101 War Movies You Must See Before You Die - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764162756 ISBN 13: 9780764162756

Publisher: B E S Pub Co, 2009

Synopsis

Reviews the 101 most memorable war films ever produced, including: Red Badge of Courage and Schindler's List

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Ballad of a Soldier • Apocalypse Now • Enigma • The Great Escape • Downfall • The Charge of the Light Brigade • A Bridge Too Far • Black Hawk Down • Saving Private Ryan • Platoon • The Longest Day • Stalag 17 • M*A*S*H • Grave of the Fireflies • Gallipoli • No Man's Land • Ran • The Killing Fields • Patton • Dr. Strangelove • The Dam Busters • Empire of the Sun • La Grande Illusion • Devils on the Doorstep • Land and Freedom • Hill 24 Doesn't Answer • Glory • Good Morning, Vietnam • Das Boot • Europa, Europa • Hell in the Pacific • Hotel Rwanda • Cross of Iron • Full Metal Jacket • Rome, Open City • Lawrence of Arabia • Salvador • The Bridge on the River Kwai • Stalingrad • A Matter of Life and Death • Shame • In Which We Serve • Three Kings • Zulu • The Deer Hunter • Wings • Welcome to Sarajevo • The Thin Red Line • Catch-22

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Whether you know every line from The Great Escape or could watch The Bridge on the River Kwai again and again, 101 War Movies You Must See Before You Die is the book for you. Take a war, any war, from the beginning of time to the present day, throw in some amazing heroes, antiheroes, and a whole lot of action, and you have a classic war film. From Billy Wilder's Stalag 17 to Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter, this is the perfect guide.

War films transcend more than one genre. From the first "antiwar" film, All Quiet on the Western Front, through Bogart and Hepburn in The African Queen to Clint Eastwood's powerful Letters from Iwo Jima, war films have spanned several worlds of filmmaking. Discover movies that show us heroic struggles, as well as those that question the motives and morality of war.

With insight from critics, film historians, and academics, 101 War Movies You Must See Before You Die offers a breadth of knowledge and passion for a celluloid century of tanks and trenches, guns and grenades, heart-rending deaths, and heroic leadership. So if you love war movies, now is the time to don your flak jacket and begin the march to great entertainment.

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Steven Jay Schneider is a film critic, scholar, and producer. He is editor of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, 101 Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die, and 101 Sci-Fi Movies You Must See Before You Die, all available from Barron's. He is also the author and editor of many other books on film.

About this edition

• Publisher: B E S Pub Co
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0764162756
• ISBN 13: 9780764162756
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Schnieder Steven Jay