THE BREAKFAST CLUB (1985)
An entire day in the school library doesn't sound like punishment to me, but I'm not an athlete, a basket case, a princess, a criminal, or even a brain with suicidal thoughts. The breakfast club tear pages out of books (that sound you hear is my breaking heart), smoke pot, and play loud music; all big no-nos for a hall of learning. However, the teens learn from each other (awww) and that's why the library rocks.
GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
The New York Public Library's ghost is not nearly as scary as the mess she leaves in her wake. Who's going to re-shelve all those books and reassemble the scattered card catalog? Not the Ghostbusters, who run screaming from the nasty hag...and their responsibility to the Dewey Decimal system.
JUMPER (2008)
Wet books smell gross, so I don't envy the poor librarian who will have to clean up the flood that David Rice (Hayden Christensen) brings into the library stacks. Although, he could be forgiven because it's kind of hard to be thoughtful when a) you're drowning in a frozen lake, and b) you don't even yet realize that you can teleport.
THE MUMMY (1999)
We first glimpse librarian Evelyn Carnahan (Rachel Weisz) in a less than adventurous moment, but her reaction after toppling several bookcases ('oops!') reveals her sense of fun. And just in case you didn't know, libraries can be full of dangers, such as sexist curators and selfish brothers (John Hannah) who will hide in a sarcophagus just to scare their sister. Evie's drunken declaration of her profession should serve as a battle cry for librarians everywhere.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
Nope, that's not a library Belle visits in the beginning of the film. The local bookseller just lets her borrow because she's probably the only person in that town who reads. As a young bibliophile, I nearly died seeing the library that the Beast gives to Belle. Books stacked so high it's probably a hazard to even attempt to get them down. All girls should be so lucky.
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (2005)
When problems plague Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson) consults the school library because the wizarding world doesn't have Google. In Goblet of Fire the teens pull an all-nighter looking for a spell to breathe underwater. Yes, Neville tells Harry how it can be done, but Harry might have been sleeping with the fishes if it weren't for the library.
SEVEN (1995)
Ah, the glories of good old-fashioned research in a quiet library set to the music of Bach. Compared to the cold blue palette of David Fincher's film, the green banker lamps in the library are warm and inviting; a brief moment of calm in a movie filled with tension. It's only appropriate that the first viable lead toward catching John Doe (Kevin Spacey) comes from his library card.
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989)
If you ever wondered why librarians treat their territory like hallowed ground, perhaps it's because it actually is. The Last Crusade really takes off during this scene in the church-turned-library/catacombs. Indy (Harrison Ford) finds the secret entrance faster than you can say 'Holy Grail,' but the stained-glass windows and stone columns are a gorgeous diversion before we descend to the rat-infested tunnels below.
PHILADELPHIA (1993)
Libraries are not always the perfect environments we would hope them to be. In one of the many heart-breaking scenes from Philadelphia, Tom Hanks' character Andrew Beckett endures the suspicious and fearful stares of other library patrons and the librarian who helps find a book about AIDS discrimination. Witnessing the struggle, Joe Miller (Denzel Washington), who had previously declined to take Beckett's case, agrees to the job.
DESK SET (1957)
In Desk Set, Katherine Hepburn plays Bunny Watson, reference librarian at the Federal Broadcasting Network. As expected, she is a veritable encyclopedia, witty, and far superior to a computer that threatens to replace her. In one scene, Hepburn and Spencer Tracy have a drunken conversation while sitting against the bookcases, which just proves that even intoxicated she's got one superior brain.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004)
A mischievous ghoul haunted the New York Library in Ghostbusters, but that was nothing compared to the global-warming disasters that plague the building in The Day After Tomorrow. Jake Gyllenhaal and Emmy Rossum do their best to stay alive inside the library while the world outside crumbles. I'll let the book-burning slide barely because they're trying to keep warm.
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (2007)
Does the Library of Congress contain a top-secret book that has all the answers to our nation's biggest conspiracies? I wouldn't be shocked if it was true, but maybe that's because it's easy to believe that such a beautiful building is likely to be home to some pretty confidential stuff. Nicolas Cage doesn't really seem the library-going type in National Treasure, but he's a man on a mission, and that mission happens to lead him to the country's greatest library.
THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
I've never been a big fan of The Music Man, but even my cranky heart melts a little watching Robert Preston sing 'Marian the Librarian'. Just the sheer cheesiness of book-related choreography is enough to make this scene brilliant, but the full-out partnered dancing makes it a classic.
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)
As far as libraries go, the Library of Congress is the Grand Pooh-Bah of them all. While Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) are carefully going through circulation records, the camera pans out from a tight close-up on their hands to a fantastic wide view of the circular reading room. It's a beauty shot of the library, and the exciting part is that such a place actually exists.
LORENZO'S OIL (1992)
Lorenzo's determined parents, Augusto and Michaela (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon), cannot accept the certain death of their son so they tirelessly search for a cure to an incurable disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They practically set up camp in a medical library, spending hours researching any and all possible treatments that may save their son. It's not always thrilling to watch other people read, but when the effects of ALD flash across the screen as Augusto is researching, the feeling of urgency is palpable.
THE NINTH GATE (1999)
Okay, this Johnny Depp satanic-book-mystery is not a great film one might hesitate to even use the term 'good film' but Depp does his best as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who travels to some luscious libraries in his quest to validate a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
It's no surprise that a genius like John Nash (Russell Crowe) spent a lot of his time in the library. In A Beautiful Mind he practically lives in Princeton's stacks when he is trying to develop an original thesis. His eureka moment happens at a bar (not exactly like a library, but good ideas aren't picky...and there are usually shelves). Later in his career, Nash returns to Princeton, allowed only space in the library rather than an office. The set-up leads to popularity among students and a return to lecturing. Thus, a library saves another career!
GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
The New York Public Library's ghost is not nearly as scary as the mess she leaves in her wake. Who's going to re-shelve all those books and reassemble the scattered card catalog? Not the Ghostbusters, who run screaming from the nasty hag...and their responsibility to the Dewey Decimal system.
JUMPER (2008)
Wet books smell gross, so I don't envy the poor librarian who will have to clean up the flood that David Rice (Hayden Christensen) brings into the library stacks. Although, he could be forgiven because it's kind of hard to be thoughtful when a) you're drowning in a frozen lake, and b) you don't even yet realize that you can teleport.
THE MUMMY (1999)
We first glimpse librarian Evelyn Carnahan (Rachel Weisz) in a less than adventurous moment, but her reaction after toppling several bookcases ('oops!') reveals her sense of fun. And just in case you didn't know, libraries can be full of dangers, such as sexist curators and selfish brothers (John Hannah) who will hide in a sarcophagus just to scare their sister. Evie's drunken declaration of her profession should serve as a battle cry for librarians everywhere.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
Nope, that's not a library Belle visits in the beginning of the film. The local bookseller just lets her borrow because she's probably the only person in that town who reads. As a young bibliophile, I nearly died seeing the library that the Beast gives to Belle. Books stacked so high it's probably a hazard to even attempt to get them down. All girls should be so lucky.
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (2005)
When problems plague Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson) consults the school library because the wizarding world doesn't have Google. In Goblet of Fire the teens pull an all-nighter looking for a spell to breathe underwater. Yes, Neville tells Harry how it can be done, but Harry might have been sleeping with the fishes if it weren't for the library.
SEVEN (1995)
Ah, the glories of good old-fashioned research in a quiet library set to the music of Bach. Compared to the cold blue palette of David Fincher's film, the green banker lamps in the library are warm and inviting; a brief moment of calm in a movie filled with tension. It's only appropriate that the first viable lead toward catching John Doe (Kevin Spacey) comes from his library card.
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989)
If you ever wondered why librarians treat their territory like hallowed ground, perhaps it's because it actually is. The Last Crusade really takes off during this scene in the church-turned-library/catacombs. Indy (Harrison Ford) finds the secret entrance faster than you can say 'Holy Grail,' but the stained-glass windows and stone columns are a gorgeous diversion before we descend to the rat-infested tunnels below.
PHILADELPHIA (1993)
Libraries are not always the perfect environments we would hope them to be. In one of the many heart-breaking scenes from Philadelphia, Tom Hanks' character Andrew Beckett endures the suspicious and fearful stares of other library patrons and the librarian who helps find a book about AIDS discrimination. Witnessing the struggle, Joe Miller (Denzel Washington), who had previously declined to take Beckett's case, agrees to the job.
DESK SET (1957)
In Desk Set, Katherine Hepburn plays Bunny Watson, reference librarian at the Federal Broadcasting Network. As expected, she is a veritable encyclopedia, witty, and far superior to a computer that threatens to replace her. In one scene, Hepburn and Spencer Tracy have a drunken conversation while sitting against the bookcases, which just proves that even intoxicated she's got one superior brain.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004)
A mischievous ghoul haunted the New York Library in Ghostbusters, but that was nothing compared to the global-warming disasters that plague the building in The Day After Tomorrow. Jake Gyllenhaal and Emmy Rossum do their best to stay alive inside the library while the world outside crumbles. I'll let the book-burning slide barely because they're trying to keep warm.
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (2007)
Does the Library of Congress contain a top-secret book that has all the answers to our nation's biggest conspiracies? I wouldn't be shocked if it was true, but maybe that's because it's easy to believe that such a beautiful building is likely to be home to some pretty confidential stuff. Nicolas Cage doesn't really seem the library-going type in National Treasure, but he's a man on a mission, and that mission happens to lead him to the country's greatest library.
THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
I've never been a big fan of The Music Man, but even my cranky heart melts a little watching Robert Preston sing 'Marian the Librarian'. Just the sheer cheesiness of book-related choreography is enough to make this scene brilliant, but the full-out partnered dancing makes it a classic.
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)
As far as libraries go, the Library of Congress is the Grand Pooh-Bah of them all. While Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) are carefully going through circulation records, the camera pans out from a tight close-up on their hands to a fantastic wide view of the circular reading room. It's a beauty shot of the library, and the exciting part is that such a place actually exists.
LORENZO'S OIL (1992)
Lorenzo's determined parents, Augusto and Michaela (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon), cannot accept the certain death of their son so they tirelessly search for a cure to an incurable disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They practically set up camp in a medical library, spending hours researching any and all possible treatments that may save their son. It's not always thrilling to watch other people read, but when the effects of ALD flash across the screen as Augusto is researching, the feeling of urgency is palpable.
THE NINTH GATE (1999)
Okay, this Johnny Depp satanic-book-mystery is not a great film one might hesitate to even use the term 'good film' but Depp does his best as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who travels to some luscious libraries in his quest to validate a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
It's no surprise that a genius like John Nash (Russell Crowe) spent a lot of his time in the library. In A Beautiful Mind he practically lives in Princeton's stacks when he is trying to develop an original thesis. His eureka moment happens at a bar (not exactly like a library, but good ideas aren't picky...and there are usually shelves). Later in his career, Nash returns to Princeton, allowed only space in the library rather than an office. The set-up leads to popularity among students and a return to lecturing. Thus, a library saves another career!
JUMPER (2008)
Wet books smell gross, so I don't envy the poor librarian who will have to clean up the flood that David Rice (Hayden Christensen) brings into the library stacks. Although, he could be forgiven because it's kind of hard to be thoughtful when a) you're drowning in a frozen lake, and b) you don't even yet realize that you can teleport.
THE MUMMY (1999)
We first glimpse librarian Evelyn Carnahan (Rachel Weisz) in a less than adventurous moment, but her reaction after toppling several bookcases ('oops!') reveals her sense of fun. And just in case you didn't know, libraries can be full of dangers, such as sexist curators and selfish brothers (John Hannah) who will hide in a sarcophagus just to scare their sister. Evie's drunken declaration of her profession should serve as a battle cry for librarians everywhere.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
Nope, that's not a library Belle visits in the beginning of the film. The local bookseller just lets her borrow because she's probably the only person in that town who reads. As a young bibliophile, I nearly died seeing the library that the Beast gives to Belle. Books stacked so high it's probably a hazard to even attempt to get them down. All girls should be so lucky.
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (2005)
When problems plague Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson) consults the school library because the wizarding world doesn't have Google. In Goblet of Fire the teens pull an all-nighter looking for a spell to breathe underwater. Yes, Neville tells Harry how it can be done, but Harry might have been sleeping with the fishes if it weren't for the library.
SEVEN (1995)
Ah, the glories of good old-fashioned research in a quiet library set to the music of Bach. Compared to the cold blue palette of David Fincher's film, the green banker lamps in the library are warm and inviting; a brief moment of calm in a movie filled with tension. It's only appropriate that the first viable lead toward catching John Doe (Kevin Spacey) comes from his library card.
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989)
If you ever wondered why librarians treat their territory like hallowed ground, perhaps it's because it actually is. The Last Crusade really takes off during this scene in the church-turned-library/catacombs. Indy (Harrison Ford) finds the secret entrance faster than you can say 'Holy Grail,' but the stained-glass windows and stone columns are a gorgeous diversion before we descend to the rat-infested tunnels below.
PHILADELPHIA (1993)
Libraries are not always the perfect environments we would hope them to be. In one of the many heart-breaking scenes from Philadelphia, Tom Hanks' character Andrew Beckett endures the suspicious and fearful stares of other library patrons and the librarian who helps find a book about AIDS discrimination. Witnessing the struggle, Joe Miller (Denzel Washington), who had previously declined to take Beckett's case, agrees to the job.
DESK SET (1957)
In Desk Set, Katherine Hepburn plays Bunny Watson, reference librarian at the Federal Broadcasting Network. As expected, she is a veritable encyclopedia, witty, and far superior to a computer that threatens to replace her. In one scene, Hepburn and Spencer Tracy have a drunken conversation while sitting against the bookcases, which just proves that even intoxicated she's got one superior brain.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004)
A mischievous ghoul haunted the New York Library in Ghostbusters, but that was nothing compared to the global-warming disasters that plague the building in The Day After Tomorrow. Jake Gyllenhaal and Emmy Rossum do their best to stay alive inside the library while the world outside crumbles. I'll let the book-burning slide barely because they're trying to keep warm.
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (2007)
Does the Library of Congress contain a top-secret book that has all the answers to our nation's biggest conspiracies? I wouldn't be shocked if it was true, but maybe that's because it's easy to believe that such a beautiful building is likely to be home to some pretty confidential stuff. Nicolas Cage doesn't really seem the library-going type in National Treasure, but he's a man on a mission, and that mission happens to lead him to the country's greatest library.
THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
I've never been a big fan of The Music Man, but even my cranky heart melts a little watching Robert Preston sing 'Marian the Librarian'. Just the sheer cheesiness of book-related choreography is enough to make this scene brilliant, but the full-out partnered dancing makes it a classic.
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)
As far as libraries go, the Library of Congress is the Grand Pooh-Bah of them all. While Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) are carefully going through circulation records, the camera pans out from a tight close-up on their hands to a fantastic wide view of the circular reading room. It's a beauty shot of the library, and the exciting part is that such a place actually exists.
LORENZO'S OIL (1992)
Lorenzo's determined parents, Augusto and Michaela (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon), cannot accept the certain death of their son so they tirelessly search for a cure to an incurable disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They practically set up camp in a medical library, spending hours researching any and all possible treatments that may save their son. It's not always thrilling to watch other people read, but when the effects of ALD flash across the screen as Augusto is researching, the feeling of urgency is palpable.
THE NINTH GATE (1999)
Okay, this Johnny Depp satanic-book-mystery is not a great film one might hesitate to even use the term 'good film' but Depp does his best as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who travels to some luscious libraries in his quest to validate a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
It's no surprise that a genius like John Nash (Russell Crowe) spent a lot of his time in the library. In A Beautiful Mind he practically lives in Princeton's stacks when he is trying to develop an original thesis. His eureka moment happens at a bar (not exactly like a library, but good ideas aren't picky...and there are usually shelves). Later in his career, Nash returns to Princeton, allowed only space in the library rather than an office. The set-up leads to popularity among students and a return to lecturing. Thus, a library saves another career!
THE MUMMY (1999)
We first glimpse librarian Evelyn Carnahan (Rachel Weisz) in a less than adventurous moment, but her reaction after toppling several bookcases ('oops!') reveals her sense of fun. And just in case you didn't know, libraries can be full of dangers, such as sexist curators and selfish brothers (John Hannah) who will hide in a sarcophagus just to scare their sister. Evie's drunken declaration of her profession should serve as a battle cry for librarians everywhere.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
Nope, that's not a library Belle visits in the beginning of the film. The local bookseller just lets her borrow because she's probably the only person in that town who reads. As a young bibliophile, I nearly died seeing the library that the Beast gives to Belle. Books stacked so high it's probably a hazard to even attempt to get them down. All girls should be so lucky.
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (2005)
When problems plague Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson) consults the school library because the wizarding world doesn't have Google. In Goblet of Fire the teens pull an all-nighter looking for a spell to breathe underwater. Yes, Neville tells Harry how it can be done, but Harry might have been sleeping with the fishes if it weren't for the library.
SEVEN (1995)
Ah, the glories of good old-fashioned research in a quiet library set to the music of Bach. Compared to the cold blue palette of David Fincher's film, the green banker lamps in the library are warm and inviting; a brief moment of calm in a movie filled with tension. It's only appropriate that the first viable lead toward catching John Doe (Kevin Spacey) comes from his library card.
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989)
If you ever wondered why librarians treat their territory like hallowed ground, perhaps it's because it actually is. The Last Crusade really takes off during this scene in the church-turned-library/catacombs. Indy (Harrison Ford) finds the secret entrance faster than you can say 'Holy Grail,' but the stained-glass windows and stone columns are a gorgeous diversion before we descend to the rat-infested tunnels below.
PHILADELPHIA (1993)
Libraries are not always the perfect environments we would hope them to be. In one of the many heart-breaking scenes from Philadelphia, Tom Hanks' character Andrew Beckett endures the suspicious and fearful stares of other library patrons and the librarian who helps find a book about AIDS discrimination. Witnessing the struggle, Joe Miller (Denzel Washington), who had previously declined to take Beckett's case, agrees to the job.
DESK SET (1957)
In Desk Set, Katherine Hepburn plays Bunny Watson, reference librarian at the Federal Broadcasting Network. As expected, she is a veritable encyclopedia, witty, and far superior to a computer that threatens to replace her. In one scene, Hepburn and Spencer Tracy have a drunken conversation while sitting against the bookcases, which just proves that even intoxicated she's got one superior brain.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004)
A mischievous ghoul haunted the New York Library in Ghostbusters, but that was nothing compared to the global-warming disasters that plague the building in The Day After Tomorrow. Jake Gyllenhaal and Emmy Rossum do their best to stay alive inside the library while the world outside crumbles. I'll let the book-burning slide barely because they're trying to keep warm.
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (2007)
Does the Library of Congress contain a top-secret book that has all the answers to our nation's biggest conspiracies? I wouldn't be shocked if it was true, but maybe that's because it's easy to believe that such a beautiful building is likely to be home to some pretty confidential stuff. Nicolas Cage doesn't really seem the library-going type in National Treasure, but he's a man on a mission, and that mission happens to lead him to the country's greatest library.
THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
I've never been a big fan of The Music Man, but even my cranky heart melts a little watching Robert Preston sing 'Marian the Librarian'. Just the sheer cheesiness of book-related choreography is enough to make this scene brilliant, but the full-out partnered dancing makes it a classic.
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)
As far as libraries go, the Library of Congress is the Grand Pooh-Bah of them all. While Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) are carefully going through circulation records, the camera pans out from a tight close-up on their hands to a fantastic wide view of the circular reading room. It's a beauty shot of the library, and the exciting part is that such a place actually exists.
LORENZO'S OIL (1992)
Lorenzo's determined parents, Augusto and Michaela (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon), cannot accept the certain death of their son so they tirelessly search for a cure to an incurable disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They practically set up camp in a medical library, spending hours researching any and all possible treatments that may save their son. It's not always thrilling to watch other people read, but when the effects of ALD flash across the screen as Augusto is researching, the feeling of urgency is palpable.
THE NINTH GATE (1999)
Okay, this Johnny Depp satanic-book-mystery is not a great film one might hesitate to even use the term 'good film' but Depp does his best as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who travels to some luscious libraries in his quest to validate a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
It's no surprise that a genius like John Nash (Russell Crowe) spent a lot of his time in the library. In A Beautiful Mind he practically lives in Princeton's stacks when he is trying to develop an original thesis. His eureka moment happens at a bar (not exactly like a library, but good ideas aren't picky...and there are usually shelves). Later in his career, Nash returns to Princeton, allowed only space in the library rather than an office. The set-up leads to popularity among students and a return to lecturing. Thus, a library saves another career!
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991)
Nope, that's not a library Belle visits in the beginning of the film. The local bookseller just lets her borrow because she's probably the only person in that town who reads. As a young bibliophile, I nearly died seeing the library that the Beast gives to Belle. Books stacked so high it's probably a hazard to even attempt to get them down. All girls should be so lucky.
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (2005)
When problems plague Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson) consults the school library because the wizarding world doesn't have Google. In Goblet of Fire the teens pull an all-nighter looking for a spell to breathe underwater. Yes, Neville tells Harry how it can be done, but Harry might have been sleeping with the fishes if it weren't for the library.
SEVEN (1995)
Ah, the glories of good old-fashioned research in a quiet library set to the music of Bach. Compared to the cold blue palette of David Fincher's film, the green banker lamps in the library are warm and inviting; a brief moment of calm in a movie filled with tension. It's only appropriate that the first viable lead toward catching John Doe (Kevin Spacey) comes from his library card.
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989)
If you ever wondered why librarians treat their territory like hallowed ground, perhaps it's because it actually is. The Last Crusade really takes off during this scene in the church-turned-library/catacombs. Indy (Harrison Ford) finds the secret entrance faster than you can say 'Holy Grail,' but the stained-glass windows and stone columns are a gorgeous diversion before we descend to the rat-infested tunnels below.
PHILADELPHIA (1993)
Libraries are not always the perfect environments we would hope them to be. In one of the many heart-breaking scenes from Philadelphia, Tom Hanks' character Andrew Beckett endures the suspicious and fearful stares of other library patrons and the librarian who helps find a book about AIDS discrimination. Witnessing the struggle, Joe Miller (Denzel Washington), who had previously declined to take Beckett's case, agrees to the job.
DESK SET (1957)
In Desk Set, Katherine Hepburn plays Bunny Watson, reference librarian at the Federal Broadcasting Network. As expected, she is a veritable encyclopedia, witty, and far superior to a computer that threatens to replace her. In one scene, Hepburn and Spencer Tracy have a drunken conversation while sitting against the bookcases, which just proves that even intoxicated she's got one superior brain.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004)
A mischievous ghoul haunted the New York Library in Ghostbusters, but that was nothing compared to the global-warming disasters that plague the building in The Day After Tomorrow. Jake Gyllenhaal and Emmy Rossum do their best to stay alive inside the library while the world outside crumbles. I'll let the book-burning slide barely because they're trying to keep warm.
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (2007)
Does the Library of Congress contain a top-secret book that has all the answers to our nation's biggest conspiracies? I wouldn't be shocked if it was true, but maybe that's because it's easy to believe that such a beautiful building is likely to be home to some pretty confidential stuff. Nicolas Cage doesn't really seem the library-going type in National Treasure, but he's a man on a mission, and that mission happens to lead him to the country's greatest library.
THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
I've never been a big fan of The Music Man, but even my cranky heart melts a little watching Robert Preston sing 'Marian the Librarian'. Just the sheer cheesiness of book-related choreography is enough to make this scene brilliant, but the full-out partnered dancing makes it a classic.
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)
As far as libraries go, the Library of Congress is the Grand Pooh-Bah of them all. While Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) are carefully going through circulation records, the camera pans out from a tight close-up on their hands to a fantastic wide view of the circular reading room. It's a beauty shot of the library, and the exciting part is that such a place actually exists.
LORENZO'S OIL (1992)
Lorenzo's determined parents, Augusto and Michaela (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon), cannot accept the certain death of their son so they tirelessly search for a cure to an incurable disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They practically set up camp in a medical library, spending hours researching any and all possible treatments that may save their son. It's not always thrilling to watch other people read, but when the effects of ALD flash across the screen as Augusto is researching, the feeling of urgency is palpable.
THE NINTH GATE (1999)
Okay, this Johnny Depp satanic-book-mystery is not a great film one might hesitate to even use the term 'good film' but Depp does his best as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who travels to some luscious libraries in his quest to validate a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
It's no surprise that a genius like John Nash (Russell Crowe) spent a lot of his time in the library. In A Beautiful Mind he practically lives in Princeton's stacks when he is trying to develop an original thesis. His eureka moment happens at a bar (not exactly like a library, but good ideas aren't picky...and there are usually shelves). Later in his career, Nash returns to Princeton, allowed only space in the library rather than an office. The set-up leads to popularity among students and a return to lecturing. Thus, a library saves another career!
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (2005)
When problems plague Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson) consults the school library because the wizarding world doesn't have Google. In Goblet of Fire the teens pull an all-nighter looking for a spell to breathe underwater. Yes, Neville tells Harry how it can be done, but Harry might have been sleeping with the fishes if it weren't for the library.
SEVEN (1995)
Ah, the glories of good old-fashioned research in a quiet library set to the music of Bach. Compared to the cold blue palette of David Fincher's film, the green banker lamps in the library are warm and inviting; a brief moment of calm in a movie filled with tension. It's only appropriate that the first viable lead toward catching John Doe (Kevin Spacey) comes from his library card.
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989)
If you ever wondered why librarians treat their territory like hallowed ground, perhaps it's because it actually is. The Last Crusade really takes off during this scene in the church-turned-library/catacombs. Indy (Harrison Ford) finds the secret entrance faster than you can say 'Holy Grail,' but the stained-glass windows and stone columns are a gorgeous diversion before we descend to the rat-infested tunnels below.
PHILADELPHIA (1993)
Libraries are not always the perfect environments we would hope them to be. In one of the many heart-breaking scenes from Philadelphia, Tom Hanks' character Andrew Beckett endures the suspicious and fearful stares of other library patrons and the librarian who helps find a book about AIDS discrimination. Witnessing the struggle, Joe Miller (Denzel Washington), who had previously declined to take Beckett's case, agrees to the job.
DESK SET (1957)
In Desk Set, Katherine Hepburn plays Bunny Watson, reference librarian at the Federal Broadcasting Network. As expected, she is a veritable encyclopedia, witty, and far superior to a computer that threatens to replace her. In one scene, Hepburn and Spencer Tracy have a drunken conversation while sitting against the bookcases, which just proves that even intoxicated she's got one superior brain.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004)
A mischievous ghoul haunted the New York Library in Ghostbusters, but that was nothing compared to the global-warming disasters that plague the building in The Day After Tomorrow. Jake Gyllenhaal and Emmy Rossum do their best to stay alive inside the library while the world outside crumbles. I'll let the book-burning slide barely because they're trying to keep warm.
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (2007)
Does the Library of Congress contain a top-secret book that has all the answers to our nation's biggest conspiracies? I wouldn't be shocked if it was true, but maybe that's because it's easy to believe that such a beautiful building is likely to be home to some pretty confidential stuff. Nicolas Cage doesn't really seem the library-going type in National Treasure, but he's a man on a mission, and that mission happens to lead him to the country's greatest library.
THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
I've never been a big fan of The Music Man, but even my cranky heart melts a little watching Robert Preston sing 'Marian the Librarian'. Just the sheer cheesiness of book-related choreography is enough to make this scene brilliant, but the full-out partnered dancing makes it a classic.
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)
As far as libraries go, the Library of Congress is the Grand Pooh-Bah of them all. While Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) are carefully going through circulation records, the camera pans out from a tight close-up on their hands to a fantastic wide view of the circular reading room. It's a beauty shot of the library, and the exciting part is that such a place actually exists.
LORENZO'S OIL (1992)
Lorenzo's determined parents, Augusto and Michaela (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon), cannot accept the certain death of their son so they tirelessly search for a cure to an incurable disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They practically set up camp in a medical library, spending hours researching any and all possible treatments that may save their son. It's not always thrilling to watch other people read, but when the effects of ALD flash across the screen as Augusto is researching, the feeling of urgency is palpable.
THE NINTH GATE (1999)
Okay, this Johnny Depp satanic-book-mystery is not a great film one might hesitate to even use the term 'good film' but Depp does his best as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who travels to some luscious libraries in his quest to validate a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
It's no surprise that a genius like John Nash (Russell Crowe) spent a lot of his time in the library. In A Beautiful Mind he practically lives in Princeton's stacks when he is trying to develop an original thesis. His eureka moment happens at a bar (not exactly like a library, but good ideas aren't picky...and there are usually shelves). Later in his career, Nash returns to Princeton, allowed only space in the library rather than an office. The set-up leads to popularity among students and a return to lecturing. Thus, a library saves another career!
SEVEN (1995)
Ah, the glories of good old-fashioned research in a quiet library set to the music of Bach. Compared to the cold blue palette of David Fincher's film, the green banker lamps in the library are warm and inviting; a brief moment of calm in a movie filled with tension. It's only appropriate that the first viable lead toward catching John Doe (Kevin Spacey) comes from his library card.
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989)
If you ever wondered why librarians treat their territory like hallowed ground, perhaps it's because it actually is. The Last Crusade really takes off during this scene in the church-turned-library/catacombs. Indy (Harrison Ford) finds the secret entrance faster than you can say 'Holy Grail,' but the stained-glass windows and stone columns are a gorgeous diversion before we descend to the rat-infested tunnels below.
PHILADELPHIA (1993)
Libraries are not always the perfect environments we would hope them to be. In one of the many heart-breaking scenes from Philadelphia, Tom Hanks' character Andrew Beckett endures the suspicious and fearful stares of other library patrons and the librarian who helps find a book about AIDS discrimination. Witnessing the struggle, Joe Miller (Denzel Washington), who had previously declined to take Beckett's case, agrees to the job.
DESK SET (1957)
In Desk Set, Katherine Hepburn plays Bunny Watson, reference librarian at the Federal Broadcasting Network. As expected, she is a veritable encyclopedia, witty, and far superior to a computer that threatens to replace her. In one scene, Hepburn and Spencer Tracy have a drunken conversation while sitting against the bookcases, which just proves that even intoxicated she's got one superior brain.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004)
A mischievous ghoul haunted the New York Library in Ghostbusters, but that was nothing compared to the global-warming disasters that plague the building in The Day After Tomorrow. Jake Gyllenhaal and Emmy Rossum do their best to stay alive inside the library while the world outside crumbles. I'll let the book-burning slide barely because they're trying to keep warm.
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (2007)
Does the Library of Congress contain a top-secret book that has all the answers to our nation's biggest conspiracies? I wouldn't be shocked if it was true, but maybe that's because it's easy to believe that such a beautiful building is likely to be home to some pretty confidential stuff. Nicolas Cage doesn't really seem the library-going type in National Treasure, but he's a man on a mission, and that mission happens to lead him to the country's greatest library.
THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
I've never been a big fan of The Music Man, but even my cranky heart melts a little watching Robert Preston sing 'Marian the Librarian'. Just the sheer cheesiness of book-related choreography is enough to make this scene brilliant, but the full-out partnered dancing makes it a classic.
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)
As far as libraries go, the Library of Congress is the Grand Pooh-Bah of them all. While Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) are carefully going through circulation records, the camera pans out from a tight close-up on their hands to a fantastic wide view of the circular reading room. It's a beauty shot of the library, and the exciting part is that such a place actually exists.
LORENZO'S OIL (1992)
Lorenzo's determined parents, Augusto and Michaela (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon), cannot accept the certain death of their son so they tirelessly search for a cure to an incurable disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They practically set up camp in a medical library, spending hours researching any and all possible treatments that may save their son. It's not always thrilling to watch other people read, but when the effects of ALD flash across the screen as Augusto is researching, the feeling of urgency is palpable.
THE NINTH GATE (1999)
Okay, this Johnny Depp satanic-book-mystery is not a great film one might hesitate to even use the term 'good film' but Depp does his best as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who travels to some luscious libraries in his quest to validate a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
It's no surprise that a genius like John Nash (Russell Crowe) spent a lot of his time in the library. In A Beautiful Mind he practically lives in Princeton's stacks when he is trying to develop an original thesis. His eureka moment happens at a bar (not exactly like a library, but good ideas aren't picky...and there are usually shelves). Later in his career, Nash returns to Princeton, allowed only space in the library rather than an office. The set-up leads to popularity among students and a return to lecturing. Thus, a library saves another career!
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989)
If you ever wondered why librarians treat their territory like hallowed ground, perhaps it's because it actually is. The Last Crusade really takes off during this scene in the church-turned-library/catacombs. Indy (Harrison Ford) finds the secret entrance faster than you can say 'Holy Grail,' but the stained-glass windows and stone columns are a gorgeous diversion before we descend to the rat-infested tunnels below.
PHILADELPHIA (1993)
Libraries are not always the perfect environments we would hope them to be. In one of the many heart-breaking scenes from Philadelphia, Tom Hanks' character Andrew Beckett endures the suspicious and fearful stares of other library patrons and the librarian who helps find a book about AIDS discrimination. Witnessing the struggle, Joe Miller (Denzel Washington), who had previously declined to take Beckett's case, agrees to the job.
DESK SET (1957)
In Desk Set, Katherine Hepburn plays Bunny Watson, reference librarian at the Federal Broadcasting Network. As expected, she is a veritable encyclopedia, witty, and far superior to a computer that threatens to replace her. In one scene, Hepburn and Spencer Tracy have a drunken conversation while sitting against the bookcases, which just proves that even intoxicated she's got one superior brain.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004)
A mischievous ghoul haunted the New York Library in Ghostbusters, but that was nothing compared to the global-warming disasters that plague the building in The Day After Tomorrow. Jake Gyllenhaal and Emmy Rossum do their best to stay alive inside the library while the world outside crumbles. I'll let the book-burning slide barely because they're trying to keep warm.
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (2007)
Does the Library of Congress contain a top-secret book that has all the answers to our nation's biggest conspiracies? I wouldn't be shocked if it was true, but maybe that's because it's easy to believe that such a beautiful building is likely to be home to some pretty confidential stuff. Nicolas Cage doesn't really seem the library-going type in National Treasure, but he's a man on a mission, and that mission happens to lead him to the country's greatest library.
THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
I've never been a big fan of The Music Man, but even my cranky heart melts a little watching Robert Preston sing 'Marian the Librarian'. Just the sheer cheesiness of book-related choreography is enough to make this scene brilliant, but the full-out partnered dancing makes it a classic.
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)
As far as libraries go, the Library of Congress is the Grand Pooh-Bah of them all. While Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) are carefully going through circulation records, the camera pans out from a tight close-up on their hands to a fantastic wide view of the circular reading room. It's a beauty shot of the library, and the exciting part is that such a place actually exists.
LORENZO'S OIL (1992)
Lorenzo's determined parents, Augusto and Michaela (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon), cannot accept the certain death of their son so they tirelessly search for a cure to an incurable disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They practically set up camp in a medical library, spending hours researching any and all possible treatments that may save their son. It's not always thrilling to watch other people read, but when the effects of ALD flash across the screen as Augusto is researching, the feeling of urgency is palpable.
THE NINTH GATE (1999)
Okay, this Johnny Depp satanic-book-mystery is not a great film one might hesitate to even use the term 'good film' but Depp does his best as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who travels to some luscious libraries in his quest to validate a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
It's no surprise that a genius like John Nash (Russell Crowe) spent a lot of his time in the library. In A Beautiful Mind he practically lives in Princeton's stacks when he is trying to develop an original thesis. His eureka moment happens at a bar (not exactly like a library, but good ideas aren't picky...and there are usually shelves). Later in his career, Nash returns to Princeton, allowed only space in the library rather than an office. The set-up leads to popularity among students and a return to lecturing. Thus, a library saves another career!
PHILADELPHIA (1993)
Libraries are not always the perfect environments we would hope them to be. In one of the many heart-breaking scenes from Philadelphia, Tom Hanks' character Andrew Beckett endures the suspicious and fearful stares of other library patrons and the librarian who helps find a book about AIDS discrimination. Witnessing the struggle, Joe Miller (Denzel Washington), who had previously declined to take Beckett's case, agrees to the job.
DESK SET (1957)
In Desk Set, Katherine Hepburn plays Bunny Watson, reference librarian at the Federal Broadcasting Network. As expected, she is a veritable encyclopedia, witty, and far superior to a computer that threatens to replace her. In one scene, Hepburn and Spencer Tracy have a drunken conversation while sitting against the bookcases, which just proves that even intoxicated she's got one superior brain.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004)
A mischievous ghoul haunted the New York Library in Ghostbusters, but that was nothing compared to the global-warming disasters that plague the building in The Day After Tomorrow. Jake Gyllenhaal and Emmy Rossum do their best to stay alive inside the library while the world outside crumbles. I'll let the book-burning slide barely because they're trying to keep warm.
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (2007)
Does the Library of Congress contain a top-secret book that has all the answers to our nation's biggest conspiracies? I wouldn't be shocked if it was true, but maybe that's because it's easy to believe that such a beautiful building is likely to be home to some pretty confidential stuff. Nicolas Cage doesn't really seem the library-going type in National Treasure, but he's a man on a mission, and that mission happens to lead him to the country's greatest library.
THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
I've never been a big fan of The Music Man, but even my cranky heart melts a little watching Robert Preston sing 'Marian the Librarian'. Just the sheer cheesiness of book-related choreography is enough to make this scene brilliant, but the full-out partnered dancing makes it a classic.
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)
As far as libraries go, the Library of Congress is the Grand Pooh-Bah of them all. While Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) are carefully going through circulation records, the camera pans out from a tight close-up on their hands to a fantastic wide view of the circular reading room. It's a beauty shot of the library, and the exciting part is that such a place actually exists.
LORENZO'S OIL (1992)
Lorenzo's determined parents, Augusto and Michaela (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon), cannot accept the certain death of their son so they tirelessly search for a cure to an incurable disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They practically set up camp in a medical library, spending hours researching any and all possible treatments that may save their son. It's not always thrilling to watch other people read, but when the effects of ALD flash across the screen as Augusto is researching, the feeling of urgency is palpable.
THE NINTH GATE (1999)
Okay, this Johnny Depp satanic-book-mystery is not a great film one might hesitate to even use the term 'good film' but Depp does his best as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who travels to some luscious libraries in his quest to validate a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
It's no surprise that a genius like John Nash (Russell Crowe) spent a lot of his time in the library. In A Beautiful Mind he practically lives in Princeton's stacks when he is trying to develop an original thesis. His eureka moment happens at a bar (not exactly like a library, but good ideas aren't picky...and there are usually shelves). Later in his career, Nash returns to Princeton, allowed only space in the library rather than an office. The set-up leads to popularity among students and a return to lecturing. Thus, a library saves another career!
DESK SET (1957)
In Desk Set, Katherine Hepburn plays Bunny Watson, reference librarian at the Federal Broadcasting Network. As expected, she is a veritable encyclopedia, witty, and far superior to a computer that threatens to replace her. In one scene, Hepburn and Spencer Tracy have a drunken conversation while sitting against the bookcases, which just proves that even intoxicated she's got one superior brain.
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004)
A mischievous ghoul haunted the New York Library in Ghostbusters, but that was nothing compared to the global-warming disasters that plague the building in The Day After Tomorrow. Jake Gyllenhaal and Emmy Rossum do their best to stay alive inside the library while the world outside crumbles. I'll let the book-burning slide barely because they're trying to keep warm.
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (2007)
Does the Library of Congress contain a top-secret book that has all the answers to our nation's biggest conspiracies? I wouldn't be shocked if it was true, but maybe that's because it's easy to believe that such a beautiful building is likely to be home to some pretty confidential stuff. Nicolas Cage doesn't really seem the library-going type in National Treasure, but he's a man on a mission, and that mission happens to lead him to the country's greatest library.
THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
I've never been a big fan of The Music Man, but even my cranky heart melts a little watching Robert Preston sing 'Marian the Librarian'. Just the sheer cheesiness of book-related choreography is enough to make this scene brilliant, but the full-out partnered dancing makes it a classic.
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)
As far as libraries go, the Library of Congress is the Grand Pooh-Bah of them all. While Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) are carefully going through circulation records, the camera pans out from a tight close-up on their hands to a fantastic wide view of the circular reading room. It's a beauty shot of the library, and the exciting part is that such a place actually exists.
LORENZO'S OIL (1992)
Lorenzo's determined parents, Augusto and Michaela (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon), cannot accept the certain death of their son so they tirelessly search for a cure to an incurable disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They practically set up camp in a medical library, spending hours researching any and all possible treatments that may save their son. It's not always thrilling to watch other people read, but when the effects of ALD flash across the screen as Augusto is researching, the feeling of urgency is palpable.
THE NINTH GATE (1999)
Okay, this Johnny Depp satanic-book-mystery is not a great film one might hesitate to even use the term 'good film' but Depp does his best as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who travels to some luscious libraries in his quest to validate a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
It's no surprise that a genius like John Nash (Russell Crowe) spent a lot of his time in the library. In A Beautiful Mind he practically lives in Princeton's stacks when he is trying to develop an original thesis. His eureka moment happens at a bar (not exactly like a library, but good ideas aren't picky...and there are usually shelves). Later in his career, Nash returns to Princeton, allowed only space in the library rather than an office. The set-up leads to popularity among students and a return to lecturing. Thus, a library saves another career!
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004)
A mischievous ghoul haunted the New York Library in Ghostbusters, but that was nothing compared to the global-warming disasters that plague the building in The Day After Tomorrow. Jake Gyllenhaal and Emmy Rossum do their best to stay alive inside the library while the world outside crumbles. I'll let the book-burning slide barely because they're trying to keep warm.
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (2007)
Does the Library of Congress contain a top-secret book that has all the answers to our nation's biggest conspiracies? I wouldn't be shocked if it was true, but maybe that's because it's easy to believe that such a beautiful building is likely to be home to some pretty confidential stuff. Nicolas Cage doesn't really seem the library-going type in National Treasure, but he's a man on a mission, and that mission happens to lead him to the country's greatest library.
THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
I've never been a big fan of The Music Man, but even my cranky heart melts a little watching Robert Preston sing 'Marian the Librarian'. Just the sheer cheesiness of book-related choreography is enough to make this scene brilliant, but the full-out partnered dancing makes it a classic.
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)
As far as libraries go, the Library of Congress is the Grand Pooh-Bah of them all. While Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) are carefully going through circulation records, the camera pans out from a tight close-up on their hands to a fantastic wide view of the circular reading room. It's a beauty shot of the library, and the exciting part is that such a place actually exists.
LORENZO'S OIL (1992)
Lorenzo's determined parents, Augusto and Michaela (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon), cannot accept the certain death of their son so they tirelessly search for a cure to an incurable disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They practically set up camp in a medical library, spending hours researching any and all possible treatments that may save their son. It's not always thrilling to watch other people read, but when the effects of ALD flash across the screen as Augusto is researching, the feeling of urgency is palpable.
THE NINTH GATE (1999)
Okay, this Johnny Depp satanic-book-mystery is not a great film one might hesitate to even use the term 'good film' but Depp does his best as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who travels to some luscious libraries in his quest to validate a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
It's no surprise that a genius like John Nash (Russell Crowe) spent a lot of his time in the library. In A Beautiful Mind he practically lives in Princeton's stacks when he is trying to develop an original thesis. His eureka moment happens at a bar (not exactly like a library, but good ideas aren't picky...and there are usually shelves). Later in his career, Nash returns to Princeton, allowed only space in the library rather than an office. The set-up leads to popularity among students and a return to lecturing. Thus, a library saves another career!
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (2007)
Does the Library of Congress contain a top-secret book that has all the answers to our nation's biggest conspiracies? I wouldn't be shocked if it was true, but maybe that's because it's easy to believe that such a beautiful building is likely to be home to some pretty confidential stuff. Nicolas Cage doesn't really seem the library-going type in National Treasure, but he's a man on a mission, and that mission happens to lead him to the country's greatest library.
THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
I've never been a big fan of The Music Man, but even my cranky heart melts a little watching Robert Preston sing 'Marian the Librarian'. Just the sheer cheesiness of book-related choreography is enough to make this scene brilliant, but the full-out partnered dancing makes it a classic.
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)
As far as libraries go, the Library of Congress is the Grand Pooh-Bah of them all. While Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) are carefully going through circulation records, the camera pans out from a tight close-up on their hands to a fantastic wide view of the circular reading room. It's a beauty shot of the library, and the exciting part is that such a place actually exists.
LORENZO'S OIL (1992)
Lorenzo's determined parents, Augusto and Michaela (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon), cannot accept the certain death of their son so they tirelessly search for a cure to an incurable disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They practically set up camp in a medical library, spending hours researching any and all possible treatments that may save their son. It's not always thrilling to watch other people read, but when the effects of ALD flash across the screen as Augusto is researching, the feeling of urgency is palpable.
THE NINTH GATE (1999)
Okay, this Johnny Depp satanic-book-mystery is not a great film one might hesitate to even use the term 'good film' but Depp does his best as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who travels to some luscious libraries in his quest to validate a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
It's no surprise that a genius like John Nash (Russell Crowe) spent a lot of his time in the library. In A Beautiful Mind he practically lives in Princeton's stacks when he is trying to develop an original thesis. His eureka moment happens at a bar (not exactly like a library, but good ideas aren't picky...and there are usually shelves). Later in his career, Nash returns to Princeton, allowed only space in the library rather than an office. The set-up leads to popularity among students and a return to lecturing. Thus, a library saves another career!
THE MUSIC MAN (1962)
I've never been a big fan of The Music Man, but even my cranky heart melts a little watching Robert Preston sing 'Marian the Librarian'. Just the sheer cheesiness of book-related choreography is enough to make this scene brilliant, but the full-out partnered dancing makes it a classic.
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)
As far as libraries go, the Library of Congress is the Grand Pooh-Bah of them all. While Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) are carefully going through circulation records, the camera pans out from a tight close-up on their hands to a fantastic wide view of the circular reading room. It's a beauty shot of the library, and the exciting part is that such a place actually exists.
LORENZO'S OIL (1992)
Lorenzo's determined parents, Augusto and Michaela (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon), cannot accept the certain death of their son so they tirelessly search for a cure to an incurable disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They practically set up camp in a medical library, spending hours researching any and all possible treatments that may save their son. It's not always thrilling to watch other people read, but when the effects of ALD flash across the screen as Augusto is researching, the feeling of urgency is palpable.
THE NINTH GATE (1999)
Okay, this Johnny Depp satanic-book-mystery is not a great film one might hesitate to even use the term 'good film' but Depp does his best as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who travels to some luscious libraries in his quest to validate a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
It's no surprise that a genius like John Nash (Russell Crowe) spent a lot of his time in the library. In A Beautiful Mind he practically lives in Princeton's stacks when he is trying to develop an original thesis. His eureka moment happens at a bar (not exactly like a library, but good ideas aren't picky...and there are usually shelves). Later in his career, Nash returns to Princeton, allowed only space in the library rather than an office. The set-up leads to popularity among students and a return to lecturing. Thus, a library saves another career!
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)
As far as libraries go, the Library of Congress is the Grand Pooh-Bah of them all. While Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) are carefully going through circulation records, the camera pans out from a tight close-up on their hands to a fantastic wide view of the circular reading room. It's a beauty shot of the library, and the exciting part is that such a place actually exists.
LORENZO'S OIL (1992)
Lorenzo's determined parents, Augusto and Michaela (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon), cannot accept the certain death of their son so they tirelessly search for a cure to an incurable disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They practically set up camp in a medical library, spending hours researching any and all possible treatments that may save their son. It's not always thrilling to watch other people read, but when the effects of ALD flash across the screen as Augusto is researching, the feeling of urgency is palpable.
THE NINTH GATE (1999)
Okay, this Johnny Depp satanic-book-mystery is not a great film one might hesitate to even use the term 'good film' but Depp does his best as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who travels to some luscious libraries in his quest to validate a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
It's no surprise that a genius like John Nash (Russell Crowe) spent a lot of his time in the library. In A Beautiful Mind he practically lives in Princeton's stacks when he is trying to develop an original thesis. His eureka moment happens at a bar (not exactly like a library, but good ideas aren't picky...and there are usually shelves). Later in his career, Nash returns to Princeton, allowed only space in the library rather than an office. The set-up leads to popularity among students and a return to lecturing. Thus, a library saves another career!
LORENZO'S OIL (1992)
Lorenzo's determined parents, Augusto and Michaela (Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon), cannot accept the certain death of their son so they tirelessly search for a cure to an incurable disease called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They practically set up camp in a medical library, spending hours researching any and all possible treatments that may save their son. It's not always thrilling to watch other people read, but when the effects of ALD flash across the screen as Augusto is researching, the feeling of urgency is palpable.
THE NINTH GATE (1999)
Okay, this Johnny Depp satanic-book-mystery is not a great film one might hesitate to even use the term 'good film' but Depp does his best as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who travels to some luscious libraries in his quest to validate a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
It's no surprise that a genius like John Nash (Russell Crowe) spent a lot of his time in the library. In A Beautiful Mind he practically lives in Princeton's stacks when he is trying to develop an original thesis. His eureka moment happens at a bar (not exactly like a library, but good ideas aren't picky...and there are usually shelves). Later in his career, Nash returns to Princeton, allowed only space in the library rather than an office. The set-up leads to popularity among students and a return to lecturing. Thus, a library saves another career!
THE NINTH GATE (1999)
Okay, this Johnny Depp satanic-book-mystery is not a great film one might hesitate to even use the term 'good film' but Depp does his best as Dean Corso, a rare book dealer who travels to some luscious libraries in his quest to validate a rare copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
It's no surprise that a genius like John Nash (Russell Crowe) spent a lot of his time in the library. In A Beautiful Mind he practically lives in Princeton's stacks when he is trying to develop an original thesis. His eureka moment happens at a bar (not exactly like a library, but good ideas aren't picky...and there are usually shelves). Later in his career, Nash returns to Princeton, allowed only space in the library rather than an office. The set-up leads to popularity among students and a return to lecturing. Thus, a library saves another career!
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
It's no surprise that a genius like John Nash (Russell Crowe) spent a lot of his time in the library. In A Beautiful Mind he practically lives in Princeton's stacks when he is trying to develop an original thesis. His eureka moment happens at a bar (not exactly like a library, but good ideas aren't picky...and there are usually shelves). Later in his career, Nash returns to Princeton, allowed only space in the library rather than an office. The set-up leads to popularity among students and a return to lecturing. Thus, a library saves another career!
