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1) The jerk
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A rags-to-riches-to-rags story. Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, produces some crazy inventions that lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags.
6) The box
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A mysterious stranger gives a young suburban couple a gift which brings a heavy moral dilemma with it.
10) The nugget
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Lotto, Wooky and Wally are three ordinary guys who share a dream of striking it rich. But nothing can prepare them for what lies ahead when they actually discover the world's largest nugget of gold. When word gets out that three beer swilling guys are now multi-millionaires, everyone wants a piece of the action--and the nugget suddenly goes missing. The nugget takes on a life of its own as the guys set out on a wild goose chase to gain back their...
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"A passionate argument on behalf of the middle class, the film features Robert Reich, professor, best-selling author, and Clinton cabinet member, as he demonstrates how the widening income gap has a devastating impact on the American economy. The film is an intimate portrait of a man whose lifelong goal remains protecting those who are unable to protect themselves...Reich uses humor and a wide array of facts to explain how the issue of economic inequality...
13) Dear Mr. Brody
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Tells the story of Michael James Brody, twenty-one-year-old margarine heir from Scarsdale, NY, who, in 1970, announced that he would give his money away to anyone in need.
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In National Lampoon's Animal house, the members of Delta Tau Chi fraternity offend the straight-arrow and up-tight people on campus in a comedy film which irreverently mocks college traditions. In The Blues Brothers, Jake Blues, recently released from prison, and his brother Elwood reassemble their blues band and stage a concert to raise money for the orphanage where they grew up. The jerk is the story of the adopted son of a poor black sharecropper...