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Sometimes a Great Movie Signed Edition by Matt Love Publisher Comments In June 1970, the biggest movie star in the world traveled to the Oregon Coast to film an epic novel about a defiant family of loggers written by a home grown counterculture hero. The star was Paul Newman. The author was Ken Kesey. The story was... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Trade Paper 
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Zona: A Book about a Film about a Journey to a Room by Geoff Dyer Publisher Comments From a writer whose mastery encompasses fiction, criticism, and the fertile realm between the two, comes a new book that confirms his reputation for the unexpected. In Zona, Geoff Dyer attempts to unlock the mysteries of a film that has haunted him ever... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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The Cabin in the Woods: The Official Visual Companion by Joss Whedon Publisher Comments From Joss Whedon, the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Drew Goddard, writer of the monster movie phenomenon Cloverfield, comes the horror film to end all horror films! The details of the plot are a closely guarded secret, though Joss himself has... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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They Live (Deep Focus) by Jonathan Lethem Synopsis Deep Focus is a series of film books with a fresh approach. Take the smartest, liveliest writers in contemporary letters and let them loose on the most vital and popular corners of cinema history: midnight movies, the New Hollywood of the sixties and... (read more) Your price: $13.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Big Lebowski and Philosophy: Keeping Your Mind Limber with Abiding Wisdom by William Irwin Publisher Comments Is abiding a virtue? Does Walter's aggression illustrate the principles of just war theory? Does bowling help Donny, Walter, and the Dude resist nihilism? Does the Dude exemplify the Taoist way of life? Is the Dude a feminist ally? In the morally corrupt... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope by Morgan Spurlock Publisher Comments A photographic look at the world's most exciting pop-culture event. One of the entertainment industry's most exhilarating, eccentric, and influential events of the year, San Diego Comic-Con International celebrates the weird, wacky, and wonderful world... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $11.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Fat, Drunk, and Stupid: The Inside Story Behind the Making of Animal House by Matty Simmons Publisher Comments In 1976 the creators of National Lampoon, Americas most popular humor magazine, decided to make a movie. It would be set on a college campus in the 1960s, loosely based on the experiences of Lampoon writers Chris Miller and Harold Ramis and Lampoon... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them by Freedom Writers Publisher Comments Straight from the front line of urban America, the inspiring story of one fiercely determined teacher and her remarkable students. As an idealistic twenty-three-year-old English teacher at Wilson High School in Long beach, California, Erin Gruwell... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang Publisher Comments Hailed as "irrepressibly spirited and entertaining" (Pico Iyer, Time) and "a fascinating cultural survey" (Paul Devlin, Daily Beast), this provocative first biography of Charlie Chan presents American history in a way that it has never been told before... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman by Sam Wasson Publisher Comments Audrey Hepburn is an icon like no other, yet the image many of us have of Audrey—dainty, immaculate—is anything but true to life. Here, for the first time, Sam Wasson presents the woman behind the little black dress that rocked the nation in... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Silence of the Lambs by Yvonne Tasker Publisher Comments In this study, Yvonne Tasker explores the way the film weaves together gothic, horror and thriller conventions to generate both a distinctive variation on the cinematic portrayal of insanity and crime, and a fascinating intervention in the sexual... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Good Year: Portrait of the Film Based on the Novel by Peter Mayle (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebooks) by Ridley Scott Publisher Comments The official tie-in to the movie directed by Ridley Scott, starring Russell Crowe and Albert Finney--a Twentieth Century Fox release. <BR>Love, laughter, wine, and the glorious landscape of Provence abound in this movie from director Ridley Scott... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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When Blanche Met Brando: The Scandalous Story of "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Sam Staggs Publisher Comments "WHEN BLANCHE MET BRANDO: The Scandalous Story of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' promises something salacious but delivers something better...a witty, insightful probe of Tennessee Williams' most famous play in all its variations."--The Dallas Morning News... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Art of the Matrix by Spencer Lamm and Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski Publisher Comments To create his epic Avatar, James Cameron and his crew had to invent the tools needed to achieve a transforming vision. The story of their journeyfrom Avatars conception to its realization on the screenis an epic in itself. The Making of Avatar... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $27.50 Used - Hardcover
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Terminator (BFI Modern Classics) by Sean French Publisher Comments Made on a low budget, "The Terminator" was one of the most influential films of the 1980s. This text places the film in the context of exploitation films, and argues that it is compelling because it deals with the darker, more visceral pleasures of movie-... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Frank Miller's Sin City: The Making of the Movie by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller Publisher Comments Covers the production from page to screen and all in between.... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Stanley Kubrick's a Clockwork Orange (Cambridge Film Handbooks) by Stuart Y Mcdougal Publisher Comments Bringing together new and critically informed essays about one of the most controversial films ever made, this collection of writings examines the literary origins of the work, the nature of cinematic violence, questions of gender and the film's... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Serenity: The Official Visual Companion by Joss Whedon Publisher Comments Five hundred years in the future, Captain Mal Reynolds and the crew of the transport-for-hire ship Serenity take on two new passengers and soon find themselves in a crossfire between an invincible military force and cannibalistic savages. Writer... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot [With DVD] (25) by Alison Castle Publisher Comments The funniest movie ever made. Everybody likes it hot! "This book is a joy and almost as good as seeing the film." - The Independent, London Just before the cameras started rolling, producer David O. Selznick famously told director Billy Wilder... (read more) List Price $59.99 Your price: $39.99 Sale - Hardcover
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The Sound of Music Family Scrapbook by Fred Bronson Publisher Comments It's not an exaggeration to say that The Sound of Music is the most beloved film musical of all time. It has touched more than one generation, as over the years, many parents have shared the magic of this wonderful movie with their children. Seven very... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Hardcover
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