Actor Wilford Brimley (1934)

The Good Old Boys (1995), an American Western television film, was helmed by Tommy Lee Jones and co-written by Jones and J.T. Allen. It was adapted from the novel of the same title by Elmer Kelton, published in 1978. The story centers on an older cowboy who is torn between his longing for independence and his duty to care for his family.

Sydney Pollack directed The Firm (1993), an American legal thriller. Mitch McDeere, a top Harvard Law School graduate, is offered a lucrative position by boutique law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke in Memphis, Tennessee. He and his wife Abby relocate there as he prepares for the Tennessee bar exam. Mitch receives guidance from senior partner Avery Tolar on the firm’s strict values of loyalty, confidentiality, and high fees. Despite the enticing perks such as a new house, a Mercedes-Benz, and paid-off student loans, Abby resents the firm’s interference in employees’ personal lives. Despite working long hours, Mitch passes the bar exam but this ...

The film The China Syndrome (1979), directed by James Bridges, follows a television reporter named Kimberly Wells and her colleagues Richard Adams and Hector Salas as they visit the Ventana nuclear power plant near Los Angeles. During their visit, they witness a turbine trip and emergency shutdown. Shift Supervisor Jack Godell notices an odd vibration in his coffee cup and responds to high water levels by removing water from the core. However, the gauge remains high even as more valves are opened to dump water. Another operator sees a second gauge showing low water levels. Godell taps the first gauge, causing it to ...