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Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments From The Movies

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I cannot think of a book I brought recently that I like as well as this one. It is a real treasure, a beautiful, well-written book and a joy to read. It brought back so many wonderful cinematic memories. The DVD was as good as it gets. A wonderful job of picking out the most important and entertaining clips. It's a marvelous gift to give and get. I cannot believe such a wonderful and richly bound and illustrated book AND A DVD of such quality and depth can be purchased for so little. It's everything a movie buff and book lover could hope for. Do it again Mr. Garner!

This is a fine coffee table book, but mine I don't put it in there (LOL), because I'm sure with the people who come to my house it'll be in ruins by a week. Anyhow I'm a little disappointed though with some of the movies chosen because most are minor classics (like Cast Away, Field of Dreams, Wall Street, Rocky), I mean what happened to Singin' in the Rain, Gone with the Wind, All About Eve, Chinatown etc.?

Ok I have the answer to that, the author if I remember correctly said he wasn't able to get the permission to put some scenes in the DVD of some really great movies, so he settled for movies that allowed him to do so. But don't be disappointed because it's still a fun read and a collector's item for movie enthusiasts. Only that this is an inferior collection of unforgettable screen moments compared to the compilations of other publications I read like Tv Guide or Entertainment Weekly.


There is a DVD included with a documentary (sort of) featuring some of the famous scenes from the 25 movies like Clarice and Lecter's first meeting, Thelma and Loiuse in the Grand Canyon, Meg Ryan simulating an orgasm.etc. And also Dustin Hoffman hosted the show and provided with some background for each movie. All in all it's more than 2 hours of content.

Grade: B+

So many movie scenes go with important periods in one's life and this book brought so many of them back. Movies, as the author pointed out, are part of our culture. It was a great idea to include a DVD. As much as I liked the book and the beautiful pages and photos, the DVD was even better. What a great idea for a book about movies!

My credentials for writing this review:

I'm a huge movie fan; I own about a hundred dvd's, I go to the theater two or three times a month, and have memorized waaaaay too many lines.

About six months ago, my friends and I were all sitting around after dinner reciting our favorite scenes from great movies. "You want the truth?' You can't handle the truth!!!" Then someone (probably me) said "OK, what's your top ten favorite movies?" We were at it for more than an hour, but narrowed down the list based on the best lines and most memorable scenes.

Funny, I now see that we were pretty much right, at least according to this book. These top 25 great movie moments has our top ten and most of our runner ups. I am really happy to have this great collection.

Lots of really interesting behind the scenes accounts I never knew - like the fact that Humphrey Bogart wore huge lifters during Casablanca to look taller, all the crazy mishaps during the filming of Jaws, and how they shot the needle in the heart scene from Pulp Fiction - and there are some really neat behind the scenes photos. All the scenes on the DVD are sweeeeet. (Dustin Hoffman is a stitch!)

I know it's tough to narrow down that list, but this book has some great stuff.

Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the movies with dvd:

Pretty good book and dvd(Dustin Hoffman is the host.whatever) other than that it's good with what the author believes are some of the best moments. good for the movie buff.

Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the movies with dvd:

Pretty good book and dvd(Dustin Hoffman is the host.whatever) other than that it's good with what the author believes are some of the best moments. good for the movie buff.

This coffee table selection is excellent for ones home or as a gift. The accompanying DVD only adds to the attractiveness of this guided path through cinema by Dustin Hoffman. The inexpensive price was a tremendous bargain as well.

This book has interesting behind-the-scenes stories, tons of color photos from the movies, and best of all a DVD with all of the "unforgettable scenes" hosted by Dustin Hoffman. This is a great book to read and watch with movie-loving friends.

Also, at under $20 on amazon, it's a great gift.

This book is a great combination of beautiful pictures, great insights into the movies, behind the scenes info and the DVD has all the best clips from most of our favorite movies.

Garner's book was beautiful, reasonably written, but frankly I don't understand the concept, which he states as "most unforgetable moments?" Frankly I forgot most of the scenes on the DVD and in the book. I have seen them before but just didn't remember much about them at all. Also, Dustin Hoffman, a great actor, was terrible! He was dead-pan and a bore. He just did not project or add anything to the DVD program. Still the book was interesting, but room for improvement is all over the place. Frankly I think the author should stick to sports books, which did so well, I got two for Christmas. But I like old movies, so naturally I liked the book.