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Huguette Clark is the youngest daughter of W.A. Clark, who was born in a log cabin but becomes a powerful mining and banking magnate after discovering copper in Montana following the Civil War. He rises to such wealth and prominence that he helps to found Las Vegas. Huguette is born in Paris and lives a very interesting life. She grows up in the largest house in New York City — a mansion of 121 rooms for a family of four. She owns paintings by Degas and Renoir, a world-renowned Stradivarius violin, and a vast collection of antique dolls and beautifully crafted dollhouses. Huguette lives out the last two decades of her life in the Beth Israel Hospital, dishing out $400,000 per year to live there but is never in the VIP section. She is a generous woman who appreciates art and the simple acts of giving. Huguette is often taken advantage of because of her kindness. She dies in 2011 at 104, leaving behind an over $310 million fortune.
A team of scientists go on a mission to find the fountain of youth.
At night, academics and other white collar types in Europe are urban explorers and infiltrate skyscrapers still under construction, metro stations no longer in use, abandoned bomb shelters, and other off-limit sites. Their actions have made them wanted by the authorities.
"Flowers for Algernon" follows the story of Charlie, a mentally handicapped man who is the first human test subject in an experimental surgery that artificially increases intelligence. After seeing his IQ go from 68 to 185 following the surgery, Charlie loses the ability to socialize normally and becomes alienated from those around him. As Charlie begins to learn the truth behind the effects of the surgery — as seen through the reaction of a mouse test subject named Algernon — he is struck with the weight of how this procedure may ruin is life.
Two lifelong enemies try to land the same sexy advertising client in a competition set up by their fathers.
Two pothead friends set out on a quest to discover both ghosts and aliens.
In 1950s in Lakewood, California, bean fields are drawn up, sectioned off and divided up--leaving tracts for small houses of similar design. Homes are quickly sold to young couples -- many of the men are WWII veterans -- purchasing a house for the first time. A shopping mall is opened in 1952 and includes a half-mile civil defense fallout shelter due to the fear of Soviet attack.
half-human, half-alien creature embarks on a murderous rampage after his alien mother is abused by two rednecks in the Deep South.
Set in the world of ice fishing.
The Delmas Four, South African revolutionaries, are arrested and put on trial during the apartheid era.
A London investigator is hired to discover whether Princess Diana's death was a tragic accident or something more. When he begins to uncover a conspiracy, the gumshoe’s own safety is compromised.
Described as being in the vein of Jerry Maguire.
In a dark future, North America has split into two warring nations. The story follows Day, a young Robin Hood, and June, the teen prodigy hired to hunt him down; together they uncover an impossible truth about their totalitarian leaders.
Set against the backdrop of the Civil War, President Lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. Willie Lincoln finds himself in a strange purgatory where ghosts mingle, gripe, commiserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance. Within this transitional state—called, in the Tibetan tradition, the bardo—a monumental struggle erupts over young Willie’s soul.
After escaping from capture, an elite Navy Seal must use all his skills to survive in Europe's Carpathian mountains in the dead of winter. His thoughts of his wife and new baby drive him.
Italian merchant Marco Polo, his father, and his uncle travel from the Republic of Venice throughout Asia.
A shy boy who doesn’t fit in finds a mentor in the head counselor of a summer camp.
A 70-year-old African-American woman transforms into a young woman in her 20s.
Chronicles the adventures of a character dubbed Broski and his "Guido" lifestyle.