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Frances McDormand
Fargo
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6 editions published between 1999 and 2009 in English and held by 1,966 libraries worldwide A midwestern policewoman investigates a series of brutal and interconnected crimes. Steadily, she tightens the net on the killers and their accomplices in a kidnapping scheme gone wildly wrong.
North country
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11 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 1,872 libraries worldwide Josey Aimes needs a job and goes to work at a Minnesota steel mine after splitting with her violent husband. But the job proves to be almost as harrowing as her marriage. The male miners are resentful of women taking their jobs, so the men verbally abuse and play humiliating pranks on the female miners. After being physically assaulted by a coworker, Josey tries to fight against the harassment, but none of the other women will join her case, fearing that things will only get worse. A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the U.S. - Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won a landmark 1984 lawsuit.
Burn after reading
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14 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in English and held by 1,658 libraries worldwide Osbourne Cox is a CIA analyst who quits his job after being demoted. He decides to write a memoir about his life in the CIA. His wife, Katie, wants a divorce and, based on the advice of her divorce lawyer, she downloads many of his personal and financial files onto a disc. Katie's lover is Treasury agent Harry Pfarrer. The disc eventually finds its way to Hardbodies, a workout gym. An employee of the gym, Chad Feldheimer obtains the disc and ascertains that it contains classified government information. Along with his fellow employee, Linda Litzke, he intends to use the disc to blackmail Osbourne. When blackmailing him fails, Linda decides to take the information to the Russian embassy. At the embassy, she hands the disc over to the Russians, promising that she will give them more information. Linda and Chad don't have any more information, so they decide to break into Cox's house. This brings about a series of events that no one foresees.
Something's gotta give
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 1,619 libraries worldwide A middle-aged womanizer falls in love with the mother of his latest youthful conquest, greatly complicating the lives of all involved.
Miss Pettigrew lives for a day
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 1,426 libraries worldwide In 1939 London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew is a middle-aged governess who finds herself once again unfairly dismissed from her job. Now she must seize the day if she wants a job. She does this by intercepting an employment assignment outside of her comfort level as social secretary. Arriving at a penthouse apartment for the interview, Miss Pettigrew is catapulted into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse. Suddenly, Miss Pettigrew finds herself swept into the world of high society. Within hours she is living it up. Taking the social secretary designation to heart, she tries to help her new friend Delysia navigate both a love life and career. This is complicated by the three men in Delysias life: devoted pianist Michael, intimidating nightclub owner Nick, and impressionable junior impresario Phil. Miss Pettigrew herself is unexpectedly drawn to the gallant Joe, a successful designer who is tenuously engaged to haughty fashion maven Edythe - the one person who senses that the new social secretary may be out of her element and schemes to undermine her. Over the next 24 hours, Guinevere and Delysia will empower each other to discover their romantic destinies.
Wonder boys
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17 editions published between 2000 and 2006 in English and German and held by 1,200 libraries worldwide During a single weekend, college professor Grady Tripp scrambles to gather together a life that has suddenly reeled out of control. An unfinished novel, a stolen car, a murdered pet and a failing marriage are just a few of the crises piling up.
Almost famous
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5 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in English and Portuguese and held by 1,192 libraries worldwide It's the opportunity of a lifetime when teenage reporter William Miller lands an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine. Despite the objections of his protective mother, William hits the road with an up-and-coming rock band and finds there's a lot more to write home about than the music.
Madeline
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3 editions published between 1998 and 2004 in English and Spanish and held by 1,181 libraries worldwide This family comedy is based on the stories by Ludwig Bemelmans about the smallest of twelve Parisian schoolgirls.
Raising Arizona
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9 editions published between 1996 and 2010 in English and held by 1,172 libraries worldwide An ex-con and a police officer decide to get married and start a family. To their dismay, they discover that they can neither have nor adopt children. Desperate, they resort to kidnapping one of the newborn quintuplets of the wealthy Arizona family. However, their attempt at living a normal life is complicated by neurotic co-workers, two fugitives, and a mysterious bounty hunter.
Mississippi burning
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19 editions published between 1988 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 1,110 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.
Friends with money
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9 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 1,095 libraries worldwide A story of four best friends whose comfortable lives are thrown off balance as the realities of middle age set in.
Fargo
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84 editions published between 1985 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 1,074 libraries worldwide A midwestern policewoman investigates a series of brutal and interconnected crimes. Steadily, she tightens the net on the killers and their accomplices in a kidnapping scheme gone wildly wrong.
The man who wasn't there
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8 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 1,056 libraries worldwide In a sleepy Northern California town in the 1940s, Ed Crane, a humble barber, suspects that his wife Doris is having an affair with her boss. When a stranger comes into town hinting that there is a fortune to be made in investing in the new invention of dry cleaning, Ed hatches a blackmail scheme he hopes will make him rich and get him some revenge at the same time. His plan goes horribly awry when he accidentally commits a murder for which Doris is blamed, landing her in jail, and Ed at the mercy of big-city lawyer Freddy Riedenschneider.
The botany of desire
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5 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and held by 959 libraries worldwide Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato - and the corresponding human desires - sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan's garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests of Kazakhstan, from a medical marijuana hot house to the tulip markets of Amsterdam.
Lone star
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2 editions published between 1996 and 1999 in English and held by 865 libraries worldwide An unsolved murder in a Texas border town uncovers a tale of corruption, intrigue, and forbidden love.
City by the sea
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7 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 811 libraries worldwide Arresting killers is Manhattan detective LaMarca's job. This time is different, the fugitive suspect LaMarca is tracking ends up being his own son. LaMarca must bring the accused to justice. But as a father, he must put his job on the line to find a way to save his own son.
Madeline
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1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 778 libraries worldwide Of the famous twelve little girls living in two straight lines, the smallest one is fearless Madeline. But something is not right at the boarding school in Paris run by Miss Clavell: the house next door is now the Spanish Embassy, kind Lady Covington has died, and Lord Covington is busily plotting to sell the school! Madeline springs into action - befriending the lonely Spanish boy next door, refusing to eat a chicken she has personally met, and facing down Lord Covington as he escorts a prospective buyer through the school. Madeline's perceptiveness, courage, and willingness to stick to her principles--along with Miss Clavell's calm reserve--allow everyone to face their fears with similar aplomb, to thus save both the day, and the school.
Blood simple
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3 editions published between 1983 and 2007 in English and held by 696 libraries worldwide A jealous husband hires a detective to murder his wife and her lover.
Lone star
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14 editions published between 1996 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 647 libraries worldwide An unsolved murder in a Texas border town uncovers a tale of corruption, intrigue, and forbidden love.
Transformers, dark of the moon
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2 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 63 libraries worldwide The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets. more
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Adultery Authors Bingham, Clara Childlessness Children's films College teachers Comedy films Comedy films Crime films Drama England--London Ex-convicts Extortion Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Films Films for the hearing impaired Films--for the hearing impaired Journalists Juvenile works Kidnapping Love Love in middle age Madeline (Fictitious character) Man-woman relationships Minnesota Murder Nineteen thirties Optical storage devices Personal trainers Police chiefs Policewomen Road films Rock music Romantic comedy films Sexual harassment of women Social secretaries Steel-works Texas Thrillers (Motion pictures) United States United States.--Central Intelligence Agency Video recordings for the hearing impaired Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Women Women entertainers Women iron and steel workers Women--Social life and customs
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Alternative Names
Mac Dormand, Frances 1957-....
MacDormand, Frances 1957-....
MacDormand, Frances 1957- RAK-WB § 316, Abs. 2
Mc Dormand, Frances 1957-....
Mc Dormand, Frances 1957- RAK-WB § 316, Abs. 2
McDorman, Francis, 1957-
McDormand, Fran
McDormand, Fran, 1957-
McDormand, Frances Louise 1957-
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English
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German (53) French (49) Multiple languages (28) Spanish (23) Undetermined (10) No Linguistic content (5) Chinese (2) Turkish (1) Portuguese (1) Italian (1) Catalan (1) Dutch (1) Czech (1) Covers
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