Gene Wilder
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Join the expedition visiting legendary Candy Man Willy Wonka in a splendiferous movie that wondrously brings to the screen the endlessly appetizing delights of Roald Dahl's classic book. On a whirlwind tour of Willy's incredible, edible realm of chocolate waterfalls, elfish Oompa-Loompas, and industrial-sized confections, a boy named Charlie will discover the sweetest secret of all: a generous, loving heart.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Candy manufacturer Willy Wonka has a contest and hides five golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. All five ticket winners get a free tour of the mysterious Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of Wonka candy. Four of the children are nasty brats who are punished by Willie Wonka with various diabolical, but funny, methods. Only Charlie, a likeable child, wins the heart of the manufacturer.
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Candy manufacturer Willy Wonka has a contest and hides five golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. All five ticket winners get a free tour of the mysterious Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of Wonka candy. Four of the children are nasty brats who are punished by Willie Wonka with various diabolical, but funny, methods. Only Charlie, a likeable child, wins the heart of the manufacturer.
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Summoned by a will to his late grandfather's castle in Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein soon discovers the scientist's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life. Assisted by the hunchbacked Igor and the curvaceous Inga, he creates a monster who only wants to be loved.
8) Stir crazy
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Two zany drifters are mistakenly sent to prison for a robbery they didn't commit. They must rely on their wits in order to survive a sadistic warden, a hulking mass-murderer and worst of all, the inter-prison rodeo.
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roles, from his first collaboration with Mel Brooks in The Producers to the enigmatic title role in the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory to his inspired on-screen partnership with Richard Pryor in movies like Silver Streak. It is Illustrated by a bevy of touching and hilarious clips and outtakes, never-before-seen...
11) The Frisco Kid
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A Polish rabbi sets out to lead a synagogue in California and must make it through the Wild West to get there.
13) Bonnie and Clyde
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
The story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who robbed banks across the country during the Depression era.
14) Rhinoceros
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
In a satire on conformity, protagonist Stanley, clinging to his individuality with the help of alcohol, watches as everyone around him metamorphises into a rhinoceros.
15) Silver streak
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train. He teams up with a small-time crook to defy murderous henchmen, FBI agents and a host of other outrageous characters.
17) The producers
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Low-rent Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his high-strung accountant Leo Bloom discover that, with the help of a few gullible investors, they can make more money on a flop than on a hit. Armed with the worst show ever written and an equally horrific cast, this double-dealing duo is banking on disaster. But when their sure-to-offend musical becomes a surprise hit, they find themselves in the middle of a Broadway blitzkrieg"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory: After winning a trip to see the inside of a chocolate factory, a poor young boy named Charlie Bucket is rewarded by eccentric candy-maker Willy Wonka for having a kind heart.
Wonka: Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the jewel in the Roald Dahl crown and one of the bestselling children's books of all time, Wonka tells the wondrous story of how the world's...