Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 1999 - Softcover

Maltin, Leonard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452279925 ISBN 13: 9780452279926

Publisher: Plume, 1998

Synopsis

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 Chan 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 viewing After 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.

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Review

If you buy only one film book in your life, this should be it. Maltin is the filmgoer's guide--the most compact, intelligent, and informative reference available. Alphabetized by title, each of its more than 19,000 entries lists year of release, running time, director, principal cast, and availability on video. Other guides may offer even more information, but Maltin's is distinguished by the quality of its reviews. Rating films on a scale from "****" to "BOMB," it offers a comprehensive introduction to the international cinema, covers the classics with the respect they deserve, unearths thousands of little-known gems, takes the wind out of the overrated, and laughs at the awful with appropriate good humor. If you want proof of Maltin's versatility, compare the reviews of The Battleship Potemkin, History Is Made at Night, Blue Velvet, and The Navy vs. the Night Monsters. Standard, crucial, great fun to read, chock full of trivia, and bursting with passion for the movies. --Raphael Shargel

Edition details

• Publisher: Plume
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0452279925
• ISBN 13: 9780452279926
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 1632