Piper Laurie
3) The hustler
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Itinerant pool shark challenges the top man for the championship, sacrificing everything until he realizes the stakes are too high.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
"The body of a young girl (Laura Palmer) is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul"--Douglas Baptie, Internet Movie Database
6) Tiger Warsaw
Pub. Date
1987
Description
Fifteen years ago, Chuck shattered his life. Now he's come home to pick up the pieces. With the love of his old high school girlfriend "Tiger" is ready to confront his past and start over again.
Pub. Date
2000.
Description
A love story about John Leeds, an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah. At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their relationship blossoms into a love so passionate it shatters the barrier of silence that keeps them apart. This film was nominated for best picture by both the Oscars and the Golden Globes.
10) Carrie
Pub. Date
[2001], c1976
Description
"Carrie White is a shy young girl who doesn't make friends easily. After her classmates taunt her about her horrified reaction to her totally unexpected first period one of them takes pity on her and gets Tommy Ross, her boyfriend and class hunk, to invite Carrie to the senior prom. Meanwhile another girl who has been banned from the prom for her continued aggressive behaviour is not as forgiving and plans a trick to embarrass Carrie in front of the...
11) The grass harp
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
A teenaged boy is sent to live with his aunts in a small Southern town in the 1930's.
12) White boy rick
Author
Description
Based on the moving true story of a blue-collar father and his teenage son, Rick Wershe, who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s, before he was arrested for drug trafficking, abandoned by his handlers, and sentenced to life in prison.
13) Hesher
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
"Loud music. Pornography. Lighting fires. These are a few of Hesher's favorite things. And they are what Hesher ... brings into the lives of TJ ... and his father Paul ... when he takes up residence in the garage uninvited. Grief-stricken by the loss of TJ's mother, Paul can't muster the strength to evict the strange squatter, and soon the long-haired, tattooed Hesher becomes a fixture in the household. Like a force of nature, Hesher's anarchy shakes...
14) Return to Oz
Pub. Date
2004.
Description
Dorothy, back in Kansas, can't stop thinking about Oz. She believes that her friends have sent her a key. Auntie Em, worried for Dorothy's health, takes her to a famous doctor who works miracles with electricity. Dorothy escapes from the mental hospital. When she awakes, she and a chicken named Billina find themselves in Oz. Dorothy tries to find her old friends in the Emerald City, but learns that they have all been transformed by the Nome King....
15) Inherit the wind
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Based on the real-life Scopes trial in which a teacher was jailed in 1925 for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
17) Eulogy
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Three generations of a dysfunctional family gather to bury the family patriach. In the days leading up to the funeral, family secrets are revealed, old grudges resurface, and the household erupts with renewed vigor.
18) Hounddog
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Set in rural Alabama in the late 1950s, Lewellen lives with her stern grandmother, Grammie, but spends most of her time with her much-adored Daddy in his dilapidated shack. Daddy's wild side is tempered by his beautiful but troubled girlfriend, Ellen, who has a mysterious history but calming influence on the lonely, young girl. Lewellen is deeply talented and finds comfort and safety, as well as a place to put her hurt and rage, in the music of Elvis...
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
For the first time, in one collection, the complete television phenomenon Twin Peaks. All 29 episodes of the original groundbreaking seasons; All 18 parts of the 'Limited Event Series' the return to Twin Peaks that captivated audiences 25 years later, written by the series co-creators and entirely directed by David Lynch. A wealth of intriguing, behind-the-scenes special features. So grab a cup of coffee, a slice of cherry pie, and experience the...
20) The faculty
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Students begin to suspect the teachers at their high school have been taken over by alien beings.