The Movie Guide

by James Pallott

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399523936
• ISBN13: 9780399523939
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: TarcherPerigee
• Length: 864 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.8" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Essential Reference for Film Lovers

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!"

Essential Reference for Film Lovers

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!"

Great guide for the discerning movie fan

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.