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All quiet on the western front

1999
During the last days of World War I, a group of German soldiers suffer physically and mentally as their idealistic dreams of glory turn into a desperate struggle to stay alive.

Eight men out

2000
Gangsters corrupt a team of ballplayers, opening the eyes of the country to the humanity of the people in the national sport.

A cry in the wild

1991
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

Officer Buckle and Gloria (VHS)

1997
Officer Buckle's talks with school children improve immensely when he includes the police dog, Gloria.

The soloist

2009
Los Angeles Times reporter Lopez develops an unlikely friendship with a homeless musician.

The hobbit

2001
Concerns the adventures of Bilbo Baggins the hobbit as he assists thirteen dwarves in their attempt to recapture their treasure from Smaug, the terrible dragon.

Make your story a movie

adapting your book or idea for Hollywood
2012

The cat in the hat

2004
Live action version of the story in which a cat in a hat wrecks havoc on the house of two children while their mother is away, then magically cleans up.

The watcher in the woods

1991
An American teenager joins her family in an English country house and experience strange and supernatural occurences.

Macbeth

1978
A Scottish laird pursues his ambitions with the aid and urging of his wife.

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