Leonard Maltins 2007 Movie Guide

Summer blockbusters and independent sleepers; masterworks of Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, and Martin Scorsese; the timeless comedy of the Marx Brothers and Buster Keaton; animated classics from Walt Disney and Pixar; the finest foreign films ever made. This 2007 edition is loaded with the films you can't afford to miss-and those you can-from box-office smashes to cult classics to forgotten gems to forgettable bombs, listed alphabetically, and complete with all the essential information you could ask for.

Offers readers a comprehensive reference to the world of film, including more than thirteen thousand DVD titles, along with information on performers, ratings, running times, plots, and helpful features.

Offers readers a comprehensive reference to the world of film, including thousands of alphabetically-arranged movie title entries containing plot summaries, along with information on performers, ratings, and running times.

Now updated and revised for 2009, Maltin's guide is most authoritative book in the field, and now contains more entries than ever before. It includes more than 17,000 entries as well as 10,000 DVD and 14,000 video entries. Original.

Whether you’re seeking movie gifts or something for the history buffs in your life, this comprehensive guide to animation and cartoons has it all. In this one-of-a-kind definitive history of American animated cartoons, renowned film critic and historian Leonard Maltin presents the most extensive filmography on cartoons ever compiled. In this revised and updated edition of Of Mice and Magic, Leonard Maltin not only recreates this whole glorious era from the silent days through the Hollywood golden age to Spielberg’s An American Tail, he traces the evolution of the art of animation and vividly portrays the key creative talents and their studios. This definitive history of American animated cartoons also brings Maltin’s many fans up to date on the work being done today at the Walt Disney and Warner Bros. studios, and other developments in the world of animation. Drawing on colorful interviews with many of the American cartoon industry’s principals, Maltin has come up with a gold mine of anecdotes and film history. Behind the scenes were genius animators and entrepreneurs such as Walt Disney, Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, Mel Blanc, and a legion of others. In all, Maltin has put together a glorious celebration of a universally loved segment of Americana.

Covers thousands of films, from the silent era through 1965, including The Birth of a Nation, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Grand Illusion, The Maltese Falcon (all three versions: 1931, 1936, and 1941), Singin' in the Rain, and Godzilla, King of the Monsters! This comprehensive guide has expanded star and director indexes, more foreign films, and capsule reviews of little-known and forgotten films.

New Nearly 16,000 capsule movie reviews, with more than 300 new entries. New More than 25,0000 DVD and video listings. New Up-to-date list of mail-order and online sources for buying and renting DVDs and videos. New Completely updated index of leading performers. More Official motion picture code ratings from G to NC-17. More Old and new theatrical and video releases rated **** to Bomb. More Exact running times - an invaluable guide for recording and for discovering which movies have been edited. More Reviews of little-known sleepers, foreign films, rarities, and classics. And Leonard's personal list of Movies Oscar Overlooked 'Head and shoulders above the rest.' The New York Times 'Inch for inch, dollar for dollar, Maltin's book give you the most.' Boston Sunday Herald ' ****.' USA Today

Offers readers a comprehensive reference to the world of film, including more than ten thousand DVD titles, along with information on performers, ratings, running times, plots, and helpful features.

Maltin's long-awaited comprehensive Who's Who of Hollywood is entertaining and informative as only Maltin can make it. A must reference for any moviegoer's bookshelf--and the perfect companion to his bestselling Movie and Video Guide. Satellite TV tour.

A One-of-a-Kind Guide to Classic Movies from the Leading Authority on Film From Leonard Maltin, author of the bestselling annual Movie Guide, comes the only guide to classic movies. Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide includes more than 9,000 capsule reviews of classic movies, including The Birth of a Nation (1915), Gone With the Wind (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940), High Noon (1952), and The Ten Commandments (1956). In addition, this comprehensive volume offers a star and director index, and Leonard Maltin's personal list of top classic DVDs. The result is an authoritative, dynamic guide to the classics that no film aficionado should be without.