Results for: books tagged ‘Gangsters’
Goodfellas: Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi
'As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster.'Henry Hill grows up in the 1950s, in a Brooklyn neighbourhood where Italian-American gangsters walk tall in ... More
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On the Waterfront: Budd Schulberg
Jackie Brown: Quentin Tarantino
Jackie Brown is an airline stewardness who is arrested for smuggling money into America, thus falling victim to a plot by the FBI to undo her boss, who is trafficking ... More
The General: John Boorman
The General is the story of Martin Cahill - a working-class Dubliner who was the mastermind behind a series of daring robberies that stunned Ireland in the 1980s. Despite being ... More
Bonnie and Clyde: David Newman
Based on the true-life exploits of the 1930s Barrow gang, Bonnie & Clyde is not only one of the most entertaining films in Hollywood's history, but also one of the ... More
Pulp Fiction: Quentin Tarantino
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay and the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Pulp Fiction exploded on to the screen in 1994 and transformed the ... More
On the Waterfront: Budd Schulberg
Since its release in 1954, when it scooped 8 Academy Awards, On the Waterfront has established itself as a classic American film and garnered a strong cult following. Both distinctions ... More
Reservoir Dogs: Quentin Tarantino
When Reservoir Dogs burst upon the screen in 1992, it announced the arrival of one of the most charismatic and audacious voices in cinema today.Reservoir Dogs is the story of ... More
The Villain's Opera: Nick Dear
Under cover of his South London pub, Peachum plies a successful trade in small-time scams. But his world is shattered when the charismatic villain, Macheath, not only plans to marry ... More
Traffic: Stephen Gaghan
This is the screenplay of director Steven Soderbergh's hit thriller, set in the high-stakes, high-risk world of the drug trade, starring Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones. Traffic is a ... More
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