1001 movies you must see before you die
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1001 movies you must see before you die
Cassell Illustrated, 2007
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One thousand and one movies you must see before you die
A thousand and one movies you must see before you die
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"A Quintessence Book" -- T.p. verso
"This book was designed and produced by Quintessence" -- T.p. verso
Includes indexes
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Description
Part expert selection of seminal moments, part glorious celebration of 100 years of cinema. The 1000 seminal moments will be divided into categories. The seminal films, the major players - actors, actresses, directors, producers - focusing on a moment that encompasses their contribution, great scenes, great lines and major events, from meetings and debuts to casting quirks and deaths. Whether dazzlingly inventive, technically breathtaking, shockingly simple or simply shocking, these moments took movies to their greatest heights. Some are legendary - the spectacular action sequence, awesome special effects, extraordinary performances, genius direction or unforgettable dialogue. Others are more subtle - groundbreaking films that inspired decades of imitators, the first screen appearance of a future star, the untimely death of a major player, or even the roll of the dice on the casting couch that gave us Brando's Godfather rather than Borgnine's.
Table of Contents
A decade-by-decade review of a century of the major stars, directors, movies and scenes and speeches, including: The Great Train Robbery, Max and his Dog, Hitchcock, The Bluebird, Nosferatu, Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, Frankenstein, King Kong, Mae West, Scarface, Greta Garbo, Shirley Temple, La Bete Humaine, Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Fantasia, The Philadelphia Story, How Green is my Valley, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, To Have and Not Have, Gilda, It's a Wonderful Life, The Big Sleep, Madame Bovary, The Third Man, Stars in my Crown, All About Eve, Othello, The Big Heat, The Moon is Blue, Tokyo Story, Les Diaboliques, Rebel Without a Cause, A Star is Born, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Ten Commandments, An Affair to Remember, Don Quixote, Some Like It Hot, Breathless, La Dolce Vita, Rio Bravo, Anatomy of a Murder, Paris Nous Appartient, Psycho, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Lola, Cleopatra, Lolita, To Kill a Mockingbird, Viva Las Vegas, Bonnie and Clyde, Star Wars, Superman, The Raging Bull, Reservoir Dogs, Terminator 2, Goodfellas, Last of the Mohicans, Pulp Fiction, There's Something About Mary, Blair Witch Project, The Matrix, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Vanilla Sky, A Scanner Darkly, Little Miss Sunshine, and many others.
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