Halliwell S Film Guide 1996

From the earliest silent films to the Hollywood classics, the 1996 edition of Halliwell's Film Guide is the most comprehensive movie reference book available. More than 20,000 entries provide plot synopsis, commentary on the film, as well as cast, writers, directors, and awards. Also includes list of Academy Award winners for all the years the award has been given.

Now an annual publication, this guide is a must for movie fans and trivia buffs alike. The most up-to-date, comprehensive, and entertaining source of movie information available, Halliwell's contains thousands of entries--750 of them new to this edition--and detailed coverage of the entire industry.

A comprehensive guide to around 20,000 of the most enduring movies ever made, including American, British, and foreign-language films, as well as movies of the silent era.

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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.

Fully revised and updated to include hundreds of new films, this edition of Halliwell's Film and Video Guide for 2003 is packed full with cast and credit information and pithy comment on the classics of the silver screen to the latest blockbusters, and everything in between. The volume also includes plot synopses and critical evaluations; video cassette, laser disc and DVD availability. Other features include reader friendly icons which denote films suitable for family viewing, Academy Award Winners and nominees, soundtrack availability and video format compatibility, plus lists of four-star and three-star films by title and year.

British Science Fiction Cinema is the first substantial study of a genre which, despite a sometimes troubled history, has produced some of the best British films, from the prewar classic Things to Come to Alien made in Britain by a British director. The contributors to this rich and provocative collection explore the diverse strangeness of British science fiction, from literary adaptions like Nineteen Eighty-Four and A Clockwork Orange to pulp fantasies and 'creature features' far removed from the acceptable face of British cinema. Through case studies of key films like The Day the Earth Caught Fire, contributors explore the unique themes and concerns of British science fiction, from the postwar boom years to more recent productions like Hardware, and examine how science fiction cinema drew on a variety of sources, from TV adaptions like Doctor Who and the Daleks, to the horror/sf crossovers produced from John Wyndham's cult novels The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos (filmed as Village of the Damned). How did budget restrictions encourage the use of the 'invasion narrative' in the 1950s films? And how did films such as Unearthly Stranger and Invasion reflect fears about the decline of Britain's economic and colonial power and the 'threat' of female sexuality? British Science Fiction Cinema celebrates the breadth and continuing vitality of British sf film-making, in both big-budget productions such as Brazil and Event Horizon and cult exploitation movies like Inseminoid and Lifeforce.