Spacey, Kevin

Margin call by J. C Chandor( visu )
23 editions published between 2011 and 2012 in English and Spanish and held by 1,645 libraries worldwide
Who cares about the suffering--existential, financial, or other--of those who blindly mismanaged our monies into this ever-expanding, nay, verily bottomless pit of debt? No one, but this film may help viewers understand A) the birth of current financial woes, and B) what it might have been like, in those first few hours within the confines of an early investment trading firm casualty. Fueled by a mass layoff, a thumb drive, and a rocket-scientist-cum-analyst who really understands the numbers, the last night of good times on Wall Street unfolds as rung by rung, up the executive ladder, travels news that is -- apocalyptic. For viewers who still have no idea of how 2008's meltdown happened, this film is one fiction that will make it ever so much more real

The men who stare at goats by George Clooney( visu )
22 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in English and held by 1,627 libraries worldwide
Reporter Bob Wilton is trying to lose himself in the romance of war after his marriage fails. He gets more than he bargains for when he meets a special forces agent who reveals the existence of a secret, military unit whose goal is to end war as we know it. With unparalleled psychic powers, they can read the enemy's thoughts, pass through solid walls, and even kill a goat by simply staring at it. Now, the founder of the unit has gone missing and the trail leads to another psychic soldier who has distorted the mission to serve his own ends

Horrible bosses by Jason Bateman( visu )
15 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 1,567 libraries worldwide
"For Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day), the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few too many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers--permanently. There's only one problem: even the best-laid plans are only as foolproof as the brains behind them"--Container

The shipping news by Annie Proulx( visu )
49 editions published between 1995 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 1,518 libraries worldwide
An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shipping news column in the local newspaper finds an audience, and his experiences in the town begin to change his life

A time to kill by Joel Schumacher( visu )
14 editions published between 1996 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,459 libraries worldwide
Canton, Mississippi. Carl Lee Hailey's 10-year-old daughter, Tonya, is viciously brutalized and raped by two white racist rednecks. The two are found at a roadside bar, bragging about what they did to Tonya. Carl Lee remembers a case where four white men raped a black girl in a nearby town and were acquitted. Carl Lee is determined to not let that happen again. While a deputy is escorting the men up to the court room, Carl emerges with an assault rifle. He kills the two men. Carl is arrested. He wants to be represented by his friend, Jake Brigance. Helping Jake on the case are his former law professor Lucien Wilbanks, fellow attorney Harry Rex Vonner, and law student Ellen Roark. Ellen has had experience with death penalty cases. Revenge is sought in the white community with the help of the Mississippi branch of the KKK. The KKK plants a bomb under Jake's porch. The National Guard is called to Canton to keep the peace during the trial. Jake puts everything into Carl's defense

K-PAX ( visu )
29 editions published between 2001 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 1,409 libraries worldwide
A psychiatrist begins treating a patient who claims to be an alien from the distant planet of K-PAX

Beyond the sea by Kevin Spacey( visu )
34 editions published between 2004 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 1,391 libraries worldwide
A look at the life and career of American singer-songwriter Bobby Darin, one of the most popular musicians of the late 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s

The life of David Gale by Charles Randolph( visu )
41 editions published between 2002 and 2012 in 8 languages and held by 1,314 libraries worldwide
David Gale era un miembro activo de Deathwatch, un grupo activista en contra de la pena de muerte. Constance era una activista compan?era de Deathwatch. Cuando se encuentra a Constance violada y asesinada, Gale es condenado del crimen. Ahora Gale espera la ejecucio?n, y con menos que una semana antes su cita con la inyeccio?n fatal, Gale consiente en decir su historia a Bitsy, una periodista presuntuosa de una revista de noticias mayor. Cuando ella discute los hechos del asesinato con Gale, se le ocurre que los detalles simplemente no suman. Pronto un desconocido misterioso empieza a pasarle disimuladamente a ella evidencia que sugiere que a Gale se han tendido una trampa

Moon by Duncan Jones( visu )
16 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,287 libraries worldwide
While nearing the end of a solitary three year job on the Moon an astronaut has an accident, and when he begins having hallucinations he tries to enlist the help of the station's computer to find the truth behind his visions

Fred Claus by David Dobkin( visu )
8 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in English and held by 1,284 libraries worldwide
Fred Claus has lived in his little brother's shadow for most of his life. Fred is in jail and Nicholas has to bail him out on the condition he come to the North Pole and repay his debt