Focusing on fifteen significant American war films from the last six decades, this critical text incorporates original interviews and archival research to provide an in-depth analysis. It features rare photographs and emphasizes films noted for their realism. The expanded edition updates the original 1981 version by adding seven new chapters that explore various conflicts, including the Civil War, the Korean War, and the Iraq War, offering a comprehensive examination of the genre's evolution.
Ian Fleming's James Bond character has entertained motion picture audiences for nearly sixty years, and the filmmakers have come a long way since they spent $1 million producing James Bond's very first big-screen adventure, Dr. No, in 1962. Today Bond is an international phenomenon that has raked in billions of dollars at the box office. The James Bond Movie Encyclopedia is the completely up-to-date edition of author Steven Jay Rubin's definitive work on the iconic series, covering every 007 film through No Time to Die. Thanks to the sort of exhaustive research that has been a hallmark of Rubin's work in film history, it's packed with behind-the-scenes information based on interviews with the cast and filmmakers, fascinating facts, trivia, bloopers, classic quotes, character profiles, cast and filmmaker bios, and hundreds of rare and unusual photographs of those in front of and behind the camera.
A rich, fact-filled collectible, packed with vibrant history, amazing trivia, and rare photographs, The Twilight Zone Encyclopedia, assembled with the full cooperation of the Rod Serling estate, includes biographies of every principal actor involved in the series and hundreds who toiled behind the scenes--producers, writers, and directors. It is an exhaustive and engrossing guide, a compendium of credits, plot synopses, anecdotes, production details, never-before-seen images, and interviews with nearly everyone still alive who was associated with the show.