Frank Langella

When his ultra-wealthy neighbor in the Hamptons builds an obnoxious mega-mansion next door, grumpy retired novelist Harry March concocts an elaborate scheme for revenge that is destined to go hilariously awry.

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who lived through it, creating a first-hand archive of personal backstage stories and memories. The new documentary is the long-awaited sequel to late filmmaker Rick McKay’s award-winning 2003 film Broadway: The Golden Age, continuing the saga into the '60s and '70s and spotlighting beloved classic Broadway shows including Once Upon a Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Barefoot in the Park, Pippin, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Chicago, and 42nd Street. Featuring a galaxy of stars including Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Glenn Close, André De Shields, Jane Fonda, Robert Goulet, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, and many more, the film also includes rare archival photos and never-before-seen footage both onstage and off.

平和的に行われるはずの抗議デモが、警察との激しい衝突に発展。その責任を問われ逮捕・起訴された7人は、米国史上最も理不尽な裁判に立たされる。

From a prolific career in film and television, Anton Yelchin left an indelible legacy as an actor. Through his journals and other writings, his photography, the original music he wrote, and interviews with his family, friends, and colleagues, this film looks not just at Anton's impressive career, but at a broader portrait of the man.

The extraordinary life of beloved acting teacher and theatre producer Wynn Handman is recalled in this portrait of a provocative, innovative artist.

This documentary looks to forge the greatest, most definitive, documentary on everything He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, She-Ra, the live action movie, New Adventures of He-Man, the 200x series and much more! They delve into the toys, comics, cartoons, and movies from all eras by talking to the artists, creators, executives and actors who helped make it a reality.

A man is tasked with driving his embittered 80-year-old father-in-law cross country to be legally euthanized in Oregon, while along the way helping him rediscover a reason for living.

ベン・キャッシュと6人の子供たちは、現代社会に触れることなくアメリカ北西部の森深くで暮らしていた。父仕込みの訓練と教育で子供たちの体力はアスリート並み。みな6ヶ国語を操り、18歳の長男は名立たる大学すべてに合格。しかしある日入院していた母・レスリーが亡くなり、一家は葬儀のため、そして母の最後のある“願い”をかなえるため旅に出る。葬儀の行われるニューメキシコまでは2400キロ。チョムスキーは知っていても、コーラもホットドッグも知らない世間知らずの彼らは果たして、母の願いを叶えることが出来るのか・・・？

リンドン・ジョンソンがＪＦＫ暗殺の直後に大統領に昇格してから、翌年の大統領選で当選するまでの３４７日を描いた実話ドラマ。 当時副大統領だったリンドン・ジョンソンが、ＪＦＫ暗殺によりエアフォース・ワンで大統領就任宣誓を行ってから、翌年大統領選で当選するまでを描いた実話ドラマ。ブロードウェイで上演されトニー賞を受賞した舞台をスティーヴン・スピルバーグの製作総指揮で映画化。舞台でも主演し、トニー賞主演男優賞を受賞したブライアン・クランストンが、『トランボ　ハリウッドで最も嫌われた男』のジェイ・ローチ監督と再タッグを組んだ。

With charm and wit, Nichols discusses his life and 50-year career as a performer and director.

Pierre Hunter, a bartender with unyielding optimism, returns to his tiny hometown after his parents' death. When he falls for the enigmatic Stella, Pierre is unknowingly pulled into a cat-and-mouse game that involves a duffel bag full of cash, a haphazard yet determined criminal, and a mystery that will determine all of their fates. A contemporary fable about the ways we struggle to control time and fate in a possibly predetermined universe.

Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion.

人気の絶頂でハリウッド・スターの座を捨て、モナコ公妃となったグレース・ケリーはモナコ宮殿のしきたりに馴染めず、公務に勤しむ夫レーニエ3世とのすれ違いも重なり孤独を感じていた。結婚から5年が過ぎた1961年12月、グレースのもとにハリウッド時代の知己だったヒッチコックが新作映画「マーニー」の脚本を携え会いに来る。ヒッチコックは、宮殿で孤立するグレースに「マーニー」の主演を引き受けて欲しい」と依頼する。

A young writer begins an affair with an older woman from France whose open marriage to a diplomat dictates that they can meet only between the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

ケヴィン・コスナー主演による痛快エンタテインメント。全米に生中継される大注目のNFLドラフト会議で、選手獲得のために頭脳戦を繰り広げるクリーブランド・ブラウンズのマネージャーの奮闘を描く。

The interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life-altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war. Inspired and sometimes blinded by their love, Len, Mia, Andy, Esther, Anna and Erik are as flawed and beautiful as any of the billions who are facing this human-made biological disaster.

極悪ガエルのゴンゾがロシアの刑務所から逃げ出し、世間を恐怖に陥れていた。一方、ザ・マペッツの面々は敏腕プロモーターのドミニク・バジーの提案でワールドツアーを行うが、ある日座長のカーミットは自分とうり二つのゴンゾにはめられ、逮捕されてしまう。カーミットに成り済ましザ・マペッツに潜入したゴンゾは、世界を股に掛けた陰謀をたくらむ。

夢の中で世界滅亡を意味するかのような光景を目にしたノア。それが神からのお告げであり、全世界を飲み込むほどの大洪水がやって来ると悟った彼は、その日から家族と共に一心不乱になって巨大な箱舟を造る。さらに、生命を絶やさぬようにと、この世の全ての種類の動物を次々と箱舟に乗せていく。だが、ノア一家の前に不安に駆られて箱舟を奪おうとする者たちが立ちはだかる。

Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land.

The story of Walter L. Shaw, a telecommunications genius, and his son Walter T. Shaw, a ruthless jewel thief, is a metaphor and a symbol for its time - for the twentieth century and for today.

A struggling young artist accepts a series of bizarre commissions from an eccentric, dying millionaire who may be trying to either help further his career or destroy his life.

元泥棒の老人と介護用ロボットが織りなす交流を描いたヒューマンドラマ。元宝石泥棒で70歳のフランクは物忘れが激しくなり、心配した息子たちはそんな父親に超高性能な介護型ロボットをプレゼントする。ロボットは自立歩行や会話も可能で、雇い主の健康を管理するだけでなく、やる気を出させて生きがいを見つけさせるようにプログラムされており、おかげでフランクの体調も日々すぐれていく。当初はロボットを気に入らなかったフランクも、元気になったことで野心を取り戻し、自分の“趣味”にロボットを巻き込もうとするが……。主演は「フロスト×ニクソン」「グッドナイト＆グッドラック」の名優フランク・ランジェラ。

交通事故から生還後、見知らぬ他人に自分の名を騙られるという不可解な状況に陥った男が、身の危険をかいくぐりながらその謎の真相に迫る様をスリリングに描き出したアクション・サスペンス。

Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.

A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

2001年、8年の服役を終えたゴードン・ゲッコー。カリスマ投資家の面影は消え、すっかり過去の人と成り果てていた。2008年、勤め先が経営破たんに追い込まれた電子取引トレーダー、ジェイコブ・ムーアは恋人ウィニーの父親であるゲッコーに近づき、ある提案を持ちかける。

ある日の朝、ノーマとアーサー夫妻の元に、赤いボタン付きの装置が入った箱が届く。夕方、謎めいた男がノーマを訪ね「このボタンを押せば100万ドルを手に入れられるが、代わりに見知らぬ誰かが死ぬ。考える猶予は24時間」と驚くべき提案を持ちかける。二人は迷いながらもボタンを押してしまう。

とあるヨーロッパの王国。光に憧れるドブネズミのロスキューロは、城内に忍び込んだ際、女王に振る舞われたスープの中へ落ちてしまい、女王をショック死させ、地下牢へ追放されてしまう。一方、小さく痩せっぽちで、ひときわ耳の大きなハツカネズミのデスペローは、音楽と本を愛し、自由奔放に城内の生活を満喫していた。そんなある日、母親を亡くし悲しみに暮れるピー姫に恋心を抱いたデスぺローも、人間に恋をした罪で地下牢へと追放されてしまう。さらに、ロスキューロは姫の座を夢見る召使のミグと手を組み、ピー姫を誘拐する。それぞれの想いが巡る中、デスペローは、ピー姫の救出に立ち上がる！

ウォーターゲート事件で辞任に追い込まれたニクソン元米国大統領。彼が77年に行なった、イギリスの司会者デヴィッド・フロストとの伝説的な単独インタビューをもとにした実録ドラマ。舞台裏で繰り広げられた熾烈な駆け引きと緊迫のトーク・バトルを描く。

Jimmy Stevens, a senior VP at an international energy firm, blows the whistle on his company's deadly and corrupt practices in Latin America. Knowing he will be assassinated for his betrayal, he places an anonymous call securing the services of private detective Frank Turlotte to trail him from a distance.

Using stories of items recovered or offered after 9/11 and other tragedies, this film explores the human impulse to create community and reestablish connection in times of upheaval.

Leonard Schiller once counted among New York's literary lions, but illness and ten years of writer's block have lowered his profile, almost to the point of obscurity. When Heather Wolfe, an ambitious literature major, asks to interview him for her thesis on his work, her interest forces him to address the issues that he has avoided all these years, and stirs in him feelings he has long forgotten, much to his daughter's consternation.

A doomed love affair blooms against the beautiful and exotic backdrop of the deserts of India in this romantic drama. Samantha Hartley (Kelli Garner) is a woman in her early twenties who travels to Rajapur in India to visit a resort where her mother stayed years ago. While tracing the steps of her mother, Sara (Lynn Collins), Samantha learns the true story about her mother's stormy marriage to Jeremy (Justin Theroux), a charming but moody alcoholic. Only a few days after their wedding, Sara began to wonder if marrying Jeremy was a mistake, and while visiting India on their honeymoon, Sara met Jai Singh (Manoj Bajpai), a handsome and sensitive widower living in Rajapur. Jai Singh, who speaks fluent English, soon strikes up a friendship with Sara that quickly grows into a romance, but both are aware of the transgressive nature of their love, and their affair takes a tragic turn, leaving its scars on all parties involved.

The life of a young Jesuit seminarian is turned upside down when he falls in love with a young woman while working as a volunteer at a soup kitchen.

5年前、地球から忽然と姿を消したスーパーマンは、自分の過去を探して宇宙を旅していた。しかし、故郷の惑星、クリプトン星が放射能に汚染された廃墟になっていると知った彼は、第2の故郷であるスモールビルのケント農場に帰還。そのころ、スーパーマン不在のメトロポリスでは犯罪が急増していた。＜解説＞世界中で愛されているヒーロー、スーパーマンが活躍する人気アクションのシリーズ最新作。スーパーマンが失踪を遂げてから5年後を舞台に、再び悪に立ち向かうスーパーマンの姿が描かれる。監督は『X-MEN2』のブライアン・シンガー。スーパーマン役には数千人の中から選ばれた新人のブランドン・ラウスが務める。悪役にはオスカー俳優ケビン・スペイシー。

A massive earthquake creates a chain of events that threaten two of the largest nuclear reactors.

Pat Conroy, an ambitious, slightly rebellious idealistic teacher accepts Bennington county, SC's school board superintendent's offer to teach the all-black kids of the pauper fishery community on Yamacrew Island. Staffless 'head' mistress Brown incarnates stupidity and blind rule obedience, her didactic skills consisting in scolding and spanking her students. Pat moves heaven and earth to motivate and educate, but after finally getting trough to pupils and parents is refused contract renewal by the arch-conservative authorities.

Combining commentary from renowned Egyptian scholars with meticulous computer animation, this History Channel documentary travels more than 3,000 years into the past to explore the world of the legendary King Tut. The program brings to life the never-before-seen details of Tut's tomb and also examines the folklore surrounding the boy king. Award-winning actor Frank Langella narrates this fascinating journey.

Sharp legal associates at a Washington D.C. law firm struggle to get along with their ruthless, ethically-challenged managing partner.

著名人たちが愛したという伝説のテレビマンを、ジョージ・クルーニーが演じた実録ドラマ。舞台は“赤狩り”が全米を震撼させていた1953年。誰もが報復に脅えるなか、キャスターのエド・マローだけは言葉を武器に巨悪に立ち向かった。

A young man slides back into a life of crime after reuniting with a shady acquaintance from his past.

In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression after the death of her husband, the young boy is left to his own devices. When Tom develops a crush on schoolmate Melissa, Pappass feels abandoned and begins behaving erratically.

While producing a reality TV show, a teenager meets a magician whose powers are real but put him in danger.

An English professor helps three men come to terms with themselves in Kentucky.

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Dracula" (1979).

Documentary exploring the making of the film, High Noon.

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay filmed over 100 of the greatest stars ever to work on Broadway or in Hollywood. He soon learned that great films can be restored, fine literature can be kept in print - but historic Broadway performances of the past are the most endangered. They leave only memories that, while more vivid, are more difficult to preserve. In their own words — and not a moment too soon — Broadway: The Golden Age tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre. This is the largest cast of legends ever in one film.

仕事一筋のエリート広告マン、ネルソンは、自動車免許の更新に出掛けた際、風変わりな女性サラと出会った。サラは“11月の1カ月間だけ恋人にならない？　私は不幸な男性を救う能力があるの”と思いがけない提案を申し出る。最初は冗談だと思ったネルソンだが、彼女とのんびりした時を過ごすうち、今までの自分が過ごしてきたむなしい生き方に気付く。いつしか彼はサラを本気で愛するようになるが、彼女はある秘密を抱えていた。

Andrew and his older brother Carl enjoy listening to ghost stories that the local undertaker tells them. One night he tells the tale of a local farmer whose wife gave birth to Siamese twins, one being good natured while the other was clearly evil. The farmer, ashamed of them, kept the twins locked in their room. Eventually the twins got sick and died together, so the farmer sawed them in half and buried the good twin in a cemetery and the bad twin in a shallow grave near the house. Later, Carl and his friends decide to hold a séance in the cemetery where the good twin is buried, but they unintentionally awaken the bad twin instead. Gradually, he possesses nearly everyone in town and it is up to young Andrew to stop him.

A young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous world of super-models.

A traveling cellist gets involved with two disturbed sisters on their way to Seattle to tell their mom that their dad has just passed away. On the way, the two kill a judge and a few others unknown to the cellist. Eventually he gets pinned for the crimes and is forced to defend himself.

A documentary from Universal about the movie "Dracula" (1931) starring Bela Lugosi.

世界中の希少本を探す、書籍の探偵コルソ。彼はある富豪の依頼を受け、世界に3冊しかないという伝説の悪魔の祈祷書を探していた。ニューヨークからスペイン、ポルトガルと祈祷書を追って旅するコルソ。だがそんな彼の周囲では、不可思議な殺人が続発してゆく。＜禁断の書と言われる“悪魔の書”を手にした書物ブローカーに起こる迷宮的恐怖を描く。ロマン・ポランスキー監督作。＞

Frac, a mime who is suffering from a severe bout of depression, happens to meet a troupe of circus entertainers and immediately falls in love with one of the stars, Giulietta. But while his affection for Giulietta and admiration for the performers gives him a new lease on life, Giulietta's father, the leader of the troupe, opposes the relationship and is determined to keep them apart. Meanwhile, Frac and Giulietta discover a gang of children who are held prisoner by a criminal leader who forces them to do his bidding, and they devise a plan to win the kids their freedom. .

A wealthy businessman Perry Krohn attempts to juggle the needs of his dedicated wife, demanding mistress and grown children while facing his own certain death from lung cancer.

When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.

Urbane professor Humbert Humbert marries a New England widow to be near her nymphet daughter.

Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre record when, in mid-season, "Wild Bill" Burgess, the new owner, as a public relations gimmick, stages an 'honorary coach' contest, which Eddie wins. The fans love it, so "Wild Bill" fires the coach and hires her. She takes the bunch of overpaid prima

巨大帆船モーニング・スターの船長の娘・モーガン(デイヴィス)。美しさと猛々しさの同居する男勝りの女性だ。ある日、父が何者かに襲われ、駆けつけた彼女に自分の皮膚に書かれた地図を託して死ぬ。それは宝の眠る島カットスロート・アイランドへのものだった......。

An ordinary man is called upon by God to do the impossible in this lovingly told production of the Old Testament story. When the Pharaoh of Egypt begins to tighten the noose on his Jewish slaves, Moses (Ben Kingsley) leads them to freedom. Philip Stone, Anthony Higgins, Anton Lesser and Anita Zagaria are featured in this award-winning installment from TNT's "greatest stories of the Bible" series directed by Roger Young.

Nelson Crowe is a CIA operative under the thumb of the Company for a disputed delivery of $50,000 in gold. They blackmail him into working for the Grimes Organization, which is set up as a private company for hire, to blackmail prominent individuals. Crowe, working with Margaret Wells (another former Covert Operations operative), blackmails and bribes a State Supreme Court judge, but the deal sours. One of Crowe's co-workers, Tod Stapp, discovers Crowe's current CIA involvement in a plot to overthrow Grimes, and blackmails him to be cut in on the deal. More blackmail occurs as Wells manipulates Crowe to kill Grimes, then the CIA uses that discovery to blackmail Wells into killing Crowe. Who can you trust???

A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Williams' work, among them extracts of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Night of the Iguana, The (1964), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (TV). Contains footage of Williams being interviewed, including conversations with David Frost, 'Edward R. Murrow (I)', and Melvyn Bragg, as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him, among them Edward Albee, Gore Vidal, and his lifelong friend, Lady Maria St. Just. Features readings from Elia Kazan's Notebook by Kim Hunter.

科学者アレックスとラリー。開発に成功した妊娠促進薬の治験に凍結命令が下される。納得いかないラリーは、アレックスに新薬を投与。見事妊娠してしまったアレックスは……!?A・シュワルツェネッガー主演のハートフル・コメディ。

Dr Gerald Bull was a genius at designing and building superguns (very large long range guns capable of shooting at ranges more than 100 miles). When an operational plan by the CIA to export sanctioned arms to apartheid-South Africa through him was exposed, the CIA denied all knowledge and he went to jail. He was later released, and moved to Belgium to start a subsidiary, of which a major project was to help Saddam Hussein build a new supergun capable of firing over 500 miles.

A lonely teenage horror-movie fan discovers a mysterious computer game that uses hypnosis to custom-tailor the game into the most terrifying experience imaginable. When he emerges from the hypnotic trance he is horrified to find evidence that the brutal murder depicted in the game actually happened -- and he's the killer.

アメリカ北東部ボルティモアで職業紹介所を経営していたデーヴ・コーヴィックは、アメリカの第44代大統領ウィリアム・ハリソン・ミッチェルに瓜二つと言えるほど酷似した容姿を持っており、友人の店などで大統領の物まねを披露していた。 そんなある日、デーヴのもとにシークレットサービスがやってきて、ある公式行事の際の大統領の影武者を引き受けることになる。ところが、その夜、大統領が脳卒中で倒れ、「一夜限り」との当初の約束に反し、デーヴは影武者としてしばらく大統領職を務める羽目になる…。

When an elderly millionaire is found dead with cocaine in his system, his will leaves $8 million to Rebecca Carlson, who was having an affair with him. District attorney Robert Garrett decides to prosecute Rebecca, arguing that she deliberately engaged in wild sex with the old man to overexcite him and lead to his premature death. Defense attorney Frank Dulaney defends Rebecca in court while getting sucked into a dangerous affair with her.

Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.

1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.

In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.

In this variation on director Vadim's own, more acclaimed Et Dieu Créa La Femme (1956, the same title in French), the vamp Robin Shea marries charming carpenter Billy Moran, only to get out of prison, but soon decides to seduce James Tiernan, who runs for state governor.

The world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won after seizing Grayskull and the surrounding city using a cosmic key developed by the locksmith Gwildor. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner and he begins to drain her life-force as he waits for the moon of Eternia to align with the Great Eye of the Universe that will bestow god-like power upon him.

Seven men have a group session and share their feelings on women, love, life and work.

Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and the people responsible for its creation.

The story of Leonardo da Vinci: his life, his thoughts, his times, his art and inventions and the individuals who had an influence on his life.

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers payed up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.

An adaptation of William Gillette's play about the great Detective, Sherlock Holmes.

Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs - murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy's curse!

A small-town star helps a young apprentice land the girl of his dreams.

Romanticized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 classic. Count Dracula is a subject of fatal attraction to more than one English maiden lady, as he seeks an immortal bride.

During an invasion by the Swedish army, the Prince of Homburg, a 17th century Prussian nobleman, disobeys his military orders. Although his bold decision leads to the enemy's defeat, the prince still finds himself sentenced to death.

The tale of a lonely Southern woman's longing for her handsome next-door neighbor. At once tragic and romantic, the story is a reworking of the Williams play "Summer and Smoke," which uses the same characters and setting but in dramatically different ways.

Developed from Anne Grant's book, Our North American Foremothers, this film recreates historical moments and women who fought for equality and freedom over the span of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

Anton Chekhov's play "The Seagull" is brought to life in this acclaimed 1975 production directed by John Desmond. Seeking to reform the theater, Konstantin (Frank Langella) has written an experimental play with the lead to be acted by his beloved, Nina (Blythe Danner). He arranges the first performance to take place at a country estate, but the presence of his self-absorbed mother (Lee Grant) and her novelist lover disrupts the production.

The swishing fop Don Diego de la Vega becomes the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro when tyranny threatens his people in nineteenth-century California.

Set in the 1920s, several foreigners held by a South American military group are offered possible freedom if they accept to topple a local crazed military leader.

An industrial espionage group calls on a retired spy living with his wife and children in Paris.

In 1920s Soviet Russia, a fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs, lost during the revolution.

Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with George Prager, a dashing, successful, and blatantly sadistic writer.

The Beast in the Jungle is a 1903 novella by Henry James, first published as part of the collection, The Better Sort. Almost universally considered one of James' finest short narratives, this story treats appropriately universal themes: loneliness, fate, love and death. The parable of John Marcher and his peculiar destiny has spoken to many readers who have speculated on the worth and meaning of human life.