Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore

Philosophy  Film  Festival

Selected films to stimulate thought, whether provocative dramas, or
films on the lives of philosophers and intellects, or documentaries
on abstract matters of philosophy – especially objectivist and existentialist.

existential moment from the classic 1959 film 'The Killers'            

links

books about
philosophy & movies


selected films, A to Z
A thru FG thru M
N thru ST thru Z

Film-Philosophy International Salon-Journal [est. 1996]

 & Film book edited by Cynthia A. Freeland & Thomas E. Wartenberg  
"Philosophy and Film" [1995]
Edited by Cynthia A. Freeland & Thomas E. Wartenberg

Routledge 9x6 pb [4/95] for $38.95
Philosophy Goes to the Movies  "Philosophy Goes To The Movies: An Introduction To Philosophy" [2002]
by Christopher Falzon

Routledge 9½x6¼ pb [3/2002] out of print/used
Routledge 9x6¾ hardcover [3/2002] out of print/used
Philosophy Through Film  "Philosophy Through Film" [2002]
by Mary M. Litch

Routledge 9x6 pb [6/2002] for $34.95
Routledge 10x6 hardcover [6/2002] for $100.00
Philosophy / Fiction / Film  "Philosophy Through Fiction and Film" [2003]
by Burton F. Porter

Prentice Hall 9½x5¾ pb [5/2003] for $61.20
Philosophy of Film Introductory Text & Readings book edited by Thomas E. Wartenberg & Angela Curran  "The Philosophy of Film: Introductory Text and Readings" [2005]
Edited by Thomas E. Wartenberg & Angela Curran

Kindle Edition from Wiley-Blackwell [2005 edition] for $35.96
Wiley-Blackwell 9½x6¾ pb [2/2005] for $39.85
Wiley-Blackwell 10x7 hardcover [2/2005] for $110.58
Cinema Nirvana / Enlightenment / Movies  "Cinema Nirvana: Enlightenment Lessons From The Movies" [2005]
by Dean Sluyter

Three Rivers Press 8x5¼ pb [2/2005] for $11.20
Movies & the Meaning of Life  "Movies and The Meaning of Life: Philosophers Take On Hollywood"
[2005] Edited by Kimberly A. Blessing & Paul J. Tudico

Open Court 8¾x5¾ pb [4/2005] for $13.10
Cinema as Philosophy book edited by Murray Smith & Thomas Wartenberg   "Thinking Through Cinema: Film As Philosophy" [2006]
Edited by Murray Smith & Thomas E. Wartenberg

Blackwell Publng 10x7 pb [3/2006] for $46.63
Philosophy of Motion Pictures book by Noël Carroll  "The Philosophy of Motion Pictures" [2008]
by Noël Carroll

Wiley-Blackwell 9x6 pb [2008] for $30.47
Wiley-Blackwell 9½x6½ hardcover [2008] for $91.57
Film and Philosophy, Taking Movies Seriously book by Daniel C. Shaw  "Film and Philosophy: Taking Movies Seriously" [2008]
by Daniel C. Shaw

Wallflower Press 7¾x6 pb [12/2008] for $22.00
Anime and Philosophy book edited by Josef Steiff & Tristan D. Tamplin  "Anime and Philosophy" [2010]
Edited by Josef Steiff & Tristan D. Tamplin

Analyzes anime films such as "Astro Boy", "Dragon Ball Z", "Ghost In The Shell", and "Spirited Away" (and others) and how these tales grapple with the important questions in life: lessons on morality, justice, and heroism, as well as meditations on identity, the soul, and the meaning – or meaninglessness – of life.
Open Court 9x6½ pb [3/2010] for $13.69
Movies & the Meaning of Life book by Wayne Omura  
"Movies and The Meaning of Life: The Most Profound Films In Cinematic History" [2011] by Wayne Omura
Bauu Institute Press 9¼x6 pb [6/2011] for $18.95
official book page
Thinking Through Film book by Damian Cox & Michael P. Levine  "Thinking Through Film: Doing Philosophy, Watching Movies" [2011]
by Damian Cox & Michael P. Levine

Wiley-Blackwell 9¼x6 hardcover [9/2011] for $79.35
The Hobbit and Philosophy book edited by Gregory Bassham & Eric Bronson  "The Hobbit and Philosophy: For When You've Lost Your Dwarves,
Your Wizard, and Your Way" [2012]
Edited by Gregory Bassham & Eric Bronson

Kindle Edition from Wiley/Blackwell [9/2012] for $9.99
Wiley/Blackwell 8x6 pb [9/2012] for $12.21
Understanding Love - Philosophy, Film & Fiction book edited by Susan Wolf & Christopher Grau   "Understanding Love: Philosophy, Film, and Fiction" [2013]
17 essays edited by Susan Wolf & Christopher Grau

Kindle Edition from Oxford Univ Press [11/2013] for $30.35 {sic}
Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [12/2013] for $31.95
Oxford Univ Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [12/2013] for $105.00 {sic}

"That's part of your problem: you haven't seen enough movies. All of life's riddles are answered in the movies."
— Steve Martin {as Davis} in the movie "Grand Canyon" [1991]

Be sure also to visit the
Existentialist Film Festival Page


           A   thru   F
"A Brief History of Time"
[NBC/Anglia/Channel Four 1992]
Brief History video  Prof. surprise bestseller of 1988 by Stephen W. Hawking [1942-2018] in visual/aural form • Directed by Errol Morris; original music by Philip Glass
Paramount color VHS [11/93] for $19.95
DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits from IMDb
best-seller 1988 book
Bantam 9x6 pb [9/98] for $11.96

"Animal Farm"
George Orwell's famed 1945 barnyard fable about revolution betrayed.
animated 1954 Animal Farm movie  1954 British animated feature co-written & co-directed by Joy Batchelor & John Halas (Britain's first feature-length cartoon)
Home Vision color DVD [11/2004] for $22.46
Home Vision color VHS [11/2004] for $19.95
United American Video color VHS [8/97] out of stock/used
full credits from IMDb
animated 1999 Animal Farm movie  1999 Hallmark/TNT animated TV movie
Directed by John Stephenson
Hallmark color DVD [1/2000] for $$17.98
Hallmark color VHS [9/2000] for $9.98
full credits from IMDb
Animal Farm book  GOLD STAR: listed on Business Insider's  The 35 Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once In Their Lifetime, 9/2013  1945 novel by George Orwell [1903 -50]
Listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005)
Kindle Edition from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt [7/2009] for $7.92
Signet Classics mass pb [4/96] for $9.99
Plume 8x5½ pb [5/2003] for $9.99

more details (synopsis, history, author, movies, other media) are on
Spirit of America Bookstore's "Animal Farm" [1945 novel] Page

"Atlas Shrugged, Part I"
[Strike Prodns/Rocky Mountain Pictures April 2011]
poster for Atlas Shrugged Part 1 movie  
Atlas Shrugged movie John Galt poster  
After years of on-again, off-again 'development hell', the three-part version of "Atlas Shrugged" finally began filming in June 2010, intended for TV broadcast. John Galt leads an intellectual strike to 'stop the engine of the world', while Dagny Taggart fights bureaucrats and mobs of looters to keep the Taggart Transcontinental Railroad alive. The Part I story ends with the disap-pearance of Ellis Wyatt and the burning of the oil fields. Produced by The Strike Productions & John Aglialoro; directed by Paul Johansson; script by Brian Patrick O’Toole, based on the classic 1957 novel by Ayn Rand [1905-82]; starring Taylor Schilling {as Dagny Taggart}, Grant Bowler {as Hank Reardon}, Paul Johansson {as John Galt}, Michael Lerner, Matthew Marsdan, Graham Beckel {as Ellis Wyatt} & Jsu Garcia {as Francisco D'Anconia}
Fox widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2011] for $19.99
Fox widescreen color DVD [11/2011] for $12.49
full credits at IMDbofficial movie site
February 2011 official trailer [2:26] on YouTube

"Atlas Shrugged, Part II: The Strike"
[Strike Prodns Oct 2012]
poster for Atlas Shrugged Part 2 movie  The change of actors is bothersome, and the budget restrictions obvious (i.e. makeup & hair); storywise, the critical Taggart Tunnel is destroyed by incompetence, the government suspends all rights, Francisco delivers his money speech at James Taggart's wedding, and Part 2 ends with Dagny crash-landing her airplane in Galt's Gulch. Produced by The Strike Prodns & John Aglialoro, with film expert Duncan Scott; starring Samantha Mathis {as Dagny}, Jason Beghe {as Hank Rearden}, Esai Morales {as Francisco d'Anconia}, Patrick Fabian, Kim Rhodes, Richard T. Jones, D.B. Sweeney {as John Galt}, Paul McCrane & John Rubinstein
Fox Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [2/2013] for $8.17
Fox Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [2/2013] for $12.15
full credits at IMDbofficial movie site9/2012 official trailer [2:15] on YouTube

"Atlas Shrugged, Part III: Who Is John Galt?"
[Strike Prodns July 2014? release]
Principal photography began in January 2014 and wrapped in February 2014; adapted & directed by James Manera; starring Rob Morrow {as Hank Rearden}, Laura Regan {as Dagny Taggart}, Eric Allan Kramer {as Ragnar Danneskjöld}, Kristoffer Polaha {as John Galt}, Joaquim de Almeida {as Francisco d'Anconia}, Peter Mackenzie, Greg Germann • latest info at IMDbofficial movie site

History of the Atlas Shrugged Movie Trilogy in Kindle format by Joan Carter  
"The History of the Atlas Shrugged Movie Trilogy" for Kindle [2014]
by {associate producer} Joan Carter

Kindle Edition 74-page report from Amazon Digital Services [7/2014] for $4.99

for more details on the novel and the 3-part movie, see
Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's "Atlas Shrugged" Page

"Bicentennial Man" [1492/Columbia Dec 1999]
Bicentennial Man movie starring Robin Williams  An unusual android experiences emotions like a human, and wants to become more and more human, over two centuries of time. An excellent look at what exactly it means to be 'human', to be 'mortal'.
Directed by Chris Columbus; script by Nicholas Kazan, based on books by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg; music by James Horner; starring Robin Williams, Embeth Davidtz, Sam Neill & Oliver Platt
Touchstone widescreen DVD [1/2002] out of prodn/used
Disney color VHS [11/2000] out of prodn/used
Sony soundtrack CD by James Horner [12/99] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia
Bicentennial Man story collection by Isaac Asimov  
"The Bicentennial Man & Other Stories" [11 stories; 1976]
by Isaac Asimov [1920-92]

story won 1977 Hugo Award for Best Novelette
Orion Publng pb [3/2000] out of print/used
Orion Publng pb [3/2000] out of print/used
Doubleday 8¼x6 hardcover [9/76] out of print/50+ used

"The  Boy  With  Green  Hair"
[R.K.O. Nov 1948]
Boy With Green Hair poster  This fable about a war orphan whose hair mysteriously turns green brings many questions into focus. Directed by Joseph Losey; script by blacklisted writers Ben Barzman & Alfred Lewis Levitt, from a story by Betsy Beaton; starring Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale & Dean Stockwell
Terra Ent. color DVD [11/2003] for $12.99
Terra Ent. color VHS? [6/2003] for 18.98
full credits from IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia
playscript, adapted by F. Andrew Leslie:
Dramatist's Play Service pb [12/61] for $8.49

"The  Cardinal" [Columbia Dec 1963]
Preminger's The Cardinal movie poster  While Preminger's film waters down and even cheapens the story, the hypocrisy of religious organizations (of all stripes) and their devotion to politics over the purported (religious) message is made very clear. Produced & directed by Otto Preminger; starring Tom Tryon, Romy Schneider, Carol Lynley, Jill Haworth, Dorothy Gish, Raf Vallone, John Saxon, John Huston, Burgess Meredith, Josef Meinrad, Cecil Kellaway, Ossie Davis, Chill Wills & Arthur Hunnicutt; nominated for 6 Oscars, including Best Director & Best Actor (JH)
Warner widescreen color DVD [2/2003] 2 disks for $23.99 (many extras)
Warner widescreen color DVD [9/2005] for $12.99
Anchor Bay color VHS [6/89] out of prodn/many used
Anchor Bay widescreen color VHS [6/95] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
The Cardinal DVD cover  
based on the novel by Henry Morton Robinson [S&S June 1950]
Pocket mass pb [8/77] out of print/used
S&S hardcover [6/50] out of print/used

"Charly" [A.B.C. Pictures/ Cinerama Sept 1968]
Charly movie starring  Cliff Robertson  Charly, a retarded adult, is given an experimental treatment that has raised the intelligence of a retarded mouse named Algernon. Charly becomes a sensation, for his new insight and intelligance are exceptional. But then Charly notices the latter stages showing up in Algernon. {When Cliff Robertson starred in the 1961 "United States Steel Hour" production of "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon", based on the novel "Flowers For Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, he bought the rights and later was responsible for turning that story into this film.}
Directed by Ralph Nelson; script by Stirling Silliphant, based on a story by Daniel Keyes; original music by Ravi Shankar; starring Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala, Leon Janney & Ruth White; won Oscar for Best Actor (CR)
M.G.M. Home Video widescreen color DVD [3/2005] for $9.99
Fox Home Ent. color VHS [8/92] out of production/used
Moving Image / Comet Records soundtrack CD [undated] out of prodn/scarce
full credits from IMDb
Flowers for Algernon novel by Daniel Keyes   listed by Amazon Editors on '100 Young Adult Books to Read in  a Lifetime' (9/2015)  GOLD STAR: listed on Business Insider's  The 35 Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once In Their Lifetime, 9/2013  "Flowers For Algernon" [1959 novella, bestseller 1966 novel]
by Daniel Keyes
– the novella won a Hugo Award; the novel won a Nebula Award
Harvest Books mass pb [6/2004] for $7.99
Harvest Books 7¼x5¾ pb [5/2005] for $9.60
Harcourt 8¼x5¾ hardcover [4/95] for $11.56
"Algernon, Charlie, and I: A Writer's Journey" [2000]
by Daniel Keyes

Harvest Books 7x5¼ pb [9/2004] for $13.50
Challenge Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [2/2000] out of print/used
"Charlie and Algernon" Broadway musical play [Sept 1980]
stageplay credits at IBDb

"Chocolat"  [David Brown/Miramax Dec 2000]
Chocolat movie directed by Lasse Hallström  Chocolate in its many forms may be an obvious metaphor as an antidote to repression, but what is marvelous here is how deftly (and how French-ly) the fairy tale is woven together. A forever-transient woman and her daughter open a chocolate shop in a river- side village in France; their happy non-conformity stirs up trouble with the rigid local mayor, who pressures the new priest to enforce the village's tradition of tranquility. Directed by Lasse Hallström; script by Robert Nelson Jacobs, based on the novel by Joanne Harris; chocolate expert Walter Bienz; starring Juliette Binoche, Victoire Thivisol, Judi Dench, Lena Olin, Alfred Molina, Carrie-Anne Moss, Aurelien Parent Koenig, Peter Stormare, Hugh O'Conor, Johnny Depp & Leslie Caron; nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture & Best Script; 8 BAFTA noms; won SAG Award (JD)
Disney/Miramax widescreen color DVD [8/2001] for $9.99
Walt Disney Video color VHS [8/2001] out of prodn/many used
Sony soundtrack CD [1/2001] 18 tracks for $9.98
full credits at IMDbFrench-language official website

Chocolat bestseller novel by Joanne Harris  "Chocolat: A Novel" [1999 bestseller] by Joanne Harris
The happy ending in the movie did not come from the book, and the battle
is between the free-spirit chocalatier and the town priest.

Penguin 7¾x5 pb [1/2000] for $10.08
Penguin movie tie-in 7¾x5 pb [11/2000] out of print/hundreds used
Viking 9¼x6¼ hardcover [2/99] out of print/many used
Girl With No Shadow novel by Joanne Harris  sequel "The Girl With No Shadow" aka 'The Lollipop Shoes' [2008]
Forced to flee the village, Vianne and her two daughters change their names and hide in the Montmartre district of Paris; when the owner of the patisserie shop where Vianne (now Yanne) lives & works dies, she gradually converts it into a chocolaterie.
Harper Perennial 7¾x5¼ pb [1/2009] for $11.69
Black Swan mass pb [2/2009] out of print/used
Wm. Morrow 9x6 hardcover [4/2008] for $19.96

"Closer  To  Truth"  TV series  [est. 2000]
official series websiteseries credits at IMDb
series entry at Wikipedialist of episodes at Wikipedia
Series One: "Closer To Truth" 28 episodes [2000]
Series Two: "Closer To Truth: Science, Meaning and The Future" 15 episodes [2003]
Series Three: "Closer To Truth: Cosmos. Consciousness. God." 208 episodes [2008-2023]
Co-creator-producer-director Peter Getzels; co-creator-producer-host Robert Lawrence Kuhn; well-known guests include Octavia Butler, Sean Carroll,
David Chalmers, Deepak Chopra, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Daniel Dennett, David Deutsch, Jared Diamond, Freeman Dyson, Alison Gopnik,
astrophysicist Sabine Hossenfelder (4), Michio Kaku (13), visionary Jaron Lanier (4), Leonard Mlodinow of Cambridge, Roger Penrose of Cambridge,
Lisa Randall, John Searle, K.S. 'Kip' Thorne of CalTech, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson (5)

'Closer To Truth' long-running TV series  "Closer To Truth: Cosmos" [2015]
13 episodes featuring Sean Carroll, Alan H. Guth, Roger Penrose, Martin Rees, Steven Weinberg, and other notable thinkers
color DVD [5/2015] 4 disks for $39.95 {via producer on Amazon}
"Closer To Truth: Consciousness" [2015]
13 episodes featuring Susan Blackmore, David Chalmers, Daniel Dennett, Raymond Kurzweil, Marvin Minsky, and other notable thinkers
color DVD [5/2015] 4 disks for $39.95 {via producer on Amazon}
"Closer To Truth: Meaning" [2015]
13 episodes featuring William Lane Craig, Peter van Inwagen, Alvin Plantinga, Michael Shermer, Richard Swinburne, and other notable thinkers
color DVD [5/2015] for $39.95 {via producer on Amazon}
"Closer To Truth: The Complete Collection - with Robert Lawrence Kuhn" [2015]
A mere 39 episodes, the three DVD sets just above packaged together
DVD [5/2015] 12 disks for $99.95 {via producer on Amazon}

Closer To Truth: Challenging Current Belief book   "Closer To Truth: Challenging Current Belief" [2000]
full episode transcripts, commentary by Kuhn, additional dialogue & 'out-takes' not available on TV, and bios placing each contributor into the 'big picture' context
McGraw-Hill Companies 9½x7¾ hardcover [5/2000] out of print/40+ used
"Closer To Truth: Science, Meaning, and The Future" [2007]
full episode transcripts, commentary by Kuhn, additional dialogue & 'out-takes' not available on TV, and bios placing each contributor into the 'big picture' context
Praeger 9¼x6½ hardcover [2/2007] for $55.00

"Discover  The  Gift"  [indep. U.S. release 2010]
"Discover The Gift" independent film [2010]  Co-produced, written & directed by Demian Lichtenstein; featuring actress Stacey Alysson, Shajen Joy Aziz, Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith {of Agape Fellowship}, Jack Canfield, The Dalai Lama, Dr. Barbara De Angelis, Stewart Emery, Cheryl Hunter, Demian Lichtenstein, Niurka, Sir Ken Robinson, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Joe Vitale, Marianne Williamson, many others
Harmony widescreen color DVD [6/2011] for $22.49
full credits at IMDbofficial movie site
watch free on YouTube: screening event video [7:18]
           official 2010 trailer [2:50]official 2011 trailer [2:11]
Discover The Gift book by Shajen Joy Aziz & Demian Lichtenstein  
"Discover The Gift: It's Why We're Here" [2011]
by Shajen Joy Aziz & Demian Lichtenstein

Harmony 8½x6 hardcover [6/2011] for $16.43
Random House Audio UNABR audio CD [6/2011] for $23.04

"The  Dot  and  The  Line" [M.G.M. Dec 1965]
won Oscar for Best Animated Short    Ten-minute animated short along classic love story lines – boy meets girl, boy loses girl to another, boy expands his capabilities and wins her – except that the 'people' in question are a dot and a very straight line and a squiggle •   Directed by Chuck Jones & Maurice Noble; narration by Robert Morley; nominated for Best Short Film at Cannes, won Oscar for Best Animated Short • full credits from IMDbwatch online [10:00] at YouTube

Warner Bros. Academy Awards Animation Collection DVD  "Warner Brothers Academy Awards Animation Collections" [2008]
3-disk set of 15 Oscar-winners & 26 Oscar-nominated cartoons
Warner Brothers Home Ent. color DVD [2/2008] 3 disks for $37.99
1-disk version with the 15 winners only [2008]
Warner Brothers Home Ent. DVD [2/2008] for $16.99
Dot & Line book  "The Dot and The Line: A Romance In Lower Mathematics" [1963]
by Norton Juster

SeaStar 6.6x5½ hardcover [12/2000] for $7.95
Random House pb [1/91] out of print/used

"Dumbo"  [Disney Oct 1941]
Dumbo  The 'magic' black feather that Timothy Q. Mouse and the crows give to the mute, floppy-eared Dumbo stands for every religion, belief system and dogma of Mankind. When Dumbo loses the magic feather atop the diving tower, he must take action in the face of his fears on his own, just like humans must do each moment. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen, adapted from a book by Helen Aberson & Harold Perl; voices of Sterling Holloway, Edward Brophy & Verna Felton
Disney 60th Anniv. color VHS [10/2001] for $20.99
Disney 60th Anniv. (Spanish) color VHS [10/2001] for $22.99
Disney 60th Anniv. color DVD [10/2001] for $23.99
Disney Records audio CD [3/2001] for $11.98
full credits from IMDbtheme music [2min:16sec]

see also "The Tao of Dumbo" essay at Working Minds Philosophy website

"Einstein  Revealed"  [Nova/BBC 1996]
Einstein Revealed  Understanding Albert Einstein – Time Magazine's 'Man of The Century'
– opens us up to the possibility of genius among our fellows.

Nova tv documentary, directed by Peter Jones
WGBH Boston 2-hour color VHS [4/97] for $19.95
full credits from IMDb
"Insignificance"  [RPC/Zenith 1985]
Insignificance   Marilyn Monroe & others barge in on Albert Einstein, to discuss
relativity theory and politics and baseball.
Directed by Nicolas Roeg,
starring Michael Emil, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey & Tony Curtis
Artisan color VHS [11/99] for $14.98
full credits from IMDb

"The  Elders:  A  Coming  of  Age  Film"
documentary [SalmonRun Media 2011]
The Elders documentary by Nathaniel Hansen  
Co-produced & directed by Nathaniel Hansen
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available
credits at IMDbofficial movie site

"The Elegant Universe"
3-hour TV special [P.B.S./Nova aired Oct 2003]
Elegant Universe P.B.S. TV special   P.B.S./WGBH letterbox color DVD [1/2004] for $19.95
P.B.S./WGBH color VHS [1/2004] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDbP.B.S. official program site
"Physics: The Elegant Universe & Beyond" DVD Box Set: 3-hour P.B.S. program above, plus "Einstein Revealed" [1996] and "Einstein's Big Idea" [2005]
P.B.S./WGBH color DVD box set [2/2006] 4 disks for $34.99
Elegant Universe book by Brian Greene  "The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions & The Quest For The Ultimate Theory" [1999] by Brian Greene
Vintage 8x5 pb [2/2000] for $10.85
W.W. Norton 9¼x6¼ pb [2/99] out of print/used
W.W. Norton 9½x6½ hardcover [2/99] for $13.57

"The  Farewell  Party  (Mita  Tova)"
[Israel 2014, Samuel Goldwyn Films USA 2015]
poster for 'The Farewell Party' film from Israel  A comedy about the serious matter of euthanasia. Co-written & co-directed by Tal Granit & Sharon Maymon; starring Ze'ev Revach, Levana Finkelstein, Aliza Rosen, Raffi Tavor, Ilan Dar & Shmuel Wolf; nominated for 14 Ophir Awards, won four including Best Actor
First Run Features Hebrew w/ subtitles widescreen color DVD [9/2015] for $19.99
full credits at IMDbofficial movie sitemovie entry at Wikipedia
watch 2/2015 official trailer [English subtitles; 2:23] at YouTube

"Field  of  Dreams"  [1989]
Field of Dreams  "If you build it, they will come." Co-written & directed by Phil Alden Robinson; starring Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan & Ray Liotta
Universal Studios Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [5/2009] for $21.49
Universal color DVD [3/2002] for $9.49
Universal color VHS [8/99] out of prodn/many, many used
Universal widescreen VHS [8/99] out of prodn/used
B.M.G. soundtrack CD [5/89] for $8.99
full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

"Forrest  Gump"  [Paramount 1994]
Forrest Gump video  
Forrest Gump novel by Winston Groom  
The hilarious and profound epic story of a dim-wit nobody. Directed by Robert Zemeckis; starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright & Gary Sinise; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script, Best Actor (Hanks), Best Effects & Best Editing, nominated for 7 more
Paramount widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2009] 2 disks for $19.99
Paramount widescreen color DVD [8/2001] 2 disks for $8.49
Paramount color VHS [9/96] out of prodn/many, many used
Sony soundtrack CD [8/94] out of prodn/many used
Sony/Legacy soundtrack double CD [8/2001] for $14.99
full credits from IMDbtheme music [2min:47sec midi file]movie entry at Wikipedia

based on the 1988 novel by Winston Groom
Washington Square Press 8x5¼ pb [10/2002] for $10.80
Pocket mass pb [8/94] out of print/used
Pocket 8x5¾ hardcover [11/94] out of print/used
"Making of.." documentary [1994] - Directed by Peyton Reed
DVD/Blu-ray not available; Paramount color VHS [4/95] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb

"The  Fountainhead" [Warner Bros. 1949]
Fountainhead video  Fountainhead book  Gary Cooper stars as architect Howard Roark, Ayn Rand's
ideal individual.
Directed by King Vidor [1894-1982];
screenplay by Ayn Rand; co-starring Patricia Neal &
Raymond Massey
Warner b&w DVD [11/2006] for $17.49
Warner b&w VHS [1/90] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
based on the 1943 novel by Ayn Rand [1905-82]
Signet pb [8/96] for $8.99

"Ayn  Rand:  A  Sense  of  Life"
[documentary Feb 1998]
Sense of Life  Written & directed by Michael Paxton; Oscar nomination for
Best Documentary Feature
Strand Releasing Director's Vision DVD [10/99] 2 disks for $32.49
Image Ent. letterbox DVD [10/99] out of prodn/used
Strand Releasing color VHS [3/2000] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDbofficial website
Gibbs Smith 11x8½ companion book [7/98] for $26.21

"Freakonomics:  The  Movie"
[Magnolia Pictures Oct 2010]
Freakonomics 2010 movie with 6 directors  Filmed segments cover topics of naming children, cheating & sumo wrestling, incent-ives at school, and the results of Roe v. Wade, as well as the base theory of economist Levitt & journalist Dubner that economics is, at root, the study of incentives • Produced by Chad Troutwine, Chris Romano & Dan O'Meara; directed by Heidi Ewing, Alex Gibney, Seth Gordon, Rachel Grady, Eugene Jarecki & Morgan Spurlock; featuring authors Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available
full credits at IMDbofficial movie site

Freakonomics bestseller book by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner  "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores The Hidden Side of Everything" [2005]
N.Y. Times bestseller by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

Harper Perennial 7¾x5¼ pb [8/2009] for $6.74
Ediciones B 9x6 Spanish-language pb [8/2006] for $12.21
William Morrow 9x6 hardcover [rev 10/2006] for $19.77
William Morrow Book Club 9x5¾ hardcover [4/2005] out of print/many, many used
official dual book sitebook entry at Wikipedia
SuperFreakonomics book by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner  "SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance" [2009 N.Y. Times bestseller]
by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

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Penguin 9x6 pb [10/2009] out of print/used
William Morrow 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2009] for $19.49
official dual book sitebook entry at Wikipedia

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And will somebody please make a movie of:

"Stranger In A Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein [1907-88]

The don Juan books by Carlos Castañeda [1925-1998]


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