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Pub. Date
[2004], c1996-c1997
Description
Ray Barone is a Long Island sportswriter who has wife, Debra, and the family of his dreams. Unfortunately, their life of bliss is constantly being interrupted by Ray's bickering parents, Frank and Marie, as well as his dopey brother Robert, who all live close by to Ray and Debra and are constantly dropping by.
45) Big fish blues
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Examines the history of the blues in New York's Long Island region.
46) The great Gatsby
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
"An aspiring writer falls under the spell of an aloof millionaire with designs for the young scribe's unhappily married cousin in director Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's celebrated novel. It's the spring of 1922, and wide-eyed Midwesterner Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) has just moved to New York City in pursuit of the American Dream. Settling into a home next door to wealthy Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), Carraway grows increasingly...
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
"Like millions of people around the world, Karl Koch III watched in disbelief as the World Trade Center collapsed right before his eyes on the morning of September 11, 2001. But the sadness that tormented him in the days and weeks that followed was fueled not only by the compassion and anger that most of us felt but also by his intimate connection with every beam and column in the Twin Towers." "In 1966, the Karl Koch Erecting Company, founded by...
48) Diggers
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Four Long Island friends follow in their respective families' footsteps and become clam diggers in this touching comedy.
51) The great Gatsby
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Jay Gatsby is a man possessed--driven by greed, ambition and, most of all, an unwavering desire for a woman he met before the Great War, when he was poor and she was unobtainable. F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece is an extraordinary journey into the heart of the American Dream and out the other side, where the spoils of success do not always suffice. This lively and lavish adaptation from A & E captures the heady swirl of the Jazz Age in all its...