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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) ⭐ 7.6 | Comedy, Drama

Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 1d

#22 Posting great books/ movies

Book - The Andromeda Strain, 1969
Michael Crichton

A capsule crashed from space with extraterrestrial organism. Unfortunately, the germ is a harmful and wiped the whole Arizona town; two people stayed alive.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/76...

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Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 4d

Movie
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, 2019
Director Quentin Tarantino
Writer Quentin Tarantino

Hollywood's Golden Age is winding down in summer of 1969, television actor Rick Dalton and his stunt double Cliff Booth endeavor to achieve lasting success in Hollywood .

www.imdb.com/title/tt7131...

2h 41m | R

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (novel) - Wikipedia

Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 4d

#21 Posting great books/ movies

Book - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2021
By Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited first work of fiction — at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal. The new novel is based on his Academy Award- winning film.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Up...

en.wikipedia.org

Semi-Tough (1977) ⭐ 5.9 | Comedy, Romance, Sport

Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 7d

Movie

Semi-Tough, 1977

Director Michael Ritchie
Writers
Dan Jenkins Walter Bernstein Ring Lardner Jr.
Stars
Burt Reynolds Kris Kristofferson Jill Clayburgh

A three-way friendship between two professional football players and the owner's daughter.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0078...

1h 48m | R

Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen in Papillon (1973)

Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 7d

#21 Posting great books/ movies

Book- Semi-Tough: A Novel, 1972
by Mr. Dan Jenkins

Semi-Tough may be the funniest sports book ever written. The novel Billy Clyde Puckett, star for the New York Giants, comes to LA for a duel with the Jets in the Super Bowl.

www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...

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Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 11d

Movie

Papillon, 1973
Director Franklin J. Schaffner
Writers Dalton Trumbo Lorenzo Semple Jr. Henri Charrière

A French convict in the 1930s begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island which inspires the man to plot his escape.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0070...

Papillon (1973)

Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 11d

#20 Posting great books/ movies

¡Viva Maria Corina Machado!
Nobel Peace Prize winner 2025

Book PAPILLON by Henri Charrière 1968
Translator Patrick O'Brian

The gripping, shocking, ultimately uplifting odyssey of an innocent man who simply would not be defeated.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papillo...

Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 11d

Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 14d

The Movie

The Da Vinci Code, 2006
Director Ron Howard
Writers Akiva Goldsman Dan Brown

A murder and clues in paintings lead to the discovery of a closely guarded religious mystery.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0382...

Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 14d

#19 Posting a series of great books and their captivating movies or Series

Book The Da Vinci Code 2003
by Dan Brown

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/55...

Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 15d

The series

Wayward Pines
Director M. Night Shyamalan
writers Blake Crouch, Chad Hodge,Matt Duffer,Ross Duffer

A Secret Service agent sent to Wayward Pines, Idaho, in search of agents who have gone missing in the town. He learns that he might never get out alive.

www.imdb.com/title/tt2618...

Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 15d

#18 Posting a series of great books and their captivating movies or Series

Book - The Pines: Wayward Pines, Wayward, The Last Town
by Blake Crouch
www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, mission: locate two missing federal agents.

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Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 16d

The Movie

Run Hide Fight, 2020
Director Kyle Rankin
Writer Kyle Rankin

Zoe Hull, 17, uses her wits, survival skills, and compassion to fight for her life, and the lives of her classmates, against a group of live-streaming school shooters.

www.imdb.com/title/tt1145...

Run Hide Fight (2020)

Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 16d

#17 Posting a series of great books and their captivating movies or Series

The book - “Columbine” by Dave Cullen, 2009

What really happened in LITTLETON, COLORADO - Columbine High School on April 20, 1999?

www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...

Black Hawk Down (2001) ⭐ 7.7 | Action, Drama, History

Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 16d

The Movie

Black Hawk Down, 2001
Director Ridley Scott
Writers Mark Bowden Ken Nolan

October 1993 160 elite U.S. soldiers dropped into Mogadishu to capture top lieutenants of a warlord, but found themselves in a battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0265...

2h 24m | R

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Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 16d

#16 Posting a series of great books and their captivating movies or Series

The Book - Black Hawk Down, 1999
Mark Bowden

The attempted capture Somali faction leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid in 1993, and the resulting battle in Mogadishu between United States forces and Aidid's militia.

Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 17d

Yes!!!
Halloween is a master class in atmosphere.

Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 19d

Movie

Ordinary People, 1980
Director Robert Redford
Writers Judith GuestAlvin SargentNancy Dowd

The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father and the guilt-ridden younger son.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0081...

Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 19d

#15 Posting a series of great books and their captivating movies or Series

Book - Ordinary People, 1976
Judith Guest

The trauma of a brother’s death, a mother who can’t love enough, and a son whose struggle takes him to the brink.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/35...

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Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 25d

Movie

Primitive War, 2025
Director Luke Sparke
Writers Ethan Pettus Luke Sparke

Vietnam. 1968. A recon unit known as Vulture Squad is sent to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing Green Beret platoon. They soon discover they are not alone.

www.imdb.com/title/tt1831...

Primitive War (2025)

Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 25d

#14 Posting a series of great books and their captivating movies or Series

Book - Primitive War, 2017
Ethan Pettus

A search and rescue team known as Vulture Squad is sent to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing Green Beret platoon.

www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...

Scott Jung @proximityfactor.bsky.social · 28d

RIP Robert Redford 89, 9/16/2025