Halliwell's Film and Video Guide 1998 (Serial)
Product Description For over twenty years, film enthusiasts, trivia buffs and ordinary movie-watchers alike have consulted the pages of Halliwell's Film and Video Guide for the most comprehensive information available on their favorite films--from the classics of the silver screen to the latest blockbusters, and everything in between. Each of the book's more than 20,000 entries includes information on the film's cast members; writers, directors and producers; plot synopsis and critical evaluations; videocassette and laser disc availability; alternative titles; quotes; and more. This completely updated edition also features new, easy-to-interpret icons denoting films suitable for family viewing, winners of Academy Awards and nominations, soundtrack availability, computer-colorized versions and video format compatibility. Additionally, you'll find lists of four-star and three-star films by title and year, and a list of the Academy Award winners for best picture and director, best actor and actress, best supporting actor and actress and best original and adapted screenplays. Upholding the outstanding tradition of Leslie Halliwell, editor John Walker delivers the breadth, detail, succinctness, knowledge and wit that have always been the hallmarks of Halliwell's Film and Video Guide . Amazon.com Review Halliwell's Film and Video Guide gets better with each passing year. Though original editor Leslie Halliwell died in 1989, John Walker has continued to edit the book in the Halliwell tradition. Halliwell and Walker don't comment at length upon the films, but they provide an enormous amount of indispensable information. This tome contains more than 20,000 movie reviews and provides a full list of credits for each. Running time, director, cast, and availability on video are documented, as well as the writer, photographer, studio, country of origin, film editor, production designer, and composer of music. The authors also note whether the film is suitable for family viewing and tell if it was nominated for, or if it won, an Oscar or a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award. If a film contains classic lines of dialogue, or received particularly interesting comments from the critics, Halliwell and Walker are sure to transcribe them. Halliwell's Film and Video Guide is a treasure no movie lover will want to be without. Review "A knockout compilation of almost everything you could possibly want to know about thousands of movies." -- Chicago Tribune "No other book offers such comprehensive and entertaining information in one volume." -- Library Journal About the Author John Walker is one of the UK's leading film critics. He has revised Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies, as well as Halliwell's Film and Video Guide, since Leslie Halliwell's death in 1989. He lives in London. See more
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