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A special book dedicated to the second season of the hit live-action series The Mandalorian, streaming on Disney+, including character profiles, plots, settings, and behind-the-scenes features. An in-depth look at the making of the hit show,...

Practical up-to-date advice for the aspiring director, producer, or screenwriter This third edition prepares independent or guerrilla filmmakers for the legal, financial, and organizational questions that can doom a project if unanswered. Current...

Two screenwriters once walked into a Hollywood producer's office and said three words 'Jaws in space.' Those three words won them the contract for the blockbuster movie Alien. The ability to pitch well is essential for all writers, directors and...

Doris Day was a major star during the 1950s and 60s. Even now, many years after her final film and years since her last regular television appearances, the star's name retains currency: she is often invoked as shorthand for a kind of sexuality now felt...

John Carpenter's producing partner Debra Hill hired photographer Kim Gottlieb-Walker to be the unit photographer on Halloween, and Kim soon became part of Carpenter's filmmaking family, shooting stills on the sets of some of his most iconic films:...

Although the horror genre has been embraced by filmmakers around the world, Japan has been one of the most prolific and successful purveyors of such films. From science fiction terrors of the 1950s like Godzilla to violent films like Suicide Circle and...

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Introduction to Film Studies is a comprehensive textbook for students of cinema. This completely revised and updated fifth edition guides students through the key issues and concepts in film studies, traces the historical development of film and...

EMarathon Man Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid The Princess Bride MiseryE. Author royalties donated to the Motion Picture and Television Fund.Book InformationISBN 9781557832658Author William GoldmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 502Imprint Applause...

100 Queer Films identifies 100 films that shaped the trajectory of queer cinema, connected with larger movements, and showcased the artistry of queer filmmaking. In addition to those films that already hold significant places in queer film canons, this...

The official art book for the animated movie Spies in Disguise. Super spy Lance Sterling (Will Smith) and scientist Walter Beckett (Tom Holland) are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is... not. But when events take an...

From atomic bombs to zealous zombies, this cinephile s guidebook reviews 1000 of the wickedest, weirdest and most terrifying films from every age of horror. With reviews on many overlooked, underappreciated gems such as Alice Sweet Alice (1976), Zombie...

This book attempts to clarify the narrative conditions of humanism, asking how we can use stories to complicate our understanding of others, and questioning the ethics and efficacy of attempts to represent human social complexity in fiction.About the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593932121Author Christopher GulloFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

A Dictionary of Film Studies covers all aspects of its discipline as it is currently taught at undergraduate level. Offering exhaustive and authoritative coverage, this A-Z is written by experts in the field, and covers terms, concepts, debates, and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932907698Author Richard La MotteFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984412600Author Charles HelfensteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Spies LLCPublisher Spies LLCWeight(grams) 930gDimensions(mm) 277mm * 213mm * 20mm

Star Wars returns, as the hotly anticipated sequel to The Force Awakens takes us to new planets where we will encounter all-new aliens and creatures, along with some old favorites. Re-encounter old friends like Finn, Rey, Luke Skywalker and General Leia,...

Since broadcast television first emerged as a serious alternative to the cinema, more people have seen films on TV than by any other means. Feature films originally made for the big screen were initially withheld from TV by the film industry in the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345511461Author J.W. RinzlerFormat HardbackPage Count 372Imprint Random House WorldsPublisher Random House WorldsSeries Star WarsWeight(grams)...

Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created with Alien: Covenant, a new chapter in the groundbreaking Alien franchise.The crew of the colony ship Covenant discover what they think is an uncharted paradise, but it is actually a dark, dangerous world,...

Exotic Cinema is the first systematic analysis of decentred exoticism in contemporary transnational and world cinema. By critically examining regimes of visuality such as the imperial, the ethnographic and the exotic gaze, which have colonised our minds...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780793557448Author Randy NewmanPage Count 32Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard Corporation

Covering more than 2,500 characters, creatures, planets, vehicles, Droids (TM), weapons, technology, and more from the Star Wars (TM) universe, this visual tour is the ultimate compendium for the epic saga and beyond.Take a stunning visual tour of Star...

"Nobody does 007 encyclopedias better than Bond historian Steven Jay Rubin. Buy this one. M's orders." -George Lazenby, James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret ServicePacked with behind-the-scenes information, fascinating facts, trivia, bloopers, classic...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781537282794Author Gary KocaFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Abbott and Costello were the most popular comedians of the 1940s, with burlesque-inspired routines that enthralled audiences on both radio and television. Oddly, their films have not received the same level of attention from critics and writers as those...

Lots of people love James Bond. But how many have actually been Bond? The Many Lives of James Bond offers the largest ever collection of original interviews with actors who have played Bond in different media, as well as in-depth interviews with many of...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993337291Author Keith SnelgroveFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Apex Publishing LtdPublisher Apex Publishing Ltd

This work presents 369 British films produced between 1937 and 1964 that embody many of the same filmic qualities as those "black films" made in the United States during the classic film noir era. This reference work makes a case for the inclusion of...

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The zombie is cinema's most enduring horror icon, having terrified audiences for decades. Book of the Dead charts the history of the walking dead from the monster's origins in Haitian voodoo, through its cinematic debut in 1932's White Zombie up to...

The story of the movie still is an integral part of the history of the great Hollywood studios in their heyday. This classic study describes the evolution of stills photography, and how it served the changing needs of the studios. The book is enlivened...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474431729Author Frances SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressWeight(grams)...

The legends of King Arthur have not only endured for centuries, but also flourished in constant retellings and new stories built around the central themes of the legends. Clearly, soon after movie-making was underway, Arthur was destined to hit the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879102944Author Charles DrazinFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsSeries LimelightWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474447652Author Kim WilkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressSeries Refocus: The American...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375756139Author Vachel LindsayFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncSeries Modern Library MoviesWeight(grams)...

A documented screenplay of the Oliver Stone film complete with historical annotation with 340 research notes and 97 reactions and commentaries by Norman Mailer Tom Wicker Gerald R. Ford and many others.THTH It's a lesson in craft to watch EJFKE on...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088289655Author Scott V PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm