The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations [Paperback]

Tony Reeves (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2001

For all those fans who wonder where their favorite movies were filmed or what it would be like to visit the sites, this book is the ultimate resource. It features information on blockbuster, cult, and art house favorites from Saturday Night Fever to Men in Black, from Belle du Jour to Ben Hur. The entries for individual films include brief descriptions of key scenes shot at the location, travel details, photographs, film stills, behind-the-scenes information, and insights as to what these places are really like. Also included are full-color features on major sites of special interest—Vertigo’s San Francisco, Woody Allen’s Manhattan, and a world Star Wars tour, among others—along with more obscure locations that have become sought-after travel destinations simply because of their connection to the movies.

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Here is the source to turn to if you want to know where the first Jurassic Park was shot or visit the sites where Ferris Bueller took his day off. Key locations are listed for more than 1,500 films. RBB
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"Essential reading for movie buffs, and an entertaining addition to a journey to almost any country in the world." -- The Sunday Telegraph 26 Feb 2006

This revised and expanded new edition is a staggering piece of work that its author can truly be proud of. -- Film Review Magazine, June, 2006 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556524323
• ISBN-13: 978-1556524325
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #680,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, More Please, April 9, 2003

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This review is from: The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations (Paperback)

This book combines two of my main interests: travel and classic movies. British journalist Tony Reeves shares these interests to an extreme. He has personally visited and photographed an amazing number of movie locations. There is information provided here that I have not seen anywhere else. The book is organized encyclopedia-style with brief entries alphabetically ordered by film title. Important sites for each film are highlighted in bold type. There are several one or two page colour sections dealing with a topic or movie in greater-than-normal detail. Most movies are given only a few sentences or a paragraph at most; there are tiny black and white picture illustrating the more important listings. There is a very helpful section at the end organizing the movie listings by country. I would have liked to see more, some films could easily have been given pages of information and the most important classics such as Lawrence of Arabia, entire chapters. The author has a website movie-locations.com with some of the highlights of this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unrivalled resource for anyone fascinated by movie locations, January 11, 2004

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This review is from: The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations (Paperback)

To me there is something almost magical about movie locations. Knowing that a place you may have revisited several times in your favourite film actually exists somewhere out there in the real world is a wonderful thought -- for me at least. And if you share my fascination, this is a book for you.

It is inevitable that everyone will be able to find omissions and oversights. Reasonably speaking, however, we could not expect Reeves to accommodate all we expect of such a book without running to several volumes (perhaps a sequel is in order, Tony?), and readers will all have films that hold a special place in their affections that there simply wasn't space to include. In fact, even though there are things I would have appreciated more of myself (my birthplace of Vancouver doesn't get enough mentions, despite being the "Hollywood of the North"), I found myself frequently amazed at the detail Reeves did go into. The book is positively bursting with photographs. Each entry is packed with bits of trivia, pertinent observations and all the details you'll need to go out and find the locations for yourself.

I haven't yet thrown my backpack over my shoulder to trek around the world in search of all these places -- but I will, someday. And Tony Reeves's guide will be right there in my pack along with my map, my can-opener and my change of underwear.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly in depth and excellently researched, February 3, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations (Paperback)

This book is excellently researched, and goes into enourmous depth (even if he has forgotten Rambo, there are hundreds of other films in here which are included!).
Emphasis is more on the US and the UK, but there is also an impressive range of pictures and details from some very exotic corners of the world.
A must read for any movie buff, and guaranteed to get you veering off the beaten track in your travels.