes the target of a powerful demonic force. Reunited with the no-nonsense Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson), nerdy, near-sighted Louis (Rick Moranis) and their ever industrious secretary Janine (Annie Potts), the heroes of the hereafter must put a stop to an enormous underground river of slime ready to rot the roots of the entire Big Apple. Now, if your hometown was on the verge of being sucked down into the 10th level of Hell, who else would you call? more
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Abel--(Biblical figure) Abraham--(Biblical patriarch) Action and adventure films Basic training (Military education) Caddies Cain--(Biblical figure) College students Comedy films Comedy films Dating (Social customs) Devil Drama DVD-Video discs Embezzlement Fantasy films Feature films Feature films Fiction films Films for the hearing impaired Forbidden fruit Gangsters Ghosts Golfers Greek letter societies Greenkeepers Groundhog Day Hunting, Prehistoric Ice storms Isaac--(Biblical patriarch) Kansas--Wichita Lawyers Love Mafia Man-woman relationships Middle East--Sodom (Extinct city) Motion picture consultants Neanderthals Parades Pennsylvania--Punxsutawney Pregnant women Psychiatrists Psychiatry Romantic comedy films Science fiction films Search and rescue operations Television weathercasters United States Video recordings for the hearing impaired Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Voyages and travels
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French (62) Spanish (31) German (24) Multiple languages (24) Undetermined (15) No Linguistic content (9) Turkish (3) Italian (3) Japanese (1) Covers
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