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1) The Hero
Pub. Date
2017
Description
A former Western icon re-evaluates his life, his image and more importantly his heart after a surprise diagnosis.
"(Elliot) is virtually perfect."--Rolling Stone
"The Hero is true cinematic zen."--New York Post
"Is there an American actor of more meaningful solitude than Sam Elliott?"--Toronto Star
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Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 25
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"When Billy Summers was twelve years old, He shot and killed his mother's boyfriend after he kicked Billy's sister to death. At 17, he enlisted in the army. At 18, he was a sniper in Iraq and involved in the deadly battle to recapture Fallujah. For nearly twenty years, he's worked as a paid assassin. He's a good guy in a bad job, and he wants out. He takes on a very complicated, very lucrative job that he hopes will be his last. He's got a perfect...
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Brian Cox (Golden Globe Winner for HBO's Succession) is Rory MacNeil, a rugged old Scotsman who reluctantly leaves his beloved isolated Hebridean island for San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, Rory's life will be unexpectedly transformed through a newly found love for his baby grandson.
Description
Hit man Tommy Spinelli has 24 hours to deliver a bag of 8 "former associates" to an angry mob boss in San Diego. But when Charlie, a fellow passenger on his flight, mistakenly takes the bag, the heads go to Baja. When Charlie discovers the bag's horrific contents, he desperately tries to get the bag back to the border.
Pub. Date
2010
Description
One ordinary man's quest to become a serious man. Physics professor Larry Gopnik can't believe his life. His wife is leaving him, his unemployed brother won't move off the couch, someone is threatening his career, his kids are a mystery. Larry tries to make sense of it all and find the answers.
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