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DVD, Surrey Campus Library (1998) … the ostentatious home of pornographer and loan shark Jackie Treehorn, with a geometric concrete roof and dramatic overhang, the Sheats Goldstein Residence, Designed by Wright associate John Lautner in 1963.
DVD & Streaming Video (1961). Adapted from Truman Capote's 1958 novella, starring Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, a naïve, eccentric café society girl who falls in love with a struggling writer (George Peppard). It also featured Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, and Mickey Rooney in supporting roles.
Streaming Video (2015). '50s New York - in director Todd Haynes's remake of Patricia Highsmith's lesbian love story. Inspired by period colors and the street photography of Saul Leiter, the film's designers strove to recreate early '50s style.
Surrey Campus Library, DVD (1949). Howard Roark, an individualistic young architect chooses to struggle in obscurity rather than compromise his artistic and personal vision, following his battle to design what the public sees as modern architecture, which he believes is superior to other forms, despite resistance from a traditionally minded architectural establishment.
Streaming Video (2014). The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka set between the first and second World Wars.
Streaming Video (2011). The "perfect" Paris of the '20s. Directed by Woody Allen, the film stars Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Tom Hiddleston, Marion Cotillard, and Michael Sheen.
Streaming Video (2019). Comedy-drama film written and directed by Armando Iannucci, based on the 1850 Victorian era novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Streaming Video (1940). American romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor, starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart. Based on the 1939 Broadway play by Philip Barry, the film is about a socialite whose wedding plans are complicated by the simultaneous arrival of her ex-husband and a tabloid magazine journalist.
Surrey Campus Library, DVD (1993). Set in 1958 post-war Britain, with flashbacks to the 1920's in upper class Britain, adapted from the Booker Prize winning 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Hopkins), Best Actress (Thompson) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Jhabvala).