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Unforgiven
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48 editions published between 1992 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 2,084 libraries worldwide Two retired, down-on-their luck outlaws pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey.
Bonnie and Clyde
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34 editions published between 1967 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 2,021 libraries worldwide A mixture of comedy and brutal violence, this film is based on the exploits of the notorious American outlaws of the 1930's, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.
Hoosiers
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36 editions published between 1986 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,910 libraries worldwide A basketball coach with a checkered past leads him to a last-chance position with a last-chance team.
The French connection
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54 editions published between 1971 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 1,680 libraries worldwide Two New York City narcotics detectives learn of a scheme to smuggle a large quantity of heroin inside an automobile being shipped from France.
Mississippi burning
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38 editions published between 1988 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 1,627 libraries worldwide Set in Mississippi in 1964, this is a fictionalized version of the case of the murder of three young civil rights workers, the FBI's attempts to find the missing boys and the clash between the authorities and the locals in a Klan-dominated town.
The Royal Tenenbaums
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27 editions published between 2001 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 1,609 libraries worldwide Three grown prodigies, all with a unique genius of some kind, and their mother are staying at the family household. Their father, Royal, had left them long ago, but now returns to make things right with his family.
The Firm
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18 editions published between 1993 and 2008 in English and held by 1,594 libraries worldwide 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 conversation
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42 editions published between 1973 and 2010 in English and German and held by 1,498 libraries worldwide A provoking mystery-suspense drama explores the morality of privacy in the story of Harry Caul, a surveillance expert, who conducts a routine surveillance job only to later find himself suspicious that he has become an unwitting player in a murder scheme.
Get Shorty
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32 editions published between 1995 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,327 libraries worldwide Loanshark Chili Palmer has done his time as a gangster, so when "business" takes him to Los Angeles to collect a debt from down and out filmmakerHarry Zimm, he talks tough and then pitches Harry a script idea. Everything would be smooth for this cool new producer, if it were't for the drug smugglers and gangsters who won't leave him alone.
Wake of the Perdido Star
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19 editions published between 1999 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,285 libraries worldwide A young man's adventures at sea in the early 1800s. After his parents are murdered in Cuba, Jack O'Reilly enlists on a U.S. merchant ship, where he distinguishes himself in deep diving, becomes a pirate and returns to Cuba to seek revenge on his parents' killers.
Enemy of the state
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24 editions published between 1992 and 2009 in English and German and held by 1,241 libraries worldwide A lawyer becomes a target of a corrupt politician and his NSA goons when he accidently receives key evidence to a serious politically motivated crime.
Antz
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19 editions published between 1998 and 2008 in English and Chinese and held by 1,191 libraries worldwide Life is no picnic for Z, a small worker ant with some very big ideas, whose chances with the beautiful Princess Bala are literally one in a billion. When Z convinces his soldier ant buddy to switch places with him, his simple life takes a wild turn.
Antz
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3 editions published between 1999 and 2002 in 3 languages and held by 1,145 libraries worldwide Life is no picnic for Z, a small worker ant with some very big ideas, whose chances with the beautiful Princess Bala are literally one in a billion. When Z convinces his soldier ant buddy to switch places with him, his simple life takes a wild turn.
Absolute power
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23 editions published between 1996 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,104 libraries worldwide He was where he shouldn't have been and saw what he shouldn't have seen. Now, who will believe the word of a career thief and ex-con? Who will trust Luther Whitney when he says he saw a woman killed and that the man responsible for her death is the President of the United States?
Justice for none
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14 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,087 libraries worldwide World War I veteran Boyd Calvin is wrongfully convicted of his wife's murder, and while serving his prison sentence, he meets an African-American convict who helps Boyd escape and prove his innocence.
Unforgiven
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5 editions published between 1992 and 2002 in English and held by 1,057 libraries worldwide Two retired, down-on-their luck outlaws pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote Wyoming town of Big Whiskey.
Welcome to Mooseport
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14 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 1,027 libraries worldwide A local plumber is plunged into the national spotlight when he takes on the former President of the United States, who can't believe he's running against a man who installed his toilets. To make matters worse, the ex-president is trying to steal the election -- and the affection of the handyman's girlfriend. Whoever wins, one thing's for sure, this town is not small enough for both of them.
Superman II
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25 editions published between 1980 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 916 libraries worldwide This epic takes up where Superman, the movie leaves off. Superman deals witha trio of villians whose powers rival Superman's own.
Escape from Andersonville : a novel of the Civil War
by Gene Hackman
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14 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 878 libraries worldwide Incarcerated within a murderous Confederate prison camp in 1864, Union officer Nathan Parker escapes and urges his superiors to intervene, but when his efforts are blocked by military higher-ups, he organizes a private rescue mission with a shady ex-soldier.
Heist
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13 editions published between 2001 and 2003 in English and Undetermined and held by 860 libraries worldwide An accomplished thief has his career jeopardized after he's caught on security cameras during a job. Broke, he and his associates are blackmailed by their longtime fence into stealing Swiss gold bars from an airplane. As they plot the complicated score, he and his crew become suspicious of the relationship between his young wife and the fence's nephew, who has been planted on the crew to keep an eye on them for his uncle. Betrayals and backstabbings are the order of the day as they get closer to the payday of a lifetime. more
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Action and adventure films Animated films Ants Barrow, Clyde,--1909-1934 Basketball Civil rights movements Civil rights workers Comedy films Comedy films Detective and mystery films Detective and mystery films Drama Drug control Families Fantasy films Fathers and sons Feature films Feature films Fiction Fiction films Film adaptations Films for the hearing impaired Films--for the hearing impaired Gangster films Gangster films Gangsters Gifted children Historical films History Indiana Jurors Legal drama Man-woman relationships Mississippi Motion picture producers and directors Murder Outlaws Parker, Bonnie,--1910-1934 Sports films Superman (Fictitious character) Superman films Thrillers (Motion pictures) United States Video recordings for the hearing impaired Video recordings--for the hearing impaired War films West (U.S.) Western films Western films Wyoming
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Alternative Names
Alden Hackman, Eugene 1930-
Alder, Eugene 1930-
Hackman, Eugene Alden
Hackman, Eugene Alden 1930-
Hackman, Gene.
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English
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French (191) German (126) Spanish (97) Multiple languages (65) Undetermined (47) No Linguistic content (20) Chinese (4) Italian (3) Hungarian (2) Polish (2) Greek, Modern (2) Portuguese (2) Miscellaneous languages (2) Dutch (2) Turkish (2) Japanese (1) Swedish (1) Russian (1) Czech (1) Covers
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