Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 2002

A dynamic new cross-referencing eBook that enables the reader to look up a synopsis and Maltin rating for any movie title or star they encounter in any eBook text. This specialized eBook publication allows the Reader software user to rapidly look up the titles of Movies, or names of Stars, using the ""Look Up Definition"" feature either within the book, or from any other Microsoft LIT book. Summer blockbusters and independent sleepers...the masterworks of John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, and Frank Capra...the timeless comedy of the Marx Brothers and Buster Keaton...the animated classics of Walt Disney...the greatest foreign films ever made... This 2002 edition is packed 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. They're all listed here alphabetically, complete with all the essential information you could ask for: Date of release, running time, director, stars, MPAA ratings, color or black and white Concise summary, capsule review, and four-star-to-BOMB rating system Notes on computer-colorized films and those shot in widescreen format and best viewed in letterbox format Symbols for videocassette, DVD, and laserdisc releases Completely updated, index of leading actors Updated source list for buying and renting videocassettes, DVDs, and laserdiscs

by Leonard Maltin

Plume · First published 2001 · 1648 pages