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LITERARY STUDIES ON VIDEO CASSETTE.

AMERICAN LITERATURE ON VIDEO CASSETTE.

From James Farrell to Washington Irving

Farrell, James

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Faulkner

1. Barn Burning

Peter Werner

 

Based on the short story by William Faulkner, with a script by Horton Foote, and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Diane Kagan. From American Short Story Series.
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2. The Bear

 

 

In this story by William Faulkner, a boy discovers the value of wilderness as he confronts a bear. Nicknamed Old Ben, this bear has eluded the boy's father and his friends for years. Tension mounts as the boy grows up until he finally must confront this legendary creature himself. 24 mins.
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4. Classic Literary Stories, Vol. 1

 

 

 

All The Troubles of the World, from a story by Isaac Asimov, exploring the implications of a world served by an all-knowing, benevolent computer, and The Bear, from a story by William Faulkner, based on the second of his short story versions in which a boy confronts the legend and finds the truth of an old bear. 37 mins.
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5. Eminent Scholars Series, American Literature of the 20s

 

 

Distinguished educators and critics in an organized syllabus of documented lectures on modern American literature. Comes complete with study guide. Each tape is 45 minutes.

North Carolina State Professor Michael Reynolds discusses the American writers who came of age during the Roaring Twenties: T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald.#S08394

 

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6. Eminent Scholars Series, Introduction to William Faulkner's Ficti

 

 

Distinguished educators and critics in an organized syllabus of documented lectures on modern American literature. Comes complete with with study guide. Each tape is 45 minutes.

North Carolina State Professor Michael Reynolds discusses the American writers who came of age during the Roaring Twenties: T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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7. Eminent Scholars Series, Realism and Naturalism in American Liter

 

 

Distinguished educators and critics in an organized syllabus of documented lectures on modern American literature. Comes complete with study guide. Each tape is 45 minutes.

Prof. Michael S. Reynolds explores the influences of modern art, technology and ideas on American culture of the 20's including the contributions made by the new generation of writers--T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Fitzgerald

 

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8. Eminent Scholars Series, Understanding Faulkner's As I Lay Dying

 

 

Distinguished educators and critics in an organized syllabus of documented lectures on modern American literature. Comes complete with study guide. Each tape is 45 minutes.

Yale Professor Cleanth Brooks explains how Faulkner surprises and challenges the reader by his multiple use of view and unusual mixture of styles.

 

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9. Great Writers: William Faulkner

 

 

A fascinating series of informative and entertaining programs about the lives and works of some of the most celebrated authors of all time. These revealing profiles contain insightful commentary as well as rare interviews, documents and other historical materials. Each volume is 45 minutes.
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12. Intruder in the Dust

Clarence Brown

1949

A powerful adaptation of William Faulkner's novel about a proud, independent black man who is accused of shooting an unarmed white man in the back. The film concentrates on the search for the actual killer. It depicts the complex racial and class psychology of the South and presents its protagonist in a perspective that was quite rare for its time. Shot largely in Faulkner's home town of Oxford, Mississippi. With Claude Jarman, Jr., David Brian and Juano Hernandez.
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14. Land of the Pharaohs

Howard Hawks

1955

 

A strange work from Howard Hawks, based on a script by William Faulkner and Harry Kurnitz, about the epic construction of the Great Pyramid. With Jack Hawkins, James Robertson Justice, and a smarmy, dark turn by Joan Collins.
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15. The Long Hot Summer

Stuart Cooper

1985

A made-for-tv remake of the William Faulkner story of sexual frustration, greed, and the importance of having a good reputation in the Deep South. It stars Don Johnson, Cybill Shepherd, Judith Ivey, Ava Gardner, William Russ and Jason Robards in an emotional and well-acted drama that features barn burning and unbridled passion.
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18. Old Man

John Kent Harrison

1997

 

Adaptation of William Faulkner's compassionate story set during the great Mississippi flood of 1927 stars Arliss Howard as J.J. Taylor, a prisoner dispatched to rescue Addie (Jeanne Tripplehorn), a pregnant woman clinging to a tree above the raging river. When Addie gives birth after drifting off course on the Bayou, J.J.'s tenderness toward her newborn touches Addie, and their journey stirs a current in their hearts. Screenplay by Horton Foote (To Kill a Mockingbird).
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19. The Reivers

Mark Rydell

1969

Based upon William Faulkner's last novel, The Reivers is the story of a young man and two adults travelling from small town Mississippi to Memphis. Steve McQueen and Juano Hernandez (Intruder in the Dust) star.

 

 

 

 

 

20. A Rose for Emily

Lyndon Chubbuck

1982

A sensitive treatment of William Faulkner's short story about a gilded, repressed young Southern woman, whose strict, suffocating father drove her into an ill-suited relationship with a Northern laborer. Narrated by John Houseman. With Anjelica Huston, John Randolph and John Carradine.
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21. The Tarnished Angels

Douglas Sirk

1957

 

Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone and Rock Hudson form a romantic triangle set amidst the tumultuous world of air circus performers. Roger Schulman (Stack) is a former World War I flying ace who is now a tormented and dedicated racing pilot. Schulman overlooks his trick parachutist wife Laverne (Malone) for his first love, flying. Burke Devlin (Hudson) is a reporter doing a story on the air circus who quickly becomes more fascinated with Laverne than with his story. This powerful drama, based on William Faulkner's novel Pylon, is a complicated exploration of desire and obsession. With Troy Donahue and Jack Carson.
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22. To Have and Have Not

Howard Hawks

1945

Humphrey Bogart and 19-year-old Lauren Bacall in this adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's wartime adventure. William Faulkner contributed to the fabulous screenplay. With Bacall's legendary siren line: "You know how to whistle, don't you Steve? You just put your lips together...and blow."
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23. Today We Live

Howard Hawks

1933

A fascinating collaboration between Howard Hawks and novelist William Faulkner, who adapted his own semi-autobiographical novel about World War I aviation. Gary Cooper plays an American fighter pilot who is caught in battles with the Germans and is attracted to Joan Crawford. With Robert Young, Franchot Tone and Roscoe Karns.
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24. Tomorrow

Joseph Anthony

1972

Robert Duvall turns in an exceptional performance in this overlooked, 1972 gem, based on a story by William Faulkner. Duvall plays a Mississippi cotton farmer who finds a pregnant and unconscious woman on his land and nurses her back to health. A relationship develops with the abandoned woman, but circumstances lead to deep trouble for both of them. Horton Foote wrote the screenplay for this fine, understated film, one of several collaborations between Foote and Duvall
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25. Two Soldiers

 

 

Taken from Arts and Entertainment Short Story Collection II, this free spirited adaptation of a William Faulkner story concerns a naive, determined farm boy who leaves his rural surroundings to find the older brother who abandoned him to fight in World War II. "A rural view of American patriotism (that) provides entertaining viewing for general library audiences" (Book List). 30 mins
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Gordon, Caroline

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Haley, Alex

1. Alex Haley's Queen

 

 

This is the powerful story Roots creator Alex Haley was preparing at the time of his death in 1992. Roots told the story of his mother's side of Haley's family; now comes the story of his father's side: a sweeping, generations-spanning saga with an all-star cast which includes Halle Berry, Danny Glover, Tim Daly, Ann-Margret, Ossie Davis, Jasmine Guy, Martin Sheen and Paul Winfield. "Queen is television of uncommon passion and substance" (John J. O'Connor, The New York Times)
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2. Malcolm X: His Own Story As It Really Happened

Arnold Perl

1972

Drawn from Alex Haley's The Autobiography of Malcolm X, this Oscar-nominated documentary details the turbulent life and times of the influential black leader. Narrated by James Earl Jones, the film includes footage of Martin Luther King, Jr., Betty Shabazz, Huey Newton, and other major figures who shared time and revolutionary dreams with Malcolm X.
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3. Mama Flora's Family

Peter Werner

1998

Alex Haley's moving story of one family's journey through tragedy and triumph is brought to the screen in this widely acclaimed television production. Cicely Tyson and Blair Underwood won Image Awards for their excellent leading roles, and the supporting cast (including Queen Latifah and Mario Van Peebles) is equally strong.
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4. Roots

M. Chomsky/J. Erman/D. Greene/G. Moses

1977

The complete television mini-series that transfixed the nation. Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning work by author Alex Haley, Roots is a rich, multi-layered portrait that traces the origins of Haley's African-American family, from their pre-Revolutionary war capture and enslavement in America to the Civil War, Reconstruction, and their demands for equality and justice in the post-war South. Winner of nine Emmy Awards, the program stars LeVar Burton, Ben Vereen, Louis Gossett Jr., Ed Asner, Olivia Cole, Lloyd Bridges, Georg Stanford Brown, Sandy Duncan, Moses Gunn, Chuck Connors, Scatman Crothers, Lorne Greene, Robert Reed, Vic Morrow, John Amos, and many more familiar screen personalities.
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5. Roots: The Gift

Kevin Hooks

1988

A made-for-television work picks up the fortunes of captured African warrior Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) and American-born slave Fiddler (Louis Gossett Jr.), their violent rebellion and heroic efforts to organize a slave rebellion and move for freedom through the Underground Railroad. With Alex Haley, Michael Learned, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew and Shaun Cassidy.
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6. Roots: The Next Generation

 

 

The epic continuation of Alex Haley's autobiographical investigation of his family's origins, related through a rich collection of anecdotes, remembrances and personal history, covering the Reconstruction through the 1970's. A 7-volume set digitally remastered and encased in a elaborately designed slipcase. With James Earl Jones (as Haley), Al Freeman Jr., Henry Fonda, Olivia De Havilland, Irene Cara, Dorian Harewood, Ossie Davis,Ruby Dee and Debbie Allen.
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Hawkes, John

1. The Blood Oranges

Philip Haas

1997

Charles Dance and Sheryl Lee head the cast of this adaptation of John Hawkes' novel of sexual liberation and the price two couples pay in pursuit of it. Committed to their Bohemian ideal of an "open marriage," Cyril and Fiona bring another couple into their lives. The emotional entanglements that follow lead to unexpected consequences. From the director of Angels and Insects and The Music of Chance.
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel

1. The House of the Seven Gables

Joe May

1940

 

George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay and Vincent Price star in this classic story based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, of one family's fight to overcome its turbulent past.
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2. Monsters of the Greek Myths

 

 

Based on the Wonder-Book and Tanglewood Tales of Nathaniel Hawthorne, these ancient stories tell of the confrontations of great heroes with the horrific monsters that populated the mythical Greek landscape. Includes The Chimaera, The Gorgon's Head, The Minotaur and The Dragon's Teeth. For Grades 4-9.
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3. Rappaccini's Daughter

Dezso Magyar

 

Based on the short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne and starring Kristoffer Tabori and Kathleen Beller. From The American Short Story series.
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4. The Scarlet Letter

Robert Vignola

1934

A story of adultery, Puritan attitudes and an unusual love triangle based upon the classic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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5. The Scarlet Letter

Wim Wenders

1973

Based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel, and following the plot about the social sanctions imposed upon a woman suspected of adultery to emerge as the first great heroine in American literature. Hawthorne's themes--the nature of sin, social hypocrisy and community repression--still reverberate through American society. With John Heard and Kevin Conway. A PBS WGBH Boston Special. Two videos.
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6. Twice Told Tales

Sidney Salkow

1963

Vincent Price heads a fine cast in this trilogy of horrific tales from the pen of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Segments include "Rappacini's Daughter", "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" and an abbreviated "The House of the Seven Gables." With Sebastian Cabot and Richard Denning.  
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Heller, Joseph

4. Catch-22

Mike Nichols

1970

The film version of Joseph Heller's modern classic novel about war and its absurdity for the common man. A scathing black comedy that, while falling short of the brilliance of Heller's novel, stands on its own as a bold, brilliantly acted statement. The superior cast includes Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel, Buck Henry, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen, Orson Welles, Jon Voight, Marcel Dalio, Charles Grodin, Jack Gilford, Bob Balaban and Norman Fell.
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15. Joseph Heller

 

 

Shows the famous American writer at home and on Coney Island, where he grew up, and captures the vitality of his latest novel, God Knows, with cleverly dramatized excerpts. 55 mins.

 

 

 

 

 

Hemingway, Ernest

2. Eminent Scholars Series, American Literature of the 20s

 

 

Distinguished educators and critics in an organized syllabus of documented lectures on modern American literature. Comes complete with study guide. Each tape is 45 minutes.

North Carolina State Professor Michael Reynolds discusses the American writers who came of age during the Roaring Twenties: T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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3. Eminent Scholars Series, Introduction to Ernest Hemingway's Ficti

 

 

Distinguished educators and critics in an organized syllabus of documented lectures on modern American literature. Comes complete with s

 

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4. Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling with Life

 

 

A special edition of A&E's Biography program, celebrating the life and writings of one of the giants of literature. Includes background on a long-lost Hemingway manuscript and the eager anticipation that greeted the announcement of its publication. 100 mins.
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6. A Farewell to Arms (1957)

Charles Vidor

1957

David O. Selznick's final production was this glossy version of Ernest Hemingway's great story of war-torn romance. A troubled production and a box-office disaster, the film remains interesting as an example of Hollywood excess and as a final, failed effort from one of the industry's most significant producers. Selznick's demanding, hands-on management style resulted in Charles Vidor replacing original director John Huston, who departed after one too many arguments with his producer. Far more lavish and melodramatic than Frank Borzage's 1932 classic. Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones star, with neorealist film master Vittorio De Sica (a prolific actor as well as a director) in an Academy Award-nominated supporting role.
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7. Fight for the River

 

 

During World War I, over a million casualties were inflicted on a 200-mile front that comprised the battle for the Isonzo River, located near the Italian eastern border on Austrian territory that today is a part of Slovenia. Soldiers from 13 nations lost their lives in this conflict, which was the setting for part of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms. The battle ground was a hellish endurance test, where soldiers had to contend not only with bombings and gunfire, but with poison gas, rats and widespread disease. This program features footage that was suppressed for years by both the Italian and Yugoslav governments, wishing to protect their versions of history. 1996, 48
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8. For Whom the Bell Tolls

Sam Wood

1943

Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman and Katina Patinou all won Oscars for their work in this adaptation of the classic Ernest Hemingway novel. Overall, it won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The story revolves around an American demolition expert who decides that he must fight against the fascists in Spain. Even as civil war rages, a romance grows between him and a beautiful Spanish woman. This restored version includes the original theatrical trailer and music cut from other released versions.
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11. Hemingway

Bernhard Sinkel

1988

Stacy Keach portrays Ernest Hemingway in this television mini-series that centers on the writer's stormy relationships with four wives. Marisa Berenson and Pamela Reed co-star in this production filmed on location in Paris, Venice, Spain, Key West, and other locations where the author lived, worked and loved. Keach won a Golden Globe for his performance.
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12. Hemingway in Cuba

 

 

The American author Ernest Hemingway is revealed in all his complexity in this detailed portrait. For over 30 years he inhabited an island paradise, eschewing both the public life that often dominates literary figures and his native land. As Hemingway himself wrote, "The country that a novelist writes about is the country he knows, and the country he knows is in his heart." 30 mins.
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13. Hemingway: Winner Take Nothing

 

 

The enigmatic life and death of Ernest Hemingway is traced by his granddaughter, the model and actress Margaux Hemingway, whose own life would end tragically years after this documentary was produced. The younger Hemingway travels through Europe, following the path once taken by her legendary grandfather. 86 mins.
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14. The Killers (1964)

Don Siegel

1964

A thriller based on the Ernest Hemingway story, The Killers stars Lee Marvin, John Cassavetes and Angie Dickinson, with Ronald Reagan as a wealthy, unscrupulous underworld character.
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15. Old Man and the Sea

John Sturges

1958

Spencer Tracy stars as the fisherman in this screen adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's brief novel of the same name. At the center of the story is a struggle between this old Mexican fisherman and a giant marlin. Their exchange sets the stage for ruminations on the heroics of even the most mundane of activities.
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16. The Old Man and the Sea

Jud Taylor

1990

Anthony Quinn stars in this screen adaptation of the Ernest Hemingway classic novel. It is an epic battle of man against nature as waged by a simple but noble fisherman and the young boy who believes in him. "Quinn is a commanding presence. He is able, at the perfect age and appearance for his role, to let us see his character's extraordinary dignity" (Chicago Tribune). Made for television.
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17. Playwrights '56

 

 

Paul Newman stars in this early television adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's story The Butler
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18. Snows of Kilimanjaro

Henry King

1952

Based on Ernest Hemingway's short story, Gregory Peck stars as Harry Street, a renowned writer who reflects on his life and loves while lying wounded on the slopes of the East African mountain Kilimanjaro. With Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Leo G. Carroll. 
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19. Soldier's Home

Robert Young

1976

From the American Short Story Collection, an adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's story of a young man's return from World War I finding that one of the hardest parts of war is the coming home. With Richard Backus and Nancy Marchand.
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20. Spanish Civil War

 

 

A major, unparalleled history of this bloody conflict of the 1930's, a war of belief that claimed three million lives, and featured such men on the front lines as Ernest Hemingway and the famous Abraham Lincoln Brigade. This 6-hour, detailed history of the conflict and the political maneuvers behind it is a remarkable, well-researched portrait of one of the key events of the 20th century. 360 mins. Double cassette.
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21. Spanish Earth

Joris Ivens

1937

Focusing specifically on the small village of Fuenteduena near Madrid, Spanish Earth is a stunning documentary on the Spanish Civil War and the drastic land reform that followed. The beautiful commentary was written and delivered by Ernest Hemingway. Directed and photographed by Joris Ivens. Edited by Helen van Dongen.
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22. The Spanish Earth/The Four Hundred Million

Joris Ivens

1937-39

Two landmark documentaries made by the pioneering Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens after he came to the U.S. in the mid-1930s. The Spanish Earth (1937) is an unsettling examination of the political and social causes of the Spanish Civil War. Ernest Hemingway wrote the commentary and also provided the narration when Orson Welles' voice was deemed "too beautiful" for the film. The Four Hundred Million (1939) is an angry denunciation of the Japanese invasion of China, backed by the narration of Fredric March. It is a film that conveys the intensity, fear, misery and courage of war.
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23. To Have and Have Not

Howard Hawks

1945

Humphrey Bogart and 19-year-old Lauren Bacall in this adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's wartime adventure. William Faulkner contributed to the fabulous screenplay. With Bacall's legendary siren line: "You know how to whistle, don't you Steve? You just put your lips together...and blow."
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Howells, William

1. Christmas Every Day

When the fairy who lives inside a crystal Christmas tree ornament grants Tilly's wish that every day be Christmas, Tilly learns a lesson about how to make the holiday special again. Based on the book by William Dean Howells. 20 mins.

 

 

 

 

  Irving, John

1. The Cider House Rules

Lasse Hallstrom

1999

A dedicated but rebellious doctor running a Maine orphanage in the 1940s raises one of the orphans as his own son, hoping that he might one day succeed him in his profession. His protege, however, decides he must first get a taste of life outside the orphanage confines. John Irving adapted his own novel for the screen. Tobey Maguire, Michael Caine, Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo and Paul Rudd star. An Academy Award-winner for Best Supporting Actor (Caine) and Best Adapted Screenplay.
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2. Simon Birch

Mark Steven Johnson

1998

Loosely based on John Irving's novel A Prayer for Owen Meany, this effective tear-jerker concerns a young boy suffering from arrested growth who believes that God has determined he should be a hero. The cast includes Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt and Ian Michael Smith in a memorable debut performance. "…a film so direct and engaging that cynicism wilts in its sunny spirit" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times).
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3. The World According to Garp

George Roy Hill

1982

Robin Williams is writer, wrestler and family man T.S. Garp in this George Roy Hill adaptation of the John Irving bestseller. With Glenn Close as his mother, Mary Beth Hurt as his wife and John Lithgow as his transsexual friend who used to play professional football. An engaging movie that does justice to Irving's quirky narrative, it also marked Williams' emergence as a dramatic actor.
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Irving, Washington

1. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

James Algar/Clyde Geronimi/Jack Kinney

1949

Released initially together, and later as separate "mini-features," these two beautifully animated works represent the Disney cartoon style at its highest level. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a highly entertaining (and quite spooky) adaptation of Washington Irving's tale of meek schoolteacher Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman. Bing Crosby is the narrator and also sings some fun tunes accompanied by the Rhythmaires. Next is a wonderfully whimsical version of Kenneth Grahame's children's classic, The Wind in the Willows, with Basil Rathbone narrating the story of Mr. Toad and friends.
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3. Headless Horseman

Edward Venturini

1922

 

Will Rogers is Ichabod Crane in this early screen adaptation of Washington Irving's 
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
. The great humorist would not break through as a movie
 star until the advent of sound, but he made several silent features before then. This 
rarely screened effort is presented in a 72-minute version, the most complete edition 
yet to be released on video. Silent with music track.
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4. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Clyde Geronimi

1949

Disney's animated version of Washington Irving's classic ghost story. Narrated by Bing Crosby, who also sings the film's three songs. Edited from the 1949 feature The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Rip Van Winkle

Washington Irving's classic tale of man who fell asleep in one era and wakes up in 
another is adapted for this new video. This character
tried to escape his wife, but found 
that he got far more than he bargained for. 18 mins.
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8. Rip Van Winkle

Will Vinton

 

Washington Irving's short story is brought to life in this Claymation adaptation. A 
farmer who dozes for 20 years has great difficulty
explaining his absence and adjusting 
to a new era. Narrated by Will Geer.
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9. Sleepy Hollow

Tim Burton

1999

Boasting fantastic sets, costumes and cinematography, Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow is a visual delight. Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is greatly altered in this version, changing Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) from a cowardly schoolteacher to a police constable who comically tries to mask his fear as he investigates a series of gruesome murders, which the locals attribute to the fearsome Headless Horseman. With Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Jeffrey Jones, Michael Gambon and Christopher Walken
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10. Tales of Washington Irving

 

 

An animated look at one of the world's least animated men, Rip Van Winkle. The literary creation of 19th Century American author Washington Irving, that old sleepy head has his story told along with that of the Headless Horseman in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. 1970, approx. 48 mins.

 

 

 

 

 

11. Tall Tales: Legend of Sleepy Hollow

 

 

Ed Begley Jr. is Ichabod Crane in Washington Irving's American classic about a timid teacher who encounters a headless ghost one dark Halloween night. Featuring Charles Durning, Tim Thomerson, and Beverly D'Angelo, this fun-filled tale is galloping fun. 51 mins.

 

 

 

 

 

 


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