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1) 1984
Author
Language
English
Description
The classic George Orwell story set in a world where absolute conformity in action, word and thought including loyalty to Big Brother is demanded. In 1984, the world is divided into three vast states, whose inhabitants are dominated by all powerful governments. Winston, a worker, starts an illegal love affair with Julia, and becomes the target of a brain-washing campaign to force him to conform.
Publisher
TGG Direct, LLC
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Nineteen eighty-four: Winston Smith endures a squalid existence in totalitarian Oceania under the constant surveillance of Big Brother. When he starts an illegal love affair, he becomes the target of a brain-washing compaign to force him to conform.
Crime and punishment: A modern version of Dostoyevsky's classic of one man's search for the true meaning of his existance.
3) 1984
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
The story of forbidden love and eventual betrayal set in the government controlled world of the "future"--1984.
Author
Language
English
Description
New World Order: The Conspiracy to Rule Your Mind chronicles how the ruling elite have established global domination and the ability to effect the thoughts, decisions, and world view of human beings across the globe by systematically infiltrating the media, academia, industry, military and political factions under the guise of upholding democracy. Learn how this malevolent consortium has dedicated centuries to realize an oppressive and totalitarian...
5) 1984
Publisher
BBC Broadcasting
Pub. Date
1954.
Language
English
Description
"This is arguably the best, most powerful screen version of George Orwell's monumental novel -- which is mor amazing when one considers that it was broadcast live on British television in 1954. Unforgetable."--back cover.
6) 1984
Publisher
Amazon.com
Pub. Date
[200-?]
Language
English
Description
In a futuristic, state-run society controlled by "Big-Brother" in which love is outlawed, employee of the state Wilson Smith falls for Julia, and is tortured and brainwashed for his crime.
10) Class of 1984
Author
Language
English
Description
Andy Norris is a music teacher at an inner city high school run by tough guy, Peter Stegman. They soon become enemies.
Language
English
Description
On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history, but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal...
12) 1984
Publisher
Opus Arte
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Widely lauded by critics, this is an awe-inspiring retelling of George Orwell's masterpiece. Winston Smith lives in a world of absolute conformity, his every action scrutinized by Big Brother. However, when Winston meets Julia, he dares to rebel by falling in love. Danced by Northern Ballet, the UK's foremost narrative ballet company, to a score by Tony-nominated composer Alex Baranowski, this thoroughly modern take will change the way you think about...
13) The founder
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Ray Kroc, the McDonald brothers, and the creation of McDonald's fast food restaurants.
14) Capote
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, explores the events behind the creation of Truman Capote's book "In cold blood" when he went to a small Kansas town to write an article for the New Yorker on a multiple murder.
15) The interview
Publisher
[Sony Pictures Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Two amateur TV hosts land an interview with the North Korean dictator Kim Jung-un, and are recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.
Author
Series
Hip Hop The Songs That Shook America volume 3
Language
English
Description
ROCK BOX by Run-DMC: How one song tore down the barriers between rock & hip hop, race and class.
Author
Series
Country Music A Film by Ken Burns volume 8
Language
English
Description
As country music's popularity skyrockets, the genre confronts the question of whether it can also stay true to its roots. The success of the "New Traditionalists"-Reba McEntire, Randy Travis, the Judds, and Dwight Yoakam-suggests it can.
Series
Centennial collection volume 5
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Formats
Description
Holly Golightly, a charming, eccentric New York City playgirl, is determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire until she meets her new next-door neighbor, a gigolo and struggling writer.
20) Talk to me
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Washington, D.C., in the mid-to-late 1960s, vibrant soul music and exploding social consciousness were combining to become a unique and powerful effect. It was the place and time for Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene, Jr. to fully express himself and "tell it like it is." With the support of his irrepressible and tempestuous girlfriend Vernell, the new ex-con talks his way into an on-air radio gig. He forges a friendship and a partnership with Dewey Hughes....