Adaptação da obra do premiado escritor John Irving, Provocação narra um inesquecível verão na vida do famoso autor de livros infantis Ted Cole (Jeff Bridges), e da sua linda esposa Marion (Kim Basinger). O casamento dos dois é marcado por um a tragédia, e pela tentativa de dar à pequena Ruth (Elle Fanning), de quatro anos, uma infância saudável. Quando um jovem aprendiz de escritor, Eddie OHare (Jon foster), é contratado por Ted para ajudá-lo nas férias, eles entram num mundo de provocação, sensualidade e impressionante honestidade.
Toward the end of his life F. Scott Fitzgerald is writing for Hollywood studios to be able to afford the cost of an asylum for his wife. He is also struggling against alcoholism. Into his life comes the famous gossip columnist.
A stunning example of a chance meeting at a book signing, evolving into a set of events leading to murder - after murder - after murder! Kevin, a newly successful author, crosses path with a manipulative and seductive young woman, Summer, and her unsavory associates. A simple indiscretion quickly becomes a web of kidnapping, blackmail, and cold-blooded killings; the characters range from being naive to conniving, leading an audience wondering who the real victim is in this sordid one-night-stand.
Composed of archives and animated sequences, this documentary sheds light on the genesis of the masterpiece by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) by retracing the last four years of his life, marked by war and his exile in the United States.
Wellington Pike, author of 'Wild and Bloody Tales of the West', has never been away from the sedate and civilized East, so he takes a vacation to see the land he knows nothing about. Rancher Ann Keith and her cowhands, who have read and laughed at Pike's "wild" west, decide to give him a shock impression that is even wilder than depicted in his imaginative literary flights. Gang leader "Killer" Madden and his bandits decide to make the staged robberies real ones and Pike is arrested for the crimes Madden has pulled. Written by Les Adams for IMDb.
To impress friends and family, Cristina pretends to be the fiancée of best-selling author Pablo Reyes. When Reyes shows up in town, he good-naturedly agrees to keep up the pretense.
A featurette on L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and other children's books.