Our February selection for the Book into Film program is 'Team of Rivals'. Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president.
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A film by Steven Spielberg based on the the book, "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
You've made it through the book now come and experience it visually, Feb 19 @ 6 pm.
RUM PUNCH by Elmore Leonard Rum Punch is a 1992 novel written by Elmore Leonard and adapted into the film Jackie Brown (1997) by director Quentin Tarantino. Set in West Palm Beach and Miami, FL, Rum Punch follows Jackie Burke, a 44-year-old airline stewardess, who has been bringing cash into the country for a ...
Jackie Brown is a 1997 crime drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch, the first adaptation from Tarantino, and stars Pam Grier in the title role. The film pays homage to 1970s blaxploitation films, particularly the films Coffy and Foxy Brown, both of which ...
The Maltese Falcon Renowned as America's greatest detective novel, The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett was first published in 1929 in serial form in the magazine Black Mask. The Maltese Falcon became the model for which all subsequent detective novels were judged. From the publisher: Sam Spade, Dashiell Hammett's archetypally tough San Francisco detective, is ...
Maltese Falcon The Maltese Falcon This ever popular noir film production of The Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre, opened in New York City in 1941 to rave reviews. Since then it won a place in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry and was named one of the ...
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck was published in 1931 and awarded the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Best Novel. A best-seller in the United States, The Good Earth became an influential factor in Buck's winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. The Good Earth has been a continual favorite throughout the years and even returned to the bestsellers list when Oprah Winfrey chose it for her book club in 2004.
Welcome to Fort Bragg Library's "Over There" Cinema Sundays! Series for May. We're starting off with 2004's A Very Long Engagement, the story of a woman's desperate attempt to find her missing fiance, one of five soldiers who injured themselves in the hope of being invalided home during World War I. but were instead caught and sent to the front lines to meet the German offensive head on.
The Good Earth - Join us for a screening of The Good Earth, May 21, 2014 @ 6 pm @ Fort Bragg Library.
A coming of age film set in rural Texas in the early 1950s, The Last Picture Show was nominated for 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, with 2 wins for Leachman and Johnson in supporting roles. Based on Larry McMurtry's semi-autobiographical 1966 novel, The Last Picture Show stars Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cloris Leachman (Best Supporting Actress), Eileen Brennan, Clu Gulager, Ellen Burstyn, John Hillerman & Ben Johnson (Best Supporting Actor). The film also featured the debut appearances of Cybill Shepherd and Randy Quaid.
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