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Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide
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Manufacturer: Plume
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 016.7914375
EAN: 9780452286207
ISBN: 0452286204
Label: Plume
Manufacturer: Plume
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 704
Publication Date: 2005-02-22
Publisher: Plume
Release Date: 2005-02-22
Studio: Plume
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From Leonard Maltin, author of the bestselling annual Movie Guide, comes this guide to classic movies. Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide includes more than 7,000 capsule reviews of classic movies, including: The Birth of a Nation (1915), Gone With the Wind (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940), High Noon (1952), and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967). In addition, this unique volume also offers a star and director index, a full listing of classic movies on DVD, and Leonard Maltin’s unique Top Ten lists. The result is an authoritative, dynamic guide to the classics no film aficionado should be without.
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Summary: Good reference guide for the classic movie lover.
Comment: I just wish it included movies from the 60s and 70s as well. Otherwise very helpful.
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Summary: Is Maltin going to reinstate films he dropped from the Movie Guide?
Comment: When I read about Maltin's decision to create a Classic Movie Guide I thought it was a wonderful idea. A great solution to his somehow justified insistence to NOT divide his traditional Guide into two separate volumes.
But I also hoped that as he moved all the "minor" classic films to the new book (the true classics would appear in both volumes) he would make room for two things:
1. For him not to have to drop 250 to 300 films from his Movie Guide EVERY YEAR to make room for the new entries.
2. And something that I have not seen many people advocating for: so that Maltin could reinstate many of the worthy films he has had to "sacrifice" for the sake of space back where they belong: in the main volume. But I don't see that he has. I don't expect him to reinstate every single made-for-TV-movie (though at one point many, many years ago he boasted that his book included every one of them)... But, being from Argentina, the first thing I checked was whether he had reinstated Man Facing Southeast (1986) to which he had given a very good review (3 stars, I think). Well, no such luck.
And, let's be honest, the Movie Guide still includes preposterous duplications, such as films from the 1930s with two stars or less. Come on! I have the feeling that the Classic Movie Guide was rushed into bookstores without devoting to it some very much needed, additional time and effort. I hope all these issues are resolved when its second, updated edition appears (supposedly) in 2010.
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Summary: Great Standard
Comment: Good listing of movies, many not in his other books. My only gripe is: Why have these movies in this book AND in the other yearly books? Why not have a listing in the front of his yearly books of the movies in this book that previously have been in the yearly books? He can have the stars next to them but not keep churning these. OR maybe think about making a nice compendium of movies including all movies up to this year then doing an almanac for each year. I remember when Expedia did something like this.
Well, my rant is over. this is a keeper (not the rant, the book)
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Summary: Handy Guide to Classic and Not-So Classic Movies
Comment: l've purchased Leonard Maltin's annual movie guide for years. As the book grew, I wondered when it would come to a breaking point. Then I found that the 2008 guide did not go back beyond 1960, except in rare cases. At first I felt gouged tbat I would have to spend money to buy a second book, but Amazon had a fair price and now I have a book that will not have to be rebought every year. Some movies are missing, of course, but you can't expect a complete listing. Besides, it gives Leonard a chance to issue a new book every few years while he fills in the gaps. I think the ratings in Maltin guides are reasonable and the synopses catch the flavor of the movie. This book is worth having if you like to watch movies pre-1960.
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Summary: Indespensible
Comment: This volume includes all of the previous movie guides pre-1960 Ratings and reviews. Very nice to have for a classic movie buff, since older "less" necessary films were being ommited every year for the inclusion of newer releases to keep his annual guide at s useable size (not to mention weight!) His and his staffs reviews are as always well thought out and indexed. Also the inclusion of many more early sound and silent films is very helpful.
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