Whether they love independent films or Independence Day (or both), movie buffs want to know everything they can about their favorites. This revised and updated edition of The Movie Guide (recommended as the best in the field by Barry Norman, host of the BBC's Film 94) offers: * in-depth synopses and reviews * extensive cast and creative credits (not just stars and directors!) * complete Academy Award information (including nominees as well as winners) * production information such as distributor and country of origin * MPAA and star ratings * and much more.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Great guide for the discerning movie fan,
By A Customer
This review is from: Movie Guide (Paperback)
This is hands down the single best reference for films from the 1930s on. Detailed reviews of works that are deserving of them, with sharp analysis that puts films in their proper historical context.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Perhaps the best movie guide of them all...,
By Jerry Jancarik Jr. "Jerry Jancarik Jr." (Pacific Northwest) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Movie Guide (Paperback)
Many of the reviews in this book are actually from an earlier encyclopedia called the Motion Picture Guide, perhaps the most comprehensive and best written source for pre-1990's films ever published. TV Guide adopted the same database for their online film review database and updated editions of The Movie Guide have been published for years as The Virgin Film Guide (avail. from Amazon.uk) This guide favors quality over quantity and so you get long, detailed, informed reviews of Sunrise, Das Boot, Mala Noche, Drugstore Cowboy, Blue Velvet, The Bicycle Thief, La Dolce Vita, etc. instead of thousands of thumbnail sketches of mediocre films you will have no interest in ever seeing. This is, as a previous review noted, along with Katz' Film Encyclopedia one of the few, truly essential books that every film lover should own.
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Essential Reference for Film Lovers,
By A Customer
This review is from: Movie Guide (Paperback)
This volume, along with Katz's, The Film Encyclopedia, are the foundation of celluloid information. The two will be sufficient for most viewers. Saw a movie and what to know more? Planning to rent a video and what to know more? Look here. Not all movies are reviewed, but almost every important film, some sleepers, some low-budget gems, and some you may hate but are important within film history. Our 1995 edition is worn out, and I wish we had a 'cover' for this one; that's how often we refer to this. We have also use it to build our own film library, now numbering over 500. Directors, actors, Academy Awards, obscure information and the source - whether book, play or original screenplay are all included. Now, if they had only included "The Reivers" and "Sometimes a Great Notion!"
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