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The Company (2007) is a three-part serial based on the best-selling 2002 novel by Robert Littell, following the activities of the CIA during the Cold War. Ken Nolan penned the teleplay adaptation and received a Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Adapted. The story begins in 1950 as Jack McAuliffe, Leo Kritzky, and Yevgeny Tsipin graduate from Yale and venture down different paths. While Jack and Leo join the CIA under Frank ‘The Wizard’ Wisner’s guidance, Yevgeny returns to Moscow where he is recruited by KGB spymaster Starik and ...

The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines (2006) is an American made-for-television fantasy-adventure film and the second installment in The Librarian franchise. Flynn Carsen has already embarked on numerous perilous missions during his first year as Librarian. While attempting to retrieve a Crystal Skull, he becomes distracted by another discovery and almost fails. His mentor, Judson, cautions him that sacrificing one’s desires for the greater good is what separates a good librarian from a great one. As Flynn celebrates his 32nd birthday, an unexpected visitor, ‘Uncle’ Jerry, arrives and gifts him with childhood drawings and his late ...

TNT aired the two-part television miniseries Salem’s Lot (2004) on June 20 and June 21 2004. On Thanksgiving in Detroit, Ben Mears attacks priest Donald Callahan at a homeless shelter. As they confront each other in Callahan’s office, Mears is shot and the ensuing struggle sends them both out a window onto a police car below. They are then hospitalized, where an orderly questions Mears about his motives for attacking a priest as a fellow Christian. Mears responds with ‘Jerusalem’s Lot’ before recounting his past to the orderly. Two years prior, he had returned to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot (also known as ‘Salem’s ...

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004) is an American made-for-television fantasy-adventure film that marks the beginning of the Librarian franchise. The protagonist, Flynn Carsen, has an impressive academic record of 22 degrees and is expelled from college by his professor Harris. However, Harris sets it up for Flynn to obtain his 23rd degree during mid-term. As they admire their miniature version of the great pyramid with a gold capstone, Harris expresses concern about Flynn’s lack of real-life experience and his mother, Margie, shares similar worries and urges him to broaden his horizons beyond college. It takes months before he can enroll in ...

The television film, George Wallace (1997), was brought to life by the talented producer and director, John Frankenheimer. It delves into the intricate political journey of a man who undergoes a significant transformation. Starting off as a typical judge in the south, Wallace maneuvers his way to political prominence and gains notoriety as one of the most despised figures in American politics. However, his world is turned upside down when an assassination attempt leaves him incapacitated and forces him to confront his actions. The film chronicles Wallace’s journey, starting from ...