Author: John Walker
Publisher: HarperCollins (UK)
ISBN: 9780007234707
Category : Academy Awards (Motion pictures)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ranging across a hundred years of cinema, and featuring more than 23,000 films,Halliwell’s Film, Video & DVD Guideis the undisputed bible for movie enthusiasts and trivia buffs everywhere. For more than two decades, film enthusiasts, trivia buffs, and ordinary movie watchers alike have consulted the pages of Halliwell's for the most comprehensive information available on their favorite films. Often imitated, but never bettered,Halliwell’s Film, Video and DVD Guideis packed with essential information, from the classics of the Silver Screen to the very latest blockbusters. Contents include: Concise plot synopses for every film; casts and credits; critical evaluations and reviews; insider gossip and facts; quotes and dialogue, a quick-reference guide to the best films ever; an index of leading directors; Academy Award winners, listed by year, and more. There are also easy-to-spot icons for: family viewing; video, DVD, and soundtrack availability; and Oscar awards and nominations.
Halliwell's Film, Video & DVD Guide 2007
Author: John Walker
Publisher: HarperCollins (UK)
ISBN: 9780007234707
Category : Academy Awards (Motion pictures)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ranging across a hundred years of cinema, and featuring more than 23,000 films,Halliwell’s Film, Video & DVD Guideis the undisputed bible for movie enthusiasts and trivia buffs everywhere. For more than two decades, film enthusiasts, trivia buffs, and ordinary movie watchers alike have consulted the pages of Halliwell's for the most comprehensive information available on their favorite films. Often imitated, but never bettered,Halliwell’s Film, Video and DVD Guideis packed with essential information, from the classics of the Silver Screen to the very latest blockbusters. Contents include: Concise plot synopses for every film; casts and credits; critical evaluations and reviews; insider gossip and facts; quotes and dialogue, a quick-reference guide to the best films ever; an index of leading directors; Academy Award winners, listed by year, and more. There are also easy-to-spot icons for: family viewing; video, DVD, and soundtrack availability; and Oscar awards and nominations.
Publisher: HarperCollins (UK)
ISBN: 9780007234707
Category : Academy Awards (Motion pictures)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ranging across a hundred years of cinema, and featuring more than 23,000 films,Halliwell’s Film, Video & DVD Guideis the undisputed bible for movie enthusiasts and trivia buffs everywhere. For more than two decades, film enthusiasts, trivia buffs, and ordinary movie watchers alike have consulted the pages of Halliwell's for the most comprehensive information available on their favorite films. Often imitated, but never bettered,Halliwell’s Film, Video and DVD Guideis packed with essential information, from the classics of the Silver Screen to the very latest blockbusters. Contents include: Concise plot synopses for every film; casts and credits; critical evaluations and reviews; insider gossip and facts; quotes and dialogue, a quick-reference guide to the best films ever; an index of leading directors; Academy Award winners, listed by year, and more. There are also easy-to-spot icons for: family viewing; video, DVD, and soundtrack availability; and Oscar awards and nominations.
Time Out Film Guide
Author: John Pym
Publisher: Time Out Guides
ISBN: 9780140275254
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
Book Description
This annual edition of the Time Out Film Guide, now updated to include over 12,000 films, covers every area of world cinema: classic silents and thirties comedies, documentaries and the avant-garde, French and Japanese cinema, Hollywood mainstream and B-rated horror films. Time Out's extraordinarily strong international coverage includes award listings for the Berlin, Venice, and Cannes festivals as well as the Oscar winners since 1927. Fully cross-referenced with extensive indexes covering films by country, genre, subject, director, and actor, this is the ultimate guide for movie lovers of all inclinations. Combining a wealth of practical information -- director, cast, alternative titles, running time, release date -- with thirty years of authoritative analyses from 207 Time Out reviewers, this A-to-Z directory delivers honest, incisive, informed, and contentious criticism. The seventh edition includes 700 new reviews from every genre of world cinema and, for the first time, a readers' poll of all-time top-ten films.
Publisher: Time Out Guides
ISBN: 9780140275254
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
Book Description
This annual edition of the Time Out Film Guide, now updated to include over 12,000 films, covers every area of world cinema: classic silents and thirties comedies, documentaries and the avant-garde, French and Japanese cinema, Hollywood mainstream and B-rated horror films. Time Out's extraordinarily strong international coverage includes award listings for the Berlin, Venice, and Cannes festivals as well as the Oscar winners since 1927. Fully cross-referenced with extensive indexes covering films by country, genre, subject, director, and actor, this is the ultimate guide for movie lovers of all inclinations. Combining a wealth of practical information -- director, cast, alternative titles, running time, release date -- with thirty years of authoritative analyses from 207 Time Out reviewers, this A-to-Z directory delivers honest, incisive, informed, and contentious criticism. The seventh edition includes 700 new reviews from every genre of world cinema and, for the first time, a readers' poll of all-time top-ten films.
Halliwell's Film Guide
Author: Leslie Halliwell
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780062720320
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1280
Book Description
For movie fans, trivia buffs, and film students, here is the most popular and matchless film reference boasting over 17,000 entries, including 1,000 of the latest releases. Features cast members, writers, directors, producers; plot synopses and critical evaluations, including extensive coverage of foreign films; quotes from contemporary reviewers; alternate titles; Academy Award winners and nominations; and more.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780062720320
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1280
Book Description
For movie fans, trivia buffs, and film students, here is the most popular and matchless film reference boasting over 17,000 entries, including 1,000 of the latest releases. Features cast members, writers, directors, producers; plot synopses and critical evaluations, including extensive coverage of foreign films; quotes from contemporary reviewers; alternate titles; Academy Award winners and nominations; and more.
Halliwell's Top 1000
Author: John Walker
Publisher: HarperEntertainment
ISBN: 9780007181650
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Halliwell's top 1000 favourite films, each with a full evaluation including cast and crew, awards won, DVD and soundtrack availability, original titles and gossip from behind the scenes.
Publisher: HarperEntertainment
ISBN: 9780007181650
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Halliwell's top 1000 favourite films, each with a full evaluation including cast and crew, awards won, DVD and soundtrack availability, original titles and gossip from behind the scenes.
Halliwell's Film, Video & DVD Guide 2008
Author: David Gritten
Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780007260805
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1396
Book Description
More than 24,000 entries provide plot summaries, a star rating, and information on casts, writers, directors, producers, awards, and alternate titles, with quotations from contemporary reviews.
Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780007260805
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1396
Book Description
More than 24,000 entries provide plot summaries, a star rating, and information on casts, writers, directors, producers, awards, and alternate titles, with quotations from contemporary reviews.
Halliwell's Film and Video Guide
Author: Leslie Halliwell
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1224
Book Description
The top book in the field includes more than 1,000 new films. Entries, arranged alphabetically, provide information on running time, date of release, cast and more. Illustrated.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1224
Book Description
The top book in the field includes more than 1,000 new films. Entries, arranged alphabetically, provide information on running time, date of release, cast and more. Illustrated.
Encyclopedia of Opera on Screen
Author: Ken Wlaschin
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300102635
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
“This wondrous encyclopedia is an invaluable boon to all movie and opera buffs. I shall be referring to it frequently to slake my curiosity and to settle bets.”--Tom Lehrer This bountiful book is a comprehensive guide to the thousands of films, DVDs, and videocassettes featuring operas and opera singers from 1896 to the present. From ABC Television to Franco Zeffirelli, the encyclopedia is a storehouse of fascinating information for film and opera aficionados and casual browsers alike. Find answers to such questions as: * What were the first operas filmed? * Why did they make silent films of operas? * Why was a pseudo-opera written for Citizen Kane? * What was the title of Maria Callas’s only film? Organized alphabetically with more than 1,900 fully cross-referenced entries, the book casts a wide net that covers not only expected topics--operas, operettas, zarzuelas, composers, singers, conductors, writers, and film directors--but also the unexpected and offbeat--animated opera, first operas on film, puppet opera films, silent films about opera, and many other lesser-known topics. Encyclopedia of Opera on Screen illuminates the many intersections between opera and film as never before.
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300102635
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
“This wondrous encyclopedia is an invaluable boon to all movie and opera buffs. I shall be referring to it frequently to slake my curiosity and to settle bets.”--Tom Lehrer This bountiful book is a comprehensive guide to the thousands of films, DVDs, and videocassettes featuring operas and opera singers from 1896 to the present. From ABC Television to Franco Zeffirelli, the encyclopedia is a storehouse of fascinating information for film and opera aficionados and casual browsers alike. Find answers to such questions as: * What were the first operas filmed? * Why did they make silent films of operas? * Why was a pseudo-opera written for Citizen Kane? * What was the title of Maria Callas’s only film? Organized alphabetically with more than 1,900 fully cross-referenced entries, the book casts a wide net that covers not only expected topics--operas, operettas, zarzuelas, composers, singers, conductors, writers, and film directors--but also the unexpected and offbeat--animated opera, first operas on film, puppet opera films, silent films about opera, and many other lesser-known topics. Encyclopedia of Opera on Screen illuminates the many intersections between opera and film as never before.
Halliwell's Film Quiz Book
Author: Andrew Murray
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780006531944
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Drawing upon the best-selling Halliwell's Film & Video Guide and Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies, the Film Quiz Book is a fun and challenging knowledge tester for film buffs and general film fans alike. Expanding on the most well known and immensely succesful film brand, Halliwell's, the Halliwell's Film Quiz Book is packed full with 1,500 questions -- and answers -- on every aspect of the film world. From the best and the worst films, and everything in between, to the actors and actresses who grace the silver screen, it is a comprehensive teaser, guaranteed to stretch even the most knowledgeable film buff. The third book in the Halliwell's range, the Film Quiz Book is a must for all film fans.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780006531944
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Drawing upon the best-selling Halliwell's Film & Video Guide and Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies, the Film Quiz Book is a fun and challenging knowledge tester for film buffs and general film fans alike. Expanding on the most well known and immensely succesful film brand, Halliwell's, the Halliwell's Film Quiz Book is packed full with 1,500 questions -- and answers -- on every aspect of the film world. From the best and the worst films, and everything in between, to the actors and actresses who grace the silver screen, it is a comprehensive teaser, guaranteed to stretch even the most knowledgeable film buff. The third book in the Halliwell's range, the Film Quiz Book is a must for all film fans.
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
Author: Steven Jay Schneider
Publisher: Cassell Illustrated
ISBN: 9781788403450
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Cassell Illustrated
ISBN: 9781788403450
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Dead that Walk
Author: Leslie Halliwell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780586086469
Category : Horror films
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780586086469
Category : Horror films
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description