Author: Leonard Maltin
Publisher: Plume Books
ISBN: 9780452279148
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1650
Book Description
With more than 300 new entries, 1,000 more videocassette and laser-disc listings, and an enlarged index of leading performers and directors, the 1998 edition of this perennial bestseller continues to be a "must" for every movie buff's bookshelf. "Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide" has long been acclaimed because of its factual authority and sheer depth of information.
Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 1998
Author: Leonard Maltin
Publisher: Plume Books
ISBN: 9780452279148
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1650
Book Description
With more than 300 new entries, 1,000 more videocassette and laser-disc listings, and an enlarged index of leading performers and directors, the 1998 edition of this perennial bestseller continues to be a "must" for every movie buff's bookshelf. "Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide" has long been acclaimed because of its factual authority and sheer depth of information.
Publisher: Plume Books
ISBN: 9780452279148
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1650
Book Description
With more than 300 new entries, 1,000 more videocassette and laser-disc listings, and an enlarged index of leading performers and directors, the 1998 edition of this perennial bestseller continues to be a "must" for every movie buff's bookshelf. "Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide" has long been acclaimed because of its factual authority and sheer depth of information.
Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2005
Author: Leonard Maltin
Publisher: Signet Book
ISBN: 9780451212658
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1637
Book Description
Offers readers a comprehensive reference to the world of film, including thousands of alphabetically-arranged movie title entries containing plot summaries, along with information on performers, ratings, and running times.
Publisher: Signet Book
ISBN: 9780451212658
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1637
Book Description
Offers readers a comprehensive reference to the world of film, including thousands of alphabetically-arranged movie title entries containing plot summaries, along with information on performers, ratings, and running times.
Leonard Maltin's 2013 Movie Guide
Author: Leonard Maltin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101604638
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 2655
Book Description
NEW More than 16,000 capsule movie reviews, with more than 300 new entries NEW More than 13,000 DVD and 13,000 video listings NEW Up-to-date list of mail-order and online sources for buying and renting DVDs and videos NEW Completely updated index of leading performers MORE Official motion picture code ratings from G to NC-17 MORE Old and new theatrical and video releases rated **** to BOMB MORE Exact running times—an invaluable guide for recording and for discovering which movies have been edited MORE Reviews of little-known sleepers, foreign films, rarities, and classics AND Leonard's personal list of fifty notable debut features Summer blockbusters and independent sleepers; masterworks of Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, and Martin Scorsese; the timeless comedy of the Marx Brothers and Buster Keaton; animated classics from Walt Disney and Pixar; the finest foreign films ever made. This 2013 edition covers the modern era, from 1965 to the present, while including all the great older films you can’t afford to miss—and those you can—from box-office smashes to cult classics to forgotten gems to forgettable bombs, listed alphabetically, and complete with all the essential information you could ask for. • Date of release, running time, director, stars, MPAA ratings, color or black and white • Concise summary, capsule review, and four-star-to-BOMB rating system • Precise information on films shot in widescreen format • Symbols for DVD s, videos, and laserdiscs • Completely updated index of leading actors • Up-to-date list of mail-order and online sources for buying and renting DVDs and videos
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101604638
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 2655
Book Description
NEW More than 16,000 capsule movie reviews, with more than 300 new entries NEW More than 13,000 DVD and 13,000 video listings NEW Up-to-date list of mail-order and online sources for buying and renting DVDs and videos NEW Completely updated index of leading performers MORE Official motion picture code ratings from G to NC-17 MORE Old and new theatrical and video releases rated **** to BOMB MORE Exact running times—an invaluable guide for recording and for discovering which movies have been edited MORE Reviews of little-known sleepers, foreign films, rarities, and classics AND Leonard's personal list of fifty notable debut features Summer blockbusters and independent sleepers; masterworks of Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, and Martin Scorsese; the timeless comedy of the Marx Brothers and Buster Keaton; animated classics from Walt Disney and Pixar; the finest foreign films ever made. This 2013 edition covers the modern era, from 1965 to the present, while including all the great older films you can’t afford to miss—and those you can—from box-office smashes to cult classics to forgotten gems to forgettable bombs, listed alphabetically, and complete with all the essential information you could ask for. • Date of release, running time, director, stars, MPAA ratings, color or black and white • Concise summary, capsule review, and four-star-to-BOMB rating system • Precise information on films shot in widescreen format • Symbols for DVD s, videos, and laserdiscs • Completely updated index of leading actors • Up-to-date list of mail-order and online sources for buying and renting DVDs and videos
Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2015
Author: Leonard Maltin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 1611
Book Description
Offers readers a comprehensive reference to the world of film, including more than thirteen thousand DVD titles, along with information on performers, ratings, running times, plots, and helpful features.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 1611
Book Description
Offers readers a comprehensive reference to the world of film, including more than thirteen thousand DVD titles, along with information on performers, ratings, running times, plots, and helpful features.
Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Author: Leonard Maltin
Publisher: Plume
ISBN: 9780452279926
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1654
Book Description
Widely acclaimed as the biggest, best, and most authoritative book in its field, "Leonard Maltin's 1999 Movie & Video Guide" is the quintessential guidebook to the movies. The author has added some 400 new film entries, bringing the total to more than 19,000, and kept pace with video and laserdisc releases, adding more than 1,000 listings in those categories.Additional features include: -- Updated and expanded indexes of leading performers and directors, listing their films reviewed in the book-- Updated mail-order sources for purchase/rental of videocassettes and laser discs-- Write-ups on every vintage film series, from Charlie Chart to Tarzan-- Notes on widescreen films that are best seen in letter-box format-- Leonard Maltin's selections of the 100 best films for family viewingAfter 28 years in publication, "Leonard Maltin's 1999 Movie & Video Guide" continues to be the leading film guide on the market. More than four million copies have been sold.
Publisher: Plume
ISBN: 9780452279926
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1654
Book Description
Widely acclaimed as the biggest, best, and most authoritative book in its field, "Leonard Maltin's 1999 Movie & Video Guide" is the quintessential guidebook to the movies. The author has added some 400 new film entries, bringing the total to more than 19,000, and kept pace with video and laserdisc releases, adding more than 1,000 listings in those categories.Additional features include: -- Updated and expanded indexes of leading performers and directors, listing their films reviewed in the book-- Updated mail-order sources for purchase/rental of videocassettes and laser discs-- Write-ups on every vintage film series, from Charlie Chart to Tarzan-- Notes on widescreen films that are best seen in letter-box format-- Leonard Maltin's selections of the 100 best films for family viewingAfter 28 years in publication, "Leonard Maltin's 1999 Movie & Video Guide" continues to be the leading film guide on the market. More than four million copies have been sold.
Leonard Maltin's 151 Best Movies You've Never Seen
Author: Leonard Maltin
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061987816
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
What 151 movies have you never seen—but should? What French film could teach Hollywood how to make a smart, sexy romantic comedy? (page 233) Where will you find a female-centric Western with a gender-bending protagonist? (page 10) What film won a Special Jury Prize at Sundance and then fell off the radar? (page 261) What farcical comedy includes such real-life characters as Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger? (page 50) In what unsung comedy will you find Michael Douglas giving his all-time best performance? (page 130) What debut film from the director of The Dark Knight creates palpable chills—despite a shoestring budget and a no-name cast? (page 79) What John Wayne movie was out of circulation for thirty years—and still qualifies as a sleeper? (page 121) What terrific Heath Ledger movie was released the same month as Brokeback Mountain—and flopped? (page 26) What clever modern-day film noir was made for just half a million dollars? (page 18) What captivating film stars one of the seminal artists of the twentieth century? (page 203)
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061987816
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
What 151 movies have you never seen—but should? What French film could teach Hollywood how to make a smart, sexy romantic comedy? (page 233) Where will you find a female-centric Western with a gender-bending protagonist? (page 10) What film won a Special Jury Prize at Sundance and then fell off the radar? (page 261) What farcical comedy includes such real-life characters as Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger? (page 50) In what unsung comedy will you find Michael Douglas giving his all-time best performance? (page 130) What debut film from the director of The Dark Knight creates palpable chills—despite a shoestring budget and a no-name cast? (page 79) What John Wayne movie was out of circulation for thirty years—and still qualifies as a sleeper? (page 121) What terrific Heath Ledger movie was released the same month as Brokeback Mountain—and flopped? (page 26) What clever modern-day film noir was made for just half a million dollars? (page 18) What captivating film stars one of the seminal artists of the twentieth century? (page 203)
Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia
Author: Leonard Maltin
Publisher: Dutton Adult
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
Book Description
Maltin's long-awaited comprehensive Who's Who of Hollywood is entertaining and informative as only Maltin can make it. A must reference for any moviegoer's bookshelf--and the perfect companion to his bestselling Movie and Video Guide. Satellite TV tour.
Publisher: Dutton Adult
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
Book Description
Maltin's long-awaited comprehensive Who's Who of Hollywood is entertaining and informative as only Maltin can make it. A must reference for any moviegoer's bookshelf--and the perfect companion to his bestselling Movie and Video Guide. Satellite TV tour.
Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide
Author: Leonard Maltin
Publisher: Plume
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
Covers thousands of films, from the silent era through 1965, including The Birth of a Nation, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Grand Illusion, The Maltese Falcon (all three versions: 1931, 1936, and 1941), Singin' in the Rain, and Godzilla, King of the Monsters! This comprehensive guide has expanded star and director indexes, more foreign films, and capsule reviews of little-known and forgotten films.
Publisher: Plume
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
Covers thousands of films, from the silent era through 1965, including The Birth of a Nation, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Grand Illusion, The Maltese Falcon (all three versions: 1931, 1936, and 1941), Singin' in the Rain, and Godzilla, King of the Monsters! This comprehensive guide has expanded star and director indexes, more foreign films, and capsule reviews of little-known and forgotten films.
Of Mice and Magic
Author: Leonard Maltin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452259932
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
Whether you’re seeking movie gifts or something for the history buffs in your life, this comprehensive guide to animation and cartoons has it all. In this one-of-a-kind definitive history of American animated cartoons, renowned film critic and historian Leonard Maltin presents the most extensive filmography on cartoons ever compiled. In this revised and updated edition of Of Mice and Magic, Leonard Maltin not only recreates this whole glorious era from the silent days through the Hollywood golden age to Spielberg’s An American Tail, he traces the evolution of the art of animation and vividly portrays the key creative talents and their studios. This definitive history of American animated cartoons also brings Maltin’s many fans up to date on the work being done today at the Walt Disney and Warner Bros. studios, and other developments in the world of animation. Drawing on colorful interviews with many of the American cartoon industry’s principals, Maltin has come up with a gold mine of anecdotes and film history. Behind the scenes were genius animators and entrepreneurs such as Walt Disney, Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, Mel Blanc, and a legion of others. In all, Maltin has put together a glorious celebration of a universally loved segment of Americana.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452259932
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
Whether you’re seeking movie gifts or something for the history buffs in your life, this comprehensive guide to animation and cartoons has it all. In this one-of-a-kind definitive history of American animated cartoons, renowned film critic and historian Leonard Maltin presents the most extensive filmography on cartoons ever compiled. In this revised and updated edition of Of Mice and Magic, Leonard Maltin not only recreates this whole glorious era from the silent days through the Hollywood golden age to Spielberg’s An American Tail, he traces the evolution of the art of animation and vividly portrays the key creative talents and their studios. This definitive history of American animated cartoons also brings Maltin’s many fans up to date on the work being done today at the Walt Disney and Warner Bros. studios, and other developments in the world of animation. Drawing on colorful interviews with many of the American cartoon industry’s principals, Maltin has come up with a gold mine of anecdotes and film history. Behind the scenes were genius animators and entrepreneurs such as Walt Disney, Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, Mel Blanc, and a legion of others. In all, Maltin has put together a glorious celebration of a universally loved segment of Americana.
Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 2004
Author: Leonard Maltin
Publisher: Plume
ISBN: 9780452284784
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1668
Book Description
The leading authority on American film is back with the latest edition of his "indispensable" (Los Angeles Times) and bestselling movie and video guide. Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 2004 is the best, biggest, and most up-to-date of its kind. The comprehensive 2004 guide includes: € Capsule reviews of more than 18,000 films, including more than 300 new entries € More than 13,000 listings of videocassettes and 8,000 DVD listings € Write-ups on every film series € A revised index of leading actors and actresses € Leonard Maltin's exclusive list of Fifty Films That Got Away: Movies You Really Ought to See ...and much, much more.
Publisher: Plume
ISBN: 9780452284784
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1668
Book Description
The leading authority on American film is back with the latest edition of his "indispensable" (Los Angeles Times) and bestselling movie and video guide. Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 2004 is the best, biggest, and most up-to-date of its kind. The comprehensive 2004 guide includes: € Capsule reviews of more than 18,000 films, including more than 300 new entries € More than 13,000 listings of videocassettes and 8,000 DVD listings € Write-ups on every film series € A revised index of leading actors and actresses € Leonard Maltin's exclusive list of Fifty Films That Got Away: Movies You Really Ought to See ...and much, much more.