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How much thrust does it take to eject Buster -- playing the part of a James Bond villian -- from his car? Courtesy of Kari, Grant and Tory's rockets, he's about to find out.

Selected as one of the top 50 American films of all time by the prestigious American Film Institute, and considered by many critics to be Hitchcock's greatest film, this fast-paced thriller stars Oscar-winner Cary Grant ('Notorious,' 'The Philadelphia Story') as a Madison Avenue advertising exec who is mistaken for someone else and kidnapped by a group of international spies, headed by James Mason ('A Star Is Born,' 'Lolita'). After a hair-raising escape, he is framed for a murder he didn't commit and goes on the run with the lovely Eva Marie Saint ('Superman Returns,' 'On the Waterfront'). Famous for a wild plane attack and a harrowing chase across the faces of Mount Rushmore, this is quintessential Hitchcock ('Psycho,' 'The Birds'). With Academy Award-winner Martin Landau ('Ed Wood,' 'The Majestic') as Mason's evil henchman, this film is the rare combination of action, suspense and humor.

Take a luxurious, privately-owned 747 jumbo jet full of VIP's. Load it with a cargo of priceless art treasures and send it flying over the hazardous Bermuda Triangle. Add a few desperate hijackers for good measure and you've got the makings of one of the most harrowing adventure stories ever put on film! James Stewart is the philanthropic owner of the doomed plane and Jack Lemmon is the fearless pilot risking death at every turn in an attempt to save the luxury airliner when it is skyjacked and sent crashing to the ocean's floor. Aboard for the ill-fated trip are Lee Grant, Brenda Vaccaro, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland, Darren McGavin, Christopher Lee and George Kennedy. All face danger in the air and beneath the sea in the most thrilling Airport movie of them all.

The first shot of Charade shows a pistol swinging ominously into a close-up - and Audrey Hepburn gets a squirt of water right in the eye. And so it goes: Charade is an elegant thriller that manages to spoof its genre while at the same time being uncommonly suspenseful. Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn are the ideal leads for keeping their cool under preposterous twists in a deadly chase through Parisian environs; the supporting heavies include James Coburn, George Kennedy and Walter Matthau; there are five corpses; the red-herrings are incalculable; the gowns are by Givenchy; the percussive score is by Henry Mancini; and the point of the whole thing is style and wit for their own sake, and what better sake is there? Charade, in its own way, is one of the most radical and experimental films of the '60s.

Katharine Hepburn is the snooty daughter of a wealthy Philadelphia family and about to marry for the second time. Things get hilariously complicated when her cunning ex-husband Cary Grant enters the scene with tabloid reporter James Stewart in tow. While Stewart falls helplessly in love with Hepburn, she rejects her stuffed-shirt fiance and realizes she's still in love with Grant. One of the greatest romantic comedies ever produced, it was recently selected as one of the top 100 American films of all time by the prestigious American Film Institute. Nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and winner for Best Screenplay. Stewart ('It's A Wonderful Life,' 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington') took home an Oscar for his earnest portrayal of the smitten reporter, and Oscar-winner Hepburn ('The African Queen,' 'On Golden Pond') received her third nomination. Ruth Hussey ('Northwest Passage') earned an Oscar-nomination as a cynical tabloid photographer.

James Grant, Grant's Interest Rate Observer founder, explains his latest attack where he said 'the Fed has made the entire market and economy a hall of mirrors.'

Feudal Japan is set to bear witness to the bloody clash of titans as two fearsome ninja tribes are unleashed, one upon the other. For wretched within the Edo Castle loyalties have been severed into warring factions, as two sons struggle to inherit the title of Shogun.

James Grant, Grant's Interest Rate Observer, says U.S. policymakers are prolonging symptoms of the recession, adding that the Fed should learn from the 1920-21 Depression.

James Grant, Grant's Interest Rate Observer, explains why he thinks the Federal Reserve's new bond-buying program will do more harm than good, saying the U.S. Treasury should begin to issue longer-dated bonds back by gold, with CNBC's Kelly Evans.

DANCING LIGHT FILMS presents a film by JOEL VETSCH 'HOLD ON' starring MARK LAMBECK, TRACY JAMES, BARBARA GRANT shot & edited by JOEL VETSCH produced by JOEL VETSCH screenplay by ERICA LEE directed by JOEL VETSCH

John dumped Sherrie. Now John wants Sherrie back. But is it too late? Will he find things with this Sherrie to be on the rocks?' DANCING LIGHT FILMS presents a film by JOEL VETSCH 'HOLD ON' starring MARK LAMBECK, TRACY JAMES, BARBARA GRANT shot & edited by JOEL VETSCH produced by JOEL VETSCH screenplay by ERICA LEE directed by JOEL VETSCH

This 7 minute play entitled 'A Play is Born' was part of the tenth edition of Quickies in the Stack's 'And A Toast to You As Well' festival that took place on December 4, 2008 in the Stratford Library's holiday-decorated Lovell Room. It was an evening of seven original short plays, and we were the seventh and final play of the night. Starring in the play were quite an ecclectic bunch, one which famed off-beat film director Christopher Guest would certainly have been proud of. THE PLAY'S CAST Maureen Cummings Tracy James Mark Lambeck Tony Murvin Joel Vetsch PLAY DIRECTED BY J. Sibley Law PLAY WRITTEN BY Orna Rawls and J. Sibley Law VIDEO PRODUCED BY Joel Vetsch and Barb Grant 'A Play is Born' Copyright 2008 by J. Sibley Law & Orna Rawls Used by Permission