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Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Joe Alves: Designing JAWS provides the production designer's view into the development of this world-renowned film. Included are Joe's stunning pre-production illustrations; handwritten location and production notes; on-set photographs; blueprints of the shark's design; and first-time publication of his complete catalog of storyboards. Joe Alves: Designing JAWS is a must-have addition to every film reference library. Universal Studios' JAWS is one...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Deep within the archives of time-and-motion pioneer Lillian Gilbreth lies a secret. Famous for producing solid light-tracks that captured the path of workers' movements, Gilbreth helped birth the era of mass observation and big data. But did she also, as her broken correspondence with a young Soviet physicist suggests, discover in her final days a "perfect" movement, one that would "change everything"? An international hunt begins for the one box...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Inspired by a true story, this supernatural thriller for fans of horror and true crime follows a tale as it evolves every twenty years--with terrifying results. Ella Louise has lived in the woods surrounding Pilot's Creek, Virginia, for nearly a decade. Publicly, she and her daughter, Jessica, are shunned by her upper-crust family and the local residents. Privately, desperate characters visit her apothecary for a cure to what ails them--until Ella...
Author
Publisher
Carina Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Lost novel of Bell Epoque Paris, The Throne, comes to the silver screen with an A-list cast. But will on-set drama doom the filming of this gay love story before it starts?
The novel The Throne, a lost gay love story of Bell Epoque Paris, will be coming to the silver screen. Actor Nicholas Madden's personal life is consistently a shambles, but he knows The Throne is going to be his legacy. Then his costar walks off the runway and into rehearsal:...
86) 8 1/2
Series
Criterion collection volume 140
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
Italiano
Description
Fellini's autobiographical film about a famous film director who loses his inspiration in the midst of making a film.
Publisher
Virgil Films & Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Few films have left an impression like John Sturges's classic The Great Escape. The documentary is the ultimate tribute to the film that takes us back to the time at which it was made, revealing some little known facts about the timeless classic starring the King of Cool, Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, and many more. It is the definitive look at the making of the 1963 classic.
Publisher
Strike Back Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The definitive behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Jay & Silent Bob Reboot. Packed with dozens of cast interviews and exclusive footage of daily life on set in New Orleans, this film chronicles the emotional reunion of the View Askewniverse cast, post-Kevin Smith's heart attack.
Author
Publisher
TwoDot
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The Cavalry Trilogy captures the genesis of Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Rio Grande (1950), from pre-production to theatrical releases. Along the way, readers learn why Ford loved his favorite location (Monument Valley), how various stunts were achieved, and how Ford used his unique style in various scenes (called a "Fordian touch" by film critics and scholars). In addition, each film includes an analysis of Ford's scene...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The movie Casablanca was first released in 1942, just two weeks after the city itself surrendered to American troops led by General Patton. The film won Oscars for best picture, best director, and best screenplay, and would go on to enjoy more revival screenings than any other movie in history, and become firmly ensconced in the American cultural imagination. Through extensive research and interviews with filmmakers, critics, family members of the...
Author
Publisher
Page Street Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Haunting of Hill House meets found-footage horror in this edge-of-your-seat thriller that explores the power of family ties and the trauma that lurks there. When Sophia Galich was twelve, she starred in her older sister Layla's amateur horror movie Vermillion, which recorded raw footage of her very real reactions to scenes her sister concocted in their old Californian house on the coast--Cashore House. In the years after the film's release, Sophia's...
Author
Series
Behind the scenes volume 1
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Ranmaru Kurisu comes from a family of hardy, rough-and-tumble fisher folk, and he sticks out at home like a delicate, artistic sore thumb. It's given him a raging inferiority complex and a permanently pessimistic outlook. Now that he's in college, he's hoping to find a sense of belonging. But after a whole life of being left out, does he even know how to fit in?!
Publisher
On Screen Films
Pub. Date
[2012?]
Language
Español
Description
"Idealistic filmmaker Sebastian ... and his cynical producer Costa ... arrive in Bolivia to make a revisionist film about Christopher Columbus' conquest of the Americas. But as filming commences, the local citizens begin to riot in protest against a multi-national corporation that is taking control of their water supply. With the film shoot in jeopardy, both men find their convictions shaken. Inspired by the real-life Water Wars in Bolivia in the...
94) Scream 3
Series
Publisher
Dimension Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
When people start dropping like flies around the production of the movie Stab 3 (the latest movie sequel based on events occurring in Scream), Sidney and other Greensboro survivors are once again drawn into mayhem.
Author
Series
Mayor Good Boy volume 2
Publisher
Random House Graphic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The script is in . . . and Mayor Good Boy is going to the movies! Mayor Good Boy is starring in his very own movie, set in his very own town, Greenwood. Too bad some crooks are out to steal the show! Don’t worry—interns Abby and Aaron are ready to help out. With items around town going missing and pizzas being stolen, will the mayor be able to save the day—and his movie—before it’s too late?"-- provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Industrial Light & Magic Presents: Making Solo: A Star Wars Story is an eyewitness account of the film's production from visual effects supervisor and coproducer Rob Bredow. The book gives readers an intimate glimpse into the journey that Solo took from pre-production, production, and post-production, fully documenting how this film came to the big screen. Making Solo gives a chronological overview of how this multiple-Academy-Award-winning visual...
97) NYPD red 3
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
NYPD Red--the task force attacking the most extreme crimes in America's most extreme city--hunts a killer who is on an impossible mission. A vigilante serial killer is on the loose in New York City, tracking down and murdering people whose crimes have not been punished. The number of victims grows, and many New Yorkers secretly applaud the idea of justice won at any price. NYPD Red Detective Zach Jordan and his partner Kylie MacDonald are put on the...
98) X
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In 1979 some young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast members find themselves in a fight for their lives.
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"RETURN OF THE NYALLYWOOD KING. Legendary producer J.D. Petersen has come out of retirement, and he's chosen Gene to be his director! The new film is studded with the industry's biggest stars and its set is equally spectacular. Meanwhile, Pompo acts her age for once and goes to school! How will she handle life away from her beloved film industry?."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"No Crying in Baseball is a rollicking, revelatory deep dive into a one of a kind film. Before A League of Their Own, few American girls could imagine themselves playing professional ball (and doing it better than the boys). But Penny Marshall's genre outlier became an instant classic and significant aha moment for countless young women who saw that throwing like a girl was far from an insult. Part fly on the wall narrative, part immersive pop nostalgia,...
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