Stanley Tucci
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At the center of the circle is a woman ahead of her time. Welcome to the Algonquin Hotel, the hottest spot for thinkers, writers, and satirists in 1920s New York. At the head of your table are such notables as Robert Benchley, George S. Kaufman, Harpo Marx, and Mrs.Dorothy Parker, the head of this vicious circle. With a commitment to gathering once a week, this union of intellects delves into deep conversations about everything from social injustices...
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
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Miranda, editor of "Runway" magazine, is a terror to everyone around her. Her first assistant strives to please her, but can't quite pull it off. Enter Andy, a young woman who knows nothing of the fashion industry and has never read the magazine. Nonetheless, Miranda, hires her as second assistant. When Miranda demands that she obtain the next unpublished Harry Potter manuscript, it forces Andy to dig it up in order to please her boss. With the help...
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Set in Berlin just after the end of World War II, Joseph Kanon's The Good German, now a major motion picture, is a brilliant thriller about the end of one war and the beginning of another, by the bestselling author of Los Alamos.
Berlin, 1945. Hitler has been defeated, and Berlin is divided into zones of occupation. Jake Geismar, an American correspondent who spent time in the city before the war, has returned to write about the Allied triumph while...
5) Gambit
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Harry Deane (Colin Firth) is a man with a plan. Art Curator for media tycoon, Lord Lionel Shabandar (Alan Rickman), Harry devises an elaborate plot to con his abusive boss into purchasing a fake Monet painting.
6) Swing Vote
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Bud Johnson (Kevin Costner), a beer-slinging loser, has one bright spot in his life: his precocious daughter, Molly (Madeline Carroll), who takes care of them both. However, on Election Day, Molly sets off an unforeseen chain of events that results in the race for the presidency coming down to just one vote: her father's.
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La Fortuna volume 6
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Alex is on the verge of recovering the treasure, Wild obstructs the delivery of the coins.
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La Fortuna volume 4
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Alex and Lucía use all of their wit and resources to surmount Frank Wild's mischievous schemes.
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La Fortuna volume 5
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Alex travels to Washington to coordinate the return operation of the treasure.
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La Fortuna volume 2
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Alex begins a race against time in an effort to identify the sunken ship.
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La Fortuna volume 3
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Alex focuses on the only thing to prove the stolen treasure was the one hidden in La Fortuna.
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La Fortuna volume 1
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Captain Frank Wild finds a treasure inside an old sunken frigate, at the bottom of the sea.
13) Big Night
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In a restaurant run by two Italian immigrants, the tables sit empty despite the extraordinary talents of Primo the chef (Tony Shalhoub,"Monk") and the ambitious efforts of his brother Secondo (Stanley Tucci, The Devil Wears Prada). A celebrity night at their restaurant promises not only to turn their business around but to change their lives. It's a five-course gourmet experience filled with rich, delicious characters including the marriage-minded...
14) Margin Call
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Set in the first twelve hours that launched the 2008 financial crisis, an entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of an investment firm.
15) In Too Deep
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Officer Jeff Cole is given a dangerous mission: infiltrate the syndicate of "God", a crime lord who rules the city's streets! But as Cole sinks deeper into God's crew, the line that separates his true identity from his street persona begins to disappear!
17) The Hoax
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The thrilling and unbelievably true story of the man who almost pulled off the biggest literary con of the 20th century. When Clifford Irving convinces a major publishing house that Howard Hughes, the bigger-than-life billionaire recluse, has asked Irving to pen his authorized autobiography, Irving must concoct an elaborate scheme to prove his fake manuscript is real.