The Thomas Crown Affair es una película de 1999, una adaptación de la película de 1968 del mismo nombre. Fue protagonizada por Pierce Brosnan, personificando a un multimillonario que roba una pintura y es rastreado por una investigadora de seguros, interpretada por Rene Russo. Thomas Crown (Pierce Brosnan), un multimillonario, es un aventurero hombre de negocios quien disfruta de los retos. Él estrella un costoso yate y apuesta cien mil dólares en un golpe de golf simplemente porque él piensa que puede personificar a Arnold Palmer. Crown roba una pintura (San Giorgio Maggiore durante el crepúsculo) de Monet valorada en 100 millones de dólares. Los aseguradores de la obra de arte envían a la investigadora Catherine Banning (Rene Russo) para ayudar a la policía a resolver el crimen. Desde el principio, Banning sospecha que Crown está detrás del delito. El elaborado juego del gato y el ratón que se desarrolla le da a Crown exactamente lo que él estaba buscando: El amor de Banning. Clasificación [ CM DVD 01094 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Life Is Beautiful (Italian: La vita è bella) is a 1997 Italian tragicomedy comedy-drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni. Benigni plays Guido Orefice, a Jewish Italian book shop owner, who must employ his fertile imagination to shield his son from the horrors of internment in a Nazi concentration camp. Part of the film came from Benigni's own family history; before Roberto's birth, his father had survived three years of internment at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. In 1939 Italy, Guido Orefice is a young Jewish man who is leaving his old life and going to work in the city where his uncle lives. Guido is comical and sharp, making the best from each situation he encounters. From the start he falls in love with a girl Dora. Later he sees her again in the city where she is a teacher.   Dora is set to be engaged to a rich but arrogant man. He is a local government official with whom Guido has run-ins from the beginning. Guido is still in love with Dora and performs many stunts in order to see her. Guido sets up many "coincidental" incidents to show his interest. Finally Dora sees Guido's affection and promise and gives in against her better judgement. He steals her from her engagement party on a horse, humiliating her fiancé and mother. Soon they are married and have a son, Giosué.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00648] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Little Big Man is a 1970 American Western directed by Arthur Penn and based on the novel Little Big Man by Thomas Berger. It is a picaresque comedy about a white male child raised by the Cheyenne nation during the 19th century. The film is largely concerned with contrasting the lives of American pioneers and Native Americans throughout the progression of the boy's life.   The movie stars Dustin Hoffman, Chief Dan George, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Jeff Corey and Richard Mulligan. It is considered a Western, with Native Americans receiving a more sympathetic treatment and the United States Cavalry depicted as villains. In the present day, 121-year-old Jack Crabb, residing in a hospice, recounts his plentiful life story to a curious historian. Among other things, Crabb claims to have had been a captive of the Cheyenne, a gunslinger, an associate of Wild Bill Hickok, a scout for General George Armstrong Custer, and the sole survivor of the Battle of Little Bighorn.   Jack begins his story in a flashback to 1859 when he was 10-years-old where he and his older sister Caroline (Carole Androsky) survive the massacre of their parents by the Pawnee, and are taken back to a Cheyenne village. Caroline escapes, but Jack is reared by the good-hearted tribal leader Old Lodge Skins. As Jack gets older, he unwittingly makes an enemy of another boy, Younger Bear; however, Younger Bear eventually owes his life to Jack since he saved his life from a Pawnee Indian.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00647] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Scream 3 (Scream 3: La Máscara de la Muerte en México)y (Scream 3: Mas alla de una llamada extraña en Venezuela) es la tercera parte de la saga Scream. Es una película de terror del año 2000 dirigida por Wes Craven. Fue estrenada el 4 de febrero del 2000 en Estados Unidos. Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber), es llamado por Ghostface (voz de Roger L. Jackson) que exige el paradero de Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) que ha pasado a esconderse desde los acontecimientos de Scream 2. Él se niega y su novia Christine (Kelly Rutherford) y el son asesinados.   El Detective Mark Kincaid (Patrick Dempsey) se reúne con Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox), para discutir los asesinatos que la obligaron a viajar a Hollywood, donde se encuentra Dewey Riley (David Arquette) trabaja como asesor en el rodaje de "Stab 3", la tercera película dentro de una serie de películas basada en los asesinatos de Woodsboro. Después de Ghostface mata a la actriz de "Stab 3" Sarah Darling (Jenny McCarthy) que comienza a mofárse de Sidney por teléfono, después de haber descubierto su número de teléfono, lo que obligó a salir de su escondite y atrayéndola hacia Hollywood. El resto de los actores de "Stab 3" se reúnen en la casa de Jennifer Jolie (Parker Posey), Ghostface mata a su guardaespaldas Steven Stone (Patrick Warburton) y utiliza un gas de fugas para causar una explosión a la casa, causando la muerte al actor Tom Prinze (Matt Keeslar) .   Dewey, Gale, Jennifer y el resto de los actores de "Stab 3" Angelina Tyler (Emily Mortimer) y Tyson Fox (Deon Richmond), asisten a una fiesta de cumpleaños para el director Roman Bridger (Scott Foley), donde son asesinados. Sidney obedece las órdenes de Ghostface de seguirlo a la mansión para salvar las vidas de Gale y Dewey. Sidney se enfrenta a Ghostface que es desenmascarado como Roman Bridger, después de haber fingido su muerte, y admite ser el medio hermano de Sidney, nacido de su madre Maureen Prescott (Lynn McRee) cuando ella era una actriz de Hollywood. Roman cuenta los detalles de cómo al encontrar a su mamá Maureen, ella lo rechazó y se vengo al convencer al novio de Sidney Billy Loomis con matarla, lo que desató los acontecimientos de Scream y Scream 2. Sidney y Roman luchan hasta que Sidney mata a puñaladas a Roman pero no muere así que Dewey lo mata con un balazo a la cabeza.   Al final, Dewey le propone matrimonio a Gale, que acepta, y Sidney sigue adelante con su vida   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00578] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Les Misérables is a 1998 film adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the same name, directed by Bille August. It stars Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, and Claire Danes.   As in the original novel, the storyline follows the adult life of Jean Valjean (Liam Neeson), an ex-convict (paroled following 19 years of hard labor, for stealing bread) pursued by police Inspector Javert (Geoffrey Rush). It was filmed at Barrandov Studios in Prague. Jean Valjean (Liam Neeson), a man arrested for stealing bread nineteen years earlier, is released on parole. When no one is willing to allow a convict to stay the night, Bishop Myriel (Peter Vaughan), kindly welcomes him into his home. Valjean explains to Myriel that sleeping in a real bed will make him a new man. In the night, Valjean, interrupted by Myriel while stealing his silverware, strikes him and flees. When the police arrest Valjean, Myriel tells them that the silverware was a gift and scolds Valjean for failing to take his candlesticks as well. Myriel then reminds Valjean that he is to become a new man.   Nine years later, Valjean is now a wealthy industrialist and a mayor. Fantine (Uma Thurman), a single mother working at Valjean's factory, is fired from when her manager learns she has had a daughter out of wedlock. Valjean is too preoccupied with the arrival of Inspector Javert (Geoffrey Rush), who previously served as a guard at the prison in which Valjean was held. Fantine, in desperate need of money to pay the extortionate demands of the Thénardiers for looking after her daughter Cosette, turns to prostitution. Javert starts to suspect that the Mayor and Valjean are the same person. Fantine is attacked by some customers, and when she retaliates, Javert beats and arrests her. Valjean insists on her release and she is let go.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00646] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Strictly Ballroom is a 1992 Australian romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. The film, which was Luhrmann's first, is the first in his The Red Curtain Trilogy of theatre-motif-related films; the other two are Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!.   Strictly Ballroom is based on a critically acclaimed stage play originally set up in 1984 by Luhrmann and fellow students while he was studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney. An expanded version of the play became a success at the Czechoslovakian Youth Drama Festival in Bratislava in 1986, and in 1988 it made successful season at Sydney's Wharf Theatre, where it was seen by Australian music executive Ted Albert and his wife Antoinette. They both loved it, and when Ted Albert soon after set up the film production company M&A Productions with ex-Film Australia producer Tristram Miall, they offered Luhrman to transform his play into a film. He agreed on the condition that he would also get to direct it.   Strictly Ballroom tells the story of an Australian ballroom dancer, Scott Hastings (Paul Mercurio), and his struggle to establish his personal style of dance in his way to win the Pan-Pacific Grand Prix Dancing Championship. Scott's steps are not strictly ballroom. Scott comes from a family with a history of ballroom dancing and has been training since childhood.    Clasificación [ CM DVD 00643] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Shall We Dance? (titulada en castellano ¿Bailamos? en España e Hispanoamérica) es una comedia dramática protagonizada por Richard Gere, Jennifer López y Susan Sarandon. Estrenada el 15 octubre de 2004 en Estados Unidos y el 5 de noviembre del mismo año en España. Es el remake del film japonés "Shall we ダンス?" (Sharu wi Dansu?).2 que a su vez se basa en la comedia musical de de la RKO de 1937, Ritmo Loco (aunque el nombre en ingés es el mismo) protagoniza por Fred Astaire y Ginger Rogers. John Clark (Richard Gere) es un respetable abogado. Es adicto al trabajo. Su vida es una constante rutina: del trabajo a la casa y viceversa. Ama su profesión, pero los casos son fáciles de resolver; no hay emoción. Igual pasa en su casa; John siente que algo le falta. Una noche decide que debe cambiar, de esta forma se inscribe en un curso de baile. Los acontecimientos lo topan con una meláncolica profesora de baile (Jennifer Lopez), que se encuentra frustrada por su fracaso en una anterior competencia de baile. Clasificación [ CM DVD 00642] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Lawrence de Arabia (Lawrence of Arabia) es una película británica de 1962 dirigida por David Lean e interpretada por Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Sir Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sir Anthony Quayle, José Ferrer, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy y Fernando Sancho, entre otros.   En 1991 fue incluida entre los filmes que preserva el National Film Registry (Registro Nacional de Filmes) de la Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados Unidos, por ser considerada «cultural, histórica o estéticamente significativa».   Durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, Thomas Edward Lawrence es un teniente del ejército británico en Egipto, que atraviesa el desierto en busca del príncipe Faysal en compañía de un guía. Llevado por una gran determinación, Lawrence no deja de ponerse a prueba. En su trayecto, el oficial pierde a su guía a manos del príncipe Sherif Alí, por lo que debe proseguir su camino en solitario. El teniente llega hasta el campamento de Faysal, quien pide ayuda a Gran Bretaña en su lucha contra los turcos. Muy popular entre los árabes, cuyo favor se gana por su coraje y su demostrado amor al desierto, Lawrence lidera la unificación de las tribus de guerreros del norte de África contra el Imperio Otomano y conduce su ejército hacia Áqaba. Conquistada la ciudad, Lawrence regresa a El Cairo para informar de su triunfo.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00641] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Spellbound is a 2002 documentary that was directed by Jeffrey Blitz. The film follows eight competitors in the 1999 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Documentary Feature;[1] Yana Gorskaya's editing won the ACE Eddie award for best editing of documentary. Spellbound won the Emmy for Cultural/Artistic Programming and Jeffrey Blitz was nominated for directing. In 2007, it was included as #4 of the "IDA's Top 25 Documentaries" of all-time by the members of the International Documentary Association. Frank Neuhauser, winner of the first National Spelling Bee held in 1925, also appears in the film. This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C. All work quite hard and practice daily, first having to win their regional championship before they can move on. Interviews include the parents and teachers who are working with them. The competitors not only work hard to get to the finals but face tremendous pressure as the original group of over 250 competitors is whittled down and the words they must spell get ever more difficult. Clasificación [ CM DVD 00639] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Louisiana Story (1948) is a 78-minute black-and-white American film. Although the events and characters depicted are fictional, it is often misidentified as a documentary film, when in fact, it is a docufiction. The script was written by Frances H. Flaherty and Robert J. Flaherty, directed by Robert J. Flaherty, and was commissioned by the Standard Oil Company. A first-hand viewing of the film reveals a story dealing with the adventures of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon, who live a somewhat idyllic existence playing in the bayous of Louisiana. A sub-plot involves his elderly father's allowing an oil company to drill for oil in the inlet that runs behind their house. A completely assembled miniature oil rig on a slender barge is towed into the inlet from connecting narrow waterways. Although there is a moment of crisis when the rig strikes a gas pocket, most of this is dealt with swiftly and off-camera, and the barge, rig, and friendly drillers depart expeditiously, leaving behind a phenomenally clean environment and a wealthy Cajun family.   Conflict and action for the plot is provided by the presence of a giant alligator in the area, which is believed to have eaten the pet raccoon and which is hunted in revenge. There is no individual or organized resistance to the incursion of the oil seekers, even after the (brief, offscreen) disaster, who are unequivocally portrayed as friendly, progressive humanitarians. The boy, named in the film as Alexander Napoleon Ulysses Le Tour but in the credits just identified as "the boy", was played by Joseph Boudreaux. The film was photographed by Richard Leacock and edited by Helen van Dongen, who were also the associate producers. Original release was through independent film distributor Lopert Films.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00637] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)