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Run towards the danger : confrontations with a body of memory / by Polley, Sarah,author.;
"Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and actor Sarah Polley's Run Towards the Danger explores memory and the dialogue between her past and her present These are the most dangerous stories of my life. The ones I have avoided, the ones I haven't told, the ones that have kept me awake on countless nights. As these stories found echoes in my adult life, and then went another, better way than they did in childhood, they became lighter and easier to carry. Sarah Polley's work as an actor, screenwriter, and director is celebrated for its honesty, complexity, and deep humanity. She brings all those qualities, along with her exquisite storytelling chops, to these six essays. Each one captures a piece of Polley's life as she remembers it, while at the same time examining the fallibility of memory, the mutability of reality in the mind, and the possibility of experiencing the past anew, as the person she is now but was not then. As Polley writes, the past and present are in a "reciprocal pressure dance." Polley contemplates stories from her own life ranging from stage fright to high-risk childbirth to endangerment and more. After struggling with the aftermath of a concussion, Polley met a specialist who gave her wholly new advice: to recover from a traumatic injury, she had to retrain her mind to strength by charging towards the very activities that triggered her symptoms. With riveting clarity, she shows the power of applying that same advice to other areas of her life in order to find a path forward, a way through. Rather than live in a protective crouch, she had to run towards the danger. In this extraordinary book, Polley explores what it is to live in one's body, in a constant state of becoming, learning, and changing"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Polley, Sarah.; Screenwriters; Motion picture producers and directors; Motion picture actors and actresses; Psychic trauma.; Memory.; Actors;
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Charlie Chaplin vs. America : when art, sex, and politics collided / by Eyman, Scott,1951-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The story of Charlie Chaplin's years of self-imposed exile from the United States, when he had become a pariah during the 1950s Red Scare. While living abroad he made his last, and by general agreement, worst films, only to return home years later to a triumphant reception"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977; Comedians; Motion picture actors and actresses;
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Out of the corner : a memoir / by Grey, Jennifer,1960-author.;
"Jennifer Grey takes readers on a vivid tour of the experiences that have shaped her, from her childhood as the daughter of Broadway and film legend Joel Grey, to the surprise hit with Patrick Swayze that made her America's sweetheart, to her inspiring season eleven win on ABC's Dancing with the Stars ... Throughout this intimate narrative, Grey richly evokes places and times that were defining for a generation--from her preteen days in 1970s Malibu and wild child nights in New York's club scene, to her roles in quintessential movies of the 1980s, including The Cotton Club, Red Dawn, and her breakout performance in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. With self-deprecating humor and frankness, she looks back on her unbridled, romantic adventures in Hollywood. And with enormous bravery, she shares the devastating fallout from a plastic surgery procedure that caused the sudden and stunning loss of her professional identity and career"--Amazon.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Grey, Jennifer, 1960-; Motion picture actors and actresses; Surgery, Plastic;
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Shockaholic [sound recording] / by Fisher, Carrie.;
Read by the author.
Subjects: Fisher, Carrie.; Audiobooks.; Authors, American; Motion picture actors and actresses;
© p2011., Simon & Schuster Audio,
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Greenlights / by McConaughey, Matthew,1969-author.;
"Drawing on the Academy Award-winning actor's journals and diaries from the last 40 years, this book presents a uniquely McConaughey approach to achieving success and satisfaction"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; McConaughey, Matthew, 1969-; McConaughey, Matthew, 1969-; Motion picture actors and actresses; Conduct of life.;
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Operation Fortune [videorecording] : by Atkinson, Ivan,screenwriter,film producer.; Block, Bill,film producer.; Davies, Marn,screenwriter.; Elwes, Cary,1962-actor.; Ferdinando, Peter,actor.; Grant, Hugh,actor.; Hartnett, Josh,1978-actor.; Malone, Bugzy,1990-actor.; Marsan, Eddie,actor.; Plaza, Aubrey,1984-actor.; Ritchie, Guy,film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Statham, Jason,1967-actor.; Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm),presenter,publisher.; Miramax Films,presenter.; STXfilms (Firm),presenter.; Toff Guy Films,production company.;
Director of photography, Alan Stewart ; editor, James Herbert ; music, Chris Benstead.Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett, Cary Elwes, Bugzy Malone, Peter Ferdinando, Eddie Marsan, Hugh Grant.Super spy Orson Fortune must track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology wielded by billionaire arms broker Greg Simmonds. Reluctantly teamed with some of the world's best operatives, Fortune and his crew recruit Hollywood's biggest movie star Danny Francesco to help them on their globe-trotting undercover mission to save the world.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language and violence.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Spy films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Arms dealers; Billionaires; Illegal arms transfers; Motion picture actors and actresses; Spies;
For private home use only.
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Brother & sister / by Keaton, Diane,author.;
When they were children in the suburbs of Los Angeles in the 1950s, Diane Keaton and her younger brother, Randy, were best friends and companions: they shared stories at night in their bunk beds; they swam, laughed, dressed up for Halloween. Their mother captured their American-dream childhoods in her diaries, and on camera. But as they grew up, Randy became troubled, then reclusive. By the time he reached adulthood, he was divorced, an alcoholic, a man who couldn't hold on to full-time work-- his life a world away from his sister's, and from the rest of their family. Now Diane is delving into the nuances of their shared, and separate, pasts to confront the difficult question of why and how Randy ended up living his life on "the other side of normal." In beautiful and fearless prose that's intertwined with photographs, journal entries, letters, and poetry-- many of them Randy's own writing and art-- this insightful memoir contemplates the inner workings of a family, the ties that hold it together, and the special bond between siblings even when they are pulled far apart. Here is a story about love and responsibility: about how, when we choose to reach out to the people we feel closest to-- in moments of difficulty and loss-- surprising things can happen. A story with universal echoes, Brother & Sister speaks across generations to families whose lives have been touched by the fragility and "otherness" of loved ones-- and to brothers and sisters everywhere.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Keaton, Diane; Keaton, Diane.; Motion picture actors and actresses; Brothers and sisters;
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Let's just say it wasn't pretty / by Keaton, Diane.;
Subjects: Keaton, Diane.; Beauty, Personal.; Body image in women.; Motion picture actors and actresses;
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The Button man : a Hugo Marston novel / by Pryor, Mark,1967-author.;
"Hugo Marston has just joined the State Department as head of security at the US Embassy in London. His task is to protect a pair of spoiled movie stars, Dayton Harper and his wife Ginny Ferro, whose reckless driving killed a prominent landowner in rural England"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Americans; Marston, Hugo (Fictitious character); Motion picture actors and actresses; Murder;
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Song after song : the musical life of Julie Andrews / by Hedlund, Julie.; Urbinati, Ilaria,1984-;
This picture book biography chronicles the early life of the beloved film star, theater performer, singer and published author, showing how she found her extraordinary voice when her stepfather taught her to sing to comfort her and fill her time during the London Blitz.
Subjects: Biographies.; Andrews, Julie; Motion picture actors and actresses; Singers;
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