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New Arrivals Browse more New Arrivals in Film and Television $13.50 New Board Book add to wish list G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra Mix and Match Donald Capone $3.99 New Trade Paper add to wish list My Three Dads (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs) A. J. (adp) Wilde $42.50 New Trade Paper add to wish list Currents of Comedy on the American Screen: How Film and Television Deliver Different Laughs for Changing Times Nicholas Laham $5.99 New Trade Paper add to wish list The Junior Novel (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs) Susan (adp) Korman $4.99 New Trade Paper add to wish list Create and Trace (Bakugan) Scholastic Inc. (cor) $9.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list The Film Club David Gilmour Browse more New Arrivals in Film and Television General Browse more titles in Film and Television-General Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Ultimate Sticker Book (Ultimate Sticker Books) by Jo Casey Publisher Comments Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Ultimate Sticker Book includes more than 60 reusable stickers that bring to life Manny, Sid, Diego, Scrat, and the rest of the prehistoric animals from Ice Age Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (c) 2008 Twentieth Century Fox... (read more) Your price: $6.25 New - Mass Market add to wish list check for other copies Recently Arrived Used Browse recently arrived used titles in Film and Television $11.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list Gods and Monsters: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Script) Bill Condon $9.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list In Search of the Third Man Charles Drazin $9.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list Cagney & Lacey ... and Me Barney Rosenzweig $14.00 Used Trade Paper add to wish list Dreams of Chaos, Visions of Order: Understanding the American Avante-Garde Cinema (Contemporary Film and Television Series) James Peterson $6.50 Used Hardcover add to wish list The Bad and the Beautiful: Hollywood in the Fifties Sam Kashner and Jennifer MacNair $5.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list Introduction to Documentary Bill Nichols Browse recently arrived used titles in Film and Television Production Biographies Browse more titles in Film and Television-Production Biographies Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo by Werner Herzog Synopsis One of the most revered filmmakers of our time, Werner Herzog wrote this diary during the making of Fitzcarraldo, the lavish 1982 film that tells the story of a would-be rubber baron who pulls a steamship over a hill in order to access a rich rubber... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Hardcover add to wish list check for other copies Poster Books Browse more titles in Film and Television-Poster Books Cine Mexicano by Rogelio Agrasanchez Publisher Comments Whether you appreciate the posters on their own or are inspired to seek out and experience the films they tout, Cine Mexicano will lead you into an exotic world that you won't soon forget.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies History and Criticism Browse more titles in Film and Television-History and Criticism Cinema Studies : Key Concepts (3RD 06 Edition) by Susan Hayward Publisher Comments Ranging from Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan to Quentin Tarantino, from auteur theory to the Hollywood Blockbuster," Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts" has firmly established itself as the essential guide for anyone interested in film. Now fully... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies Production Browse more titles in Film and Television-Production The Reel Truth: Everything You Didn't Know You Need to Know about Making an Independent Film by Reed Martin Staff Pick What's great about The Reel Truth isn't simply its usefulness, but its thoroughness. Martin doesn't gloss over the difficulties of the medium (filmmaking is a constant, uphill struggle, no matter how successful you are). Nor does he make any attempt to... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies Reference Browse more titles in Film and Television-Reference Film Encyclopedia 6TH Edition by Ephraim Katz Publisher Comments Ephraim Katz's The Film Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive single-volume encyclopedia on film and is considered the undisputed bible of the film industry. Completely revised and updated, this sixth edition features more than 7,500 A-Z entries on the... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies Film History and Theory Browse more titles in Film and Television-Film History and Theory A Short Guide To Writing About Film by Timothy J. Corrigan Publisher Comments Doubling an introduction to film study and a practical writing guide, this brief text introduces students to film terms and the major film theories, enabling them to write more critically. Examples from newer movies provide a fresh list of references for... (read more) List Price $40.35 Your price: $26.00 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies Novelization Browse more titles in Film and Television-Novelization The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans Publisher Comments A forty-ton truck hurtles out of control on a snowy country road, a teenage girl on horseback in its path.  In a few terrible seconds the life of a family is shattered.  And a mother's quest begins -- to save her maimed daughter and a... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $1.00 Used - Mass Market add to wish list check for other copies Sale Books Browse more titles in Film and Television-Sale Books Iron Man: Beneath the Armor by Andy Mangels Publisher Comments HE LIVES! HE WALKS! HE CONQUERS! In the age of high-tech warfare, he’s the ultimate smart weapon: man and machine combined for maximum impact. He’s Iron Man, AKA millionaire industrialist and visionary genius turned superhero Tony Stark–... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies Used Books Browse more titles in Film and Television-Used Books Marilyn Monroe by Barbara Leaming Publisher Comments Barbara Leaming's Marilyn Monroe is a complex, sympathetic portrait that will forever change the way we view the most enduring icon of America sexuality. To those who think they have heard all there is to hear about Marilyn Monroe, think again. Leaming's... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies

Bestsellers Friday, July 10, 2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Ultimate Sticker Book (Ultimate Sticker Books) by Jo Casey Cine Mexicano by Rogelio Agrasanchez Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo by Werner Herzog Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist by Michael J. Fox Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman Author Events Film and Television Thursday, July 16, 2009   Get Animated! Book to Film | May 20, 2009 Read It Before They Screen It: Papa Hemingway, Flow My Tears, and More 0 comments By Chris Bolton Kirk Ellis, who recently oversaw the award-winning HBO miniseries John Adams (based on the David McCullough biography), will follow that project... Continue » $8.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said Philip K Dick Review-a-Day | May 9, 2009 "Hello... Newman!" 4 comments By Review-a-Day Paul Newman: A Life by Shawn Levy Reviewed by Chris Bolton Powells.com A co-worker told me a story about a friend of hers who used to work for Paul... Continue » $21.95 Used Hardcover add to wish list Paul Newman: A Life Shawn Levy

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